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The Growing River of Activism

Dear Friends, The River of Activism—the good work to protect, honor, and nurture our planet is growing stronger each day as it courses throughout the world. It is the stream of thoughts, concepts, ...

Positive Change is Mounting!

Dear Friends, When we watch the news, the mainstream news, including PBS and BBC, it seems that our ecological crisis is mounting worldwide—and it is! But, as pollution and weather problems, starva...

Are you an Activist?

Dear Friends, This week I want to talk about activism. ACTIVISM is one of these words that upon encountering it—you feel tired! Do you feel strange or have reservations calling yourself an activist...

Leverage Point to Eliminate Disease

Dear Friends,   What is the ultimate leverage point that can profoundly transform the system causing our diseases today? My answer will surprise you! In last week’s Forward Thinking, we talked abou...

Peace Corps Goes To Paradise

Dear Friends, This month, the UW Alumni membership pamphlet is offering the opportunity of a lifetime to Take That Trip You’ve Always Wanted! I glanced at one of the choices—Fly by Nomads private j...

The Food Revolution

Dear Friends, This Friday April 23rd at 9pm/8C on ABC will be the season finale of Jamies Oliver’s Food Revolution. What has made this short, six episode series so special? It vividly shows us the ...

Biomimicry Part 2

Dear Friends, Last week I introduced you to Biomimicry and the work of Jamine Benyus. As you probably noticed, the link that I gave you last week, to her keynote speech, didn’t connect properly. So...

Jamie Oliver and Janine Benyus

Dear Friends, Over the last two weeks we have focused on the incredible work of Jamie Oliver and his Food Revolution. At the end of last week’s newsletter, in Green Facts, I linked Oliver’s TED awa...

America’s Most Unhealthy City

Dear Friends, Over the past few decades, we have become a fast food nation—consuming a diet that consists of highly processed foods, and eating on the run. The epitome of our condition is exemplifi...

Food Revolution Comes to America

Dear Friends, I am not one to watch Reality TV, but last Sunday night I checked out ABC’s new reality series: Jamie’s Food Revolution. It was the promos that made me very interested to watch this s...