Jeremy Leggett has undergone quite a few large career changes, from oil industry consultant to Greenpeace scientist to solar entrepreneur. A geologist by training, he worked with the oil industry until his studies brought him face-to-face with the growing evidence of global warming. Within an industry refusing to change, Leggett moved to Greenpeace and was [...]
While many may think about oil when it comes to climate change, the real struggle could be coal. Coal is used for half the nation’s electricity, which is the U.S.’s largest source of carbon dioxide emissions. Scientists warn that the continued use of so much coal could put us on the path to runaway warming, [...]
After a score of years in print, what is the cultural score on the feminist-vegan message about meat-eating? This is the second in a two part interview with Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory, in which Carol talks with Ann Dunnewold, Ph.D., about the progress–and lack thereof–in [...]
The unquestioned vegan bible, The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory, celebrates twenty years in print this year with the release of an updated anniversary edition. At the same time, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management released research detailing the continued link between meat-eating and gender role stereotypes, i.e., real men still don‘t [...]
Somewhere between girlhood and womanhood there is a shift, which involves leaving behind a girl and embracing all that being a woman entails. Here begins a slippery slope. In some circumstances, it is essential for a woman to carry on her “girly” qualities, yet in others, this practice is unequivocally prohibited. Eve Ensler’s latest book, [...]
Some books are so good that you can even forgive your friend for “borrowing” your copy and never giving it back. Adoption Healing … a path to recovery (Gateway Press, Inc.) by Joe Soll is one such book. By Jane Jeong Trenka
I just finished Bill McKibben’s, Deep Economy – The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. For me, this is one of those rare books that is both easy and interesting to read, but will change how you view the world and likely how you live your life. Using examples from Vermont, Central America, Cuba, [...]
Annie Leonard’s new book tells the story of our obsessive relationship with our possessions, and unless we alter that relationship, the story doesn’t end well. The book, titled “The Story of Stuff: How Our Problem with Overconsumption Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health — and What to Do About It” is the [...]
purports to explain the origins of the modern gay movement and identity politics as emerging in the community of Edendale, California, an artists’ colony in the Hollywood Hills of the early 20th Century (some of this area is now known as Silver Lake).
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