I was looking for pictures for this post and the only one that didn't leave me completely speachless was this plain picture of long grain rice.
Experiment for a moment. Go to Google images, wr...
While we are involved in the presidential race some people around the world are involved in just staying alive from day to day. In The Qandil mountains, North Iraq, both Turkey and Iran have be condu...
Photograph by Max K. Hoberg/Institute of Marine Science/University of Alaska Fairbanks/courtesy COML
This is one of the new species found in the 10 year survey, including scientists from...
This is not my own personal thought, but I am adopting it because - it makes such total sense, I am not sure why I, or very many others for that matter have chosen this line of action. The green move...
Did you know that the average American woman makes only 77 cents to every Dollar the American man makes?
Most people are unaware of the differences in pay with people from different genders doing ...
There are many devoted people out there that actually care enough about the world to try and make it a better place.
This time I want to focus on the people that give up a lot of their time an...
Many humanitarian organizations are in the midst of trying to help the victims of the two natural catastrophes to hit Asia recently.One such organization is the Humanitarian agency Church World S...
This is a softer post than the usual.
We lead a pretty cushioned life here in the states, for the most part we have every thing we need, most of us have food in our plates and roofs over our h...
An interesting and very creative PR stunt recently by Green peace and actress Emma Thompson, Comedian Alistair Mcgowan and Zac Goldsmith who bought a plot of land right in the middle of the proposed ...
I am a Little behind in posting this but as they say - better late than never.
The 16th of October was the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty , for the 15th consecutive year. Accord...
Houda Nonoo is the first woman ambassador of Bahrain to the united states. Not only that , she is also the first Jewish ambassador of Bahrain.
I first read about this here . Nonoo, at only 4...
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Canadian activist Maude Barlow, who is co founder of the Blue Planet Project, a group that works to protect fresh water from trade and privation internationally, has been appointed as...
In this week end of Thanks Giving I thought it only appropriate to say thank you to who ever is responsible for me being born to my parents and being a citizen of the west.
Eric from Stop G...
The Big Ask: Climate change, "ACT NOW!"
I found this on the Island of Doubt and thought I would get it out there a bit more via the blog.
James, the author of the Island of...
Playing ostrich with heads in the sand seems to be the way to describe the republicans attitude towards Climate Change. Although both presidential candidates address the Issue, and according to Clima...
I thought that I would write about something completely different today.
There is a whole movement, or sub culture amongst us that believes in "rewilding" ourselves and our ways of life to a more...
One of the organizations out there that can really be assisted by your involvements is the FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
This is an organizations that sets for himsel...
I found this interesting blog on the commodifcation of water.
Riccardo Petrella of the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium is rightly concerned that a billion people do not have access ...
From his mouth to gods ear.
Thanks Maribo for the Video
With the recent attention that Asia gets in the news as a result of the recent events in Burma and China, I wanted to introduce you to a very interesting project of the graduate school of journa...
This recent cyclone has us all in shock by the proportions of it. This blogger had an interesting way of putting it:
22,500 dead and 41,000 missing. This number is incredible. I was loo...
Looks like Obama is sticking to his words on all that is green and has nominated Ron Sims to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Sims has a long green tende...
Today I learned a new word. Biomimicry.
Biomimicry is in essence the mimicking or imitating of nature to solve problems in all walks of design research and industry.
The question to ask y...
It seems that Ofra's Big Give television show is inspiring people to organize local efforts under the beautiful idea of paying forward.
Here is a story of one of these events that took place in G...
Time is running out And a move needs to be made Now.
I read very insightful article on the Telegraph which I quote only partially but recomend reading in full.
We can go further....
Rueters tells us that Peter Tatchell the human rights activist is demanding of Mandela to speak out against Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe.
Nelson Mandela should publicly urge Robert ...
Something about this just gives me the shivers. I am all for green sustainable living but this is taking it a bit to far.
I must say, it kind of reminded me of Nazi Germany with soap from human ...
A lot has been said recently and not so recently about global warming and subsequently about the Northern Hemisphere sea ice.
I am not a scientist, and it the charts and explanations are oft...
Some Good New for sure on election day.
According to Spere the referendum question for Stratford Coneticut residents wil be whether to sell the town''s portion of Longh Beach West the the US F...
Sometimes I feel Like we live in a completely Kafkaesque world, or maybe through Alice's looking glass.
A fine example of what would create that feeling with me is a post a read on Green leave rep...
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