Last month, I wrote about how we are stuck in a bad relationship with planet Earth.

A good relationship is built on respect.

A good relationship demands that you listen to your partner.

But we, as a society, have not been listening to planet Earth and the signals...

I'm stuck in a bad relationship.

I think you're stuck in a bad relationship too.

In fact, I think we're all stuck in a bad relationship.

And I'll tell you why. Starting with a little story.

Two planets walk into a bar.

Global Green USA will join presidents, prime ministers, other world leaders ­and thousands of citizens and activists from Brazil, the U.S., and around the globe in Rio de Janeiro for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (a.k.a. Earth Summit) next June.

I will be leading a Global...

If you haven't read yet, maybe you're living under a rock. Thousands of citizens have taken to the streets in NYC -- and now across the country in dozens of other cities -- for Occupy Wall Street protests.

Beginning as a protest against corporate greed and the actions of banks...

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Among other challenges, global warming is causing our sea levels to rise and putting our coastal cities -- and billions of people -- at risk across the globe.

We know first-hand about...

It was mid-July 2006, and I vividly remember walking through the first day of our design jury for the Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans -- and just being overwhelmed with joy at all the incredible ideas and work represented. We had a tremendous response, thanks in great part to...

Our hearts are with those who have lost loved ones and are left with damaged homes, businesses and communities in the days that Hurricane Irene moved up the East Coast.

There was a collective sigh of relief when Hurricane Irene was downgraded to a tropical storm by the time...

Yesterday we lost a true giant, a green pioneer, dear friend, and mentor to so many: Ray Anderson.

I first met Ray in 1995, when he gave a speech at a greening of Habitat for Humanity event Global Green organized in Atlanta. Bill Browning, a good friend and colleague who...

As April is upon us, we have a few important dates that really define the challenges we face as humanity and the future health of planet Earth. Yes, on April 22, we will 'celebrate' the 41st anniversary of the first Earth Day, but we will also mark some...

BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 3 -- I just arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo via an amazing -- albeit a little bumpy -- drive through Rwanda, after arriving in Bujumbura, Burundi yesterday. I am here with Eve Ensler and other supporters of V-Day to join in...

Yesterday was the 10:10:10 global work day, an amazing show of action to combat global warming, and improve lives around the globe.

Sadly, yesterday also marked 30 days since a terrible tragedy rocked San Bruno. A natural gas line ruptured and exploded, causing a horrific...

NEW ORLEANS - As New Orleans, the nation and the world prepare to mark the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29 (and the devastating aftermath), I have been reflecting on the personal journey I have taken these past five years in my love affair with this great city.

Those of us who knew Steve Schneider thought he was invincible. He had beaten back a rare form of cancer, and wrote a book about it, The Patient from Hell.

When I got the news of his passing this morning due to a heart attack, I was shocked, and deeply...

While fireworks, fun, and family punctuate our annual 4th of July celebrations, it is sometimes easy to forget that the 4th of July commemorates America's declaration of independence. Our nation's founders signed the Declaration of Independence to escape the tyranny of Britain and establish our citizens' inalienable right: life, liberty...

On Monday, I toured the waters off Grand Isle and their beaches with a group who came ready to learn more about the BP Oil Spill, and to help the community which is reeling. Joining me were the actors Sophia Bush and Austin Nichols, writer Justine Musk, and Global Green's...

Somewhere in the Air, USA -- I am on the way down to the Gulf Coast as I write (Delta has wifi!) to go out on the water in the Gulf tomorrow, and attempt to help clean up the Louisiana beaches impacted by the BP oil spill.

Joining us...

Mr. President, we need you to lead in creating a clean energy future for this nation that starts with energy and fuel efficiency, advances renewable energy, puts a price on the pollution created from fossil fuels, and ends subsidies of oil, gas, and coal. We also need you to hold...

In April of 1997, I arranged for a meeting between President Mikhail Gorbachev and US Congressional leaders to discuss the growing environmental crisis.

President Gorbachev, who founded the international movement Green Cross International which is represented by my organization Global Green in the United States, wanted to talk with...

Like most Americans, I continue to be depressed and angered by BP's wholly inadequate response to the tragic BP oil spill, despoiling the Gulf Coast and wetlands of Louisiana. Hopefully, the 'top kill' works to stop the continued leak. But if that succeeds, its only the beginning...

Last week, BP CEO Tony Hayward claimed the massive BP oil spill would have 'modest' environmental impact. As he walked the beaches of Grand Isle on Monday, May 24, Tony said he underestimated the possible environmental impact of the massive oil spill, and was "devastated."

Welcome to reality, Tony.