Photo by d∂wn via flickr
On Sunday, November 13, Derrick Jensen is leading a day-long talk at Berkley University where environmental authors and changemakers will gather together to be interviewed in front of a live audience about crucial issues facing the state of the planet today and how a strong resistance movement can be built to reverse, lessen or stop these issues altogether, before it is too late.
This Saturday and Sunday the Green Festival is coming to Los Angeles for the first time ever. As the largest sustainability event in the world, there will be no shortage of informative booths, how-to-workshops, cutting-edge film screenings, green shopping opportunities, and exciting speakers. Speakers in the past have included major change makers in the eco-world and this event will be no different, with guests such as Amy Goodman from Democracy Now!, John Perkins (author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman), Mark Hertsgaard (author of Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth), and a full lineup of other inspirational speakers making an appearance.
Photo of Paul Watson speaking at the Go Green Expo. By Kara Seuschek.
This past weekend, the nation’s premiere green business and sustainable lifestyle show, The Go Green Expo, returned to Los Angeles with more than 200 eco-friendly booths, thousands of passionate attendees, and a diverse line-up of inspirational speakers.
Virunga National Park. Photo by Tuesday Phillips.
Oil company, SOCO International, has allegedly pushed their way into Africa’s Virunga National Park, forcing the Democratic Republic of the Congo ‘s (DRC) national parks authority (ICCN) to file a suit against the major oil giant.
Member of the Cofán Dureno Indigenous community in northern Ecuador. Photo by Rainforest Action Network via flickr.
Today at the United Nations Forum on Forests in New York, the UNEP plans to celebrate their launch of the International Year for Forests (IYF) with the slogan of “Celebrating Forests for People.” In the wake of the International Year of Biodiversity, the shift in focus from species to forests and people is a much needed and natural transition, considering the rate of deforestation and soil degradation that is spreading exponentially worldwide.
Photo by Pro-Soil Ag Solutions via flickr
By 38% of the vote, Monsanto beat out big corporations like Chevron and BP for the title of Worst Corporation of 2010, second year in a row.
Since the 1960s robots have been built as tools to assist us with industrial projects that would allow for an increase in manufacturing affluence and consumerism. Idealistic and quadratic in shape, they have always been representative of a vague future where life would be easier in the shadow of their abundant, productive capacities.
Art by Guerra de la Paz via guerradelapaz.com
The average American produces 29 pounds of waste in one week. While most of this waste is generally in the form of (often compostable) trash, a small percentage of clothing makes its way to landfills where it can take years to biodegrade.
Art by Derek Gores via derekgores.com
Much in the way that the memories we live are locked away in our minds, the single-use objects we use – which make up a substantial amount of who we are on this earth today – are often distant remnants of forgotten times. Florida-based artist, Derek Gores, has designed a creative way to take some of these objects and transform them into colorful collage portraits we won’t soon forget by recycling magazines, labels and found materials to complete his work.
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30 Days of Kombucha: Nature’s Femented Elixir
Kombucha Kamp is leading a 30 Day Challenge, challenging people far-and-wide to ditch their soda and opt for the ‘booch instead. Now, I haven’t been a soda drinker in ages and have never really been the type to make New Year’s resolutions – especially ones I knew I would never stick to. But the growing popularity of that symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast, known as kombucha, and the mystery surrounding its health benefits has intrigued me over the years. That, and I happen to be one of those peculiar people who love the sour vinegary-taste. So I figured, what do I have to lose – other than the possibility of achieving greater health!
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