environment
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Your fridge is ground zero, Part 2 of 2
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3 min read
“Hunger, in your neighborhood or anywhere in the world, is a violation of human rights, and caused by inhumane politics. Corporations have a responsibility to get the excess food to those who need it, and we all have a responsibility to demand that they do.” (Your fridge is ground zero, Part 1 of 2, 4/24/15) Yesterday,…
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Your fridge is ground zero, Part 1 of 2
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3 min read
In case you missed it, try to screen “Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story,” a documentary which premiered on MSNBC this week (trailer here). The film follows one couple’s quest to live on discarded or expired food, and showcases world food waste experts such as Dana Gunders (National Resources Defense Council), Johanthan Bloom (author of American…
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The Salvation of Climate Change Deniers
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3 min read
Climate change deniers have painted themselves into a corner. They are victims of their own rhetoric based on illogical conclusions drawn from a fairly limited world view. Many do not seem to have paid attention in grade school, let alone have the skill set for a statesman entrusted with the life and death decision-making so…
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Love Your Earth
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2 min read
Earth Peace Listen to the sound of the earth turning (Yoko Ono, Earth Day, April 22, 2015) We’ve been promoting the hashtag, #EarthDayIsEveryDay because the impact on climate change is still grossly underestimated. It is one of our key issues because if we ruin our planet, our search for social and economic justice means little.…
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Silencing Climate Change Deniers
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2 min read
According to a new study in the journal Science,”Four boundaries are assessed to have been crossed, placing humanity in a danger zone.” The report defined climate change and loss of species as two core areas of concern. Each “has the potential on its own to drive the Earth System into a new state should…
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Stop, hey, what’s that sound?
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5 min read
Stop, hey, what’s that sound? Everybody look. What’s goin’ down? (“What It’s Worth” chorus, 1966, lyrics or listen) This song was written in 1966 by Stephen Stills of Crosby, Sills, & Nash fame. They recorded it and performed it thousands of times although it was first performed by Buffalo Springfield that year. The song quickly became an…
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Salutes and More Salutes
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3 min read
Naysayers who think that big marches don’t bring about real change fail to understand there is a pluralistic revolution already underway that will change the world whether they like it or not, divesting the world away from corporate rape of the world’s natural resources. (9/22/14) We have had time now to fully appreciate the impact of Sunday’s unprecedented People’s…