A recent study revealed that nearly half of people between the ages of 13 and 22 have experienced online harassment. Of those surveyed, one-third did nothing when they saw someone else being bullied. It’s an issue the members of the historically Latino Pregones Theater in the…
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There’s more to it than “just getting started,” despite what many blogs will tell you. You’ve got to be prepared for a number of ongoing challenges. Many how-to articles about the Zero Waste lifestyle begin with the same encouraging words: “The hardest thing is getting…
Now is the time to take action on behalf of our health, our planet and our future, here in Santa Barbara County. We must pass Measure P in order to ban fracking and other oil extraction techniques looming on the horizon. One company alone wants…
Dear Santa Barbara Community, Please join me in protecting our home and the health of all residents in Santa Barbara County. Every local environmental organization is rallying TOGETHER for the first time due to the UTMOST importance of voting “YES ON MEASURE P”. “P” is…
26 year old poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, from the Marshall Islands, addressed the Opening Ceremony of the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit. Kathy was selected from among over 500 civil society candidates in an open, global nomination process conducted by the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service. Kathy performed…
Kavita Shukla was only 12 years old when she had the idea to use her grandmother’s tea and spice remedy as a solution for “furry fruits.” Kavita became concerned with how quickly fruits and vegetables perished before they reached the people who needed them the…
23 Sep / What’s wrong with this picture?
The images are familiar. Scantily clad women holding power tools or sitting behind secretaries’ desks have become the norm in stock photo databases used in the media. But now Getty Images has joined LeanIn.org, a non-profit founded by Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, to try to…
Who are you really? An amazing lecture given by Alan Watts a British philosopher, writer, and speaker. He wrote more than 25 books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, higher consciousness, meaning of life.
It all started when Macmillan was staying with the Hamar Tribe in South Omo, on the Ethiopian border with Kenya. According to Macmillan, the Hamar are possibly the most marginalized people on earth and truly desire for their children to be educated, not to mention…
Sometimes its good to take a look at the big picture to put our problems into perspective. California is currently in a serious drought. What is it like in say, the Sahel, a narrow strip of land just below the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa….