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The Commercialization of Earth Day — “Saving” Our Environment and What We Can Do About It
Happy Earth Day?
I suppose it was inevitable that Earth Day, founded 42 years ago in 1970, would be co-opted. I stopped reading the countless emails from company after company I received this week exclaiming “Happy [...]
Rachel Leigh Smith, Author and Creator: “How to Avoid Being Sad, Volume II” + Some Tips
Ed. note — It’s the holidays and sometimes it can be joyful; sometimes sad. A perfect time for this piece!
Did you know a Me&Ro bracelet could inspire a friendship? Apparently, it can. About five years [...]
Fukushima Fallout: How to Protect Ourselves from Radiation (At least somewhat)
When I was in my twenties, I followed a macrobiotic diet. I was incredibly dedicated. So much of how I live now was informed by that time period. NYC had its own Macrobiotic Center at [...]
Fukushima: With Serious Restrictions, Some Animals to be Rescued at Last; Monkeys to Monitor Radiation (Part II)
Update: There is, of course, more to this story. Someone from an animal rescue org. tweeted me via Twitter and I have interviewed her and will post shortly. It’s not as ‘feel good’ as it [...]
Update on Japan, Fukushima, The Rest of Us – Afterwards, Now (Part I)
BGG Ed. note — I’ve felt, that, here in the U.S., we are shielded from what’s happening in Japan post-Fukushima disaster and yet it’s so important to keep up to speed. I’ve compiled excerpts of [...]
Butterfly at Washington Square Park
Photo taken by Heather at Roger_Paw Blog. I met Heather one day at Washington Square Park – she has one of the most active sites covering the red-tailed hawks – Violet, Bobby & Pip – [...]
Lonelyville Coffee
This site is under construction !
Pictured: Lonelyville Coffee storefront, a coffee shop which resided across from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Some of The B-girl Guide was written here (and in many other coffee shops) before it [...]
The Original B-girl
The B-girl is being updated for the book! 
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