It takes me longer than most to shop as I read labels and try to avoid anything that I can’t pronounce or understand. I rarely buy canned or boxed items but when I do I can’t believe how many items have sugar as one or more of the ingredients. This is a very important video […]
Communities Dismantling Corporate Rule, part 1
If you don’t want to live next to a corporate farm with 15,000 pigs or have fracking happen under your property the government says tough luck. The corporations have a right to make money or do they? Communities are finding ways to avoid big government. Check out this video.
Baxter and the Butterflies eBook
Available on iTunes! I am a really big nature lover and I love to photograph Butterflies, Bumblebees and other small animals, insects, flora and fauna. I also have a very remarkable and loveable dog. Baxter show us nature through the eyes of a loveable, sometimes sloppy, somewhat slobbery, very large dog and teach children to love nature […]
The Story of Better, not More
Our Economy is constantly working towards more stuff and it is not always the right stuff for our health, our oceans and the earth. What if it changed towards better stuff? We can all do our part to stop this nonsense and move towards better solutions, better jobs and health, not just more stuff and […]
The Largest Ice Calving Ever Recorded (Video)
On May 28, 2008, Adam LeWinter and Director Jeff Orlowski filmed a historic breakup at the Ilulissat Glacier in Western Greenland. The calving event lasted for 75 minutes and the glacier retreated a full mile across a calving face three miles wide. The height of the ice is about 3,000 feet, 300-400 feet above water […]
Genetic engineering: The world’s greatest scam?
This is a shorter video than my Genetic Roulette post. Coming from Green Peace International it tells you who is behind GMOs and the dangers to our food supply. Genetic engineering is a threat to food security, especially in a changing climate. The introduction of genetically manipulated organisms by choice or by accident grossly undermines […]
Do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world?
“The world’s population keeps growing. By 2050, we’ll have to double food production. For that we’ll need genetic engineering, advanced pesticides, and fertilizer – lots of fertilizer. That’s why we’re working every day, hand-in-hand with farmers and their families.” Or do we? “Messages like this one seem to be popping up everywhere. But who’s really behind […]
Norman, the ECO-Warrior
Normally I wouldn’t post an advertisement video but I love the humor in this one and its message for sustainable living. Meet Norman. He’s not your everyday house cat. Little by little he’s helping to save our oceans. www.wwf.ca.
Gratitude and Happiness: TedxSF video
This piece shows Louie Schwartzbergs award-winning photography and short film on Gratitude and Happiness. Brother David Steindl-Rast’s spoken words, Gary Malkin’s musical compositions and Louie’s cinematography make this a stunningly beautiful piece, reminding us of the precious gift of life, and the beauty all around us.
The Story of Change
My friends from the Story of Stuff have created a new movie: The Story of Change. This explores how we want to become greener by buying greener stuff… but perhaps buying less is really the answer?
