Green Activism

One Step Backwards, One Step Forward

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Sen. James Inhofe, Marine Transfer Station, Mercury and Air Toxic Standards, Epa, Eric Schneiderman, Residents for Sane Trash Solutions, Green Activism, Congressional Review Act, Carolyn Maloney, Liz Kruger, Clean Air Nyc, Asthma, Nyc Clean Air, Green News

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit on behalf of New York and ten other states with the mission of compelling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue new regulations on soot pollution.

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Dreaming About Taking Back America

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: TRAIN Act, President Obama, 350.Org, Phil Radford, Sarah Hodgdon, Green Industrial Revolution, Courtney Hight, Tar Sands Action, Greenpeace, Green, Take Back the American Dream Conference, Envrionmental Justice, Green for All, Progressive Agenda, Toxic Coal Ash, Epa, Phil Aroneanu, Green Activism, Energy Action Coalition, Activism, Climate Change, Moms Clean Air Force, Environment, Green News, Cancer, Incinerators, Sierra Club, Green News

Let's keep the dialogue civil. We can reach out and try to explain to others why protecting the environment and the economy are not mutually exclusive.

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A Modern-Day Prophet And Reconnecting To Sacred Places

Mallory McDuff, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Environment, Conservation, Wendell Berry, Tar Sands Protest, Eco-Theology, Green Activism, Green Faith, Christianity, Christian Environmentalism, Environmental Activism, Religion News

We need alternative road signs and luminaries if we are going to reconnect human communities with places. Wendell Berry's writings provide some direction: "What I stand for is what I stand on."

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Eco Etiquette: Help! I Feel Like Giving Up On Green

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Epa, Environmental Degradation, Tea Party, Green Activism, Michele Bachmann, Green Advice, Green Inspiration, Environmentalism, Keystone Pipeline, Green Fatigue, Green Faith, Environmental Activism, Green News

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. I'm so fed up with what's...

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Changing the Game: Your Part, My Part

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: 2012 Elections, Tar-Sands-Pipeline, Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline, Green Activism, Climate Change Action, D.C. Sit Ins, Bill Mckibben, Keystone XL, Environmental Activism, Green News

Politics is about repetition, and we need to use every town hall meeting, every bus-tour stop, and every ribbon cutting ceremony to tell our representatives that we care about environmental protection. And then we need to do it again.

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Clean Air: You Have to Be In It to Win It

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: Green Activism, Children?S Environmental Health Network, Renewable Energy, Impact, The Sunlight Foundation, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, Epa, Soylent Green, Environmental Justice, Impact News, Mercury Toxins, American Electric Power, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Moms Clean Air Force, Asthma, American Academy of Pediatrics, Air Toxins, New York Times, Respiratory Illness, American Lung Society, Mae Jemison, Environmental Protection Agency, Advocacy, Impact News

Advocating for what you believe in is a lot of work, but getting what you don't want is much worse. Don't leave the heavy lifting to others.

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Spring is Here -- Along With Potential Attitude Shifts

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Recycling, Toxic Chemicals, Green Activism, Electronics Recycling, Ecology, Mothers as Activists, Battery Recycling, Nature, Green Markets, Love Canal, Lois Gibbs, Green Living, WeRecycle!, Sierra Club, Green-Cleaners, Green News

There is no more potent force than a mother fighting for the safety of her children. They don't have to be trained advocates, just spurred to mobilize. Think Lois Gibbs, who revealed the whole town of Love Canal, NY, was sitting on top of 21,000 tons of toxic waste.

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Environmental Activist Faces Jail Time for Hanging Banners

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate Office Building, Green Activism, Tony Hayward, Green Jobs, Criminal Justice System, Ted Glick, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Climate Change, Politics News

Tony Hayward will likely face civil penalties but no criminal prosecution. By way of contrast, Ted Glick will be sentenced for having hung two banners inside the Senate Office Building.

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Oil Spill on FaceBook: Social Networking Between Species

Brenda Peterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Facebook, Green Activism, Animal Communication, Oil Spill, Social Networking, Wildlife Conservation, Gulf of Mexico, Environment, Oceans, Green News

Sending our own mental pictures with a feeling of calm and compassion could be an antidote to the hopelessness that many of us feel watching wildlife wash up oil-stained on our shores.

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Woodstock's Green Bands: Past and Present

Treehugger | Blythe Copeland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Movement, Green Activism, Arlo Gutherie, Celebrity Environmental Activism, Green-Music, Going Green, Green Celebrities, Green, Woodstock, 40th Anniversary Woodstock, Green Living, Green Bands, Woodstock Anniversary, Joan Baez, Green News

Woodstock may have been a one-of-a-kind concert, but the artists and bands that performed there didn't let their commitment to global, political, and ...

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100 Activists Climb Coal Chimneys To Demand G-8 Leaders Get Tough

Yahoo! News | 1 Hr 18 Mins Ago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: G-8 Summit, Green Activism, G-8, Green Protest, G8, Climate Change, Italy, Global Warming, G-8 Global Warming, Green News

The Greenpeace group said that more than 100 of militants on Wednesday climbed the chimneys of four coal power stations across Italy to demand tough a...

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Well, Black Is Always in Style

Marc Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Capital Climate Action, Rainforest Action Network, Al Gore, Greenpace, Wendell Berry, Bill Mckibben, Energy, Greenpeace, Coal, Green Activism, Tikkun, Sds, Climate Change, Environment, Green Demonstration, Global Exchange, The Rainforest Action Network, Green Policy, Green News

But I was amused to stumble upon a different question that's sparking debate among the young people planning to attend the action: What should one wear to a protest against coal?

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Please Forgive Us

Tri Robinson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Animal Rights, Green Activism, Religion and Environmentalism, Christianity, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Church Activism, Green Living, Christianity and Environmentalism, St. Francis of Assisi, Irenaeus of Lyons, Healthy Living News

I can only ask for forgiveness from those outside of the church for the church's lack of leadership on the issue of climate change and actively engage with you in making a difference.

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Our Trash, Our Treasure: Make Every Monday Matter

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trash, Ennui, Matthew Emerzian, Spirituality, Election, Tikkun Olam, Every Monday Matters, Learning Cpr, Green Activism, Conservation, Amber Alert, Mentoring a Child, Collective Action, Social Activism, Litter, Green News

The ideas in the book, Every Monday Matters, are simple -- small acts that collectively add up to an enormous impact for the greater good.

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