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Do You Know Your Dog's Emotional IQ?
In my last post, I opened a discussion on the emotional life of dogs, sharing one of my favorite books on the subject, Animals Make Us Human, by Temple Grandin. In her book, she spotlights a study by...
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When Our Responses to Drought Make Things Worse
In a new study just published by the journal Sustainability Science (Springer), analysis from the Pacific Institute shows that many of the fundamental responses of California water users to severe...
View ArticleGood Jobs or Healthy Planet? We Can Have Both
If we really want to fix the environment, then we need to join coalitions with organizations that focus on changing our economic system too. This article is published as part of New Economy Week and in...
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Martin Sheen Protects Oceans, Newest Sea Shepherd Vessel Unveiled
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society christened its latest research vessel Saturday morning in Marina Del Rey, Calif. naming it after award-winning actor and ocean activist Martin Sheen. Ocean activist...
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Coalition of the Willing: Cleaning up a Dam[n] Mess
We meet at a Malibu coffee shop, 8:45 a.m. sharp. Our mission: Hike down Malibu Canyon and collect the trash congesting the freshwater riparian habitat around Malibu Creek's Rindge Dam. Like most acts...
View ArticleWhy We Are Working With Colleagues in China to Develop Sustainability Metrics
I am in no way an expert on China, but one need not be an expert to understand that China's elite knows they are in the midst of a deep crisis of environmental sustainability. I visited Beijing last...
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Meatless Monday: Food Day Puts Real Food On The Menu
Come join the party this Friday, October 24, the fourth annual Food Day . Sponsored by the Center for Science in the Public Interest and partnering with Slow Food USA, Physicians Committee for...
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Are U.S. Taxpayer Dollars Supporting Coal Industry Human Rights Violations...
Co-authored with Nicole Ghio, Sierra Club International Climate Program The Sasan coal-fired power plan and coal ash pond. Photo courtesy of Nicole Ghio. Today, a fact finding team of five...
View ArticleThe Climate Post: U.S., Military to Plan More Strategically for Climate Change
Climate change is a "threat multiplier" and worse than many of the challenges the U.S. military is already grappling with, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The New...
View ArticleWhy We Fast With Divest Harvard
On October 20th, Harvard students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members will begin a week of fasting and reflection to call on our university to divest its $36.4 billion endowment from the...
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Mommy Deerest: How Cute Little Bambi Drove Me Over the Edge
We couldn't wait to move to our new house in a wooded neighborhood. With almost an acre of property, the gardening possibilities were endless -- lilac trees and tulips, poppies and peonies. I could...
View ArticleDogs Gone Boo!
Imagine being a dog and all of a sudden an endless stream of scary monsters show up on the doorstep and keep ringing the doorbell. For many dogs, Halloween, just like July 4th and New Year's Eve, are...
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Step by Step: Great Climate March Makes Its Way to Washington
Sean Glenn, a 22-year-old student from Emerson College, stops to smell the flowers along the way during the Great Climate March. (Photo/Cheryl McNamara) CCL's Toronto leader, Cheryl McNamara, spent a...
View ArticleThe Value of Energy to Our Warfighters
Amid Blue Angels airshows and Navy Seals leaping from helicopters last week at San Francisco's annual Fleet Week, the biggest news may be the commissioning of the Navy's newest ship, the USS America....
View ArticleExxon's First Prick of Conscience?
The fossil-fuel divestment movement has been on a roll lately to the tune of $50 billion, but one of its biggest successes happened last month: The world's most profitable oil company squirmed. Exxon...
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Climate Change This Week: Driving Fast n' FREE on Solar, Record Rising Seas,...
The EV Revolution Is Here! Takeaways: If we covered the 800 million US parking spaces with solar panels, the output would be three times the US transportation energy requirements. We're wasting...
View ArticleClimate Change on the Nuclear Subcontinent
Co-authored by William Blakemore In a recent blog post, Secretary of State John Kerry described climate change as a "gathering storm," already affecting millions around the world and posing direct...
View ArticleTrust in Media Returns to an All-Time Low -- Is Anyone Surprised?
A recent Gallup poll revealed that Americans' confidence in the media's ability to report "the news fully, accurately, and fairly" has returned to its previous all-time low of 40 percent. Is anyone...
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Colorado's First Couple of Pro-Fracking Front Groups
A fracking operation in Colorado A Greenpeace investigation has uncovered close ties between a Colorado political couple and at least six oil and gas industry front groups that have been fighting...
View ArticleWar and Water: Middle East Conflicts in the Watershed
Our time is fraught with war and water. The headlines confirm that, for what seems like forever, there has been conflict in the Middle East where sectarian rivalries, religious conflicts, the pursuit...
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