Wherever Blair goes, our campaign ensures that he can never be free from the fear of arrest... What else can you do? When the entire administration is engaged in a criminal act, when there is no clear separation of powers between the government and the judiciary, when those appointed to ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot yesterday, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Education, Events, Finance & Money, Politics & Government, War
Unplggd reports on a machine that can transform waste office paper into rolls of toilet paper. It’s called the “White Goat”, manufactured by the Nakabayashi company of Japan. With the addition of a little water, the White Goat will shred up waste paper products and spit out a functional ... keep reading
Written by Dan Gould yesterday, about Consumerism, Design, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Recycling
Environmental researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities released the 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland last month. Iceland came in first, while the U.S. trailed behind at a distant 61st, dropping from 39th in 2008. This was the third ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell this week, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Recycling, Smart Growth
Along with several other international NGOs working in Afghanistan, Oxfam last week published a powerful paper on the damage being caused by the militarization of aid. In many ways it resembles the debate on how to ensure that Haitian reconstruction builds, rather than undermines, its battered state. In the last ... keep reading
Written by Duncan Green this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Education, Finance & Money, Politics & Government, War (1 comment)
This week's dose of organic headlines, updates, resources, goodies, and recipes courtesy of DSnodgrass... The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released the 2008 Organic Production Survey. Since this is the initial undertaking of its type at the federal level, there's no solid data for comparison from prior ... keep reading
Written by D. Snodgrass this month, about Agriculture & Food, Deforestation, Genetic Modification, Organic
Gordon Hempton is an audio ecologist who studies the world’s diminishing quiet spaces. He claims that truely silent areas (free from mechanical noise), are few and far between in today’s world. Newsweek reports: And silence, Hempton believes, is rapidly disappearing, even in the most remote places. He says ... keep reading
Written by Dan Gould this month, about Children and Families, Deforestation, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior
“All indications are that we should be alarmed about the future of sea level rise and should be doing something about it now.” Orrin Pilkey and Rob Young, eminent coastal scientists, wrote their book The Rising Sea to provide substance for that alarm and to offer suggestions as to how ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker this month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather
The NRDC Action Fund released a video clip last week designed to echo Obama's call to move America towards a 'clean energy economy'. Obama's push for clean energy was discussed in his State of the Union address. The video is part of the This is Your Moment campaign ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Celebrities, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Media, Politics & Government
Friday, December 18th, 2009 was one of the saddest days of my career. The Copenhagen Climate Conference had ended with a non-binding Copenhagen Accord. And no on knew what it meant. When I returned to the negotiating center, it was as empty as the Copenhagen Accord. The NGO and government ... keep reading
Written by Eliav Bitan this month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Economics, Emissions, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Smart Growth, Weather
In January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the agency would support “reasonable steps” to reduce human exposure to Bisphenol A, or BPA by minimizing the use of BPA-based products that come in contact with foods or drinks consumed by babies or toddlers. The FDA, however ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell this month, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Consumerism, Design, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
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