An aerial view of the former Alameda NAS– the former military base was closed under BRAC in 1997 and is now a community farm project. Alameda Naval Air Station experienced its heyday during WWII and somewhat during the Cold War. Under the Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC), the base was closed in 1997 but […] ↓ 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
Above: “Major intersection: Nostrand ave & Eastern Pkwy and no one is going anywhere.” All photos courtesy of Abigail Ekue The post-Christmas blizzard hit the East Coast with record snowfall, blanketing the area in tons of snow, not just New York City of course, but from Maine to the Carolinas. In this city our mayor, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I realize that many countries, including my own, are facing tough economic conditions… And we’ve also endured an unrelenting stream of disasters this year — from the earthquake in Haiti to the wildfires in Russia. But we must answer the Pakistani request for help.†~Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, nytimes.com Pakistan is experiencing a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Haiti is struggling to recover six months after the earthquake—one of the worst natural disasters in history. Up to 300,000 were killed, and more than 1.5 million were made homeless. Here’s some video of the coverage Democracy Now! did. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
Photo Credit: “[ existential ]” by Jesse Wright Not having knowledge of self is like being homeless within your own body.” I caught this tweet from a guy named @consciousskillz (Aqiyl Qasim) and I loved the idea of it. Homelessness for many of would be the ultimate in separation from stuff, you know the material […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s sad that people can pick and choose what kind of animals they like and that alone can affect the survival of a species. For example a polar bear can and does get more love than a snake. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
With only 34 percent of non-alcoholic bottles and 25 percent of PET plastic bottles recycled annually, Pepsi and Waste Management aim to boost that number to 50 percent through increased recycling at reverse vending machines like the Dream Machines. ~greenbiz.com You can already get money for recycling but with this reverse vending machine one can […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Is anybody human anymore? What’s wrong with humanity?” ~Raechelle Groce, area resident asked for comment, 1010 Wins Guatemalan immigrant Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax was a homeless good Samaritan who was stabbed to death while coming to the aid of a young woman being attacked on the streets of New York City. He was stabbed several times […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Note: This post was written before the coal mine explosion in West Virginia. 25 coal miners have died after a huge explosion at a Massey Energy mine in Raleigh County in the worst mining disaster in the US in over 25 years. Read more about that at democracynow.org The African American Environmentalist Association was asked […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
