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…
At home one night with nothing to watch on TV I came across an infomercial for a TIMELife music box set from the 1970s. On the paid program was a song the got me thinking “What are environmentalism is missing?”
Stephen Hawking does The Simpsons Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain inward looking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space… Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill.” ~Stephen […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Manifest Destiny: An Allegorical Painting by John Gast 1872 It’s one thing to need a reality check and another to want one. Ideas of sustainability, of what can make human life last on this planet, at times, will readily fall on deaf ears in a country whose creation myth is completely at odds with those […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you missed Part 1 of my interview with Mart Drake-Knight of eco-fashion brand Rapanui you can read that HERE. Here in part 2 we discuss fashion’s carbon emissions, whether or not fashion is incompatible with sustainability and who’s responsible for BP’s oil gusher.
I recently found out about mens and womens eco-fashion brand Rapanui, but to simply call them that is an understatement. Brothers Mart and Rob Drake-Knight have created a company where every step of the production is as environmentally conscious as possible. Add to that a website to go with it that is a resource of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Radical environmentalists: you are damaging the planet with your efforts to lock up safer drilling areas. There’s nothing clean and green about your misguided, nonsensical radicalism, and Americans are on to you as we question your true motives.- Sarah Palin As much as it pains me I find myself writing about this woman again and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sure Earth Day is over but the message is good all year round. Here’s a PSA from environmental group Greenpeace. If you like white hands this video is for you, but seriously there is a clear and powerful message here. You can learn more about them on their about page at greenpeace.org
Palin waves at NASCAR in Feb, 2010. She could teach Jay-Z and Cassidy about being a hustler homie. Sarah Palin is at it again, this time she’s looking to get an “Planet Earth-type look†in a docudrama in Palin’s home state Alaska according to the good folks at ecorazzi.com. Sadly once it finds a network […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
