Paper or Plastic? or dazed and confused in the soaps and lotions aisle
A rabbit is haunting me. I’m standing in the soaps and lotions aisle of a natural foods grocery store, staring glassy-eyed at shelves of body wash. The bottles blur into…
Gathering Native Seed: Ridiculous Musings on Winter Coming
These wild places are my sanctuary Yesterday, I hiked about a mile into a WildLand, in hopes of capturing a single species I’ve been seed stalking. I flagged Lobelia siphilitica…
How Singapore Cleans its Trash
What happens to trash in your landfills? It's probably nothing like this clean, environmentally unique method they've used in Singapore since 1999! How Singapore Cleans? (1 min.) Food for thought: …
Humor #3: Nut Milk Stories
Nut Milking EXPOSED Right now in the U.S. the dairy industry is working to enforce the rules about what products can call themselves milk. They are making the case that…
Jamaica to ban plastic bags, straws and foam containers too
From Treehugger, October 17, 2018 "The island nation is the latest in a long line of places making a move against single-use plastic. From Scotland banning plastic-handled cotton buds to…
TimTALKS 2025: LivingPlant: Introducing Nature’s Game Changing Technology for the Modern Workplace
Introducing a product so far ahead of its time, and yet so familiar, intuitive and appealing—it's a wonder we didn't see it the whole time. The LIVINGPLANT.™ Oooh you ask,…
Make Art & Money from Moose Poop!
Maine woman makes art (and money) from moose poop. (Probably not a good video to play at work with the sound on ... word to the wise!) Want more? Get…
Permaculture Paradigm for the Next Economy
An introduction to the permaculture concepts of "whole systems thinking and embodiment" that can create the next economy that will serve all of humanity. On July 26th, 2011 something changed for…
EnviroTip #10: Grief and Hope in Times of Environmental Angst
Is there light at the end of this tunnel? One of the most frequent comments The Resilient Activist hears is that caring about the environment and the destructive impact humans…
EnviroTip #9: Mothering a Young Environmentalist Without Going Off the Rails
For parents of young nature lovers. Helpful tools to support their hearts and minds when you communicate to your children what’s happening in the environment around them. What is the meaning…