Book Review: The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight

Feb 27, 2010 | Movies & Book Reviews

Tweet A friend recommended The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight to me recently. Its one of those books filled with the bad news that makes many look away: we are running out of cheap fossil fuel, clean water and other scary stuff. The author Thom Hartmann, who has...

Slow Cooking Up a Solution

Jan 25, 2010 | Better Health, Go Green

Tweet The more I learn about building movements, the more I appreciate my Crock Pot. My  handy slow cooker has taught me much about fixing good food for my family  along with the fine art of patience and persistence. This morning, I popped loads of veggies into my...

Are You Ready For Transition?

Jan 11, 2010 | Go Green

Tweet December’s UN climate talks in Copenhagen failed to failed to produce a strong, binding agreement to cut carbon-dioxide emissions.  Most Americans are painfully aware that burning fossil fuel contributes to  increasing CO2 levels, pollution and climate...

Is Our Climate Warming or Weirding?

Jan 10, 2010 | Go Green

Tweet WORD OF THE DAY: Global Weirdingn. an increase in severe or unusual environmental activity often attributed to global warming.Note: Global weirding includes an increase in average temperatures, heat waves, cold spells, hurricanes, blizzards, plant and animal...

Extinct

Dec 18, 2009 | Better Health, Go Green

Tweet As the Copenhagen Climate talks wind down, I’m not feeling all that hopeful that our world leaders can all agree on some bold meaningful action to reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere. I’ve been sitting here in a funk about what the next...