In July, 1987, John Mohawk spoke to the first National Green Gathering in Amherst, Massachusetts. In his keynote, he warned that industrial societies were threatening the very biology of the planet: climate change, species lost, acid rain, tears in the ozone layer, and biochemical disruptions (including reproductive) from toxic pollutants. Climate change has come [...]
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Just Remember One Word: Plastics
I’m Rick Whaley. I’m a plastics enabler. No matter how hard I try, the collection of plastic bags under my sink just keeps growing like mold on the food scrapes I save in the same spot for red worm composting. It’s not so much that I rarely get those free cloth bags I [...]
Is Nuclear Power Suddenly Safe and Clean?
Is Nuclear Power Suddenly Clean and Safe?
Feb. 3, 2010
When did nuclear power suddenly and miraculously become “safe and clean,” as President Obama said in his recent State of the Union address? Or has it merely become miraculously “spun,” as the nuclear industry once again takes taxpayers, citizens, and government regulators for a ride. [...]
Restoring Mayberry: Living in Rural Ireland, Watching the Global Transformation from a Distance (The Moment of Darkness, Dec. 23, 2008)
The following article by Brian Kaller appeared last year on the winter solstice on the wonderful site restoringmayberry.blog.spot.com. It is a beautifully written look at raising a child on an imperiled planet. It is a message of hope against the backdrop of global realities. The Restoring Mayberry blog provides excellent coverage of Ireland/ecology news and [...]
The Sedona Sweat Lodge Tragedy
American Indian Knowledge and Rituals: The Sedona Sweat Lodge Tragedy
As an activist-ally of the Anishinabe people since the 1980s, and in recent years working with Ben Yahola (Muscogee), Dona Yahola (Anishinabe, Oneida), and the Sacred Sites Run, I’ve had the honor of being invited to numerous Indian ceremonies over the years. In my experience, the [...]
Greenpeace Sensationalist Tactics on Mt. Rushmore Do Not Help Environmental Movement
On Wednesday July 8, 2009, members of Greenpeace scaled Mount Rushmore in South Dakota and unfurled a large banner next to Abraham Lincoln (Guardian). The banner contained an incomplete portrait of Barack Obama and the message, “America honors leaders not politicians: Stop Global Warming”. All 11 protesters were arrested on charges of trespassing. The sculpture [...]