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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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  • A Great Way to Start the New Year….

    michelle victoria December 30, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits, Climate Change, Farmers Markets, Sustainable Energy

    Going through my mail today I had something from the EDF-Environmental Defense Fund and I decided to share it here because it is something all of us can do to make a difference. 10 Things You Can Do to Fight Global Warming-It truly is up to each of us. 1. Recycle and buy minimally packaged

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  • Another Chance for Banning Plastic Bags in California

    michelle December 2, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits, Climate Change

    It looks as if Gov. Schwarzenegger is taking a final stand to terminate plastic bags in California. He is calling on legislators to reconsider a ban on single-use plastic bags that they shot down a few months ago. It had seemed like a sure thing until last minute pressure reversed this important measure. If you

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  • A Creative Intervention for Climate Change

    michelle November 28, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits, Climate Change, Santa Fe

    With the upcoming U.N. Climate Conference starting in a few days I wanted to follow up on Santa Fe’s Flash Flood, the human art event that I wrote about in my last post. The Flash Flood was one of 18 global events sponsored by Earth.350.org to bring attention to climate change that were filmed by

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  • Global Art Show for Climate…Earth 350.org

    michelle victoria November 19, 2010     1 Comment     Climate Change, Video Clips

    350.org (If you don’t know about 350.org please take a look-Briefly, they are an organization bringing huge amounts of attention to climate change and creating local solutions) is at it again, this time coordinating a Global Art Event that will be documented via satellite by award winning cinematographer Doug Crawford and from the ground by cameras,

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  • Melting Glaciers

    michelle victoria September 18, 2010     No Comment     Climate Change

    Here is a story from NPR, you can even listen to it, about a group of scientists who spent two weeks in Indonesia atop a glacier. The team was led by Lonnie Thompson, a professor of earth sciences at Ohio State University. In the interview he talks about how the glacier literally melted below their

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