McKibben: Say No to High-Stress Holidays | Activists Protest NRDC | 10 Sign Vegetarianism is Catching On

Environment Newsletter December 1st, 2009 More from Environment »

Are You Brave Enough to Say No to a High-Stress Holiday? By Bill McKibben, Grist.org The problem with Christmas is that no one much likes it anymore. Read more » Activists Protest Natural Resources Defense Council for Collaborating With Polluters By Joseph Huff-Hannon, Huffington Post The protestors say that the environmental advocacy group has aligned itself with corporate interests whose goals for reducing emissions are far too limited. more » Bill Moyers & Jane Goodall: What Chimps Reveal About Human Brutality, Violence, Compassion and Hope By Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal A fascinating and wide-ranging discussion with Jane Goodall on what chimps tell us about human beings and what we must do to save these animals from extinction. more » 10 Signs Vegetarianism Is Catching On By Kathy Freston, AlterNet Martha Stewart promotes a vegetarian Thanksgiving? Recently, much attention has been lavished on the horrors of factory farming and the advantages of a meatless diet. more » Our Lives Are Filled With Worthless Crap That's Destroying the Earth: Here's What You Can Do By Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, In These Times The way to lower the quantity of energy required to make and distribute short-lived consumer goods is to make them durable, repairable and upgradable. more » The Real Scandal Over Climate Change Isn't About Hacked Emails But the Media's Coverage By Alex Steffen, Worldchanging There's been a lot of talk recently about the "hacked climate emails." But a much bigger scandal is just waiting to break. more » White House Garden Won't Make Up for Obama's Nomination of Pesticide Lobbyist for US Chief Agriculture Negotiator By Jill Richardson, Commonweal Institute Obama's statements about food and agriculture trend moderate to progressive, but his nominations for top positions in his administration tell a different story. more » PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web Naomi Klein: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! A grassroots movement says that the countries that created the climate crisis should pay for the costs of adapting to a more hostile ecology. more » Tony Kushner: Right-Wing Opposition to Recognizing Climate Change Comes "Entirely From Greed" By Staff, TheNation.com In 1991 Angels in America took on the impact of humans on the environment. Now we face a more intractable instance of environmental decay. more » Inhofe Trashes Military Generals Who Advocate For Clean Energy Legislation By Faiz Shakir, Think Progress The national security implications of climate change cannot be so easily dismissed. more » Copenhagen: Getting Past the Urgency Trap By Sara Robinson, Orcinus Copenhagen is the next step forward, and we'll accept it with greater equanimity if we understand that conventional thinkers have to work their toward deeper transformation more »

Support AlterNet | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe You are subscribed as ignoble.experiment@arconati.us © 2009 Independent Media Institute All Rights Reserved 77 Federal St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107