Equal Exchange
A worker-owned co-op with a mission to challenge the dominant Fair Trade paradigm… Read More »
72. Respect Your Environment
Keep in mind that human health depends upon the health of a lot of interconnected ecosystems and the planet as a whole. Make choices that respect that reality.
Equal Exchange
A worker-owned co-op with a distinct mission to challenge the existing Fair Trade model… Read More »
Vanishing of the Bees
This remarkable documentary examines the mysterious disappearance of honeybees over the past several years. This crisis affects everyone, because commercial honeybee operations pollinate crops that make up one out of every three bites of the food we eat. More About the Film… Read More »
A Manifesto for Thriving in a Mixed-Up World
We’re living in a society that is wired up to make us sick, overweight, depressed and stressed out.We can change this mixed-up reality.We can reclaim our well-being and create a better, more blissful world… Read More »
8 Hidden Toxins: What’s Lurking in Your Cleaning Products?
Great article explaining why it’s dangerous to assume that popular household cleaners are safe… Read More »
Small Planet Institute
Founded in 2001 by Frances Moore Lappé, author of 18 books including Diet for a Small Planet, and Anna Lappé, author of Diet for a Hot Planet, the Small Planet Institute serves to further a transition to “Living Democracy.”… Read More »
Crude
This provocative, and award-winning, David-vs-Goliath documentary explores the ongoing lawsuit filed by 30,000 indigenous Ecuadorans against Chevron/Texaco for their oil exploration and exploitation efforts in the Amazon… Read More »
Flow
Some experts believe that the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st century is the growing global water crisis… Read More »
Truck Farm
A self-described food project. Born out of two guys’ frustration with not having any outdoor space to grow their own food… Read More »
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
One woman chronicles her personal adventures in urban farming… Read More »
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story
A cultural history of plastic… Read More »
“Beyond BPA: Could ‘BPA-Free’ Products Be Just as Unsafe?”
by Elizabeth Grossman Are alternative materials safer than products that legislators want to ban? This well-written article by Elizabeth Grossman in The Atlantic summarizes the potential risks posed by BPA, the challenges of eliminating it and the lack of research on the safety of new BPA-free plastics. Read the Article… Read More »
Bag It
This DIY, shot-on-video documentary asks the viewer to determine if life is “too plastic.”… Read More »
The Cornucopia Institue
The Cornucopia Institute’s mission is to ensure economic justice for the family-scale farming community… Read More »
Pangea Organics
This independent manufacturer creates “Ecocentric Bodycare” products that are organic, handcrafted, cruelty-free and fairly-traded (when possible)… Read More »
