More on GMOs in candy From Amy Ziff on HuffPo: Top 5 List of the Best, Good-for-You Halloween Candy (Psst… GMOs Are Not Invited) From the Non-GMO Shopping Guide: Non-GMO Candy From Eat.Drink.Better: GMO’s and the Fruit Sticker: 8 is NOT Great! 9 is Fine! From ElephantJournal: 9 Tricks for a Green Halloween It should… Read more:
Category Archives: Activism
Hank D and the Bee: Rebranding Bees
More About the BioTech Bullies From SourceWatch: All About Genetically Modified Organisms From Nation of Change: Busted: Biotech Leader ‘Syngenta’ Charged Over Covering Up Animal Deaths from GM Corn From Natural News: Study: EPA-approved GMO insecticide responsible for killing off bees, contaminating entire food chain From Zazzle (and me): Anti-Monsanto t-shirts. 100% organic (non-GMO) cotton.… Read more:
Hank D and the Bee: Bee Dreams of Reestablishing the Declining Bee Population
More on the declining bee population From Change.org: Tell the EPA to Save Our Bees and the Food We Eat! Ban Bayer’s Chemicals Now! From Ecopolitology: WTF?! EPA Says RIP to Bees. From EatDrinkBetter: Bee, the Reluctant Canary Follow the rest of the Hank D and the Bee series at JoeMohrToons.com. For cartoon updates and… Read more:
Hank D and the Bee: The Newt on my Boot Asked me not to Pollute
Ready to take action? 49 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth. Follow the rest of the Hank D and the Bee series at JoeMohrToons.com. For cartoon updates and other green goings-on, follow Joe on Twitter @GreenCartoons.… Read more:
Hank D and the Bee: Advice from Tim DeChristopher
For more on Tim’s reasoning behind voting Republican in 2012 read the Grist article linked below. It’s a scary thought. Like Hank, I still need to wrap my head around it… More on Tim DeChristopher–aka “Bidder 70″ From Grist: Letter from an imprisoned activist: Time to ‘play dirty’ for the climate’s sake Tim DeChristopher’s Peaceful… Read more:
Reverse Trick or Treating: Help End Exploitation of Children in Cocoa Industry
This Halloween, you can help the children forced to labor on West African cocoa farms by participating in the 5th annual “Reverse Trick-or-Treating” campaign. Despite years of promises from the major chocolate manufacturers, too little has been done to tackle the documented problem of forced child labor on many farms that supply their cocoa. Moreover,… Read more:
Hank D and the Bee: Protesting the Sale of Bee’s Blood
More on bees, honey, and Local Harvest From PBS: The Buzz About Bees–A Flush Fund of Fascinating Facts PBS Again: Silence of the Bees (video: Full Episode) From St. Louis: Local Harvest Grocery Follow the rest of the Hank D and the Bee series at JoeMohrToons.com. For cartoon updates and other green goings-on, follow Joe… Read more:
Take a Stand Against Overuse of Antibiotics in Animal Production
70% of the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are given to food animals, often just to promote growth and compensate for the effects of unsanitary and overcrowded conditions in production facilities. This routine use of antibiotics in food animal production presents a serious danger to human health, because it helps create new strains of deadly… Read more:
When Will Your Mad As Hell Moment Happen?
If you’ve been living under a rock, like I have, then you might have missed Dylan Ratigan’s mad as hell moment the first time around. If you’ve already seen it too many times, then just jump past it and read the rest of this post. If you haven’t, then take a couple of minutes and… Read more:
EPA Ruling Gets Huge Response. Thank You! Now What!?
In the last few months, Americans submitted more than 800,000 comments in support of a new Environmental Protection Agency ruling, the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards–the first-ever national policy to curb dangerous mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. This is an unprecedented outpouring of support for cleaner air. I want to thank everyone who joined… Read more:
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Participate in a National Day of Action for Safer Chemicals: Stroller Brigades [August 10, 2011]
Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families and their partner organizations are organizing a National Day of Action for August 10th, 2011: The Safer Chemicals Stroller Brigade: “Are you tired of trying to find safe products for your family? It seems every week we learn about a new toxic chemical in our homes. Hormone-disrupting chemicals in household cleaners,… Read more: