Summer Rayne Oakes is known for her work in eco-fashion and sustainability ventures. After her modeling career began in the early 2000s, she became known as the first “Eco-model.” Oakes began her modeling career while attending Cornell University. She was approached by a man who landed her a gig in part with a rainforest conservation through the well-known photography business, Organic Portraits from 2001-2004. Oakes is still actively participating in environmental ventures including a youth climate change movement called the Energy Action Coalition. In addition, her work in Africa brings cleaning water and attention to deforestation. In 2005, Oakes personally designed and launched her education curriculum called ECOFASHION 101, the first of its kind. Her audience is directed at the youth to create environmental education at a young age. In, “October [of] 2007, Oakes was part of a donor-funder trip to Great Bear National Rainforest, the last contiguous coastal temperate rainforest in the world and home of the Kermode Bear. Her ventures continues In November 2007, she helped organize and lobby for the first time on Capitol Hill with the youth-run group, Energy Action... |
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The US National Debt is in the trillions, approximately $14,883,687,759,158 and growing by the second. By the time you read this, the figure could be over $15 trillion. The way that we spend money in the government is not helping cut this down. At $3,592,924,563,272 we have a deficit of $1,302,237,868,948, these too grow by the second and its just killing us. The largest economy in the world is also the one with largest debt. |
In nature, bio-diversity is a way of life. Farms cultivated by our ancestors kept them fed and they created great civilizations without necessarily upsetting the balance of nature. As time went by our societies became more and more estranged from nature. The new age of man became synthetic, void of concern for the natural balance. The tide of monoculture in our time has rendered fields into large uniform tracks of land growing the same crop. Forests were also farmed for lumber and vast mountains were sterilized and replanted with a tree crop that is grown almost untouched by nature’s hand. The farm animals were herded and fed in cages where movement is at a minimum, never being allowed to roam free. There are probably other aspects of it but keeping the story short, this is where we are today. This is the massive problem faced by many American farmers and farmers all over the world. It is slowly creeping up and will soon devour all those who do not conform. Fortunately, we can fight this by helping out those who go... |
We all have things we want to throw away because we may not need or want them anymore. For whatever reason, we can do the right thing by recycling them instead of dumping them in the trash. You can do this by either donating them to someone who needs them or by selling them off in a yard sale. By doing a yard sale, you also infect others in the neighborhood to do the same – spreading the green bug. Maybe when you’ve got a big enough group you can band together to have a yard sale for your block. You can even team up with other blocks and have one big recycling yard sale for your city. Since you have something green in common maybe you can also do other green activities good for mother earth. To be able to get to that level you must first have a successful yard sale yourself. Here are a few tips to get you off the ground:
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Backyard farming became popular around 2010 when the need for supporting local economies became more vital; a symbol of the changing times. Ordinary people began their own backyard farms without government handouts, and sometimes, even community support. Most took and take the “I can do” attitude to create a backyard full of vegetables and fruits sustainable to keep a family less hungry at the dinner table. One seed planted in a raised garden bed helped grow a stock of beans and an apple tree, while another helped to germinate future plants. Stories like Robyn and Donna (featured to the left), demonstrate the growing ‘garden movement’. It seems cliche to ‘go green’ without understanding the meaning behind the word ‘green’, but Donna and Robyn explain their love of gardening, when gardening meant moving home and changing their career paths. Photo credit: http://www.aspenranchrealestate.com |
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