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Sea Shepherd at Deepwater Ground Zero

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 Posted in Disaster relief, Species loss, Environmental cleanup, Human Impact, False Solutions, water | No Comments »

Important footage showing the scope of this disaster. What an unbelievable nightmare. This will affect all of us for decades. Thanks to Steve Roest and Sea Shepherd.

Faultlines: In Deep Water

Monday, June 21st, 2010 Posted in Social Justice, Human Impact, Environmental cleanup, False Solutions, Politics, water, Energy, Economy, peak oil | 1 Comment »

Oil plumes, Gulf’s unseen disaster

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 Posted in Disaster relief, Species loss, non-human rights, Environmental cleanup, Human Impact, water | 1 Comment »

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Deepwater Horizon and the addiction to growth

Friday, June 4th, 2010 Posted in Environmental cleanup, Politics, adaptation, water, peak oil | No Comments »

Health and energy analyst Dan Bednarz, in this article, looks at the implicit messages of the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. I pray that I'm wrong, but I think Bednarz may be overly optimistic on whether this is the event that turns ...

Reflections on an environmental catastrophe

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 Posted in Environmental cleanup, Disaster relief, Human Impact, False Solutions, Energy, ethics, water | 1 Comment »

Abel Collins from RI Sierra Club raises the big questions with strong words at RI Future: Let’s not mince words. We are watching one of the worst environmental disasters humans have ever caused unfold off the coast of Louisiana in ...

The Cove:New doc on dolphin slaughter in Japan

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 Posted in non-human rights, Human Impact, deep ecology, water | No Comments »

The trailer for Louis Psihoyos' powerful documentary, coming this spring. More info at the film's website.

A sail-powered CSA?

Monday, January 5th, 2009 Posted in adaptation, transportation, water, peak oil | No Comments »

A month ago, we linked to a story about a grain CSA in British Columbia, with attempts to ship grain by sail-power. Once again the Northwest is in the lead with David Reid's Sail Transport Network's efforts to utilize sail-power ...

Flow (For Love of Water)

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in Social Justice, deep ecology, water | No Comments »

Great documentary on the future of water. Click here for an interview with director Irena Salina.

Re: Did you know?

Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Economy, adaptation, general, water, peak oil | No Comments »

So much for the light and the sweet. A cynical but realistic response to the popular Did You Know? YouTube video. 9 minutes 49 seconds of important content, that directly expands on the original, but places much-needed focus on environmental ...

Sustainable Living Fair at Apeiron Saturday and Sunday

Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green Building, Community, adaptation, renewable energy, general, water | No Comments »

We will be at Apeiron's Sustainable Living Expo this weekend, and we hope to see you there. This is the seventh annual sustainability and renewable energy expo put on by the bright minds at the Apeiron Institute, who aim ...