Green relationships are now worthy of the Grey Lady. A New York Times piece called Therapists Report Increase in Green Disputes calls readers attention to an emerging relationship trend — bickering about green values. Because so many people are finally getting conscious about how their everyday activities impact the planet, it’s only natural that our […]
My latest obsession? Riding the rails. I’ve always been a fan of traveling by train: I especially adore the way the passive motion evokes creativity and a state of dreaminess. When I think of trains, I conjure images of Hitchcock. (Like Eva Marie-Saint and Cary Grant’s upper berth rendezvous in North By Northwest.) I fell […]
Are clearly illustrated in this video. Thanks for bringing these important issues to the airwaves, you lovely people. You make the world a much sexier place. The Price is Right, indeed.
If you haven’t read Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma or In Defense of Food, you may not have come across his most famously quoted “food rule”: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” His has distilled the messages from his previous books into the short, pamphlet-like Food Rules, ready and waiting for your consumption at the […]
According to a recent article by Greg Campell in Foreign Policy, the UN-sanctioned system in place to protect both mine workers and consumers from conflict diamonds just isn’t working. It’s called the Kimberly Process, and although the UN has touted it as the solution to the ravages of war and slavery, activists have known for years […]
It’s not just the Winter Solstice, kiddies. It’s also the perfect day to dedicate an orgasm to peace. Sure, it’s the shortest day of the year, but you can still have a nice, long, Big O for all the right reasons. The folks at Global Orgasm for Peace list three reasons for their movement. They’re […]