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Futurama’s Leela is an EcoFeminist Hero, Sort of

Ecofeminism, civil disobedience for environmental causes, galactic golf and species extinction: all of this and more is featured on ‘Into the Wild Green Yonder’, the last of a series of straight-to-DVD Futurama movies.
Central to the story is a group of pink-wearing eco-feminists riding around in a ‘Vagiroscope’ battling to save an asteroid of primitive life [...]

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Greenpeace Praises McDonalds’ Eco-Fridge

Is Greenpeace turning over a new, softer leaf? The organization known for taking a hard-line stance against companies that are known to have unsustainable or polluting practices now seems to be more open to encouraging small steps toward improvement. First there was their dramatic turnaround on paper company Kimberly-Clark, and now they’re praising… McDonalds.
From Triple [...]

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Greenpeace Gets Verbal Ass-Kicking Over Ancient Forest Toilet Paper

When it comes to any sort of environmental initiative, it’s usually Greenpeace that’s complaining that the effort is just not enough. They’re often purists, demanding more than people are willing to give, out of a noble sense of urgency and responsibility. But after they suspended a recent campaign to stop Canada’s ancient boreal forests from [...]

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Register Now for 1Sky’s Midwest Leadership Summit

1Sky, a climate change advocacy group dedicated to encouraging federal action by 2010 to stem global warming, is holding a leadership summit on Saturday, August 1st and Sunday, August 2nd in Chicago.
The Summit will provide an opportunity to network with other volunteers making strides on this issue, receive a full policy briefing, and learn skills [...]

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Who’s Who in Green: Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz was recently crowned ‘Queen of Green’ by Vogue Magazine, but she’s not looking to become some kind of superstar face of the environmental movement. The actress is just trying to live green for herself, sans fanfare, like a normal person. She drives a Prius, but seems annoyed at the kudos that celebs get [...]

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Who’s Who in Green: Robert Bullard

Dr. Robert H. Bullard is one of the nation’s leading authorities regarding environmental justice. In fact, he’s been called ‘the father of environmental justice’ by Grist.org, and and has written or edited several books on the issue, including Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality; Unequal Protection: Environmental Justice and Communities of Color; and [...]

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