Erin Barnes is a green gal next door. What is a green gal, you might ask? She is someone who is simply an ordinary woman who is creating much needed change in the world. This green gal rolled up her sleeves and set out to change the world one block at a time. How [...]
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Over the years as I penned Green Talk, I have met the most inspiring people who have used their life story to create a business or mission to help others. You know the ones that make your neck hair stand up when you talk about them? They might be your neighbor, friend or relative. [...]
What happens if I told you that your favorite charities could receive donations simply by you changing your habits to help the Earth. Not one dime out of your pocket. Anna, what do I have to do? Just log onto Double Impact. Choice one of the charities, and start taking their simple challenges to reduce [...]
Welcome Guest poster, Caroline Fairless, an Episcopal priest, and co-founder of The Center for Children at Worship. Her newest book is The Space Between Church and Not-Church. Her book opens our minds to healing our planet as a “spirit-centered process, requiring humans to reclaim our appropriate place among the earth community.” It’s a wonderfully hopeful [...]
Do you buy to buy? Think about it. If you see something you like, do you stop and say, well I really don’t need it even though you can afford it? Don’t feel bad. Lots of people feel the same way especially if you are spending it for others. So, much that despite high unemployment [...]
There is nothing like a great video that tells it like it is on a Monday morning. UnF–kTheGulf.com says it all. Kind of like a cup of Joe to get the blood running through your body. In this case, F’in mad blood since our gulf is running black not blue because BP can’t shut the [...]
So, would you invite toxic chemicals to the dinner table? Absolutely not, Anna. You must be thinking, do I take you to be a fool? Come on. All those character are normal every day products. Right? Wrong. All those cute creatures pictured in the above photo are wolves in sheep clothing. Harmful, harmful chemicals. Would [...]
My friend, Beth of Fake Plastic Fish, sent me this inspiring video made by Four Year. Go, a campaign to change the world. It begs the question, where will we be in four years with all the problems we have on our plate today. With this Campaign, there is hope at the end of the [...]
Kids Behave Brilliantly by Guest poster, Janelle Sorenson of Healthy Child, Healthy World. When I was young, I volunteered for various organizations and I participated in an academic extracurricular group known as the Future Problem Solvers of America, but that was the extent of my adolescent efforts at having a positive impact on the world. I don’t [...]
Watch this 3 minute video of This is Our Moment with Leo DiCaprio, Edward Norton, Forest Whitaker, Jason Bateman, Felicity Huffman, Chace Crawford, Emmy Rossum and Justin Long to tell our elected officials to vote for the American Clean Energy and Security Act pending in the Senate. This video was the brain child of the National [...]









