The White House has just released a new official video which profiles Michelle Obama’s hugely successful organic vegetable garden. The First Lady talks about the process of creating the victory garden, as well as the importance of shared family meals, making healthy choices, cooking fresh local food, and the need to change how our nation [...]
Michelle Obama’s Victory Garden Is Helping to Reshape Our Nation’s Food Policy
September 2, 2009 By 1 Comment
Global Warming in the Arctic — Much Worse than We Thought!
September 2, 2009 By 8 Comments
A new study by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), released today, says that the effects of warming in the Arctic are “dire… far worse than previous projections.” Dr Martin Sommerkorn, senior climate change advisor for WWF’s Arctic program (who works on this stuff everyday) says: “What they found was a truly sobering picture.”
Dolphin Slaughter in Taiji’s ‘Cove’ Suspended
September 1, 2009 By 47 Comments
[UPDATE: Japanese Dolphin Slaughter to Continue Despite Current Suspension] Ric O’Barry reports that the horrific annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji has been suspended due to publicity from the film, The Cove. September 1st usually marks the first day of the year for the brutal killings, but for the first time the Japanese media has arrived [...]
Charlie the Tuna Faces Extinction
September 1, 2009 By 1 Comment
According to Greenpeace and the Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST), Pacific tuna could face extinction by 2048, due to overfishing, pirate fishing and exploitation. In a news conference held last week, the two groups recommended a 50 percent reduction in tuna catches and asked the Taiwan government to support the Western and Central Pacific Fishery [...]
Recycling the Karoo’s Trash to Decorate the White House for President Obama
September 1, 2009 By 2 Comments
The interior decorator tasked with the redecoration of the Obama’s private quarters in the White House has introduced chandeliers built around waste materials into his proposals. These chandeliers links rural development in South Africa to the White House. Magpie Art Collective Magpie, a socially conscious art collective, was founded in 1998 by designer Scott Hart [...]
