A UK plastic straw ban would be a disaster
I’ve recently got very into eating yoghurt. It’s fruity and fresh and tasty and I can’t believe I didn’t eat any for years, but they were so associated with diet culture that I couldn’t...
Category: Climate change and the environment
#WednesdayWisdom: Climate change and other things that are fake
In the life of every individual, a certain maturing must eventually take place. We learn that Santa Claus is not real. We come to terms with the fact The Republican Idea Of Personal Responsibility...
What the UN Climate Summit is teaching us about environmental action
This year’s UN Climate Summit — hosted in Bonn, Germany through tomorrow, 11/17 — is almost over, but the clear leaders have emerged, and they’re not the United States. Now that Syria has...
Idaho’s lead contamination crisis
Recent news about the lead-contaminated water supply in Flint, Michigan, made other communities around the country want to pay a bit more attention to local efforts concerning water quality testing...
How Kiwis took Awaroa Inlet beach back from developers
New Zealand's Awaroa Inlet beach is a stunning location at the tip of the South Island, with crystal-clear waters, wild plant and animal life, and glorious views. Those very traits made it catnip...
The Impact of The Pope’s Climate Change Encyclical
Popes of the Catholic Church often issue encyclicals – policy pronouncements that declare the future directions of the church as regards one particular social, economic or political arena. It is a...
The Death of Environmentalism in the Age of Denial
Last year, naturalist Sir David Attenborough got into trouble when he called humans “a plague on the earth.” Apparently, some folks get a bit peeved when you slip ‘plague’ and ‘humans’...
The Atomic States of America: An Interview with Co-Directors Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce
by Lauren Wissot Premiering at this past Sundance Film Festival, Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce’s “The Atomic States of America” is now coming to a digital – here’s to iTunes and Netflix!...
FEMA Is Already Being Privatized and Other Under-Reported Facts About Hurricane Sandy
If you live in the United States, you almost certainly know that a big hurricane-turned-post- tropical-cyclone called Sandy hit the East Coast earlier this week. Unprecedented in size and scope, the...
The Great Drought of 2012 and the Social Unrest to Come
Just one year ago, London was burning. The result of ballooning social inequality and deep austerity measures, the London riots of 2011 were something of a shock to the West’s self-image. Stability...