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6 Nov 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Doug Honnold, the managing attorney of EarthJustice, writes that a sad milestone has passed: "More than 100 [gray] wolves have been killed since Idaho and Montana began hunting them this fall." Following President Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's decision to remove gray wolves from the...+ READ MORE
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6 Nov 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
Buy a Coal Country DVD, CD, or book, and learn all you need to know about coal mining and mountaintop removal to stun you into action to stop it. Best part, buying the CD supports an organization already working to do just that.+ READ MORE
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6 Nov 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Nick Clooney writes about his childhood memories from Appalachia: from Grandpa Clooney dragging him to the Ohio River when all he wanted was an Eskimo Pie, up to what he thinks the community's gift was to the rest of the nation, a community now threatened by the coal industry and mountaintop...+ READ MORE
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6 Nov 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Ashley Judd takes her canine companion back home to Kentucky, but finds a scale of destruction from mountaintop removal coal mining that even her dog can sense. Here, a moving story that illustrates why so many activists are working so hard to stop the destructive practice.+ READ MORE
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5 Nov 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
While politicians and automakers wrangle over how to deal with our transportation-heavy addiction to fossil fuels, we have to face up to the ubiquity of oil in every other facet of life as well. From aspirin to chewing gum, these are just 10 of the most surprising places to find oil.+ READ MORE
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3 Nov 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Why be a friend to the trees? If nothing else, there's a little something I like to call survival.+ READ MORE
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3 Nov 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Question: what exactly constitutes "animal cruelty" in a slaughterhouse?+ READ MORE
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3 Nov 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
Deforestation of tropical areas is not only one of the leading causes of climate change, it's constantly putting millions of animals at risk by demolishing their habitats. And guess who's the biggest buyer of rainforest wood in the United States?+ READ MORE
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2 Nov 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
Karen Armstrong's take on religion, motivated by her experience as a Catholic nun and inspired by the study of modern literature, is one that emphasizes similarities over differences and compassion over judgment. Her books commonly spark controversy—indeed, her views tend to be...+ READ MORE
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2 Nov 2009 IN INSTRUMENTAL | COMMENTS
Indie rock stars Animal Collective step up to stop the Canadian seal hunt with PETA.+ READ MORE
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2 Nov 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
There's a human cost to un-green agricultural practices. Why not find out more and take action?+ READ MORE
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2 Nov 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
I know it seems a tad early for a Christmas article, but the following revelation has implications that go way beyond the world's prime shopping season: around 80% of all toys are made in heavily polluting Chinese factories. By young children. + READ MORE
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31 Oct 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
October was fair trade month, but the practice should continue all year. From coffee to clothing to soccer balls, there's no reason not to support-demand-fair labor practices whenever you can. We all want happy lives for our own children; children around the world, even if we don't know their names,...+ READ MORE
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31 Oct 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
From plastic bags to toothpaste to lipstick, oil is everywhere in our lives. Watch Recipes For Disaster, and join the oil detox challenge. Stop the unsustainable madness.+ READ MORE
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30 Oct 2009 IN REEL IMPACT | COMMENTS
Recipes For Disaster is a film about climate change and catastrophe. It follows John Webster's family as they go on an oil detox, and are confronted by the depth of the oil addiction that affects so many of us.+ READ MORE
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