Green Movement

Mayor Bloomberg's Sustainability State of Mind

Steven Cohen | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Sustainability, Green Living, Green Jobs, Budget, New York City, Green Movement, New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Mayor Bloomberg, New York Budget, Michael Bloomberg, Go Green, Green News

Work, create, save, tax, invest and sustain. There is no free lunch and you get what you pay for. That is Mike Bloomberg's sustainability state of mind.

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An Iranian's View on a Nuclear Iran

Paul Heroux | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Green Movement, Nuclear Weapons, Middle East, Iran Nuclear, Foreign Affairs, Iaea, Iran Green Movement, Iran, IAEA Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Foreign Policy, Middle East Politics, Iranian Politics, World News

While it is not wise to use one interview as a basis to form an opinion or policy, one point of view is better than no point of view. I am fortunate to know someone from Iran briefly studying in the U.S. that is willing to talk about this issue from an Iranian point of view before he returns to Iran.

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Eco Etiquette: Being Black In The Green World

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Food Stamps, Pollution and Asthma, Antonio Villaraigosa, Green Advice, African American Issues, Urban Environmentalists, Broccoli City, Eco Etiquette, Green Living, Green Movement, Brandon McEachern, White Environmentalists, Van Jones, Hip-Hop Culture, Food Deserts, Green News

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. Hope you don't take offen...

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Robert Swan OBE: "The Greatest Threat to Our Planet Is the Belief That Someone Else Will Save It"

Aiko Stevenson | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Conservation, Adventure, Antarctica, Arctic Expedition, 2012 Arctic Expedition, Adventure Travel, Explorers, Arctic, Robert Swan, Green Movement, Madrid Protocol, Sustainability, 2041, South Pole, North Pole, Green News

In 1986, Robert Swan made the longest unassisted walk ever to the South Pole. Three years later he went onto the North Pole and by the age of 33, he became first person in history to walk to both North and South Pole.

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Why the Environmental Movement Is Not Winning

Peter Montague | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Environment, Environmentalism, Green Movement, Funding, Climate Change Funding Data, Environmental Funding, Green Initiative, Climate Change Data, Green Initiatives, Green News

The way to build a broad movement around environment and climate solutions is to mobilize diverse communities of people around issues that are much closer to their self-interest.

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An Egg, Is an Egg, Is an Egg. Except It's Not.

Cara Rosaen | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Healthy Food, Slow Food, Farming, Eat Local, Green Movement, Organic Food, Farms, Local Food, Organic Food Movement, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Organics, Real Time Farms, Sustainability, realtimefarms.com, Food News

We assume our food system has somehow taken care of itself. The aisles of perfectly aligned boxes, and perfectly stacked produce reflect a system where a tomato is a tomato is a tomato, or an egg is an egg is an egg. Food is a commodity and it's all the same. But it's not.

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"We're the New Green Movement," Says Pirate Party Founder

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Online Piracy, Stop Online Piracy Act, Elections, European Union, Pirate Party, Green Movement, Labor Movement, Rick Falkvinge, Sopa, World News

It has branches in some 50 countries. It has members of parliaments and city councils. The Pirate Party, founded only five years ago, is today's fastest-growing party among voters under 30. Its core message: internet piracy should be legal.

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We Were the 99%

Paul Gallay | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Green Movement, Environmental Movement, Gallup Poll, Delaware-River-Basin-Commission, Energy Department, Fracking, Riverkeeper, Green News

But the fact that fracking isn't safe may not be enough to stop it. After all, President Obama himself delivered a veritable infomercial for fracking during his State of the Union address, pushing it as a source of cheap, reliable energy.

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2012 and the Spirit of the Age

William Horden | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Apocalypse, End of the World, 2012, 4 Ollin, 4 Movement, Mayan Calendar. Monument 6, Fifth Sun, Tortugero, Zeitgeist, Animism, Environmentalism, Green Movement, Culture News

Whether the ancient Mayans intended it or not, the end of their calendar coincides with a profound turning point in human civilization.

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Green, Alive, and Kicking

Michael Brune | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Environmentalism, Earth Day, Emissions Standards, Keystone XL Pipeline, Obama Epa, Green Movement, Barack Obama, Green News

On the big issues, we scored three out of four with Obama this year -- not a bad record for a movement that supposedly was being ignored or taken for granted by the president.

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In Defense of Plastic Bag Bans

Stiv J. Wilson | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Plastic Bag Ban, Plastic Bags, California Plastic Bag Ban, Environment, Recycling, Plastic, Green Movement, Green Living, Green News

Plastic does not biodegrade in a meaningful timeframe. Thus, some portion of it accumulates in the environment. The more we produce, consume, and recycle, the more will come into the world and accumulate in landfills, on land, in rivers, and the sea.

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Top Corporate Sustainability Trends to Watch in 2012

Patti Prairie | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Corporate Sustainability, Green Movement, Corporate Green, Sustainability, Sustainable Energy, Sustainability Trends, Sustainable Technology, Green Corporations, Green News

As the volume of enterprise data skyrockets, an industry is growing up around using this flood of information to help companies operate more efficiently and sustainably.

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Energy Department's Top Efficiency Programs Save Money and Create Jobs

Brian Keane | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Green Movement, Green Power, Energy Efficiency, Smartpower, Green News

How is that all of us today are living in homes that are much more efficient than the homes we grew up in.... yet we're all using more energy? The answer lies within each of us. It's how we use energy -- and how we waste it.

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The Tao of Green

William Horden | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Social Change, Tao, Social Conscience, Green, Taoism, Sustainability, Green Movement, Tao Philosophy, Green News

The fully-green global society will, inevitably, be a society of self-discipline. It will require the kind of consistent and well-conceived philosophy that can be embodied with a clear conscience: it must satisfy, in other words, both the head and the heart.

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Is the Green Movement Dead?

Francesca Olivieri | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Environmental Regulations, Cap and Trade, Environmental Laws, EPA Ozone Layer, EPA Environment Regulations, Environmental Movement, Ozone Protection Law, Epa Ozone, Epa Standards, Cap Trade EPA, Green Movement, Epa Regulations, Green News

We know the drill. We know we need to turn off the water, stop buying plastic bottles and unplug the toaster. Do these small actions really make a difference?

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Why Environmentalists Should Occupy Wall Street

Phil Aroneanu | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Environment, Tar Sands, Green Movement, Keystone XL Pipeline, Occupy Wall Street, Video, Green News

While from an outside perspective the Occupy Wall Street protests might seem disorganized, their message is clear: If Wall Street is occupying the State Department and the halls of Congress, its time for the people to occupy Wall Street.

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The Occult Chickens Have Come Home To Roost: Religious Superstition In Iranian Politics

Ali Rahnema | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Iran, Iran Islam, Twelfth Imam, Islam, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Occult, Green Movement, Superstition, Iranian Politics, Supreme Leader, Religion News

Since early May 2011, charges of sorcery, witchcraft, and using supernatural powers to manipulate people and events for particular political ends have been leveled against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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How Obama Can Reach the Iranian People: Start With Visas

Jamal Abdi | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Obama Iran, Green Movement, Iran Opposition, Iran, Iran Green Movement, Barack Obama, World News

The absence of a silver bullet should not prevent us from taking small but important steps to stand with the Iranian people. Here is what President Obama can and should do right now.

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Being on the Right Side of History with the People of Iran

Ali Fatemi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Movement, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News

Rhetoric broadcast from neocon think tanks indicate that they are determined to force the State Department to take the MEK off of its list of terrorist organizations, thus giving the group political legitimacy.

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Reassessing the Green Movement

Madison Schramm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran Green Movement, Green Movement, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Protests, World News

The Iranian Green Movement doesn't have the power to or the interest in restructuring Iran's political system. It is nothing but a red herring.

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New Round of Clashes Leaves Iran Reeling

Geneive Abdo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Green Movement, Middle East Protests, Mehdi Karroubi, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tahrir Square, World News

Faced with the terrifying prospect of another Tahrir Square, the Iranian regime is choosing from a list of bad options. The next few weeks will be extremely important.

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Eco Hollywood

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmentalism, The Academy Awards, The Oscars, Leonardo Dicaprio, Academy Awards, Hollywood, Green Movement, John Travolta, Ed Begley Jr., Cameron Diaz, Oscars 2011, Robert Redford, Green News

Celebrities -- such as Robert Redford, Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz -- are pilloried for advocating a lean, green lifestyle while tooling around in gas-guzzling limousines and private jets.

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Iran Rises Again: Opposition Shows Signs of Resilience

Setareh Sabety | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Movement, Islam, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Opposition, Iran Protests, Mousavi, Faezeh Hashemi, 1st Esfand, Bassij, Mohsen Rezai, Ayatollah Janati, Voa, Coordination Counvil, World News

Unlike their Arab neighbors, Iranians have recent experience with revolution. They will not risk life and limb unless they are sure that they are on the winning side. 1st Esfand was a step in the winning direction.

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Iran's Green Movement Lie

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mousavi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Libya, Velayat-E Faqih, Where Is My Vote, Yemen, Mehdi Karroubi, Tunisia, Egypt, Iranian, Velayat-E Faghih, Green, Bahrain, Iran, Supreme Leader, Green Movement, Ahmadinejad, World News

For most Iranians, the Green Movement is what the international media is calling the massive mobilization to dismantle the Islamic Republic of Iran. The hope is that change will finally open the door to serious reform.

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As Long as Ayatollah Khamenei Is in Power...

Camelia Entekhabi-Fard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Iran, Democracy, Green Movement, Ayatollah Khamenei, Politics News

This Valentine's day, February 14, so many youths in Tehran and other big cities in Iran carried banners and posters calling for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's departure instead of roses and chocolates.

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