As promised, a SuperPac associated with Newt Gingrich has released a killer video that shows just how much of a job-destroyer Mitt Romney was in his years as a venture capitalist. As President of Bain Capital, Romney epitomized everything that has gone horribly wrong with America: Talking piously about efficiency and restructuring, but in fact […]
Are we broke? Can we really not afford a clean environment, green jobs, and clean energy?
The truth is, we can’t afford NOT to do those things.
The folks who brought us The Story of Stuff, a cute animated film that asked whether we’re spending too much on random crap rather than leading meaningful lives, now revisits the concept, post-Great Recession: How do we make meaningful lives now that we can’t spend too much on random crap anymore?
They’re actually doing it – they’re making a movie of Dr. Seuss’ marvelous eco-fable, The Lorax.
And while Occupy Wall Street may speak for the 99 percent… of humans in the US (and maybe even on the planet), there hasn’t been much said so far about the 80 percent – which is how much of the planet’s biomass trees represent.
Well, when Danny DeVito speaks, people tend to listen, and Zac Efron and Taylor Swift are almost as cute animated as they are in real life…
Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme has taken his crew to Occupy Wall Street. In a tight, 15 minute short documentary, he illustrates democracy in action and peaceful protest. Can’t make it to lower Manhattan this week? Let Jonathan Demme’s camera take you there… Like what you just saw? Like us on Facebook for more updates! More on […]
On Saturday night in Times Square, Iraq veteran Sgt Shamar Thomas made an impression on New York Police, in an impassioned plea for reason and calm that deflected the angry violence they were bringing to bear on the Occupy Wall Street protesters who had surged through Times Square. “There is no honor in this” Today, Sgt. […]
Because when it comes to global warming, a picture is worth a thousand words… For your viewing pleasure on this hot, hot June weekend.
What’s the deal with Monsanto? Why are people worried about genetically modified food and large scale agribusiness? Should YOU be worried? Watch the documentary “The World According to Monsanto” for the answers to these and other questions… Like what you’re seeing? Share this on your Facebook wall to spread the word, and like us on Facebook for more updates! […]
Via SkepticalScience (“Getting skeptical about global warming skepticism”), we were pointed to this excellent talk on the impact climate change will have on the oceans. (SkepticalScience is a great resource for debunking climate denier arguments.) John Bruno, one of the participants, posted the discussion by his friend and colleague Dr. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg from a session the two of them organized on climate […]
Not sure what happened at the COP 16 climate summit in Cancun back in December? Worried that the issue of global warming wasn’t really dealt with by the assembled nations of the world in a mature, sensible way? Here’s a quick easy summary that covers the whole thing… in two minutes! With hand puppets! Just […]
It’s hard to believe it’s been 5 years since the release of Who Killed the Electric Car. And hard to believe how much has turned around in that short time – back then, electric cars were being destroyed, not built. Now, everyone has jumped on the bandwagon. In Revenge of the Electric Car, director Chris […]
For years, Bjorn Lomborg was one of the leading climate skeptics. He even authored a book, “The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World“, on the subject. Lomborg has since become a believer in global warming, but he has his own take on it: We’re focusing too much on fear and not enough […]
They’ve got the rundown over at EcoPolitology: The best – and the worst – of an amazingly vitriolic campaign season. I was more than a little disappointed in their roster. The pro-environment ads are mostly pretty clunky, and don’t really show an understanding of basic messaging. Here’s one of the few good ones, from the League of […]
President Obama outlines his administration’s economic accomplishments, hurdles it faces, and plans to overcome these hurdles.
Author, activist and eco-crusader Bill McKibben visited the Colbert Report last night to bring attention to the 350 campaign to limit carbon emissions and the October 24 day of action in support of the goal.
Palin’s chain of independent clauses may have sounded a little disjointed to the untrained ear, but not to William Shatner.