Wake up World Leaders. The Alarm is Deafening. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/opinion/climate-change-ipcc-report.html
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Toward climate sanity
October 11th, 2018 | by Brie | published in Ecology, Slideshow | Comments Off on Toward climate sanity
Real Sustainability
August 8th, 2018 | by Brie | published in Ecology, Slideshow | Comments Off on Real Sustainability
The most important #resistance.
Revisiting the Statue of Liberty
June 19th, 2016 | by Brie | published in Beyond the U.S., Slideshow | Comments Off on Revisiting the Statue of Liberty
By Hector Lopez THE STATUE OF LIBERTY Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand a mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; […]
Two Poems That Speak Truth to Power
December 1st, 2014 | by Brie | published in Slideshow | Comments Off on Two Poems That Speak Truth to Power
REFUGEE We all are running from something throughout our lineage our people ran from the wild woolly Mother Earth our home
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: Can We Talk About It? Must We?
July 20th, 2014 | by Brie | published in From the Editors, Slideshow | Comments Off on GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: Can We Talk About It? Must We?
We live in a balkanized world. Huge problems of global dimensions are dealt with poorly or not at all. This is largely because the solutions are sought within a framework of separate and independent sovereign states and with a consciousness in each state imbued with the fervor of the national interest. By John Rensenbrink (continued)…Can […]
Proposal for a Global Organization of Democracies (GOOD)
July 20th, 2014 | by Brie | published in Beyond the U.S., Civic Engagement, Green Politics Movement, Slideshow | Comments Off on Proposal for a Global Organization of Democracies (GOOD)
The big world conferences on climate every 20 years (1972 Sweden, 1992 Brazil, 2012 Denmark) have failed. Bill McKibben and 350.org are raising consciousness and prodding consciences daily, but the big lever of “world opinion” needs a pivot point or fulcrum, a forum or year round parliament of small and responsible democracies so that all […]
eOS: Part Two – eco Operating System Challenges
June 20th, 2014 | by Brie | published in Civic Engagement, Slideshow | Comments Off on eOS: Part Two – eco Operating System Challenges
Of the approximate 200 countries in the world, the Green Party has organized in approximately one half – PDF.
Natalie Bennett – the New Leader of the Green Party for England and Wales
May 21st, 2014 | by Brie | published in Letters, Slideshow | Comments Off on Natalie Bennett – the New Leader of the Green Party for England and Wales
A letter by Mike Feinstein published in the Spring/Summer 2014 Issue . . . . Your readers will be interested in this recent news about the Green Party in England and Wales. I am particularly excited about the way in which the Green Party there meets the challenge of effective leadership. Natalie Bennett has been […]
Fukushima and the Future of Life on Earth
May 21st, 2014 | by Brie | published in Ecology, Slideshow | Comments Off on Fukushima and the Future of Life on Earth
By Romi Elnagar . . . . “American sailors on the USS Ronald Reagan at sea off the coast of Japan sailed into the plume of radiation emitted by the Fukushima Daiichi plant and then were ordered to help the Japanese with the disaster. They… are now suing the Government of Japan…” The disaster at […]
Raising Food in a Changing Climate
February 9th, 2014 | by Brie | published in Slideshow | Comments Off on Raising Food in a Changing Climate
By Maynard Kaufman . . . . We know that the carbon dioxide emitted by the burning of fossil fuels acts as a greenhouse gas that warms the atmosphere. Cheap oil during the twentieth century has made cheap food available so that the growth of human population exploded, from 2 billion in 1930 to 7 billion […]