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sofreshandsogreen.com helps the young and the urban learn more about the environment through Hip Hop, art, information and ideas.
The Fresh is city life, urban art, the youth, Hip Hop and lots of music. The Green deals with environmental issues on different levels from public policy to bodega food nutrition to finding out what a green job is and what it means for you. Come for The Fresh, stay for The Green.
These posts will help you understand our mission better:
Hello World! Welcome To So Fresh And So Green.com
So Fresh And So Green’s Birthday 1.0!!!
Today Is So Fresh And So Green’s 2nd Birthday!!!
Kanye West and American “Power”
Van Jones On BP’s Oil Spill And The Next Economy
I Saw Her Again Last Week And She’s Still Greener Than Me
Pork Free Solar Panels
Why Bottled Water Shouldn’t Be Popular With Minorities
Bio: Founder, Editor In Chief of SFSG. I grew up in NYC with a love of nature, hip hop, art, design and a strong desire to know WTF is going on…
Likes: Spelling “Madame” wrong, Ghostface, Golden Era Hip Hop, Alphonse Maria Mucha, Barry Windsor Smith, artfully done graffiti, the Amarna period, Family Guy, X Men, GSDs, Adult Swim, Art Nouveau, early 90′s rock and alternative- when alternative was really alternative, Aside Bside Media, polar bears, Camp Lo, Dadaism, old footage of Roxanne Shante, the color blue, NYC when I can afford it
Dislikes: The MTA, snarky hipsters, the fact that high fructose corn syrup is in everything, Marsupials, ironing, Saran wrap, white panty hose on women who aren’t nurses or 5 years old, the term “Old School”, incorrect usage of slang, slow computers, stereotypes, Jiggahov and the Mrs.
Respect for: Harold Cruse, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Amy Goodman, Harry Allen, Tim Wise, Hugh Hamilton, Dr. Carlos E. Russel, John Henrik Clark, Gil Noble, Bill Moyers, Jay Smooth, Tricia Rose, Dr. Majid Ali, WBAI, Bones Malone, Rosa Clemente
Quote: “Bitter with Baggage seeks same” – Sloane Tanen
Sometimes I also write for pinboardblog.com
Twitter: @madamtoussaint That’s my profile pic on twitter above. I change it a lot. Right now I’m a character from Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower
Facebook: facebook.com/SoFreshAndSoGreen
facebook.com/immadamt
Tumblr: runmadamrun.tumblr.com
Bio: Boston born and raised, senior at Hofstra University, majoring in journalism and English. Writer. Music lover. Scorpio.
Likes: Sarcasm, languages, technology, being everyone’s go-to girl for all things written, Family Guy, South Park before it got lame, all things Android, the Legend of Zelda and other nerdery.
Dislikes: Bad grammar, people who don’t return favors, the Pinwheel of Death, Chrome’s “Aw Snap,” and other tech bad news.
Quote: “Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.” – Lawrence Clark Powell
Twitter: @TheDonaTayla
John Hageman
Bio: I grew up next to the great city of Chicago but now attend Indiana University where I study Environmental Stewardship and Sociology; avid lover of sunshine, imagination, REAL hip-hop and reggae, and I’ve got a desire just to do something worthwhile.
Likes: Creativity, root beer, adventures, love, thinking outside the box, nature, politicians who actually get real shit done, but most of all, straight relaxin
Dislikes: Fake people, ring tone rap, business-as-usual politics, hearing people say what others “should” be doing, Hummers, violence, the War on Drugs
Quote: “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace” -Jimi Hendrix
Twitter: @OrganicMonkey3
The Lipstik Activist
Bio: Defined by duality and an absolute incessant need to laugh. A fluid Feminist, burgeoning Buddhist, Vonnegutian at heart, armed with a sense of humor, love of people and animals. Still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
Likes: Making mix tapes, laughing, coffee on my patio, the never ending sky of the Gulf Coast, cooking for friends and family, tattoos, creativity, surrealism, river otters, elephants, Thich Nhat Hanh, Kurt Vonnegut, Thom Yorke, music, Steeler’s football, cognitive neuroscience, astronomy, anthropology, linguistics, international relations, everything about Frank Ocean.
Dislikes: Small mindedness, Dominionism, Social Conservatives, mouth breathers, paper plants, the death penalty, complainers, sensationalism, hipsters, the willfully ignorant, Tom Brady.
Quote: “Watch this 90lb woman manage implausible physical feats in possibly the worst written screenplay of the year. ” – The Lipstik Activist on Columbiana
Twitter: @LipstikActivist
Tumblr: thelipstikactivist.tumblr.com
Amanu Kaiju
Bio: Emcee.Wordsmith. Data hunter-gatherer. Otaku supreme. Bad Wolff.
Likes: Box-cutters. Moleskines. Comics. Music. Art. Literature.
Dislikes: Closed minds.
Quote: “On the good foot!” -James Brown
Twitter: @Amanu360
Facebook: Amanu Kaiju
