Hippie-Someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle  read more »

To save us from ourselves, Congress recently passed an energy bill that includes the mandate to get rid of the traditional lightbulb by 2010. It is to be replaced by the compact florescent lightbulb, CFL. This will save money and save the planet from global warming. There's just one problem.  read more »

It has been decried long before the first Earth Day in the seventies and over thirty years later, we still allow our politicians, oil conglomerates, and irrational perspectives to rule our absurd interconnected world.  read more »

Theodore Mather, or "Teddy" as he likes to be called, "grew up in the woods of Shenandoah National Park, enjoying the lush forests of the park and ambles along Skyline Drive."

That's not a fashionable neck of the woods these days because, well, it's just woods until the developers get there.  read more »

According to the Nature Conservancy, climate change impacts include threats to polar bears in Alaska (due to a declining ice pack), lesser prairie chickens in New Mexico (due deteriorating grassland conditions), the red fox and other wildlife in North Carolina's Abermarle Peninsula (due to rising sea levels), and Florida's coral reefs (due to rising sea tempera  read more »

"God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars." --Martin Luther

While some may well take exception to Martin Luther's statement, a fair number of people from various faiths approach the earth as sacred.  read more »