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Thanksgiving Offers a Way Forward

Mary Annette Pember Indian Country Today
Indigenous connections to the earth provide blueprint for halting climate change. After COP26, the great climate change summit and its lack of hard action in addressing climate change, I was reminded of the human relationship to the earth.

How Do I Safely View A Solar Eclipse?

Xochitl Garcia / Illustration by Carrie Lapolla Science Friday
On August 21, 2017, people across North America will be able to view either a total or partial solar eclipse. The last time most people in the U.S. were able to observe a total solar eclipse was 1991 and the next time won’t be until 2024! Here’s a guide to get you ready for the big event.

MLK's Call to Honor Peace, Justice and Our Planet Still Challenges Us

Jacqueline Cabasso, Joseph Gerson and Kevin Martin Truthout Op-Ed
Thousands of peace, social justice and environmental activists from around the world will gather in New York City from April 24-26 for the Peace and Planet Mobilization for a Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World - challenges articulated by Dr. Martin Luther King. Peace and Planet convenes prior to the April 27 - May 22 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference at the United Nations, bringing the voice of civil society to the governmental confab.

Our Place in the Universe: Welcome to Laniakea

Phil Plait Salon
Figuring out where we are in the universe makes "Where's Waldo" look like child's play. Wait, "Where's Waldo" is child's play, but locating our location in the universe is really cool science.

Disaster in the Philippines - How You Can Help (three items)

NPR; Physicians Without Borders; National Nurses United
Typhoon Haiyan (known in the Philippines as Typhoon Yolanda) will go down as one of the deadliest and most destructive weather events ever recorded - a surge, very high winds and torrential rains. The Philippine people need urgent assistance - here are ways about how you can help.
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