5 Challenges, a Stumble and a Lot of Pride: How We Made a Biopic About Nelson...
A global icon, a legend, an inspiration. Even The Onion joked respectfully, "Nelson Mandela Becomes First Politician To Be Missed." How do you make a movie about such a man? The first answer, looking...
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50 Years From the War on Poverty -- Win or Lose?
This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America. I urge this Congress and all Americans to join with me in that effort. It will not be a short or easy...
View ArticleFive Spiritual Resolutions for 2014: What Elders, Suffering, and Loss Have...
This past year taught me so much about the gospel and caused me to go deeper into my faith. As this new year begins, here are five spiritual resolutions I learned from last year: 1. Return to the...
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Climate Change This Week: A Climate Change Carol, Signs of Hope, and More!
Happy New Year! Today, Earth got a little bit warmer. *The Ghost Of Climate Change Past: OO Arctic SOS Bottle 54 Years Ago Warned About Vanishing Glaciers Left by a concerned geologist in 1959, the...
View ArticleRight Whales Left Out
How did the right whale get its name? The answer is no laughing matter -- these whales were dubbed right whales because they were easy to hunt and float when dead, making them the "right" ones for...
View ArticleWATCH: 6 Insanely Popular TED Talks to Make 2014 the Best Year of Your Life
To kick off the new year, TEDWeekends is proud to present a compilation of six insanely popular TED talks from the past year. These talks inspired a tremendous amount of engagement from our community,...
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Warren Buffett Buys Stake in Pipeline Company on Same Day as North Dakota Oil...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogOn December 30, the same day a Burlington Northern Sante Fe (BNSF) oil train derailed and exploded in Casselton, North Dakota, Warren Buffett -- owner of holding company...
View ArticleMy New Year's Resolution: Making Climate a Voter Concern in 2014
In 2013, I dedicated myself full-time to combating the very real impacts of climate change. Working across the country, NextGen Climate Action formed new coalitions and worked hard to make climate...
View ArticleThe Industrial Age Must End
Proclaiming that the industrial age must end is a surefire way to invoke a relentless pounding of rhetoric from pro-growth conservatives like the unforgiving waves of a tsunami. However, before some of...
View ArticleHappy New Warming Year (Part II)
Now that the 15 year global warming "pause" is confirmed dead, it is fascinating, if at times painful, to look back at the sharp disagreements among important scientific figures in the climate...
View ArticleOur Climate Hangover: 5 Reasons to End America's Fossil Fuel Fiesta in 2014
It was a heck of a party. For America's oil and gas industry, 2013 was another festive year of incredible financial gains and expanding opportunities. Even as petroleum companies raked in up to...
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14 Reasons We All Need Nearby Nature in 2014
Everyone deserves access to the outdoors. Unfortunately, many of our communities do not have nearby nature or safe places to explore and enjoy the natural world close to where we live, learn, work,...
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New Year Brings New Recommendations for Great Lakes' Future
Every year, millions welcome the start of the New Year as an opportunity to reflect and resolve. It seems fitting that we begin 2014 with our own version of resolutions that seek a shared result -- a...
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How Your Garage Affects Speeding, Design In Your Neighbourhood
Many years ago, a suburban ward councillor in the city I was planning for, asked me for some unusual advice. Residents had been calling about speeding on the roads in their neighbourhoods, and the...
View ArticleWe Are Animals and Therein Lies Hope for a Better Future
This past year was remarkable in terms of what we have learned about the cognitive, emotional and moral lives of nonhuman animals (animals). A new and outstanding book called We Animals by...
View Article11 Ways to Survive Chicago's Polar Vortex
It's -32° degrees outside. Chicago Public Schools are shut down. Tom Skilling's tweeting thumb is about to fall off. With the Polar Vortex finally upon us, many Chicagoans are preparing for the worst....
View ArticleImplementation of Illinois' Medical Marijuana Program Could Be Delayed for a...
As of January 1, Illinois' medical marijuana pilot program laws officially went into effect, but individuals that would qualify for the state's program may have to wait another year or more before...
View ArticleDear 60 Minutes, That Ticking Sound Is Climate Change
At the beginning of every 60 Minutes episode, the tick tick tick of a stopwatch tells the audience that the clock has started and time is finite. That's a powerful metaphor for climate change and the...
View ArticleHow to Have a Very Happy New Year
As the confetti is swept away and the world gets back to work, will 2014 be a banner year or will we be singing that "old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind" a year from now? Here are a...
View ArticleRural Energy Access: The Case for Renewable Energy Mini-Grids
Two of the heaviest hitters within the international development world -- the United Nations and the World Bank -- recently came together to underscore their efforts to activate financing dedicated to...
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