Daylight Savings Time was officially instituted in the 1970s to defray energy costs. Although the benefits may not outweigh the costs to our sleep and our overall health, let alone […]
june 2012
WEST COAST fearlessMeditation I | Practice of the Body CXC | Center for Transformative Change | Berkeley, CA Friday | June 8, 2012 | 7:00-9:30pm Register Celebration of People […]
Game Over for the Climate
Climate change, oddly enough, is something you can believe in–or not. Whatever you believe, global warming is affecting us, and the changes are happening more rapidly than scientists originally expected. […]
Ellen MacArthur Foundation | A Circular Economy
“There’s a world of opportunity to re-think and re-design the way we make stuff. ‘Re-Thinking Progress’ explores how through a change in perspective we can re-design the way our economy […]
Heroes of the Environmental Movement
“The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world’s largest prize for grassroots environmentalists. Founded in 1989, the Prize has been awarded to 151 people from 81 countries. Each of the winners, […]
What’s Happening to the Bees?
Bees are dying in large numbers. They are THE connection between plants and pollination. The connection between crops and people. Insects can live without us, we can’t live without them. […]
Pollution Playing A Major Role In Sea Temperatures
The Atlantic Ocean, especially the North Atlantic, is peculiar: Every few decades, the average temperature of surface water there changes dramatically. Scientists want to know why that is, especially because […]
we are in the future | adrienne maree brown
here are my written notes for the keynote i gave this past weekend to the North American Students of Cooperation Institute. it was an amazing group to speak with, think with, and […]
Floyd Red Crow Westerman | Forgotten Instructions
When we live out of balance spiritually it affects everything, our connection to ourselves, to earth, to one another. Whether or not you believe in the many prophecies going […]
Elemental | A Film on Saving the Natural World
Original text and image from Elemental Web site & Global Oneness site. Three stories on three continents reveal how we are all connected through the “university of nature” herself. Watch the preview […]
Majora Carter | Staying Green, Staying Home
Majora hosts the Peabody Award winning public-radio series: The Promised Land. She has a long list of awards and honorary degrees, including a MacArthur “genius” Fellowship. She founded Sustainable South Bronx […]
What a 10-Year-Old Did for the Tar Sands
“Why a First Nations student from British Columbia is taking on a controversial trans-Canadian pipeline project—through song.” Ta’Kaiya Blaney’s song, “Shallow Waters,” co-written with her music teacher, was among B.C.’s […]