Asian-American Women Silently Battling Depression & Suicide
Photo Credit: “Transparencies Of Color” by Gigi Bio According to the Department of Health and Human Services, depression is the second leading cause of death for Asian-American and Pacific Islander...
View ArticleBOOKS: ‘Green Deen’ Discusses What Islam Teaches About Protecting the Planet
Ibrahim blends his passion for a green economy, his love and understanding of faith, and a deep commitment to justice in this book.” -Van Jones, founder, Green for All Just in time to perhaps be...
View ArticleNative American Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier On Thanksgiving
You can celebrate whatever you want. An excuse to get together with friends and family is a good thing, I guess depending on your friends and family. If you chose not to celebrate or fast in protest...
View ArticleRIP Elizabeth Edwards: Health Care Advocate Dies At 61
The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren’t able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It’s called being...
View ArticleThe 1 Year Anniversary Of The Earthquake In Haiti
Photo Credit: UN Photo/Logan Abassi United Nations Development Programme (originally posted to Flickr as Haiti Earthquake) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons I’m sorry. I just don’t have it in me to...
View ArticleVIDEO: Haiti Stands With Japan
I’ve heard comments about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan recently and it seems, unfortunately, every disaster of this kind will make some compare whatever recent tragedy to the devastating...
View ArticleDoes Climate Change Apathy Mean Humans Are Wired For Extinction?
In a recent article on grist.org writer George Black examines the theory that the reason people don’t care about climate change is because we’re wired by evolution for extinction. In the post “Maybe...
View ArticleMothers: We Honor And Remember You
I could tell you the Earth is everyone’s Mother and I could tell you you should have bought a potted plant for your Mom instead of cut flowers because it’s “greener” but instead I just want to put up...
View ArticleVIDEO: Why Is There An Indian Farmer Committing Suicide On Average Once Every...
Photo Credit: “Potato farmer in India sitting beside the day’s harvest” by Vishalsh521 via WC “A quarter of a million Indian farmers have committed suicide in the last 16 years—an average of one...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC: Top 10 Reasons To Legalize Marijuana
Powered by Rehab Programs I’ve written about marijuana before on sofreshandsogreen.com and why not? Marijuana is green, but I’ve also written about the mass incarceration of young Blacks and Latinos...
View ArticleClimate Change Will Lead To More Wars
Photo Credit: “point blank” by Jesse Wright It’s unfortunate that many people think of human society as being separate from, or above, nature. In reality, we are part of it. This means that the...
View ArticleSomali Refugees Observe Ramadan Fasting During Drought
Many Somali refugees will be observing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. It’s a time when, among other things, people fast during the daylight hours, though they are already “fasting” due to...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC: Combating Mass Incarceration – The Facts
As I’ve said before, there isn’t anything remotely “green” about mass incarceration. Here’s an infographic of some stats via the ACLU. Description: The war on drugs has helped make the U.S. the...
View ArticleDr. Frank Fenner: “Human’s Will Be Extinct In 100 Years”
Dr. Frank Fenner stirred up controversy with his pessimistic claim that homo sapiens will be extinct within a century. Dr. Fenner claims that our “unbridled consumption” and population explosion will...
View ArticleVIDEO: Reverend Billy On September 11th, Grief And Humidity Controlled Peace
On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the Reverend asks “What happened to peace?” As a person who was in Manhattan when the planes struck the World Trade Center and a person who had a missing family member...
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