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I’m going to tell better stories for the earth in 2014

By Erik Curren | January 6, 2014

Annie Leonard speaking

The big issue for me in 2014 is climate change. It's scary to hear that it's getting worse faster than anybody had predicted. It's frustrating that plenty of people still don't care. And it's confusing that even those who do care disagree on how bad it will get and what, if anything, we can do about it at this late date. It could be that humanity is doomed. Melting ice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: advertising, Annie Leonard, Christmas, consumerism, media, Rev. Billy Talen, Story of Stuff

Breathing life back into the Christmas story

By Erik Curren | December 20, 2013

Nativity Scene

We've all heard the story of the birth of Jesus so many times by now that it's hard for anyone but a Sunday school teacher to pay attention to the details. The baby Jesus. Asleep in a manger in Bethlehem. Sought out by Wise Men following a star and of course, by certain poor shepherds in fields where they lay. Born of Virgin Mary who had to flee in the night with Joseph from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: Bible, Buy Nothing Christmas, Christianity, Christmas, The War On Christmas

Black Friday strikes back with ‘freedom to shop’

By Erik Curren | December 2, 2013

Blacklie Day 2013 screenshot

If you're rooting for humanity to survive much into the future, then you'll surely find yourself on the opposite side of the holiday shopping season from America's big retailers. If they're rooting for more sales, you may be rooting for consumers to buy less. People who care about climate change and peak oil want industry to stop trashing the planet. But industries that make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: Black Friday, Buy Nothing Day, Christmas, Occupy Wall Street, Pope Francis, Reverend Billy

3 steps to raise a happy peak oil kid

By Erik Curren | April 12, 2013

a mother and a child in a garden

Your baby absorbed so many early-learning podcasts in utero that when she's born she doesn't know if she's supposed to be Baby Einstein, Baby Mozart or Baby Bill Gates. Your baby has probably been listening to kls learning songs when they are out and about in the world. A lot of parents use these learning techniques to help with their kid's education. Your husband or wife had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: careers, children, Christmas, economic crisis

The real war on Christmas and why it matters

By Erik Curren | December 6, 2012

Bill O'Reilly

Christmas season is making me tired. Every year, I get tired of hearing jaunty, NutriSweet-y jingles that sound like they're sung by Hello Kitty touted as "Chrismas Carols" and played earlier and earlier in the fall. "Here Comes Santa Claus" on November 11 — it's a revolting enough song if you have to hear it once. But do we really need to endure this particular brand of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: Bill O'Reilly, Christianity, Christmas, commercialism, Fox News, News Christmas, parenting, religion, The War On Christmas, War On Christmas

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