old bags

No More Plastic Bags Westport, Conn., this month became the latest of a handful of communities to ban some plastic bags. The bags, which have only a brief, useful life, can survive forever in landfills and are of enormous concern to not only environmentalists but local officials who are running out of places to put […]

good news – peru congress revokes 2 decrees

Dear Friends, Today was a historic day for indigenous people of Peru.  President Garcia acknowledged that the government had made “a series errors and exaggerations” and Congress repealed two of the 9 decrees. AIDESEP is asking indigenous people to end their mobilizations and go back to their communities.  This is reason to celebrate, although we […]

good advice

When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that was direct, naked, taut, honest, passionate, lean, shivering, startling, and graceful. No pressure there. Lets begin with the startling part. Class of 2009: you are going to have to figure out what it means to […]

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