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A Cleaner, Greener Missouri

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Posted in Activism, Climate Change, Environment, Government, Technology | No Comments »

I (still) work for a bank. Needless to say, the past few weeks have been tumultuous. Onward and upward.  With only 47 days left until this country elects its first black president or two people who will further marginalize America on a global ...

1Sky, Or Too Many?

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Activism, Organizations, Responsibility | No Comments »

A friend from Show My Progress sent me a link today to 1Sky, a group that "was created in 2007 to focus the power of millions of concerned Americans on a single goal: bold federal action by 2010 that can reverse ...

Changing Habits

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Climate Change, Environment, Ideas, Society, Vegetarianism | 1 Comment »

I received an email from Sierra Club today with a link to a website called 50 Ways to Help the Planet. The crazy thing is, on the site, "they" give you 50 actual ways to help the planet. Unbelievable! This isn't the ...