“It's precisely because we’re finite that life is so sweet.” - Sheldon Solomon By Kristy Jansen Last month I got the opportunity to meet Ady Barkan, a progressive activist who’s become one of the most powerful voices in the fight to move the United States to a universal … [Read more...] about Optimist View: Living while dying – Notes from the resistance
NEGATIVE: Direct Air Carbon capture bracelet – a climate solution in your hand
We recently featured a cool Kickstarter campaign that was raising funds to streamline production on “SEADPODS” - recycled plastic planters that can be hung on chainlink fences to greenify urban spaces. We love these kinds of innovative ideas, blending commerce and social or … [Read more...] about NEGATIVE: Direct Air Carbon capture bracelet – a climate solution in your hand
Stockton UBI experiment: recipients are spending money only to cover basic needs
The first results from a Universal Basic Income (UBI) experiment in Stockton, California are in—and guess what? They’re already disproving one of the most popular arguments levied against UBI, which is that recipients will use the money on frivolous purchases. In Stockton, the … [Read more...] about Stockton UBI experiment: recipients are spending money only to cover basic needs
Red alert: How Extinction Rebellion woke the world up to the climate crisis
In October, the journalist and activist George Monbiot introduced Extinction Rebellion to the British press as a homegrown movement “devoted to disruptive, non-violent disobedience in protest against ecological collapse”. The hope was to turn a national uprising into an … [Read more...] about Red alert: How Extinction Rebellion woke the world up to the climate crisis
These displaced coal miners are finding new, greener work in beekeeping
Do coal miners really love mining coal—and therefore, advocate to keep coal mines open? Or is it that they need the income that coal mining gives them to support themselves and their families? For most miners, the latter is the truth, but as more coal mines across the country … [Read more...] about These displaced coal miners are finding new, greener work in beekeeping
