Feb 23, 2011 | Carolyn's Articles
We are a nation on the edge of a nervous breakdown. We consume two-thirds of the world’s anti-depressants as we battle for position in the economy. Why not just declare a cease-fire with the Joneses we’ve been trying to keep up with? We’ve bought into the notion that if we’re not wealthy, we’re not good enough, which creates horrible stress and anxiety. Why not become citizens again, creating employee-owned businesses and member-owned credit unions that can reduce both killer stress and unnecessary expenses? (Credit unions save $8 billion a year in interest on loans because they are non-profit) Why not invest in community bonds, portfolios and banks and make living returns on our investments?
Feb 3, 2011 | Climate Change/Environment
For two decades now we’ve been ignoring the impassioned pleas of scientists that our burning of fossil fuels was a bad idea. And now we’re paying a heavy price.
Jan 30, 2011 | Feature Articles
[This article was submitted first by the author to Speaking Truth to Power–CB] At some point in our lives, most of us realized that there is no place that we could stand on the side of mother earth and not be asked, “by what right are you here?” Do we have a...
Jan 10, 2011 | Feature Articles
I’M CONTINUALLY stunned by how many seemingly sane people believe you can have infinite economic growth on a finite planet. Perpetual economic growth and its cousin, limitless technological expansion, are beliefs so deeply held by so many in this culture that they often go entirely unquestioned. Even more disturbing is the fact that these beliefs are somehow seen as the ultimate definition of what it is to be human: perpetual economic growth and limitless technological expansion are what we do.
Jan 7, 2011 | Feature Articles
[In this article, Whipple connects the dots between oil prices and natural disasters which we believe are inextricably connected with climate change.–CB] ORIGINAL ARTICLE The news this week that about one-third of Australia’s coal production has been...
Jan 5, 2011 | Climate Change/Environment, Energy Depletion, Feature Articles
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Karen Rybold Chin | January 5, 2011 The scientific community has long agreed that our dependence on fossil fuels inflicts massive damage on the environment and our health, while warming the globe in the process. But beyond the damage these fuels cause...
Jan 1, 2011 | Feature Articles
Mankind’s introduction of invasive species across the globe and destruction of natural habitats threatens to destroy the diversity of species essential to the natural world, researchers claim. The modern biodiversity crisis, a lack of variation in life forms,...
Dec 26, 2010 | Ecopsychology
[Think the collapse of industrial civilization is nothing more than a physical phenomenon requiring only logistical preparation? This brilliant New York Times article from earlier this year argues otherwise. It is even more relevant than it was 11 months...
Dec 23, 2010 | Local Solutions
ORIGINAL ARTICLE By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 20, 2010; 11:16 PM As 2010 comes to a close, U.S. environmentalists are engaged in their most profound bout of soul-searching in more than a decade. Their top policy priority –...
Dec 20, 2010 | Climate Change/Environment
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Multiple astronomical events are lining up for a rare display of synchronization tonight as a total lunar eclipse overlaps with 2010’s winter solstice. Depending on the location, late night December 20 or early morning December 21, the full moon...