Environment

Rob Hopkins: How Climate Change Puts Globalization in Reverse Rob Hopkins: How Climate Change Puts Globalization in Reverse

To confront climate change we need an alternative economic model that emphasizes the local. This will come as a shock to many, but haven't the last 50 years of globalization also b...

Apr 12, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Joining 350.org: The Next Phase Joining 350.org: The Next Phase

At this breakthrough moment in the history of the climate movement—when we recognize that the struggles for economic justice, real democracy and a livable climate are all interconn...

Apr 7, 2011 / Naomi Klein

Tar Sands Make Their Mark Tar Sands Make Their Mark

Energy is ugly. Some forms more so than others, as nuclear near-meltdowns in Japan, the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and deaths in a West Virginia coal mine explosion have dr...

Apr 7, 2011 / Ellen Cantarow

John Ikerd: Dwindling Energy Resources Will Put The Economy at Risk

John Ikerd: Dwindling Energy Resources Will Put The Economy at Risk John Ikerd: Dwindling Energy Resources Will Put The Economy at Risk

John Ikerd on how we cannot continue to grow at the rate we've been growing in past.

Apr 6, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Bonuses for Bosses at Killer Corporations? Bonuses for Bosses at Killer Corporations?

Eleven workers dead, untold volumes of sea life poisoned and more than 200 million gallons of oil spilled into the sea.  If that’s what a historically good safety ...

Apr 4, 2011 / Laura Flanders

Six Ways to Green Your Spring Break

Six Ways to Green Your Spring Break Six Ways to Green Your Spring Break

Spring break tips for those who want to relieve their stress without stressing out the planet.

Mar 31, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Christian Parenti: The Nuclear ‘Sacrifice Zone’ in Japan Christian Parenti: The Nuclear ‘Sacrifice Zone’ in Japan

In Japan, fears about nuclear fallout have only been getting worse as disaster cleanup crews struggle with radioactive water leaking out of the Fukushima plant.

Mar 30, 2011 / Press Room

Christian Parenti: The Nuclear ‘Sacrifice Zone’ in Japan Christian Parenti: The Nuclear ‘Sacrifice Zone’ in Japan

In Japan, fears about nuclear fallout have only been getting worse as disaster cleanup crews struggle with radioactive water leaking out of the Fukushima plant.

Mar 30, 2011 / MSNBC

Joel Salatin: Breaking Free From Factory Farms

Joel Salatin: Breaking Free From Factory Farms Joel Salatin: Breaking Free From Factory Farms

Joel Salatin outlines the key issues America faces as its citizens increasingly rely on concentrated animal feeding operations that require cheap energy in order to operate profita...

Mar 30, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Tell Facebook to Unfriend Coal Tell Facebook to Unfriend Coal

Facebook burns more fossil fuel each day than numerous nations.

Mar 29, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

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