Tag: Insights
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Regeneration Stories in Scarred Times: My Son, Our Planet
Ever since my son was diagnosed with a rare ocular syndrome and retinal scarring last winter, I have found myself returning to the promise of regeneration—in our stories, our health and our ecosystems. When it comes to our health, the potential for regenerative medicine seems to be growing. I have plowed through reams of scientific…
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Robert Stone Must Now Film Fukushima
We are in desperate need of documentary filmmakers at Fukushima. The Japanese government is about to pass a national censorship law clearly meant to make it impossible to know what’s going on there. Massive quantities of radioactive water have been flowing through the site since the March, 2011 earthquake/tsunami. A thousand flimsy tanks still hold thousands of…
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Superstorm Sandy’s Unhappy Anniversary
A year has passed since Sandy, the second-costliest storm in U.S. history, slammed into the Eastern Seaboard, causing $65 billion in damage. On the day of this unhappy anniversary, though, we can’t really say the disaster is behind us. Thousands of families are still unable to return to their homes. Some people have lost everything,…
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Oil and Honey: Fossil Fuel Industry vs. Sustainable Planet
I’ve read most of Bill McKibben’s books and this one is the best. This book gives you an inside scoop on the last few years of McKibben’s life, both professionally and personally. The professional part of McKibben’s life is about fossil fuels and is wildly intriguing, covering the birth of his organization 350.org, all the way through the end…
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Bill McKibben: Will President Obama Stand Up to Big Oil and Reject Keystone XL?
As the battle over the Keystone XL pipeline has worn on—and it’s now well over two years old—it’s illuminated the Obama presidency like no other issue. It offers the president not just a choice of policies, but a choice of friends, world views, styles. It’s become an X-ray for a flagging presidency. The stakes are sky-high, and…