“We must rapidly begin the shift from a ‘thing-oriented’ society to a ‘person-oriented’ society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. So far in my studies this is as close […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been reading Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet by Aric McBay, Lierre Keith, and Derrick Jensen which I highly recommend and I came across this video so I thought I’d share it with you below. Be Sociable, Share!
“‘Occupy All Streets’ is our way of reminding people that there is change to be made everywhere, not just on Wall Street. At this time we have not made an official commitment to monetarily support the movement.” – A Rocawear spokesperson as told to Business Insider If you’ve read the About page here you’ve seen […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I decided to make this graphic after reading some of author Neil Evernden’s The Natural Alien: Humankind and Environment. This quote made so much sense to me. One of the reasons we Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
This is a guest post from Amanu Kaiju on the environmental messages in the work of African American science fiction writer Octavia Butler. Octavia Butler was a prophet. Look around, the evidence is evident and growing everyday. Only the extremely foolish, extremely uniformed, or the extremely corrupt can doubt climate change and the rise of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour. As I watched the above video, I couldn’t help but wish I was in Washington D.C. next to the masses of people protesting the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Throughout the past few weeks, citizens from around the country have been engaged in civil disobedience at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been reading about the environment quite a bit lately trying to answer my own questions so that maybe I can better answer yours. What I found thought was more surprising and profound than stats about Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
In 30 years we can expect to see an anomaly: ice-free Arctic summers. The thickness of Arctic ice is being reported as the lowest on record by the University of Washington’s Polar Science Center. The US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) is also reporting the Arctic Ocean is only covered by 5.2 miles […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Greenpeace’s newest campaign, A New Warrior, is the type of social change and activism that we all should be proud of. The Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace’s international ship, has been protecting Mother Earth since 1978, and now they need your help to build a new one. You can purchase a part of the ship- from a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Years before global warming was big news and going green was the new black, soul legend Marvin Gaye wrote “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” off of the now classic album What’s Going On in 1971. Gaye seemed to get the connections between the soul, the environment, justice and equality. Here’s what Marvin Gaye had to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
