This April 4th is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King. I was just 12 when it happened, but I remember vividly the heartbreaking day when King was shot down in Memphis while supporting striking garbage workers … Continue reading
Here is a very interesting exchange about practical ethics and animal agriculture from the website, Eating Liberally. It features our contributing author Karin Lauria. cheers, Bill
Last Wednesday I received five emails from different people telling me about a hot new Internet movie called “The Story of Stuff.” Everyone claimed that this movie is a short, funny, easy-to-understand, and compelling look at why environmentalists need to … Continue reading
In honor of Blog Action Day, I’m starting a list of the things I hate about global warming (besides the fact that it threatens most life on this planet). I’ll add more as I think of them. Things I hate … Continue reading
Last April, I had the opportunity to do a twenty-plus minute radio interview for ACT Radio, a bi-monthly program on KTEP–the NPR station in El Paso, Texas. It was broadcast as their Earth Day edition on April 22, 2007. ACT … Continue reading
At the recent Psychology-Ecology-Sustainability conference at Lewis and Clark College, I attended a workshop on the ethics of deep ecology. The facilitator of this one-hour session distributed a one-page handout with the eight core principles of the deep ecology movement. … Continue reading