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  • Who is Tim DeChristopher?

    michelle victoria June 20, 2011     No Comment     Activism

        This is a great interview of Tim DeChristopher from Chris Hedges. I wanted to share it since these words are what inspired me to organize a day of solidarity for Tim after hearing him speak last week.  I hope that it proves inspirational to you. Tim does an excellent job at connecting the

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  • Solidarity with Tim DeChristopher

    michelle victoria June 19, 2011     No Comment     Activism, Climate Change

    Last Monday I had the privilege to hear environmental activist Tim DeChristopher, give a talk here in Santa Fe, NM. Tim’s activism took a more committed turn when he attended a BLM auction in December 2008  that was selling pristine wilderness for oil and gas development. Tim had thought that he might interrupt the auction to

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  • Live as if the future matters…..because it really does.

    michelle victoria May 6, 2011     No Comment     Changing Habits, Climate Change, Sustainable Energy, Video Clips

    This Mother’s Day a global mobilization is taking place, organized by youth to bring attention to the realities of climate change and the future they could face if things do not change, and change soon. You can read more about this exciting and inspired organization that was started by 16 year old Alec Loorz, a

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  • The BP oil spill, Fukushima, GMO’s….

    michelle victoria April 22, 2011     No Comment     Changing Habits, GMO-GE Information, Industrial food practices, Sustainable Agriculture

    We have watched the oil spilling, no gushing is more accurate from the exploded deepwater drilling rig. We cannot see what is spewing from Fukushima, but we know that it is dangerous and potentially deadly. We see these events in the news yet there is something else potentially equally dangerous, and maybe even worse, and that

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  • Confused About GMO’s?

    michelle victoria April 14, 2011     1 Comment     Changing Habits, Climate Change, GMO-GE Information, Industrial food practices, Sustainable Agriculture, Video Clips

    If you are wondering what all of the fuss is about GMO’s (genetically modified organisms) in our food then this video will tell you much of what you need to know to learn about what they are and how dangerous they are. Watch live streaming video from deepakhomebase at livestream.com You can learn more at

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  • Millions Against Monsanto-What’s the problem with Monsanto?

    michelle victoria March 25, 2011     1 Comment     Changing Habits, GMO-GE Information

    I am in the process of organizing a last minute rally in Santa Fe, NM to participate in the Millions Against Monsanto -Rally for Our Right To Know. This is an event to bring attention to the widespread use (and rapidly growing) of genetically modified organisms (GMO’s) in our food supply. These are the “Rally

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  • Not all Organics Are Alike

    michelle victoria March 4, 2011     No Comment     Changing Habits, GMO-GE Information, Industrial food practices

    For many who have recently transitioned to eating organic food (and even for many who have been eating organic for years), it can seem like an easy change…just buy products that are labeled “Organic”. Sad to say but today not all organics are really what many of us, myself included, would consider organic in the

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  • More Surprises in Fast Food

    michelle victoria February 21, 2011     No Comment     Changing Habits, Industrial food practices, Restaurants

    There has been much written about the frightening aspects of fast food meat, from how the animals are raised to massive amount of antibiotics and hormones these animals are given, not too mention the massive amounts of polluting waste coming from these large factory farms, also known as CAFO’s (concentrated animal feeding operations). Did you

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  • Save Some Trees

    michelle victoria February 2, 2011     No Comment     Changing Habits, Recycling

    Do you still receive junk mail? I have called so many catalog customer service departments to be taken off their mailing lists I have stopped counting. But I still was receiving lots of junk mail from local supermarkets (what is super about selling aisles and aisles of pretend food that is making millions of Americans

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  • More Greenwashing?

    michelle victoria January 15, 2011     No Comment     Body Care Products, Changing Habits

    I recently decided to once again take a look at the products that I have in my house just to be sure that I had eliminated all of the ones with toxins. I really had thought that I had done a thorough job of this but I was shocked to find parabens, sodium laureth sulfate

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