Let’s Spread Some of Obama’s Community Organizing Magic on Climate Change

(cross-post from Huffington Post)
Sarah Palin should not have mocked Barack Obama for being a community organizer. If anything, tonight’s results proved her wrong. Our new President has given new meaning, and strength to the concept of community organizing. And he has shown us what citizens can do, when given the means to organize towards a [...]

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Letter to Al Gore – From One of Your Worshippers . . .

Dear Al,
You and I just met last weekend. I had traveled far in my Prius for the chance to have a few words with you, my hero. When my turn came, I made sure to let you know how grateful I was, for the presentation you gave three years ago, at Stanford, on “An Inconvenient [...]

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Green Moms To Disrupt Holiday Shopping Frenzy With Green Drop Project

Every month I participate in a Green Moms Blogging Carnival. This time, we are to blog about the commercialization of holidays. At first, I thought of recycling the Halloween post I wrote for Groovy Green last year. That would have been too easy, and also I have a subversive idea I want to put out [...]

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New Wave of Environmental Activism at Climate Camp 2008

Today marks the last day of protest for British climate change campaigners near the Kingsnorth Power Station. Climate Camp has attracted lots of coverage, with multiple videos circulated on YouTube, and the media descending on this remote part of the Kent region. At stake? Wanting to prevent the firing up of a new coal fire [...]

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WordPress, Include ‘Green’ In Your News Categories, Will You?

Based on my success with Technorati, I decided to continue my campaign with another major blogging platform, requesting that they make ‘Green‘ a more prominent category on their site. This time is WordPress’s turn.

Here is a copy of the email, I just sent to Matt Mullenweg, the man at WordPress:
Hello Matt,
First thanks for [...]

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How Many Cities Like Honolulu? Lots of Sun, And No Solar . . .

Loving my stay in Honolulu, except for the blazing sun that scorches us, whenever we venture in the city at midday. So much hot energy to harvest year round.

You would think the city would be covered with solar panels. Not so. The big talk in town, is the upcoming election, to decide on the mayor’s [...]

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Taking Action Now for International Family Planning

Synchronicity . . . Following my post, two days ago, I find this in my mail, from the Feminist Majority, :
Dear Marguerite,
Today, over 200 million women who want birth control lack access to contraceptives. Please join the movement to reverse cuts to reproductive health programs, helping the poorest of women. During the Bush years, international family [...]

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It’s Not Easy Being a Citizen

All riled up from reading about the risk of the renewable energy production tax credit not being extended past the end of this year, I set out to see what I could do to help, as a citizen. I quickly found out, it is not easy, being a full-fledged citizen in America. I thought there [...]

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Environmental Scientists Not Allowed to Speak Their Truth

You would think we live in Galileo’s times again. The Union of Concerned Scientists just released a study exposing widespread manipulation of scientific findings and intimidation of EPA scientists by the Bush administration. Among the UCS report’s top findings:
- 889 scientists (60 percent) said they had personally experienced at least one instance of political [...]

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It’s Earth Day, Get Real

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