Reggae Artists to Lend Their Voices to Address Climate Change

Entertainers To Lend Their Voices For Climate Change EducationCategory: AwarenessArticle courtesy of thewickedesttime.comA group of Jamaica's entertainers, among them Tony Rebel and Richie Ramsay, has expressed a willingness to use their voices to help educate the island's people about climate change and the threats it presents.The commitment comes in the wake of a climate change workshop and field trip to Cascade Portland, hosted last Thursday,...

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When Pigs Flu

First off is it Swine Flu or H1N1?...Can we make up our minds already?..Or how about we change the name to fool the people into thinking that it's not as serious or to help out the declining pork industry to sell and not experience a recession like the rest of us.....O.K. that'll work for now...They said that America wouldn't have a black President until pigs fly...well guess what My President is Black and pigs flu.Just in case you were living under a rock or in a cave for the past month the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus outbreak is an epidemic...

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Eco-Jam of the Day and More on the Oprah Chicken Chaos

Fried Chicken - NasThought this would be an appropriate song in honor of Queen O giving out free chicken from KFC. Even if you don't like KFC something about Oprah and free made you go print that coupon off yesterday. (Don't lie I got one too.)Katie Leslie, reporter with the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes, "With a name like Oprah, this chicken has to be good." That must have been the sentiment of Kentucky Fried Chicken when it decided to...

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Power Shift Eco-Fashion Show

In a follow-up to our recent article on Amal Bennett Judge, we wanted to give a shout out to Power Shift 2009. The Largest Youth Summit on Climate EVER. If you weren't one of the 12,000 folk in attendance from Feb.27-March 2nd, then here's a quick video brought to us by our good friends Broccolicity.com. The Voice on the Video is none other than the flyest eco-diva and First Woman of Color to run the EPA, administrator Lisa Jackson. We're just waiting to set up the interview! BCTV: POWERSHIFT '09.....Welcome to DC from Broccolicity TV on Vimeo.For...

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Howard U Student runs for Miss DC on Eco-platform

Amal-Bennett Judge, Howard University Junior and contributor on Checktheweather.net was recently highlighted in the Huffington Post and on Mother Nature Network.com Bennett-Judge says she plans to continue running until she wins and makes it to the world-famous Miss USA pageant -- on a green platform. It's one of several big ways the college junior is pushing green initiatives in Washington, particularly at her school, Howard University, one of the...

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Newsweek gives a quick recap of Obama's first 100 days

Our boy Barry came in swinging like his last name was Bond's not Obama. Newsweek put together a video recap of President Obama's first 100 Days in office. Also click on this link to read an article on the amazing work young people are doing to fight for climate legislation. http://www.newsweek.com/id/195328 Congrats Obama keep up the good work because the Youth Climate Movement is watching you ...

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EPA Pulls Plug on Desert Rock Coal Fired Power Plant

April 28, 2009- The New Mexico Independent has reported that our new good friends at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew the air quality permit it issued last summer for the Desert Rock coal-fired power plant, which is slated to be built on the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region just southwest of Farmington, New Mexico. That is a major victory for indigenous communities in the area who have been fighting against dirty coal for...

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Hip-Hop Howls for a New Age Political Stance on SXSW Mixtape

Hip-Howls SXSW 2009 mixtape, hosted by indie Hip-hop Artists Crosby and Miz Metro highlights some of the great hip-hop acts at the legendary 2009 South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. The best part, the sound of Generation Y-not Hip-Hop is one of change, positivity and throwing down the chains of the record label pre-packaged messages and imaging. Many of the songs on the mixtape highlight issues of gentrification, media images, social...

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