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Every one of the remaining GOP presidential candidates utilizes national debt rhetoric as a way of decrying government spending, but paradoxically each one of them champions extensive tax cuts for the wealthy that can only serve to worsen the debt even in the event of a commitment to powerful austerity. The necessary consequences of an [...]
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Do we have a spiritual responsibility to help the environment? No matter your faith, is there a moral obligation stated in the scripture to live sustainability and pursue environmental justice? Religions believe, naturally, that their God did create the world for us and while we’ve already managed to evict ourselves from Eden, are we also [...]
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With the official results contradicting the original reports in Iowa and a candidate who had seemed discounted now winning South Carolina it looks like we’ll be enjoying an extended stay from the circus that is the Republican Primaries. It will come complete with more character assassination, negative advertising, and vitriol. In fact, let me do [...]
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In an effort to make its products sustainable and ecologically friendly, German-based toymaker Hape has been manufacturing toys made largely from bamboo. Additionally, the company claims to avoid plastic in its packaging, utilize organic inks, and so on. There’s really no way to tell to what extent such measures are based on an earnest sense [...]
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A study recently published in the journal Environmental Research Letters explores the trends towards colder winters that have been occurring throughout certain parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Reuters’ coverage of this study describes that observation as “counter-intuitive.” The article also begins with a reminder of the extreme cold that visited parts of Europe and the [...]
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The phrase “clean coal” is an oxymoron. No matter how much the polluting emissions from coal are reduced, it can never qualify as “clean,” and that fossil fuel will have no place in the infrastructure of a truly sustainable future. However, current news from the Philippines illustrates a growing trend in the production of alternatives [...]
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Sunday’s New York Times included on the front page of its Arts & Leisure section an article by Michael Kimmelman declaring that “it’s time to take parking lots seriously, as public spaces.” It’s a worthwhile but perhaps unfamiliar consideration for environmentalists or anyone who is interested in an overall improvement of the American landscape. Parking [...]
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I know that America loves a celebrity marriage. Based on recent news, it looks like there will soon be one to be excited about as more than just a union of pop culture royalty. Justin Timberlake reportedly proposed to Jessica Biel while the two were in Montana during the holidays. In addition to one half [...]
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With 2012 comes a slew of predictions – what will be new in technology (rumors of iPad 3 abound), what fashionistas will be wearing this year (I, of course, hope for sustainable choices like bamboo clothing) and what will the presidential elections hold for the changing course of our country. 2012 also brings “green” predictions [...]
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Happy New Year (almost)! 2012 cometh, and if you listen to certain New Age types you know what that means: the end of the Mayan Calendar, and therefore the end of the world. Maybe. But probably not. The rational thing to do is recognize that no civilization, however arcane and exotic it may seem, has [...]
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As soon as I heard that gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region were being removed from the endangered species list, I wondered whether states would perceive the sudden absence of federal protections as free license to begin killing the animals that came into range of their hunters’ rifles. And lo and behold, even [...]
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Another week, another blog post about Christmas shopping! What can I say? I’m doing my part to boost the economy as well as advocate for the environment. If you’ve already stocked the Christmas tree with gifts of bamboo clothing and bamboo sheets but are still in need of something shiny for that someone special, perhaps [...]
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So far, December in my hometown has had precious little snow, but a good deal of rain. The prospect of a white Christmas was fairly reliable when I was a child, and I still have the expectation of a winter wonderland arriving early and lasting through the season. But the fulfillment of that expectation has [...]
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Every time I take my recycling to the curb, I feel a little guilty about the waste I’m producing. After all, the fact that that material isn’t going directly to a landfill doesn’t mean that it won’t end up there someday. I feel better about putting recyclable papers and cans to the street than I [...]
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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recently released the results of a satellite-based survey of global forest area. The study, which tracked deforestation and new growth between 1990 and 2005, shows that the net loss of forest area was less than had been previously expected. It is important to resist the temptation to read [...]
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Soon Great Britain will have another famous couple to gawk at. As Prince William and Duchess Catherine settle into married life, the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland will welcome a breeding pair of giant pandas from China by the end of this year. Along with Tian Tian and Yang Guan, the zoo will also be receiving [...]
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34 candles blazing up my cake this year and while it’s not a inferno, there is a slight allusion to global warming. Okay, maybe I’m stretching but I spend a lot of time writing about eco-friendly topics. It makes a girl wonder. And on this birthday (which happens to be today), I’m wondering more about [...]
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Yesterday, protesters from the group Tar Sands Action gathered in Washington DC and circled the White House to demonstrate their opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline that, if approved, would carry tar sands oil from Alberta to Texas. President Obama has taken it upon himself to make the decision as to whether the pipeline will [...]
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