Let’s face it: changing light bulbs and recycling are not working. It’s just not enough. We continue to blast more and more carbon into the atmosphere each year. Scientists tell us the safe limit for carbon in the atmosphere is 350 parts per million. We’re at 392 parts per million and the upward march continues. … Continue reading Climate Action 2.0: Divestment
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The Fifth Sacred Thing: A Manifesto for the 99%
The Fifth Sacred Thing: A Manifesto for the 99% . . .even on this ruined and ravaged and poisoned earth, people can live well together, can care for one another, can heal and build in harmony with what is around us. We have demonstrated hope. Now it is up to us to sustain that hope, … Continue reading The Fifth Sacred Thing: A Manifesto for the 99%
RIP Wangari Maathai
The great African (Kenyan) environmentalist, founder of the Green Belt Movement and the first African woman to win the Nobel Prize, Wangari Maathai passed away yesterday from cancer. I had the good fortune to see her speak at a conference years ago in Washington, D.C. She was an inspiration to millions and her efforts on … Continue reading RIP Wangari Maathai