Julie Brams is an Earth-centered psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and author of The Nature Embedded Mind: How the Way We Think Can Heal Our Planet and Ourselves. Her work sits at the intersection of psychology, ecology, and social justice, exploring how our deep sense of separation from nature affects both personal well-being and collective health. Drawing from clinical practice, scientific research, […]
In a previous post, I talked about how getting a dog brought unexpected positive things to my life, despite thinking it was going to be mostly a nuisance to my busy life. One of those things is that I ended up getting out of the house and exploring the neighborhood a lot more. It meant exploring the hills and forest […]
We’re all doing a lot more staying home these days, but you can still be nature-friendly even without going out into nature! Here are a few things you can do!
Looking to reduce waste in your kitchen? Here are some ideas for products that will help you cut waste in your kitchen! The key is in the reusables!
Talk about climate change is unavoidable these days. In the 2020 election, the top 3 concerns of voters were the economy, coronavirus, and climate change. In part due to the record-breaking heatwaves, wildfires, and hurricanes experienced by Americans, the concern over climate change has grown considerably. Unfortunately, although fundamentally a non-political issue, it has been made political by the fossil […]
We’ve all heard the slogan “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” For many of us, we’ve heard it since we were born. It’s been around since the environmentally-friendly movement started in the 1970s. I always understood it to mean what I assume most people think it means: If you want to be environmentally-friendly, do one of these three things: reduce the amount you […]
What’s the difference between a vegetarian and a vegan? And why would you ever want to become one? Let’s talk about it!
No Eco-Tips, Please. I recently read a report of a study that was done at Georgia State University that said that when confronted with the ideas of climate change and “eco-friendly tips” or “environmentally-friendly living advice”, more people were turned off and less likely to make changes to the way they live. And I can understand why. Most websites advocating […]
This is a plain-English full summary of the Green New Deal as it exists as of February 7, 2019. The majority of the text has been kept as-written in the original resolution, but it has been formatted and slightly reworded for readability.
What is the problem, as defined by the Green New Deal? In Part 1, we detailed what the Green New Deal is, why it is important, who supports it, and also covered how the Green New Deal has defined the problem: the scientific findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), that determined that a disproportionate amount of greenhouse […]