Environmentalism

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Deepak Chopra Picks World's Most Powerful Teachers

forbes.com | Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Equality, Deepak Chopra, Environment, Environmentalism, Teachers, Al Gore, Student, Teaching, The Inner Life, Feminism, Spirituality, Gender, Gloria Steinem, Living News

Deepak Chopra picks the world's most powerful teachers....

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Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Clearcutting, Coal, Center for Public Integrity, West Virginia, Campaign, Coal Industry, Climate, Grassroots, Coal River Mountain, Climate Change, Virginia, Coal Lobby, Mountaintop Removal, Unions, Environmentalism, JP Morgan Chase, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Wto, Mother Jones, Labor, Clean Energy, Congress, Green, Global Warming, Government, Mountains, Epa, Harlan County, Mines, Bush Administration, Blair Mountain, Tennessee, Climate Action Partnership, President Obama, Washington, Obama, Coal Czar, Bush, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Naacp, Appalachia, Workers, Climate Justice, Office of Surface Mining, Civil Disobedience, Kentucky, Henry Waxman, Forests, Department of the Interior, Dirty Coal, Green Jobs, Wall Street, Astroturfing, Coal Mining, Duke Energy, Green News, Mining, Water, Clean Coal, Osr, Appalachian Mountains, Activism, Protest, Massey Energy, Green News

Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.

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EMA's: Introducing the Legacy Award

Kevin George | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Paramount Studios, Walt Disney, Big-Cats, National Geographic, Values, Gorillas, Environment, Walt Disney Company, Environmentalism, Lions, Environmental Media Association, Media, Legacy, Disney, Cheetahs, Debbie Levin, Green News

The Legacy Award celebrates a vision of bringing environmental messages into entertainment -- television, film and music -- to educate and motivate the public.

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Caught in the Act: Philippe Cousteau's Pet Peeve

Kathy Eldon | Posted 11.06.2009 | Impact

Read More: Clean Water, Environmentalism, Creative-Visions-Foundation, Conservation, Philippe Cousteau, Oceans, Philippe Cousteau Jr, Impact News

I recently caught up with Philippe Cousteau Jr., following in the footsteps of his grandfather, famed French explorer Jacques Cousteau, encouraging young people to use their power to change the world around them.

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State Must End Threat to NYC's Drinking Water

Scott Stringer | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Watershed, Environmentalism, Marcellus Shale, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking, David Paterson, New-York-Drinking-Water, New York News

New York State regulators trail everybody else in protecting New York City's drinking water from natural gas drilling, despite the fact that they alone have the authority to do so.

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Tim Nicholson: Green Views Now The Same As A Religion, UK Court Rules In Discrimination Suit

Mail Online | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmentalism, Green Beliefs Job Discrimination, Green Martyr, UK Court Green Martyr, Tim Nicholson, Green News

An environmentalist who claims he was fired for his views won a landmark legal battle yesterday after a judge ruled being green was just as worthy of ...

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Single-Eyed Vision

Robert Koehler | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Peace Circles, Environmentalism, Cooperation, Power, Indigenous People, National Parks, Chicago, Politics News

For all our material progress, for all our ability to dominate just about anything or anyone we encounter -- this is our history, our manifest destiny -- things are falling apart in every sector of society.

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It's the Economy, Stupid: U.S. Can Cash in on Clean Energy Legislation

Rob Perks | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Congress, Climate, Green Jobs, Dirty Energy, Environmentalism, Clean Energy, Climate Legislation, Climate Bill, Global Warming, Green News

New analysis shows that adopting comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation could create up to 1.9 million new jobs.

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Gas Drilling in New York Comes to a Head

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York

Read More: Energy, Epa, Fracking, Environmentalism, Green Living, Energy Policy, Fracking Fluid, Natural Gas, New York News

Cooperstown, NY: Gas drilling and the forces behind it are massed to exploit the rich deposits of upstate New York, in the process trampling on the basic idea of government.

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In An Important Step, U.S. Designates Polar Bear Critical Habitat

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Drilling, Polarbear, Polarbears, Biogems, Arctic, Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, Epa, Environmentalism, Endangered Species Act, Critical Habitat, Green News

If approved, the proposal would be the largest designation of critical habitat in the history of the Endangered Species Act.

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Growing Movement to Get Kids Outdoors Includes Where the Wild Things Are

Deanna Neil | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Teton Science School, Children, Earth Science Week, Be Out There!, Environment, Environmentalism, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, National Wildlife Federation, Where the Wild Things Are, Education Reform, Children's Health, No Child Left Inside, Living News

We want to get kids outside, but who should lead the way: teachers, parents or kids themselves? Deciding the best approach for reengaging kids with nature means knowing where the problem stems from.

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Sustainable Green Living in a Few Easy Steps

Margaret Hyde | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Living, Environment, Sustainability, Environmentalism, Sustainable Energy, Green Living, Green News

No matter how large or small your home or your budget, here are some things you can do right now to make your home more sustainable.

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Why I Divorced the Democratic Party: A Response to My Health Care Critics

Keli Goff | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Party Loyalty, TheLoop21.Com, Black Voters, TheLoop21, Health Care Reform, Environmentalism, Parenting, Democrats, Barack Obama, Republicans, Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

When I started writing about young Black voters, I found that I had much more in common with some of my subjects than with some of the liberals I had worked with and for.

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Environmental Messaging Is Missing the Point

Schuyler Brown | Posted 10.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Reciprocity, Environment, Eco-Friendly, Environmentalism, Nature, Green News

People have resorted to a message of urgency about the environment because the matter is urgent, but that message must be experienced in the form of personal events.

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Kofi Annan And Duran Duran's Climate Change Anthem (VIDEO)

Posted 10.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Call for Change, Kofi Annan, Songs, Copenhagen 2009, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Tck Tck Tck, Time for Change, Music, Beds Are Burning, Global Warming, Green News

Kofi Annan teams up with Duran Duran and other musicians to call for action against climate change with this video. The track acts as a petition and i...

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Colbert: The Toilet Paper Battle Escalates To "World War 3-Ply" (VIDEO)

Posted 10.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Environmentalism, Post-Consumer Recycled Paper, Recycled Toilet Paper, The Colbert Report, Go Green, Toilet Paper, Colbert Report, Green News

Wednesday night on The Colbert Report, Colbert joked about rectal splinters and using the next softest thing - a spotted owl - if environmentalists wi...

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America Needs A True Revolution Of Values

David A. Love | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fundamentalism, Evangelical Christians, United Nations, Secession, Green, Green Business, Obama, Health Insurance, Green Energy, Fundamentalists, Fascism, Tax Day Tea Party, Values Voters, Mike Huckabee, Values, Green Technology, Republican Party, Health Care, Tea Party, Carrie Prejean, Jim Demint, Fascist, Environmentalism, Christian Right, Green Living, Barack Obama, Values Voters Summit, Michele Bachmann, Martin Luther King, Family Values, Health Care Reform, Environment, Green News, Value Voters Summit, Bill O'Reilly, Healthcare, Republicans, Marvin Gaye, Politics News

Who made Carrie Prejean and Mike Huckabee the experts on values? What can Sen. Jim DeMint, Bill O'Reilly or Rep. Michele Bachmann teach me on the subject?

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Mad Men: "Seven Twenty Three" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1960s, Military Draft, Liberal Republicans, Nelson Rockefeller, Robert Morse, Jon Hamm, New York, Elisabeth Moss, Andy Warhol, Roger Sterling, Matthew Weiner, Betty Draper, Advertising, Don Draper, January Jones, John Slattery, Rockefeller Republicans, John F. Kenendy, Bert Cooper, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Environmentalism, David Ogilvy, Conrad Hilton, Mad Men Episode Recap, Mad Men Recap, Mad Men Season Three, Entertainment News

What "Seven Twenty Three" is is Don Draper's Waterloo. Or I should say, Dick Whitman's Waterloo. That's the day in 1963 on which Don Draper/Dick Whitman gets lassoed.

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David Owen: New York City Is Greener Than Vermont

TIME | Claire Suddath Thursday, Sep. 24, 2009 | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Green Living, Green Metropolis, Subway, Vermont, Environment, Environmentalism, David Owen, New York City, New York City Green, New York News

New Yorkers, take heart: your city is a den of dirt and grime and gluttony no more. According to David Owen, author of Green Metropolis: What the City...

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Green Workers Need a Voice in the Climate Change Debate

Brendan Smith | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Labor, Green Jobs, Work, Environment, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Labor Movement, Climate Crisis, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Green Politics, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News

What sort of future lies ahead for those of us who work in industries already being impacted by climate change?

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Age of Stupid: Environmentalism is Alive and Well

Ryan Mickle | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Policy, Water Bottles, Pete Postlethwaite, Environmentalism, The Age of Stupid, Hurricane Katrina, Global Warming Pollution, Green Living, Global Warming, Green News

We're still screwed, even if we drive Priuses and buy organic food and less toxic home cleaning products. Either we completely reinvent the way we live, or the fat lady sings. And she is warming up in back room.

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One Stop Shopping for Greening Your Home: Green Depot Has It All

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Barney's, Economic Downturn, Whole Foods, Building-Projects, Green Jobs, Going Green, Adrien Grenier, Greenwashing Companies, Green, Green Business, Green Energy, Global Economic Crisis, Local Produce, Hgtv, Green Technology, Greenwashing, Asthma, New Business, National Jewish Health, Sarah Beatty, Green Recovery, Green Buildings, Green Construction, Environmental Health, Green Building, Environmentalism, Green Rebuilding, Women in Business, Green Living, Toxic Chemicals, Consumer Trends, Green-Depot, Green News, Toxicity, Green-Trends, Green Cleaning Products, Home Construction, Buying Power, Green Cleaning, Allergies, Green News

Find out how Sarah Beatty, a determined new green business woman, has earned Green Depot's moniker as America's leading one-stop shop for building solutions.

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10 Pithy Observations About Boulder (Part One)

Bob Wells | Posted 09.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Environmentalism, Rocky Mountains, Boulder, Denver Post, Twenty Something, Daily Camera, Exercise, Bicycling, Startups, Generation X, Green Living, Boulder Weekly, Denver News

Number four: It's oh so common for us to comment after a trip to other parts of America about how fat everyone was. With compassion, mind you.

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Sean Hannity Steals From Hollywood In His Mockumentary, "The Valley Hope Forgot"

David Fiderer | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Environment, Drought, California Drought, California, Sean Hannity, Fox News, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, California-Drought-Emergency, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Video, Green News

Depression-era symbolism resonates in California, a state with 12.2 percent unemployment. So Fox News fabricated a narrative taken from the plot of Chinatown to complement Dustbowl images from The Grapes of Wrath

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Guess What Else Cost a Trillion

Joshua Keyak | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Environment, Green, Fossil Fuels, Health Care, Healthcare, Environmental Policy, Environmentalism, Green Economy, Green Living, Green Energy, Green News