Yesterday, December 5, 2013, I celebrated my 45th birthday. Every year on this date, I make a point to start my day by being mindful and thankful. Thankful for having loving family and friends, and thankful for the sacrifices so many others have made so that I can live a life of freedom; though ever mindfulContinue reading “What Do Rosa Parks, MLK, Nelson Mandela and a Mother of Six Have In Common?”
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Human Rights Advocate, Community Organizer, Journalist & Mother of Six
STORM SURGE is a visual narrative that follows the lives of five unsung heroes as they work to rebuild their livelihoods and communities in the wake of historic national disasters. Cherri Foytlin is one of the main characters we profile in the film. Listen to her candid observations on what it’s like to live in the GulfContinue reading “Human Rights Advocate, Community Organizer, Journalist & Mother of Six”
ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEATHER GONE WILD!
DROUGHTS, WILDFIRES, AND FLOODS, OH MY! Whether you believe in global warming or not, chances are good you or someone you know will have their lives turned upside down by a natural disaster. From super tornadoes in the Great Plains and Midwest, to the lingering impacts of hurricanes in the Gulf and East Coasts, toContinue reading “ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEATHER GONE WILD!”
8 Years Ago Today
Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster that some have described as biblical in scale and unprecedented as a human tragedy. “The Storm,” as the locals call it, was the most destructive natural disaster in American history, laying waste to 90,000 square miles of land, an area the size of the United Kingdom. Before The StormContinue reading “8 Years Ago Today”
50th Anniversary Of The March On Washington
On the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, we’d like to honor and acknowledge Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient, Mr. Bayard Rustin, the man behind the man, the man behind the march, and the man behind the movement. Who Is Mr. Bayard Rustin You Ask? A master strategist and tireless activist, Bayard Rustin is bestContinue reading “50th Anniversary Of The March On Washington”
When Oil and Corexit Mix
How toxic is the oil dispersant Corexit when mixed with oil? In the wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Catastrophe and the subsequent use of 2 million gallons of the oil dispersant Corexit to disperse an estimated 250-300 million gallons of oil, we find ourselves asking this question almost everyday. Three and a halfContinue reading “When Oil and Corexit Mix”
ADDICTIVE: BP Oil Spill Song
Traveling throughout out the Gulf Coast over the last three and a half years to record stories of unbending human resilience in the face of forces to powerful to comprehend, namely Hurricane Katrina and the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Catastrophe, has been an amazing experience. Music, as it relates to coping with an recovering fromContinue reading “ADDICTIVE: BP Oil Spill Song”
You Gotta Be Kidding, Right?
By Elizabeth Shogren of NPR – July 25, 2013 The government board charged with protecting New Orleans from flooding sued the oil and gas industry on Wednesday. The suit would require oil, gas and pipeline companies restore damaged wetlands and pay damages for the effects of the lost wetlands on levees. But Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who appointed the floodContinue reading “You Gotta Be Kidding, Right?”
Arctic Apocalypse
A group of economic and polar scientists warn that the rapidly thawing Arctic and the subsequent release of methane gas into the atmosphere has the potential to trigger a catastrophic “economic timebomb” which would cost trillions of dollars and undermine the global financial system. Meanwhile, billions of people across the planet continue to keep their heads inContinue reading “Arctic Apocalypse”
Fracking and Its Impact on Global Warming
A former oil and gas executive speaks out on fracking and climate change.
Storm Surge 