published October 9, 2011 and has No Comments
The climate activism community is now firmly in the Occupy Wall Street fight. 350.org joined in the tens of thousands in the streets of the New York last week; and now Bill McKibben has starkly laid out the links between climate change, the corporations blocking climate action, and the rank effect of the oil industry corrupting the
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published September 5, 2011 and has No Comments
Two weeks of sustained protest concluded outside the White House yesterday. Over that time, over 1,250 people were arrested in order to send a single, simple message to the Obama administration: Do not approve the Keystone XL pipeline. The pipeline, currently pending approval, would carry the exceptionally dirty tar sands oil 1,700 miles from Alberta, Canada to American refineries along ...
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published July 1, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is such a big fan of nature that her environmentally-friendly home includes a retractable roof that provides natural cooling -- while giving her an unobstructed view of the outdoors and the local birds. And this week, she partnered with the National Parks Conservation Association for radio spots that draws attention to the threats ...
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published May 16, 2011 and has No Comments
Image credit: Planeat From my musings on what a vegan world would actually look like , to PETA's infographic on what happens when everyone eats vegan , we've seen plenty of speculation about what our future would look like if we abandoned, or severely curtailed, our use of meat, dairy and other animal products. But there's no need to ...
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published May 3, 2011 and has No Comments
Image credit: Peak Moment TV Good Magazine has urged us to share more with our neighbors , and it's the basis behind the whole concept of collaborative consumption . But more and more companies and community initiative are exploring what this kind of sharing looks like in practice. In Portland, many neighborhoods have the luxury... Read the full story ...
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published April 8, 2011 and has No Comments
Many Gulf Coast residents' lives have been changed by the BP spill -- whether through lost jobs, health woes, marred property values, or otherwise. And while a cumbersome system has been put in place to pay out claims made by impacted residents, it by no means will right all the wrongs imparted upon the region over the course of the ...
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published April 1, 2011 and has No Comments
A Power Shift crowd in 2007. Photo credit: Power Shift/Sierra Club Our nation's capitol will soon receive a powerful infusion of young energy. From April 15-18, more than 10,000 young leaders will converge on Washington, DC, at Power Shift 2011 .... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published March 18, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: A Bid to Save the Earth For the second year in a row, environmental organizations and sustainably minded celebrities are joining forces for Bid to Save the Earth , which includes a green auction at Christie's, an online auction at charitybuzz.com , and a Runway to Green fashion show from designers around the world. The Christie's auction is ...
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published March 18, 2011 and has No Comments
The idea of a decent standard of living without economic growth runs counter to much of what we've been taught about economics, development and even human nature. Yet as Leonora's review of Professor Tim Jackson's book Prosperity Without Growth showed, there are plenty of convincing arguments for why we should rethink our relationship to GDP for the good of ...
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published March 16, 2011 and has No Comments
Image via ShelterBox ShelterBox is sending kits to Japan to help with relief efforts. The packs are somewhat of a marvel when it comes to efficient packaging -- they pack 100 lbs of equipment in just 33 x 24 x 22 inch box. Take a look at what is included, and find out more about the conundrum of packing ...
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