Earthlings Unite?
“In a world where everything is living, nothing can be thrown away. Where would you throw it to?” – Clark Strand, Seeds from a Birch Tree It is the duty of the oppressor to divide, to differentiate, to...
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Banned in Vermont: An interview with advocacy journalist and author Rosemarie Jackowski
I’ve known radical grandma Rosemarie Jackowski (RMJ) for several years now and even...
Read More5 Reasons Why Technology Can Never Be Neutral
It’s repeated so often that few of us even stop to question its validity: “Technology is neutral. It’s only as good or as bad as those using it.” Here are 5 reasons why this is far from true: 1....
Read MoreAlways do the right thing (because 99 is not 100)
Da Mayor: Always do the right thing. Mookie: That’s it? Da Mayor: That’s it. Mookie: I got it. I’m gone. If every American were to make every single lifestyle change suggested in the film, An Inconvenient...
Read More“America Plops and Fizzes”: An interview with poet, Andrew Rihn
Some guy named Percy Shelley once said poets were the “unacknowledged legislators of the world.” So, I’m thinking maybe Percy’s been hanging out in Canton, Ohio with Andrew Rihn, author of the inventive...
Read MoreWhy are you so negative? (and other FAQ)
FAQ: Why are you attacking me for my way of life? MZ: That’s easy: Our way of life is really a “way of death” and is directly responsible for the current global crises I write about. We also might want to agree to...
Read More“We need to stop this culture before it kills the planet”
As you begin reading this interview, take a look at the nearest clock. Now, dig this: Since yesterday at the same exact time, 200,000 acres of rainforest have been destroyed, over 100 plant and animal species have gone extinct,...
Read MoreDownsize or Modify? A Conversation with Noam Chomsky
While Noam Chomsky surely needs no introduction, as they say, that doesn’t mean interviewing him has to follow a blueprint. So, after seeing him in a video called “Are We Running Out of Oil?” I decided to...
Read MoreSelf Defense for Radicals: Collective Soul + Activist Heart
In his book, Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats, author Gwynne Dyer presents a series of scenarios that could potentially play out (soon) as climate change advances, e.g. several million dying in...
Read MoreAsk not what your eco-system can do for you…
Who wouldn’t want to witness a major reversal of some of our current catastrophic global eco-trends? But, as the legendary journalist I.F. Stone once said: “If you expect an answer to your question during your lifetime, you’re not asking a big enough question.”
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