Residents of 33 atolls that make up the Kiribati Island nation in the South Pacific ocean have become de facto celebrities for all the wrong reasons. They are being forced to give up their country for a few fleeting moments of fame. While many rich industrial nations continue to subsidized fossil fuels and do little more than [Continue]
Obama uses Occupy issues as bullet points in his state of the Union Address and provides a blue-print to help him possibly win re-election it certainly legitimizes many of the Occupy Movement’s goals even in the eyes of many Occupy skeptics. Not only does Obama’s speech perhaps for the first time undo some of the [Continue]
The Story of Stuff is a simple fact-filled 20 minute video that clearly explains many of the environmental and social issues humanity now faces. Hidden aspects of the entire system of production and consumption are exposed and how it has become a system in crisis and what limits are being exceeded. The system is not [Continue]
There has been a big win for fans of green living recently, both Japan and Germany drop their pro-nuclear policies and opt instead to embrace green energy and make Renewable/Sustainable Energy a much larger percentage of their energy plans. The Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has decided in light of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami that [Continue]
German government and businesses have been working together (some US politicians equate that to mean conspire against sacred free market forces) to put Germany on the fast track and get green as quickly as possible. To those not in the know Germany hasn’t just suddenly gone green it’s been a steady process. Germany has had [Continue]
The quiet invasion of the world by electric vehicles is being welcomed by many that are tired of paying the big oil man at the pump or with their tax dollars via subsidizes to the oil and gas industry. Many understand that they are also paying for their oil habit with shorter life spans due [Continue]
