Hot hot hot…..

After a couple of weeks rest, we wanted to make a quick comment about this summer – it is HOT Hot hot….. 
Another year of record breaking heat.  We wonder do these temps cause our leaders to think more about the negative impact of Climate Change, or just, move inside and turn up the AC?
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Climate Community Citizen of the Week – Jessica Morey

Congratulations to Jessica Morey this week’s Climate Community Citizen of the Week. We met Jessica with the help of a mutual friend, and were greatly impressed by her environmental resume.  Both in her efforts with Climate Lab – a climate change wiki, and her on-going work and educational background Jessica is exactly the type of [...]

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The Beginning of the End?

It seems as though we are starting to finally see a light at the end of the tunnel in the Gulf Oil Spill. But as Rahm Emanuel aptly once said, “Never let a serious crisis go to waste”

As sad as the phrase is, it rings true. The oil spill is a horrible tragedy that I [...]

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Climate Community Citizen of the Week – Ally Maize

Congratulations to this week’s Climate Community Citizen of the Week Ally Maize, founder of Green Youth Movement.

We first met Ally of a tree planting project that took place on Ventura Blvd. in Woodland Hills Ca. Recently Ally was a volunteer at our eco-bash held with The Green Girls.  We are so pleased to finally have [...]

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Gulf – some better news….finally?

Althought this is far from over, it seems as if there was a bit of good news today from the Gulf…

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Weekly Mulch: Politics, Power, and the Environment Beyond BP

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger
Washington has a blind spot when it comes to the environment. BP and the oil spill brought the government’s failures into the spotlight, but the same problems crop up across industries: Corporations pollute water, blast through mountains, and pour carbon into the atmosphere with insufficient oversight. But no one—Congress, the [...]

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Teen Climate Leaders Trained by Al Gore!

32 teen climate leaders, and Inconvenient Youth members, were personally trained by Al Gore to spread awareness of the climate crisis to the public.

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Climate Community Citizen of the Week – Brandon McEachern

Congratulations to Brandon McEachern this weeks Climate Community Citizen of The Week.  Brandon is a wonderful, very energetic and positive young man who is the founder of a website/and a movement called Broccoli City.  Brandon saw a need in US urban communities for exposure to topics such as – “green”, “eco”, “organic”.  He believes (as [...]

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Happy 4th of July!

As our nation enjoys its “Independence Day” it is worth reflecting on the specific notion of Independence vs Dependence.
Our nation enjoys the leading position among nations of the 21st Century.  And in most ways we feel as if we are generally independent of other nations – we can chart our own course and in fact [...]

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Weekly Mulch: When will America be free from BP?

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger
On July 4th, Americans are supposed to celebrate their independence. We may no longer have to worry about a greedy, distant monarch. But our country is still held in thrall to powerful interests that prize profit over individuals and their freedom—the energy industry comes to mind. As Jason Mark puts [...]

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