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His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Climate Change. ~ Jenna Penielle Lyons

by on May 16, 2013

But the Dalai Lama said that we should first detach ourselves from the situation in order to become objective. Forget about politics. Forget about money. Forget about territory, borders, or ego. Become objective and look at the world from the standpoint of a steward–a steward who regards his or her immediate surroundings with an insurmountable level of love and care.

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How to Save the Ocean: An Interview with Dr. Wallace J. Nichols. ~ Annabel Ruffell {Video}

by on May 7, 2013

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The Sixth Extinction is Upon Us.

by on May 6, 2013

Can We Survive Ourselves? Yes. But Will We? Years ago, I interviewed leading environmental hero Lester Brown. He said we were doomed—unless we decided as a society, as we did before WWII, to rapidly mobilize. Five years later, little has changed for the better. The key, he said then, is media. Communication. Education. Where will [...]

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Ladakh: An Ancient Land that Can Teach Us a Thing or Two.

by on Apr 30, 2013

Ever wondered what life would be like without dysfunctional families, plastic bags and distant governing bodies telling us what to do locally? In my search for cultures that can teach us something new I have started to explore a far away land where life is more harmonious. Learn about my findings here.

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Want to Save the World? Build a Local Economy!

by on Apr 20, 2013

I was pondering the question: ‘If there was a panacea for the challenges we all face, what would it be?’ My research was already steering me towards the idea of localization, but when I watched the movie The Economics of Happiness produced by Helena Norberg-Hodge, I became convinced. It seems obvious to me that the [...]

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Hate Flying? Climate Change Will Make It Even Rougher. ~ Damian Carrington

by on Apr 18, 2013

Source: flickr.com via Lacy on Pinterest Climate change will lead to bumpier flights caused by increased mid-air turbulence, according to an analysis by scientists of the impact of global warming on weather systems over the next four decades. The increasing air turbulence results from the impact of climate change on the jet streams, the fast, [...]

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How We Can Save our Earth: Frances Moore Lappé on “EcoMind.”

by on Apr 12, 2013

Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis: Frances Moore Lappé. “Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.” ~ Frances Moore Lappé This lady is all about power, possibility, joy & honesty. We’re in love. Waylon interviewed Frances Moore Lappé via skype as part [...]

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Breaking: Arctic Ice Breaks Up in Beaufort Sea. {Video} ~ Paul Beckwith

by on Mar 23, 2013

For the record—I do not think that any sea ice will survive this summer. An event unprecedented in human history is today, this very moment, transpiring in the Arctic Ocean. The cracks in the sea ice that I reported on my Sierra Club Canada blog and elsewhere over the last several days have spread and [...]

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How Climate Change is Destroying our Earth. {Infographic}

by on Mar 18, 2013

Since the Industrial Revolution, carbon dioxide levels increased 38 percent because of humans, methane levels have increased 148 percent, nitrous oxide is up more than 15 percent—and the list goes on and on…

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How We Threaten Our Own Water Supply. ~ Julie Hancher

by on Mar 18, 2013

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. ~ Thomas Fuller

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Crack. Is It Bad for Us? ~ Paul Beckwith

by on Mar 15, 2013

Hang on folks… the times they are a-changin’.

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TED Talk: How We Can Reverse Climate Change. {Video} ~ Ellen Gunter

by on Mar 12, 2013

The opposite of what we thought would work.

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Photo: Jenna Pope | Forward on Climate Rally

Tackling Climate Change: What We Need to Do.

by on Mar 12, 2013

70 percent now believe that climate change is real compared with 52 percent in 2010. Climate change deniers who say it’s not taking place fell to 15 percent from 22 percent.

Now what??

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The Wannabe Yogi Sings the Blues. ~ Dawn Meysel

by on Mar 11, 2013

Winter Blues. Spare a thought for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere; winter is approaching fast. This is a sad, sad fact. My Northern Hemisphere neighbours may at this stage feel little sympathy as they emerge from a bone chilling adventure with Old Man Winter. The thaw is starting to set in. Crocuses are [...]

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At a Loss for Climate Change Arguments? Here’s a Cheat Sheet. ~ Laura Sabransky

by on Mar 6, 2013

Source: wikihow.com via wikiHow on Pinterest Let’s face it—we like to push the “easy button” in this country. We’ve cocooned and fortressed ourselves so that it’s easy to deny problems and causalities and easy to avoid facts. When it comes to climate change (or “chaos,” as it’s also been referred to), if we admit that [...]

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Natural Gas Holds No Key to Our Clean Energy Future. ~ Food & Water Watch

by on Feb 26, 2013

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Songs of Inspiration: The Space Between.

by on Feb 22, 2013

…are those things the very beginning of rebirth we seek? Isn’t it just a matter of awareness, of seeing the opportunity to embrace the beauty and be reborn? Is it just a matter of seeking something different?

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Why I Marched for Climate Change. {Video} ~ Ronnie Citron-Fink

by on Feb 22, 2013

I joined with nearly 50,000 protesters who endured freezing winds to express their fervent desire that President Obama take bold action on climate change. For my husband, Ted and I, the Forward on Climate rally was a culmination of years of living a green lifestyle. It was time to move beyond the recycling bin and compost [...]

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Photo: Jenna Pope | Forward on Climate Rally

The Largest Environmental Action in the History of the United States. {Photos}

by on Feb 18, 2013

Yesterday, an estimated 40,000 people gathered in Washington D.C. for the Forward On Climate rally.

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When the Fight for the Environment Feels Hopeless. ~ Jared Michaels

by on Feb 18, 2013

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56 Million Years Ago, the Earth Was Warmer Than It Is Today. ~ Julie Freydlin

by on Feb 15, 2013

Sandy, Irene, Katrina…hurricanes are fast becoming household names and have many people worried over the connection between extreme weather and the amount of greenhouse gases people are pumping into the atmosphere.

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Join the Keystone XL Pipeline Rally This Sunday. ~ Ellen Gunter

by on Feb 14, 2013

Source: Uploaded by user via Maja on Pinterest Details:
 The Mall, Washington, D.C., Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013; noon to 4 pm
. For more information, go here. Remember the Keystone XL Pipeline, purveyor of tar sands, the planet’s most toxic fossil fuel yet? Bulletin: the Keystone XL Pipeline project has not only not gone away, it’s [...]

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12 Things to Know About the First Year of Grieving Someone You Can’t Live Without. ~ Laurie Costanza

by on Feb 12, 2013

1. It will feel like you are dying.

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Thoreau’s Path Offers Climate Clues. ~ Judith A. Ross

by on Feb 9, 2013

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The Next Revolution: Passive Resistance.

by on Feb 3, 2013

  People that study climate change, income inequality and all the other challenges we face are beginning to get on my nerves now, not because what they say is wrong, but because we don’t need telling anymore. Scientists and academics would serve us better by researching the answers and it would be better if movie [...]

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Scientists and experts are increasingly concerned that we are entering an age of ecological collapse with untold impacts for future generations. In Daniel Rirdan's new book, The Blueprint, he outlines how to avoid this fate. Photo: mongabay.com

How Can We Avert Global Environmental Collapse? ~ Liz Kimbrough

by on Feb 2, 2013

Author, global strategist and speaker Daniel Rirdan set out to create a plan addressing the future of our planet. His book The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse, published last year, does just that. “It has been a 60-hour-a-week routine,” Rirdan told mongabay.com in a recent interview. “Basically, I would wake up with the burden of the world [...]

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The Good News: Whole Foods CEO, John Mackey, is no longer a Climate Change Denier. The Bad News… ~ Duff McDuffee

by on Jan 31, 2013

We are all interconnected, and it’s time we started acting like it.

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Colbert on Climate Change: The New Abnormal. {Video}

by on Jan 31, 2013

Hurricanes, wildfires, record heat? Oh my!

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What President Obama Said about Climate Change in his Inauguration Speech.

by on Jan 21, 2013

This was one of my favorite moments of his speech. But…what I’d like to hear is a plan for fighting climate change. Click here to sign the “We the People” petition demanding “that our leaders act on the recommendations coming from an overwhelming majority of the scientific community to halt climate change and save the [...]

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The Funny Side of Climate Change.

by on Jan 19, 2013

Who says we can’t have a little laugh about our environmental problems?

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Mercury, Birds & People: What we can learn from our feathered friends. ~ Jenny R. Isaacs

by on Jan 18, 2013

What we can learn by studying birds.

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Keys to Awareness.

by on Jan 17, 2013

Understanding symbolism is a key to living with more awareness. If you keep your eyes and ears open and are a good observer, you will see that much is revealed that is thought to be hidden.

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Fracking Comes to a Theater near You. ~ Marcia G. Yerman

by on Jan 14, 2013

Fracking causes friction in “Promised Land.”

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Letter To A Vegan, From A Meat Eater.

by on Jan 10, 2013

Here is a letter, emailed to me this morning. My responses are in italics.

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I Forgot My Blankie, but I Found Myself.

by on Jan 8, 2013

Source: Uploaded by user via Kris on Pinterest The other day I was cleaning my garage and discovered a box of old clothes and toys from my childhood. This is the box every adult is bestowed by their mother when they move into their first house—“Here, now this can take up space in your garage, [...]

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Are You Really Doing Yoga?

by on Jan 7, 2013

Are you really doing yoga? Oh, I know you are doing it on the mat; you have a great down dog, up dog, chaturanga, that type of thing. But do you let what you learn on the yoga mat have a place in your life? Or do you simply plug away in your day-to-day business as [...]

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Top 10 U.S. Extreme Weather Stories of 2012. ~ Moms Clean Air Force

by on Jan 4, 2013

It was another year of incredible weather extremes unparalleled in American history during 2012.

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Briny Water Heals.

by on Jan 1, 2013

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10 Quotes You Must Read Before 2013 (or at least early into it).

by on Dec 31, 2012

Let’s look at time, love, the human condition, and God. But quickly, no fluff.

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Open Suicide Letter to Monsanto.

by on Dec 29, 2012

A note which one farmer may have left, unseen and unread, blowing along the rows of his once fertile, now ruined land.

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Unlimited. ~ Miki Bowers

by on Dec 27, 2012

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Snowfall, Grand Central Station.

by on Dec 24, 2012

So out of the tunnel and up. Up into the Main Concourse. I arrive there, my feet on the floor. This room is huger than God’s Fist.

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Chasing Ice: a Short Interview with Director Jeff Orlowski.

by on Dec 21, 2012

Jeff Orlowski has been picking up so many awards his arms must be tired.

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Chasing Ice documents the rapid disappearance of the Earth's Cryosphere

Awards Keep Piling Up—How Did These Bold Boulderites Do It?

by on Dec 20, 2012

Chasing Ice is an important, infuriating, powerful, helpful, frustrating enlightening film

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Guess what this is?

by on Dec 16, 2012

Save the People.   “Yeah there is just no way man is having any effect on the climate.” ~ a top Reddit comment. More: “What’s most changing the climate can’t be seen. More developed countries do a better job of filtering out particulate matter and other emissions, but do little about CO2 or methane.” And: [...]

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Dissolving Animals: The Effects of Ocean Acidification. ~ Jeremy Hance

by on Dec 15, 2012

Marine snails, also known as sea butterflies, are dissolving in the Southern Seas due to anthropogenic carbon emissions, according to a new study in Nature GeoScience. Scientists have discovered that the snail’s shells are being corroded away as pH levels in the ocean drop due to carbon emissions, a phenomenon known as ocean acidification. The [...]

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What is the Best Contribution for the Next Generations? {Video}

by on Dec 10, 2012

Raising human consciousness has become a far more important concern than ever before. With thanks for our sponsor, Isha Foundation. For the first time, individual human beings have become so phenomenally powerful—empowered by technology. If now human consciousness does not rise, the world will go towards destruction. Right now, the way we are constructing the [...]

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McKibben Calls for Divestment in the Fossil Fuel Industry. ~ Dr. Matthew W. King

by on Dec 4, 2012

There was a flurry of activity at CU Boulder despite the uncharacteristically warm weather Sunday night. Bill McKibben, an American climate activist, author and journalist was in town for his Do the Math Tour. He’s the founder of the grassroots climate campaign 350.org. In his traditionally accessible style, McKibben presented three numbers that might add [...]

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Here are 10 (Okay, 11) Things You Can Do about Climate Change. ~ Kelly Simmons

by on Dec 3, 2012

Are you getting the picture? That the coal, oil and gas companies are actively seeking the demise of humanity, civilization, most mammalian life on the planet?

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The Urgency of an Ecological Spirituality.

by on Nov 29, 2012

We have an existential crisis.

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