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What Do We Mean by Environmental Justice? A Legacy of Greenaction

More sacred sites lost. All in the name of Capitalism and Greed.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - For over 35 years, Bradley Angel has been a local and national leader in the environmental health and justice movement and has helped communities win some of the most significant victories in the history of that movement.

He serves as the Director of Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice.

How to Ask Your Boss for Time Off (The Right Way)

Everybody deserves some time off from work. Get yours scheduled!

(SALEM, Ore.) - Are you feeling anxious about asking for time off from work? You’re not alone – 59% of employees dread approaching their boss to request leave.

But don’t despair, here is some practical advice on how to ask for time off the right way, so they can say "yes!".

The Land You Know Has Been Given to You

A new series on Lithium mining begins at the Ft. Yuma Indian Reservation.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - I met Preston Arrow-weed along an empty stretch of highway in the Mojave desert, at a place long ago inhabited by the Kamya and Quechan peoples.

His people had lived there. There were hundreds of small cairns, denoting cremations, the locations of the burials of people who once fished from its shores.

Nature Corrects Itself ...Through Us

A massive shift that must take place in the next seven years if we are to survive.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The doomsday scenario of human extinction and the scale of the transition to a renewable-powered society make many of us uneasy, worried, and frightened. But of the two, I know which one I choose.

We need to wake up to our role in the rebalancing, if the Earth truly is to correct itself.

The Climate Time Bomb

The Bomb is Ticking

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Once again we are told that 2030 is the year of living dangerously—when humanity must cut greenhouse gas emissions in half, and then proceed to stop them altogether by 2050.

Otherwise, the planet faces all the climate catastrophes we’re already witnessing evolve.

Seven Words/Phrases You Should Never Say Regarding the OxyContin/Drug/Fentanyl Crisis!

The fentanyl crisis has escalated out of control.

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - Anyone remember the late, great comedian George Carlin? He was known for -- and received some bad press -- for his "Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV."

How about I introduce you to the "Seven Words/Phrases You Should Never Say Regarding the OxyContin/Drug/Fentanyl Crisis"?

Envisioning Positive Futures

Patrick Anderson’s Future State introduces tools for recognizing and achieving personal and community potential

(Los Angeles, CA / Anchorage, AK) - It is common to hear some degree of incredulity from friends, family, co-workers, and in the popular media, that there are people out there who can really, truly see the future – think forward decades, visualize solutions to existing problems, create a roadmap to potential.

The New Thoughtful Generation

Exploring the fundamental issues of life.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - Philosophy hasn’t been a popular topic in recent years, but that seems to be changing.

These discoveries refute the materialist worldview, but many people are still clinging to that.

Will Biden say the word Fentanyl during his State of the Union Address?

The flood gates are open and he ignored the cartels for too long.

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - The POTUS is delivering his State of the Union address tonight.

Since he rarely answers questions from the media and depends on an incompetent Press Secretary to deflect questions from the press, it will be interesting to count how many times he says the word "fentanyl."

Erogenous Zones: How to Develop Them

Erogenous zones can change over time.

(SALEM, Ore.) - This can be a sensitive subject for many adults, in more ways than one. This information was probably skipped over in your 8th grade sex ed class, but it’s never too late to learn.

Erogenous zones are areas of the body that are particularly sensitive to touch and can lead to sexual arousal.