Why you need to Boycott Shell
Acclaimed activist Bill McKibben, famous author Naomi Klein, and Annie Leonard of Story of Stuff fame co-wrote this article in The Guardian; it lays out exactly why Shell is […]
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Moby: Skip Showers for Beef
As someone who has researched how to quantify and visualize the carbon footprint of our actions, it’s hats off to Moby for the Skip Showers […]
Continue reading »Seeing Beyond Orange: My Weekend In Jail (Part I of II)
I spent this past weekend in the San Francisco County Jail. No, it’s not what you think. Wait, what did you think? 
I’ve been […]
Veg Kids Feel and Learn Better
According to the New York Coalition for Healthy School Food, students who eat a vegetarian diet are healthier and perform better in school compared to meat-eating […]
Continue reading »The Rise of Biomimicry for Social Innovation
Biomimicry, defined as the conscious emulation of nature, has been around for a long time. Indigenous peoples mimicked nature to adapt successfully to changing conditions. […]
Continue reading »5 Ways to Cut Plastic Pollution
An article via One Green Planet provides a helpful summary for how to stop using plastic and stop contributing to the extinction of marine species. […]
Continue reading »How Nature Educates Children
I’m always hungry for how nature inspires us. Recently I read an article about a teacher who was inspired to take her students outdoors into […]
Continue reading »Awesome Guide to UN Climate Talks
As a climate change professional, I’m very familiar with the acronym COP, and in 2015 we’re having COP21 in Paris. It stands for Conference of […]
Continue reading »Storytelling Helps with STEM Education
English and STEM teacher Lev Fruchter uses stories to teach computing, science, engineering, and math concepts. Using characters, motivations, and outcomes as analogies, Fruchter helps […]
Continue reading »No More Internal Combustion Engine in California?
Michael Killen, a friend who is a climate artist and filmmaker recently interviewed my mentor, Jim Sweeney about a debate at the upcoming Energy Summit […]
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