Protecting our health from toxic pollution is too important a job to be left to scientists, govenment regulators or even professional environmental activists. Annie looks at two communities, half a world apart, where citizens showed that people on the front lines of pollution have the power to fight back against being poisoned.
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Choose Family over Frenzy
When I turned on my computer today, I had 8 emails from vendors announcing special low prices — Black Friday deals — available all week. I waded through the Black Friday junk mail, tapping away at my delete button, to find the one email I sought: the message from my neighbor with the menu, schedule and guest list for Thursday’s Thanksgiving gathering…. FULL POST »
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The Story of Change
I used to think the truth would set us free. Like many who care about the environment, I spent years thinking that information would lead to change. So I wrote reports, gave speeches, even testified before Congress.
Some things changed. Sadly, the big picture didn’t…. FULL POST »
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$4,000 v. $7,000,000,000
If you think corporations have too much power in our democracy (or yours), we need you to keep reading…. FULL POST »
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Taking That First Step
I recently heard a yoga teacher explain that the hardest pose in yoga is the one that gets you from your house to the yoga studio. Once you’re there, with a group, it’s a lot easier, and a lot more fun, to figure out what to do next…. FULL POST »
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We’re Not Broke
“They got bailed out; we got sold out!”
The chant rang in my ears as I marched with my 12-year-old daughter and thousands of my fellow citizens through the streets of Oakland last week…. FULL POST »
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Annie on Colbert talking about how our quest for more stuff is taking the place of things that provide deeper happiness. Check it out!
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