Clean up your yard and feed a stranger By Lauren Hudgins Californians, especially new arrivals, can hardly wait to plant or harvest fruit trees in their yards, but sometimes even old-timers get more than we bargained for. Can’t keep up with that impressively productive (and perhaps messy) plum or orange tree? Reduce waste, share the […]
College environmental programs are a boon to job-seekers, eco-warriors and a planet demanding new solutions By Elyse Glickman What do you want to be when you grow up… besides a socially responsible citizen? The answer to that question has become a bit more complicated in the last decade. Once upon a time, a college degree […]
When Family Ties Become Tangled By Vanessa McGrady “That will come out with Spic ‘n’ Span,” said Bridgett, dabbing at the spilled yellow mustard on her jacket. I’d just met the hugely pregnant 23-year-old sitting across from me in a meeting hastily arranged by our adoption social worker. I had no idea that she and […]
Marianne Williamson envisions her campaign as “a collective act of love and a stand for possibility.”
Marianne is such a household name that Newsweek magazine recently referred to her as a “guru,” missing the mark in their predictably mainstream way.
Directed by Sebastian Siegel The current trend in documentary filmmaking of interviewing luminaries in the “conscious living” field for their opinion or expertise on one thing or another has become a bit tired. However, in Awakening World, director/writer Sebastian Siegel drew from a much more diverse group, most of whom would not be considered expert […]
When we fail to protect our water, we endanger all of life
Is There a Right or Wrong Time to Be My Brother’s Keeper? By Amy Shouse I was sitting at my computer when I heard what sounded like a boy crying out in pain. For a moment I thought it might be a squeal of joy, but as I rose from my chair to look out […]
Directed by Kristi Jacobson & Lori Silverbush It’s difficult to understand how 50 million people—one in six Americans—can be food insecure in one of the world’s wealthiest countries. The reasons are complex, and perpetuated by our farm policy. Farm subsidies started during the Great Depression, before agribusiness took over our food system, and were intended […]
Neighborhood gardens range from private and serene to parkway medians