Comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation could create two million jobs, cut two billion tons of pollution and save two trillion dollars.  The National Resources Defense Council encourages U.S. citizens to take action to help put the nation on a path towards cleaner energy.  And, gratefully, Senators Kerry and Lieberman last week announced a new [...]

Since the industrial revolution that began in the 1800s, the world has been on an unprecedented consumption binge. In the last fifty years alone, humanity has consumed more goods and services than the combined total of all humans who ever walked the planet before us.[2] What is behind today’s consumer ethos, and why has it become a problem? What will be required to shift the psyche and “shop” and “toss” behavior in our society to a sustainable one?

The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. It exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world.

The journey northward is underway! Spring is here and with it – new wildlife.
Seasonal change is all around us. Children see it in the length of a day, in the appearance of a flower, in the flight of a butterfly. Hummingbirds, Gray Whales, Robins, and Monarch Butterflies are on the move. Watch [...]