climate… The Sound of a New Green Economy 2 Sep 2011 From the Green for All team, a video that sums up the argument for the new Green Collar Economy:
Culture Change… Hygiene and Its Discontents 27 Aug 201116 Jul 2013 Up to my eyeballs in preparations for Monday's start of the new semester, so I'm re-posting a bit I initially published on 6/22/04 at http://rattlebrain.com/~apegrrl/blog040622.htm Hygiene and Its Discontents While doing as…
climate… Plan B Updates – 99: A Fifty Million Dollar Tipping Point? | EPI 10 Aug 201110 Aug 2011 A bright bit of happy news burning through the sooty smokestack emissions: At a press conference on July 21, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he was contributing $50 million…
disasters… Could a carbon tax help solve our budget woes? | Grist 29 Jul 20118 Aug 2011 Could a carbon tax help solve our budget woes? | Grist. Again, it's time to start taking this seriously, as a potential solution for multiple problems. See my previous post…
disasters… Embracing the Anthropocene 25 May 201125 May 2011 Embracing the Anthropocene - NYTimes.com. An important look at our capacity to change our home planet, and how we choose to think about it. Revkin's thoughtful comments include: Earth is…
justice… Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities 29 Apr 201129 Apr 2011 As part of Cabrillo College's 5th Annual Social Justice Conference, I'm hosting a discussion of issues of environmental justice and the connections between social justice, environmental health, the rights of indigenous peoples, social equity and sustainability. Here…
disasters… This Earth Week: Taking America Back From the Polluters — Green For All 20 Apr 201111 May 2020 This Earth Week: Taking America Back From the Polluters — Green For All. Excerpts from a stirring speech by Green for All's CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins on the 1 year anniversary…
disasters… Aftershocks 19 Mar 201119 Mar 2011 The immense human tragedy of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan is just starting to fade from the headlines. The crisis of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility is at a…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 