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This Green Stuff page is a portal for our most recent environment/energy articles, quotes, eco tips, and top audio news clips. It also serves as an archive of past months' green stuff.
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GMO BRAND WALLET CARD
In this corporate-dominated consumer culture, we still have some power left, and we exercise it by how we spend. You can help fell the GMO giant by using the Organic Consumers'
wallet card
to avoid products made by companies using genetically modified ingredients.
QUOTH THE MAVEN
Rachel Carson:
"As crude a weapon as a caveman's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life."
ALSO SEE: Funny Quotes about Chemicals
THE CLIMATE LYRIC MYTH
Climate Man has taken songs from some of the '60s greats, including Bob Dylan and The Beatles, and reworked the lyrics into expressions of our climatic woes. Or is it that these are the original lyrics, subsequently changed by the artists to be more pop-friendly?
You decide!
NANO-NANO—SHAZBOT IN YOUR FOOD
Nanomaterials are super-small, highly engineered particles found in more and more consumer products, including candy, gum, and food. But which products? And what are the health risks? See some
quick facts on nanotechnology and food.
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Mainstream media helped shape the ill fortunes of the last century. Power up NEW media, starting with Grinning Planet's biweekly feed of audio news and interviews.
Recent hot topics include:
How Coal and Oil Shaped the 20th Century ... Coal and oil shaped last century's politics and economics, playing key roles in war plans, financial systems, and shifting power centers.
The Cooperative Business Model, Local Food, and Beyond ... The co-op model, especially as it applies to food stores, offers economic and community benefits.
Why Can't I Get Better? ... Difficult-to-solve health conditions often have multiple causes, with various pathogens and systemic imbalances making the conditions difficult to resolve.
Mandela and Melange ... A few songs in honor of the passing of Nelson Mandela, as well as a bunch of deep-cut tracks for no reason at all.
Plus many more free audio clips
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FREE AUDIO CLIPS
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NANO-NANO—SHAZBOT IN YOUR FOOD
Nanomaterials are super-small, highly engineered particles found in more and more consumer products, including candy, gum, and food. But which products? And what are the health risks? See some
quick facts on nanotechnology and food.
DO A LITTLE DANCE, MAKE A LITTLE LOVE, GET DOWNLOAD TONIGHT
Want free rock music on your MP3 player without violating copyright laws? Check out Grinning Planet's page of hand-selected
rock radio downloads.
QUOTH THE MAVEN
William O. Douglas:
"To be whole and harmonious, man must also know the music of the beaches and the woods. He must find the thing of which he is only an infinitesimal part and nurture it and love it, if he is to live."
THE 2012/2013 TRANSITION—COSMIC, CATASTROPHIC, OR JUST A CALENDAR CHANGE?
As the epic year 2012 draws to a close—with or without a noticeable change in humans or their environment on December 21—it may turn out that 2013 is really the year to watch.
Read more about 2012 vs. 2013.
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TOP 10 REASONS TO BUY ORGANIC
Avoiding GMOs and chemical pesticides are main benefits of buying organic. But there are many more! Check out Grinning Planet's
Top 10 Reasons to Buy Organic.
QUOTH THE MAVEN
David Freeman on nuclear power as a solution for global warming:
"Anyone who would substitute plutonium for carbon is an idiot."
REPAIR—THE FOURTH ‘R’
All eco-minded people know the Three R's—reduce, reuse, recycle—the ordered priorities for minimizing our consumer footprint. But 'repair' might be considered the fourth R, as NRDC suggests in their
info and action page
on the topic.
LIVING UNDER A BLACK SKY
Sam Phillips lyrically points out that business-as-usual is slowly strangling the air, water, and grounds that sustain us:
The future has been stolen away // By diggers, drillers and sellers. // We won't stop 'till we're under a black sky ... Hear song/see full lyrics for
Sam Phillips' song "Black Sky".
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SONGS WITH A GREEN GLOW
As Fukushima still hangs in the balance, hundreds of nuclear reactors across the world continue to run. Nuclear weapons still number in the tens of thousands. So, perhaps a little music to go with the insanity? Check out Grinning Planet's new page of
nuclear songs, lyrics, and videos.
SHE BLINDED ME WITH POLITICS
How politicians and the public view science—and how this impacts policy and our daily lives—is, well, a problem. But you can laugh while you think about it as you check out the Union of Concerned Scientists' 2012
cartoon contest.
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Doug Coupland:
"If you're not a tree hugger, then you're a what, a tree hater?"
More funny eco quotes
GREEN, LOCAL, AND CONNECTED
The site
GreenTowns
connects you with local initiatives fostering environmental stewardship, sustainability, and local food, listing groups and events, and inviting people to share their expertise and experiences.
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SONGS WITH A GREEN GLOW
As Fukushima still hangs in the balance, hundreds of nuclear reactors across the world continue to run. Nuclear weapons still number in the tens of thousands. So, perhaps a little music to go with the insanity? Check out Grinning Planet's new page of
nuclear songs, lyrics, and videos.
SHE BLINDED ME WITH POLITICS
How politicians and the public view science—and how this impacts policy and our daily lives—is, well, a problem. But you can laugh while you think about it as you check out the Union of Concerned Scientists' 2012
cartoon contest.
QUOTH THE MAVEN
Doug Coupland:
"If you're not a tree hugger, then you're a what, a tree hater?"
More funny eco quotes
GREEN, LOCAL, AND CONNECTED
The site
GreenTowns
connects you with local initiatives fostering environmental stewardship, sustainability, and local food, listing groups and events, and inviting people to share their expertise and experiences.
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“PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD” WIDGET
Want to know what pesticides are in the foods you eat most? Pesticide Action Network has a nifty new
"pesticide residues in food" widget
— you pick a food, it details the typical residues. The experience will have you reinvigorating your efforts to eat organic!
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Alice Waters: "Go to the farmers' market and buy food there. You'll get something that's delicious. It's discouraging that this seems like such an elitist thing. It's not. It's just that we have to pay the real cost of food. People have to understand that cheap food has been subsidized. We have to realize that it's important to pay farmers up front, because they are taking care of the land."
MOVIE REVIEW: I WITNESS
As two subplots converge—an important unionization vote at a US-owned factory in Mexico and 27 dead bodies in an old drug-trafficking tunnel—something isn't adding up for a human rights observer and an honest local cop. I Witness gets a thumbs-up for suspense, and the incorporation of a maquiladora and the corrupt forces that work against laborers' interests adds an insightful angle. Read more reviews or check out on
Amazon.com.
BEACH POLLUTION GUIDE
NRDC's recently updated "Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches" finds that US beaches continue to experience significant water pollution that hurts local economies and puts the health of beachgoers and swimmers at risk.
Find out
how your favorite beaches are doing.
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POLAR BLUE
Here's a sweet little song about the not-so-sweet situation polar bears find themselves in these days—living in a world of diminishing ice.
Watch Polar Blue.
ORGANICGATE—WHAT’S THAT SYNTHETIC STUFF DOING IN THERE?
Though organic products remain the safest food you can buy, the agribusiness push to degrade the organic standard continues. Read, watch, or listen to find out more about how industry insiders and government collaborators are promoting
bad organic ingredients.
THE ‘ETHOS’ OF THE CORPORATOCRACY
Ethos is a film about the tangled web of ills that afflict the modern world, including war, poverty, and environmental degradation—and the controllers that run the system that causes these ills. Read Grinning Planet's
review of Ethos
or watch it free.
THE SHARING ECONOMY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
It's fine for deep thinkers to talk about the emerging "sharing economy," but how does it work? Here are some practical tools to get started on developing sharing projects in your community, including tool libraries and systems for sharing time, labor, and skills.
Learn more about the the sharing economy.
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CLIMATE CHANGE DENIER JOKE
A climate scientist and a climate change denier walk into a bar....
See climate change denier joke
ANIMA MUNDI PROFUNDI
The movie Anima Mundi explores the systemic crisis we face—we know the system is broken and will eventually fail, but we are so depended on it, we cannot get rid of it. Meanwhile, the planet's life support systems are changing in a way that will not be good for humans (and many other species).
Read full review of Anima Mundi
QUOTH THE MAVEN
Doctor Who:
"It's not the... the oil and the filth and the poisonous chemicals that are the real cause of pollution, Brigadier. It's simply greed."
See more serious quotes about pollution.
STRONGER ETHANOL BLENDS MAKE SOME ENGINES BLOTTO
Gasoline blends with ethanol levels higher than 10% are showing up at more pumps. But E-15 and above can damage certain types of engines. Learn more with the Environmental Working Group's
ethanol guide.(Sorry, no longer available from host site.
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Thomas Berry:
"If the outer world is diminished in its grandeur, then the emotional, imaginative, intellectual, and spiritual life of the human is diminished or extinguished. Without the soaring birds, the great forests, the sounds and coloration of the insects, the free-flowing streams, the flowering fields, the sight of clouds by day and the stars at night, we become impoverished in all that makes us human."
RELATED: Quotes about trees and forests
SLIDESHOW—THE TRUE COST OF COAL
This slideshow moves viewers around a large, very creative, very cool work of art that tells the story of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia. From The Beehive Design Collective via Orion.
Go there
EYES WIDE OPEN ... DURING THE NIGHTMARE
This music video from Gotye envisions a future world where we ignored all the environmental warning signs, kept on being uber consumers, and let earth's systems go kaput. Not pretty, but you won't be able to take your eyes off it. Watch
environmental apocalypse video.
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THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED — BUT IT WILL BE ON YOUTUBE
Grinning Planet's video pages have been reorganized so you can easily find videos and animated cartoons by category—from pollution, energy, and health to the financial system and The Powers That Be. Whether you want 'em funny or serious, start from the main
progressive videos
page.
TEN WAYS BIG AG IS TRYING TO KILL YOU—AND THE PLANET
Today's industrial farming practices rely on toxic chemicals, massive amounts of fossil fuels, and genetically engineered crops. They're are not just undermining public health, they're destroying the planet. Check out the Organic Consumer Association's list of
Top 10
ways this is so.
QUOTH THE MAVEN
Robert L. Hirsch: "When this [peak oil] problem is widely understood, there will be panic."
SHALLOW WATERS RUN DEEPLY POLLUTED
While I don't usually care much for child singers, this one is worth hearing. Check out 10-year-old Ta'Kaiya Blaney singing "Shallow Waters," a
water pollution music video.
IT’S 2012—LET’S GET CRACKING!
In this time of transition, what's important to know?
First, get comfy with the
transformation of consciousness
Next, get up to speed on
food security, as well as the other things that go with having a
resilient household.
If you have been following the REAL news on Fukushima fallout, you'll want to implement a personal regimen of
natural foods for nuclear radiation.
More good resolutions would be to ensure your kids get
waste-free lunches /
healthy school lunches
packed in
non-plastic food containers,
crammed with
sustainable meat, eggs, and dairy
as well as
low-pesticide-residue fruits and vegetables.
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REVIEW: THRIVE ... AND UNSEAT THE PSYCHOPATHIC ELITES
To an extent, Thrive is a movie by filmmakers awakening to what some of us already understand well. But the fact that such an overwhelming percentage of the populace is still ignorant of this information suggests that a bit of repetition is warranted.
Read full review of Thrive
TOP 10 BENEFICIAL BUGS FOR THE GARDEN
Enlist a team of free helpers in this year's garden — check out Organic Gardening's
slideshow
on the top ten beneficial bugs and how to attract them to your garden.
QUOTH THE MAVEN
Alice Waters:
"Eating is an environmental act."
BEYOND SKIN DEEP ... THERE LIES A CRAZY WORLD OF CHEMICALS
What's lurking in your toothpaste? What's hidden in your face cream? What's plotting evil in the depths of your shampoo bottle? Find out at EWG's
Cosmetics Database.
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THIS HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON — THE RESILIENT HOME
There are many actions you should be taking to make your home more disruption-proof, as we detail in our article
The Resilient Household.
You can also take a photo/text virtual tour of a
resilient/sustainable home that is for sale.
BPA — KICKING YOU IN THE CAN
Holy minestrone, Batman—a
Harvard study
has found that eating canned soup increases your body's load of the plastic chemical bis-phenol A—used in can liners—by more than 12-fold. A control group eating fresh soup showed no increase. And, of course, they got way better vitamins from fresh vegetable soup, which is one great way to do the
rainbow diet.
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Henry David Thoreau:
"For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root."
(And the root, my friends, is corporate "personhood" power and the control of (and profit from) our public money system by private banksters. – GP)
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QUENCHING THE FIRE IN YOUR CELLS
Issues with chronic pain, inflammatory joints, and troublesome guts may be improved if chronic inflammation can be reduced. The Conscious Life web listing of
Top 10 Anti-Inflammatory Foods
is a good place to start your plan to fix it. (Remember to eat organic!)
I AM THE EGGMAN (OR WOMAN)
Not all organic is created equal. Corporate/industrial organic products are second-rate compared to produce and animal products raised on small- to medium-scale family farms in strict accordance with the letter and spirit of the organic standards. Choose better organic eggs with Cornucopia Institute's
Organic Egg Scorecard.
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KMO, host of the C-Realm Podcast:
"Putting somebody new in the seat of power in the old machine is not going to make any difference."
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LUXURIOUS ON THE OUTSIDE, TOXIC ON THE INSIDE?
Want to make sure you're using cosmetics, shampoos, moisturizers, and other personal care products that are free of toxic ingredients? Try the Environmental Working Group's recently upgraded
Skin Deep site
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Nicole Foss:
"Countries should be pulling away from nuclear power. We're getting all the energy and money from it now and leaving all costs of decommissioning to the two generations hence, when there may not be the money or even the knowledge to do it. We might see a lot more Fukushimas in the future."
POLLUTION MUSIC VIDEO
"If I Could Be Anywhere" is an eco song about plastic pollution and other issues ... performed by Jackson Browne at TED. Watch video or download audio for
"If I Could Be Anywhere".
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AVOIDING AN UNHEALTHY GLOW
Like it or not, the fallout from Fukushima is likely to add some level of radiation contamination to food and water worldwide. Ingesting fallout-contaminated food may be unavoidable in the future, so the main mitigation strategy going forward is to make your body resistant to the effects of the contamination. For tips on potassium iodide and natural substances that can help mitigate the fallout effects, see Grinning Planet's article
Supplements for Nuclear Radiation Exposure
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Helen Caldicott:
"Lower doses of radiation can cause abnormalities of the immune system and can also cause leukemia five to ten years after exposure; (other) cancer(s), twelve to sixty years later; and genetic diseases and congenital anomalies in future generations."
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WIKI LEAKS CRUDE ALL OVER THE PEAK OIL DENIERS
Now that WikiLeaks has outed the cover-up by the oil companies and the government regarding the truth of peak oil, you may find yourself more interested in our updated
Peak Oil Books
page—with offerings that explain Peak Oil thoroughly and suggest actions to mitigate the personal impact.
SHEIK YER BOTTY
Sultan of ALTA Clif High was interviewed several times recently, offering predictions and interpretations related to the data in his latest Web Bot report run, as well as some pretty intriguing hypotheses on how the universe really works. Read summaries or download MP3s on our
Clif High interviews
page.
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IN AN EMERGENCY, THIS ARTICLE DOUBLES AS A FLOATATION DEVICE
In part 2 of The Resilient Household, we cover seven more action areas related to ensuring an adequate level of
Household Resilience.
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Howard Hill:
"What some of those who worship at the altar of 'free capitalism' just can't imagine is that the system allows and encourages 'destructive oscillation.' Thus, when the catastrophic oscillation pushes too far and the system breaks down, they desperately look for some other cause for the collapse."
GUIDE TO SAFE SOY
You can avoid genetically modified soy by buying only organic soy products. It turns out there's another good reason to go organic—some of the chemicals used in soy processing are toxic. See the
Cornucopia Guide to Soy
for more.
UNDERSTANDING AMERICA
This excellent piece from Joe Bageant
rips the shroud off the obvious class system in the United States. Think you know who the ruling class is?
STOP THE CRAZY-GO-ROUND, I WANT TO GET OFF
Do you feel like the world is going crazy? Are you less and less able to relate to things as they are? You may regain a sense of calm by delving deeper into concepts like matrix consciousness, the influence of stellar cycles on earthly events, and the potential for a quantum shift. A good starting point is our page of
transformation audio and videos.
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