Category: Sustainability

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Well, here we are.  Echoing what Sen. Lindsey Graham said a few days ago about “riots in the streets,” the former president is pledging to incite yet another insurrection if the U.S. criminal code is applied to him. And this …

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Shown here: Oyster shuckers from South Carolina in 1912. Josie (6 years old), Bertha (6 years old) and Sophie (10 years old) would start work at 4 AM at the Maggioni Canning Co. Here’s a question: How do you think …

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I was a fairly avid camper in my youth, but it sounds pretty unappealing at age 67. Having said that, the author of the meme makes an excellent point.

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A fabulous yet frightening prediction. And from almost 150 years ago.  

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As the United States regresses back into time, opportunities for humor arise on an almost-daily basis. Of course, this would be funnier if it didn’t represent such a grave assault on women’s rights and the quality of their lives.

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There are many unsettling aspects to our lives here in the United States, many of which are made worse by our inane sense of priorities. How hard would it be to instate common sense gun laws and offer LGBTQs full …

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I would submit that it depends what we disagree on.  If you don’t care about the well-being of others–if you don’t believe all people should be treated with fairness, decency, and respect, we’re not going to be buddies.

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Here’s a petition I just signed, in the form of an online letter to Costco CEO W. Craig Jelinek re: getting rid of single-use plastic.  You may wish to do the same. In the face of a plastic pollution crisis …

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Here’s a quote from science broadcaster and environmental activist David Suzuki. To be sure, part of our problem resides in our disconnection from the natural environment, as our lives become ever more crammed with the pressures of work and the …

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