Video: London Evolution Animation
This animated video shows 2,000 years of London’s evolution in 7 minutes. Music: “Cities” by Maserati.
Per Espen Stoknes: The Great Grief — How To Cope with Losing Our World
Climate scientists overwhelmingly say that we will face unprecedented warming in the coming decades. Those same scientists, just like you or I, struggle with the emotions that are evoked by … Continue reading
George Monbiot: Fowl Deeds
The astonishing, multiple crises caused by chicken farming. It’s the insouciance that baffles me. To participate in the killing of an animal: this is a significant decision. It spreads like … Continue reading
Jenne’ Andrews: Intrepid Eye, Majestic World
. How beautiful the eyeball, flecked with the residual color of the terrain—nightfall in the blue canyons, goldenrod selvage of sea cliff. Sun-kissed– the amplitude of the turning earth. It … Continue reading
David R. Loy: Healing Ecology
What Can Buddhism contribute to our understanding of the Ecological Crisis? As a complex religious tradition, or group of traditions, Buddhism has a lot to say about the natural world. … Continue reading
Video: Using the Legal System to Fight Factory Farms
In 2001, Michele Merkel worked as an attorney for the Environmental Protection Agency on a case where farmers were suing huge factory farms for polluting the community’s air and water. … Continue reading
Video: How bad architecture has ruined American life
In James Howard Kunstler’s view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what we have in America … Continue reading
David R. Loy: Awakening in the Age of Climate Change
If Buddhism is to address the ecological crisis, it must clarify its essential message. Let me begin by emphasizing what most of us already know about climate change. First, it’s … Continue reading
Video: Pete Seeger — 2013 Anti-fracking rally, Albany, New York
Musician, singer, songwriter, folklorist, labor activist, environmentalist, and peace advocate, Pete Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was born in Patterson, New York, son of Charles and Constance … Continue reading
Michael T. Klare: The Renewable Revolution
Four Reasons Why the Transition From Fossil Fuels to a Green Energy Era Is Gaining Traction Don’t hold your breath, but future historians may look back on 2015 as the … Continue reading
Video: Is Milk Good for our Bones?
For decades, Dairy Councils sponsored by state governments across the United States have carried on aggressive ad campaigns and educational programs promoting the practice of drinking milk to ensure we … Continue reading
Chris Hedges: Choosing Life
The animal agriculture industry is an integral part of the corporate state. The corporate state’s exploitation and impoverishment of workers and its poisoning of the environment, as well as its … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: You in the Mercedes
You in the Mercedes with a phone clamped to your ear honking at the farmer who’s had the temerity to drive a tractor, slowly, in a no-passing zone, in front … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: Bernie Sanders 2016
Last week, I invested $3.75 in my first “Sanders 2016” button. Like Senator Sanders, I usually caucus with the Democrats. I am also like the senator in that I am … Continue reading →