The Oil Song
Interrupt fun at summer camp for a grim reminder: Good planets are hard to find. Let’s stop screwing up this one.
Continue reading »What can we do about this mess?
As the oil continues to gush into the gulf, here’s a great idea of what you can do about it.
Continue reading »Speaking of Oil….
Like it or not, you’re eating oil. Its time to re-think our food system.
Continue reading »Love Your Mother
On Mother’s Day and every other day, don’t forget about the most important mother of all: Mother Earth.
Continue reading »“Have the Best Earth Day Ever!”
Your assignment for Earth Day: Read these two books. Nothing else really matters.
Continue reading »Day #2 of Water Week: Green Washing
When life hands you lemons, there is often an opportunity to make lemonade. Last week, one of my daughters cleaned her room by overloading our wash machine with all the clothes that had been festering on her floor. This overload of laundry caused my 10+ year old wash machine to up and die. The repair [...]
Continue reading »Book Review: The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
A friend recommended The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight to me recently. Its one of those books filled with the bad news that makes many look away: we are running out of cheap fossil fuel, clean water and other scary stuff. The author Thom Hartmann, who has written many books on ADHD, makes an argument [...]
Continue reading »What’s Cheap Oil Got To Do With It?
I’m not talking about the kind of cheap oil that goes into Girl Scout Cookies and other forms of industrialized junk food. Its the oil that comes out of the ground that I’m thinking about! Created tens of thousands of years ago from prehistoric animals, not cottonseeds or soybeans. After spending the day meeting with [...]
Continue reading »Movie: A Crude Awakening
Addictions of any kind can result in catastrophe when the supply falls short or the costs rise beyond reach before curing the addiction. Like it or not, we live the way we do thanks to cheap fossil fuels, and like it or not, we are addicted to them. That will be changing in the years [...]
Continue reading »Are You Ready For Transition?
December’s UN climate talks in Copenhagen failed to failed to produce a strong, binding agreement to cut carbon-dioxide emissions. Most Americans are painfully aware that burning fossil fuel contributes to increasing CO2 levels, pollution and climate change, but did you know we’re starting to run low? Fossil fuels are not in endless supply under the [...]
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