Tag: United States

  • Campaign for Local Power

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    For more information on how you can help this amazing nonprofit win, you could go here. And you might want toLike New Era Colorado on Facebook if you want to see their ongoing progress. UPDATE (9/3/2013, 12 p.m. ET): New Era Colorado Executive Director Stephen Fenberg just emailed me to say: “The response from everyone across the country…

  • GMO Genewashing

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    Reposted from Dr. Frank Lipman’s Blog: By Andrea Donsky  You may be familiar with the term “greenwashing” –- a term describing the deceptive practice companies use to purposely give off the impression that their products or policies are environmentally friendly, when in fact they aren’t. Greenwashing was first coined in 1986 by an environmentalist named…

  • The Obesity Era

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    This is an exceedingly long but intriguing article by David Berry reposted from aeon: Years ago, after a plane trip spent reading Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground and Weight Watchers magazine, Woody Allen melded the two experiences into a single essay. ‘I am fat,’ it began. ‘I am disgustingly fat. I am the fattest human I know. I have…

  • Saudi Arabian Food Chain Contaminated with GM Ingredients

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    Yet another reason to distrust assurances from the purveyors of genetically modified food.  RT News provides information about the contamination of the Saudi Arabian food chain with GM ingredients: The Saudi Arabian food chain has been widely contaminated with GM ingredients, according to a new study. The findings include controversial StarLink maize banned for human…

  • Golden Rice: Spending Millions to Reinvent the Wheel

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    Beth Hoffman’s article in Forbes mirrors my sentiments exactly.  In response to a commenter, she asks: The question is – after 30 years of research, how much has actually been spent creating a product like Golden Rice? How many billions of vitamin A supplements could have been purchased and passed out already – saving the…

  • Resnick Sustainability Institute’s “RESONATE” Awards Focus on Paradigm Shifting Work

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    The Resnick Sustainability Institute at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has announced that it has established an award that will honor cutting-edge work that addresses some of the hardest problems in energy and sustainability. The award winners will be announced in the Spring of 2014. The Resnick Sustainability Institute’s “RESONATE” Awards will focus on…

  • Fishey Fleet Coast-to-Coast Tour Ends at Seattle HempFest

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    Yesterday, the Fishy Fleet coast-to-coast tour ended at the 22nd annual Seattle HempFest. East coast driver Shannon Spectra, wrote a song about GMOs on the 10 day trip. In this video, she sings, hoop dances and reads the Yes On 522 Dr Bronner’s label that will be available in stores nationwide next month. Fishy Tomato: A genetically modified tomato, or…

  • America Exporting Poisons to Rest of World

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    Reposted from Salon.com: After eating a school lunch that was made with cooking oil tainted with the toxic pesticide monocrotophos, 23 Indian children were recently killed. While the media has highlighted the widespread use of highly hazardous chemicals in India and subsequent health effects, what’s largely unreported is the role that the United States has played — and continues…

  • Sustainability Does Not Travel Well

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    Pamela Mar explores the distinction between the meaning of sustainability in the East vs. the West and concludes that “sustainability does not travel well.” …the definition of sustainability – i.e. progress which stems from balancing economic, environmental and social priorities – may resonate globally, but the strategies for implementing it have to be tailored to…

  • Shift Change Trailer

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    Shift Change is a new documentary (to have its world premiere on October 18, 2012, in Oakland, CA) that highlights worker-owned enterprises in North America and in Mondragon, Spain.  The film couldn’t be more timely, as 2012 has been declared by the U.N. as the “International Year of the Cooperative.” Take a look at the preview and please…