The News: Monsanto may be a little jealous, as it has fallen from environmentalist enemy #1 to environmentalist enemy #2 as a result of the ongoing Keystone XL pipeline controversy. However, in all seriousness, Monsanto does some f***ed up s*** and is heavily opposed by greenies around the world. It [...]

 
Need to come up with a last-minute Valentine’s Day gift for an animal or environment lover? Here are a few you (& he or she) might like:

1) Adopt a Farm Animal for your special someone! (See some of the farm animal couples available for adoption below.) As Farm [...]

In case you missed these amongt the 70+ posts of the past 2 weeks, here are the top 14:

Greenpeace and the True Story Behind the Film Big Miracle In First, NASA Probe Detects ‘Alien Matter’ Entering Our Solar System (VIDEO) Roseanne Barr Running for Green Party [...]

There were 3 good activism stories this past week that I thought I’d include a quick roundup of.

1. When Activism Becomes “Terrorism”

Will Potter, one of the world’s top experts on the move to label environmentalists activists was recently interviewed talking about “when activism becomes terrorism”—short and simple: when it’s effective. But here’s [...]

There were 3 good activism stories this past week that I thought I’d include a quick roundup of.

1. When Activism Becomes “Terrorism”

Will Potter, one of the world’s top experts on the move to label environmentalists activists was recently interviewed talking about “when activism becomes terrorism”—short and simple: when it’s effective. But here’s [...]

This is a pretty shockingly wonderful video of Martha Stewart talking about farm animals and the cruelty of factory farming. Pretty amazing to see such a popular homemaker speaking to bluntly about some of the horrible problems of factory farms.

As you can see, the video is produced in partnership with Farm [...]

OK, last roundup of the week! Here's a roundup of some top green living stories of the week, other than the 15 or so we've already covered (click the link above for those... there were some fun ones this week!):

Other than our own politics posts this week, here are some more posts from around the interwebs you might want to check out (a little bit of overlap with the activism roundup I just posted, but not too much):

Senator Bernie Sanders Takes On Tax Breaks To Fossil Fuel [...]

Here’s some top activism news of the week, other than the stories we’ve already covered:

Climate Activists Call Foul at Rep. Boehner’s Office over Keystone Pipeline and Campaign Cash from Big Oil

Climate activists fed up with the influence of corporate money on Congress stormed Speaker of the House [...]

Here’s some top activism news of the week, other than the stories we’ve already covered:

Climate Activists Call Foul at Rep. Boehner’s Office over Keystone Pipeline and Campaign Cash from Big Oil

Climate activists fed up with the influence of corporate money on Congress stormed Speaker of the House [...]

Here’s some top activism news of the week, other than the stories we’ve already covered (which you can check out via the link above):

Climate Activists Call Foul at Rep. Boehner’s Office over Keystone Pipeline and Campaign Cash from Big Oil

Climate activists fed up with the influence of [...]

 

At first, looking at the graphic above, the drop in egg consumption looks pretty dramatic. Actually, it’s just about a dozen eggs per person per year. But hey, it’s something.

The news: From Voices of Compassion: “per capita egg consumption in the US has been steadily declining for the past [...]

 

News: Following up on my story an hour or so ago on NFL linebacker Terrell Suggs ‘going PETA’ (not quite naked, though), news is Olivia Munn has also ‘gone PETA’ (and gone fully naked) to encourage people to drop the fur. Olivia Munn, if you’re not familiar with her, is [...]

 

News: Keeping chickens in battery cages and selling their eggs is now illegal in Europe. “On the first day of 2012, keeping hens in such cages became illegal, in all 27 countries of the European Union,” the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reports. “Hens can still be kept in cages, but they [...]

 

PETA does a great job of getting household names and celebrities who love animals to speak up and push our society in a more animal-friendly direction. Most recently, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs has teamed up with PETA (or ‘gone PETA’, as I may start calling it).

“He may be one of [...]

 

Meatout activists are looking to help more people dump the cause of at least 51% of our global warming pollution emissions this March. These activists are organizing events around the country and around the world for March 20. All 50 U.S. states and at least two dozen other [...]

 

Meatout activists are looking to help more people dump the cause of at least 51% of our global warming pollution emissions this March. These activists are organizing events around the country and around the world for March 20. All 50 U.S. states and at least two dozen other [...]

 

In case you missed them, or are just interested in seeing which of our posts from the last week have gotten the most views, here’s a list of our top 10 posts from the past 7 days:

US Map of Biggest Polluters (Interactive) Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day – End Modern [...]

South Africa’s famed Kruger National Park was the scene of shocking discovery: The bodies of eight rhinos, all with their horns removed. A spokesperson for the country’s flagship tourist destination told the Times Live that three of the dead rhinos were found in Lower Sabie and the other five in the Pretoriuskop section. Rhino killings [...]

  If you haven’t heard, three anto-whaling activists, or whale warriors, were ‘taken captive’ by Japanese whalers after boarding the Shonan Maru 2 several days ago are supposedly to be released. The Australian activists from Forest Rescue — Geoffrey Owen Tuxworth, Simon Peterffy, and Glen Pendlebury — were facing trial and possible imprisonment in Japan for [...]