One Blue Sky Above Us: Pete Seeger Talks About Climate Change….
…and his beautiful song “Rainbow Race.” This video was made in 2008. We’ve hardly moved at all in the past six years. […]
Assessing Conservative Thinking On Climate Change Leads To A Tortured Analogy
When political “conservatives” (the term is in quotes because there’s nothing at all conservative about any of their positions) finally get around […]
A Long Shadow That Nourished A Million Flowers
As a role model at the intersection of music and social activism, Pete Seeger defined the space completely. But it was characteristic […]
Playing For The Planet: Matt Glaser Trio Plays “Freight Train”
At last fall’s “Playing For The Planet” concert, Matt Glaser, Jon Wheatley, and Brittany Karlson started off the evening with a beautiful […]
Pete Seeger And The Napalm Ladies: A Song When Hope Fades
I wrote this piece three years ago. Now the news of Pete’s passing fills my computer screen. While I will certainly write […]
Mixed In Giant Vats
This is soooooo ugly. Marcus Eriksen sticks a net into the Los Angeles River, and finds bazillions of eensy-weensy bits of plastic. […]
The Frogs And The Forest
The sound of frogs at dusk in Kubah National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia: It sure sounds like a gorgeous place: As well […]
Adam’s Ale And The Devil’s Blood
After the recent release of 7,500 gallons of coal-treatment chemicals into their water supply, a whole lot of people in West Virginia […]
A Solar-Powered Amish Buggy!
Thanks to ecoblogger George Mokray for this piece of coolness: Illinois inventor/entrepreneur Larry Yoder has retrofitted an old Amish buggy to run […]
Oil Pipelines: The Dirty Needles Of Our Planetary Addiction
Our continuing hunger for illusory cheap energy is the enabling force behind the corporate sociopaths who are spilling the Earth’s blood over […]