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• Earth Babies

  Posted Monday, April 07, 2008 12:00 AM by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser Comment Here: (Comments Off) Turning off lights or driving a hybrid car, recycling, composting, building a “green” house or any individual action cannot actually stem climate change’s momentum. No tipping point can come about solely from rote actions, new routines or greener technologies. [Read More]

• Any Olive Branches after Tuesday Night?

  Posted Friday, March 07, 2008 12:00 AM by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser Comment Here: 2 Comments Tuesday threatened to preclude substantive discussion about the most pressing issues—and not just between Democratic candidates—for another eight weeks. [Read More]

• Hopes and Fears, Onward to 2008

  Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 12:01 AM by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser Comment Here: (Comments Off) Conversion, conservation, and community: think of these ideas and ideals as the ones that can change us. [Read More]

• My Open Letter to the Democratic Party (Including Presidential Hopefuls)

  Posted Sunday, October 07, 2007 10:14 PM by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser Comment Here: (Comments Off) If pulling on the purse strings doesn’t get the congress talking about the actual costs of this war—by which I mean monetary, sure, but really also the war’s toll on humans here and in Iraq and neighboring countries, degradation of the environment and on—I don’t know what will. [Read More]

• My "Half-Full" Season

  Posted Friday, September 07, 2007 12:01 AM by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser Comment Here: 1 Comments Citizen hat on, I urge my legislators to press for greener laws and try to use my consumer power wisely by supporting companies that are going greener. But do I feel good, really, when doing those things? No. I feel very small and ineffective sending my email or buying my organic whatever. [Read More]

• Cheddarvision's Got Nothing on Climate Change

  Posted Saturday, April 07, 2007 12:00 AM by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser Comment Here: (Comments Off) Could this be a tipping point? [Read More]