Carter helping his father water the plants.
Posted May 25, 2012 at 8:03pm
iWond3r is an action organization created to spread awareness and bring about change. We are people who care about others in our community and around the world. We educate others by example. We believe simplistic living yields not only a monetary return but also a healthy one.
Who are we? We are artists. We are activists. We are environmentalists. We are Students and Teachers, Brothers and Sisters, Sons and Daughters, Friends and Neighbors and yet we are so much more. With all our differences we are in many ways the same.
“Access to modern information technology is an essential condition for economic independence and the same applies to the access to energy” - Prof. Yunus
Posted May 15, 2012 at 12:06pm
Lithia Park. Ashland, OR.
Posted May 15, 2012 at 8:08am
[Flash 10 is required to watch video]
@ Lithia Park, in Ashland OR with My son Carter. I love the way he tells me that he wants to play at the park ^_^ (after we get a goodie of course).
Posted May 4, 2012 at 9:21pm
The revolution will not be televised. Have a good day.
Posted May 1, 2012 at 8:03am
While in jail, Gandhi read the essay “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau, a 19th-century American writer. Gandhi adopted the term “civil disobedience” to describe his strategy of non-violently refusing to cooperate with injustice, but he preferred the Sanskrit word satyagraha (devotion to truth). Following his release from jail, he continued to protest the registration law by supporting labor strikes and organizing a massive non-violent march. Finally, the Boer government agreed to a compromise that ended the most objectionable parts of the registration law.
Posted April 24, 2012 at 9:31pm
On Monday March 26th USSA reverted to more direct action organizing; closing down 7th street in front of Sallie Mae DC Corp. HQ for a couple of hours and blocking the entrance to Sallie Maes office building. Student picketed and did several mic checks throughout the action and had students from UO giving testimony and leaders from AFL-CIO (The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations)and Jobs with Justice and AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ) also were present and spoke out in solidarity. The action’s purpose was to draw more media attention to the student loan debt problem in the US which has recently exceeded credit card debt and was an escalated tactic and build up after months of actions and requests for meetings with Sallie Mae. (They have refused to meet with student leaders to this day) The action led to the arrests of 36 people from across the country including 14 student leaders from Oregon (2 SOU, 7 UO, 5 LCC). CNN and local news outlets were present. Default: the Student Loan Documentary director was among the 36 arrested as were USSA president Víctor Sanchez, OSA/USSA board members Lucero Castañeda, Mario Parker-Milligan and Merriam Weatherhead. http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/dc/36-arrested-in-dc-protest-on-student-loan-debt-032612
We made national news and were mention in a tweet by documentary filmmaker Michael Moore :) and were on Democracy Now. This would mark the first USSA related arrests in 30 years.
After the students were taken away to local precincts to be processed the rest of the conference marched from Sallie Mae to the capitol where students met with legislators and held a press conference. Students lobbied for the passage of the Student Loan Forgiveness Act 2012 - http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr4170, in addition to increased funding for programs like Trio and ASPIRE. Here’s a great read as well written by USSA Historian and Student Activism blogger Angus Johnston http://studentactivism.net/2012/03/27/ussa-occupy/
Posted April 23, 2012 at 2:51pm
I will continue to support Dr. Bronners, I’m glad they went organic And Fair trade. Profit isn’t the only thing that should drive consumption. The triple bottom line supports people, profit and the planet. Do you?
Posted January 17, 2012 at 10:16pm
SOU Net Impact DOT campaign:
A DOT is a small, personal sustainability commitment that does not only impact your life, but the lives of others around you as well.
Net Impact will be planning the Do One Thing campiagn for winter term next week for our XPEDX campus greening challenge.
Ecoprenuers
“the ecoprenuers of America are found concentrating in places like Burlington, Vermont, and Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco. From these and other bases, they are diligently building green brands.” Richard Seireeni (The Gort Cloud)
Attached is a link to what Stanford University has accomplished with their green fund, I encourage others to promote this at their universities and businesses as well.
Posted January 6, 2012 at 1:56pm
Case studies in Corporate Sustainability
“Sustainability will soon be seen as the largest and most important movement in human history, the effort to devise a way of living on earth that simultaneously enhances human well-being and ecological integrity…..There is a very good business case for behaving in ways that not only generate profit but that also protect people and planet. The formulation of a triple-bottom line is increasingly giving way to an integrated bottom line, to the realization that in a world beset with challenges like peak oil, climate change, loss of species, destruction of ecosystems, and rampant social inequities, companies (and their leaders) that behave responsibly to all living things will enjoy increased profits because of this behavior.”
From the introduction to Ethical Markets – Growing the Green Economy
Posted January 4, 2012 at 1:56pm
“We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.” - J. K. Rowling
The Sustainability Revolution
“Every Generation needs a new revolution” -Thomas Jefferson
“We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality.” -Vaclav Havel
Got the free preview on iBooks. See the preview, if you like it get it save a tree. ^_^
Required reading for ES 423 sustainability and natural resources.
Posted December 17, 2011 at 12:47pm
