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5 Appalling Facts About The Monsanto Protection Act Obama Signed Into Law (GMO Heaven)

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“Blink and you might have missed it.” Even though Food Democracy Now protesters took their fight straight to Obama, protesting in front of the White House against Section 735 of the bill, he signed anyway. Coming quickly to the forefront are disappointment and concerns for the population of the United States. Below are some more […]

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German Energy Shift Documentary, Free To Watch Documentary By Frank Farenski

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A well-made documentary on the renewable energy revolution in Germany, “Leben Mit Der Energiewende“, is now available to watch for free online. The film is currently showing in some German cinemas, but is also available to everyone to watch for free online via a Creative Commons license. I recommend watching it, but it is in

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‘Idle No More’; Indigenous Peoples Movement Spreads Across N. America, World, With Urgent Environmental & Human Rights Message

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It is being called the largest indigenous mass mobilization in recent history. You may not have heard yet of the ‘Idle No More’ movement, but you will; it’s momentum has been steadily growing in recent weeks, and, is being fed by a myriad of kindred human rights movements, environmental organizations, and eco-justice/direct action groups all

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'I'll Never Change' – Actually, You Will (More Than You Think), New Study Shows

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Life is full of decisions, many of which will impact our lives far into the future…everything from whether to apply for a mortgage and choosing where to live…to whom to marry and how many children we wish to have…all of these involve various long-term commitments. According to a team of psychologists, these decisions are based

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2012: A Year of Technological Breakthroughs and Ecological Bad News (Mostly)

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It’s been an incredible year for scientific and technological ‘firsts’, advances and breakthroughs…and an entirely credible year (if one was paying attention) of environmental/ecological warnings and forebodings (but with a few encouraging signs). Any year’s end review of such matters is bound to miss a few important events…but here is my personal compendium of the

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How to Make Conservatives Care More About the Environment? Use Messages that Speak to Their Morals

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For most liberals and progressives, simply hearing or reading about environmental destruction/pollution, the scientific consensus on global warming, the loss of biodiversity and diminishing resources and ‘quality of life’ standards is enough to persuade us to take action to protect the natural environment. But these issues and values — framed in terms of a “moral

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Ecoliterate: A Great Book To Gift Someone This Holiday Season

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  Ecoliterate: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence is a practically focused book written by Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, and Zenobia Barlow. The book is not only for educators and students, but also for parents and grandparents. It is a great source of information and real examples that anyone can use to help

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Climate Change Awareness & Action: Closing The Gap

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  By Patrick O’Keeffe The assumption has always been that climate change awareness raising leads to knowledge, which increases the likelihood of action. However, this is not necessarily the case. In the United States, public concern over the potential ramifications of climate change has dipped in the past few years. In particular, the Global Financial Crisis

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Stop Destroying The Planet – It’s Where I Keep All My Stuff

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  6 decisions that will make your life greener   You. Yes, you. You’re ignorantly and selfishly wrecking the world with your excessive consumption. Cut it out. Ok, maybe that’s a bit harsh. It’s not just you. There are, after all, seven billion of us on Earth – and we have a voracious appetite for energy, food, travel, luxury

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Maine College Is First In Nation to Sell Off Its Fossil Fuel Stock

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Most every college or university endowment needs growth to insure that money is available for future academic needs (buildings, equipment, teachers, expanded curricula, etc.). For this reason, nearly every such institution of higher learning maintains a diverse investment portfolio. And obviously, if one hopes for this portfolio to grow in value, then high-valued (high yield)

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Art + Science – Dancers Help Scientist Visualize Molecular Motion Inside Cells

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Inside our cells, a continuous and violent molecular dance ensues; molecules are constantly banging and bumping into each other, and, in so doing, they prime themselves for a myriad of complex chemical reactions. Understanding the dynamics of this “ballet” is fundamental to developing biomedical techniques and technologies that would probe and modify such dynamics for

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Yes, There's A HUGE Difference Between Democrats & Republicans (Get Out & Vote!)

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To my friends, family, acquaintances, and readers who think that there isn’t enough of a difference between Democrats and Republicans to bother voting (i.e. for the Democrats), let me be absolutely 100% clear — actually, there are HUGE, HUGE differences between these two parties these days, and in nearly every situation I’m aware of, Democrats

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Rhino Crisis Round Up: Death Toll Soars to 467 in South Africa & More

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  The massacre of South Africa’s rhinos continues at a horrifying pace, with 467 killed this year as of October 22nd, according to the Department of Environmental Affairs. Gareth Morgan, Shadow Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, is questioning the decision to withdraw “a dedicated group of police personnel” and a “dedicated helicopter used in

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300,000-Year-Old Spears Discovered In Germany

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  Eight extremely well preserved spears, at least 300,000 years old, have been recovered from a site in north-central Germany. Just goes “to show that human ingenuity is nothing new,” and was shared by many now-‘extinct’ species of humans. Researchers from the University of Tübingen discovered “eight extremely well-preserved spears — an astonishing 300,000 years

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Sacred Naming Ceremony of Rare White Buffalo Calf 2012 (White Buffalo Gets Sacred Name Today

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Republished story Cynthia Shahan Thanks to a report in Indian Country Today Jul 28, 2012 Indian Country  A rare white buffalo born June 6th is bringing hundreds of American Indians together to celebrate this auspicious birth event. They are joining together in a naming ceremony. “[The event] brings so much happiness to us because of the stories of the white buffalo calf

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The Fate of Mankind

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  by Jared Conner People, As humans, we have long considered the Earth as invincible, unchangeable, and unable to be exploited. The thing is, we are wrong. Because of our flawed beliefs over the last two centuries, we have begun to wound, change, and exploit the Earth. And if we do not unite, forget our differences, and work together to stop and

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Informed Consumers?

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Take your time making informed decisions. Wondering where to go to look for informed newsworthy news? Of course, keep visiting this site. Also, try the following: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting), PR Watch, Politifact, Open Secrets, and Media Matters. That should get you started. If you’d like a print mag so you don’t always

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Dennis Leary Sings 'Kiss My A$$' – Musical Parody Skewers Americans' Attitude, Apathy [VIDEO]

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Comedian and social critic Dennis Leary —  star of the cable series Rescue Me — returns to form in the most sardonic of ways with this new video now making the rounds on Youtube. The music video — published in early July — adopts a ‘brat pack’ era, swing sound/style to propel Leary’s (surprisingly well

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Nope, Mermaids Aren’t Extinct… No Evidence They Ever Existed

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  Apparently, an Animal Planet program — ‘Mermaids: The Body Found’ — has confused a number of people and convinced them that mermaids once existed. I haven’t seen the program from the Discovery Network branch, but apparently it got so much attention that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) felt compelled to put out a statement

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Reminders of Death Motivate Concern for Environmental Legacy – New Study Reveals

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Researchers from three university business schools recently conducted a pair of ‘death priming’ experiments in which participants were tasked with making decisions about what to do with lottery winnings, and, how to allocate a new-found energy source. Those participants who received the death primes (i.e., subtle reminders of mortality) consistently gave more to “future others” when

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