Bottled water is everywhere. Supermarkets, gas stations, even vending machines offer it, but there are compelling reason…
Pollution
Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death: YOUR Plastic Footprint
It’s been an interesting few weeks. UN meetings, talks with major film and television networks about filmin…
Why Is There a Trash Vortex Forming in the Pacific?
What is the Pacific Garbage Patch? Simply put, it’s a swirling mass of plastic in the middle of the Pacific ocean …
A Look Back at Women and the Environment in 2010
It’s the end of June already, and the earth’s half-spin around the sun has brought us ladies plenty to wring…
My Synthetic Sojourn to the North Atlantic: A Short Film
As travelers, we look for beauty when we go to remarkable and offbeat places. But to truly understand the world, we̵…
Oil Spills, Ecology, and the Food Chain
While we become sick to our stomachs watching the spreading plumes of oil in the gulf, viewing photos of oil slicked bir…
How Green Is the Birth Control Pill?
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the FDA’s approval of the birth control pill. The pill was first envisione…
Eco-Homebodies: Finding Afar Close to Home
A view of Portland on 350 Day, October 24th, 2009 I’ve been away from my home in Portland, Oregon for 75 percent o…