Tag Archive | "ecology"
Resistance Against Empire
Derrick Jensen just won't quit, that's for sure. The word “prolific” doesn't really do Jensen's output justice; this guy is like an anarcho-primitivist version of Stephen King. And much like Stephen King, he's constantly finding new ways to evoke a feeling of terror in his readers.
Continue reading...Go Further
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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In 2001, Hollywood actor and hemp activist Woody Harrelson and a group of friends set out on a tour of the West Coast to raise awareness about sustainable living. Traveling in a bio-fueled bus and on bicycles, Harrelson and his entourage headed down the Pacific Coast Highway, stopping at university campuses to promote natural, organic living.
Continue reading...Tree Spiker – From Earth First to Lowbagging: My Struggles in Radical Environmental Action
Friday, May 7, 2010
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Greenpeace. Earth First!. Rainforest Action Network. These organizations are synonymous with the struggle to defend the environment through non-violent direct action.
Continue reading...Anarchism and Its Aspirations
Thursday, May 6, 2010
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Contemporary introductions to anarchism are rare considering the veritable explosion of interest in anarchism since the Battle of Seattle (when a loose coalition of trade unionists, environmentalists, anarchists, animal advocates, and many others shut down the World Trade Organization’s conference in 1999).
Continue reading...Critical Pedagogy, Ecoliteracy & Planetary Crisis
Thursday, February 25, 2010
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As globalization penetrates the hearts and souls of many lives and as transnational capitalist interests work beyond the sovereignty of many states to weaken both socioeconomic and environmental regulations, accelerating people's impoverishment along with ecological catastrophe as a result, the world needs revised thinking and action.
Continue reading...Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and the Battle Over America’s Drinking Water
Sunday, February 7, 2010
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In mid-January, I received a mass email asking me to donate $10 for bottled water and other supplies for participants in an important immigrant rights march in Phoenix.
Continue reading...For Kids Who Love Animals: A Guide to Sharing the Planet
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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If your children love creative projects, fun facts, and animals of all kinds For Kids Who Love Animals: A Guide to Sharing the Planet will be a great addition to their bookshelf.
Continue reading...Silence of the Songbirds & Where the Wild Things Were
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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Part of me cringed the thought of reading yet more tales of humanity’s inclination to extinguish and diminish other life forms. It’s a reaction, I discovered after a quick survey of colleagues, I am not alone in experiencing when confronted with titles such as Silence of the Songbirds and Where the Wild Things Were.
Continue reading...Guerilla Gardening & Interwoven Wild
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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Of all the possible definitions of a garden, I like Don Gayton's best: "A garden is a gift, a celebration and a revelation." Gayton's idea applies equally well to his own efforts, as an ecologist landscaping his suburban yard, as to the more political and activist agenda of guerrilla gardener David Tracey.
Continue reading...Become A Friend
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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