Nightmare in South Africa

I had the honor of meeting Patrick Jacobs in a workshop on grassroots strategies for addressing climate change and poverty, hosted by Green For All, held in Durban, South Africa at the United Nations Climate Negotiations last month. I was drawn to his story because he shared about how it is peach season right now in his community and how horrible this season can be because the peaches are toxic. I sat listening in horror, my hands over my face.

“If the children eat the peaches, they will get sick. To save the children we just all go out and gather them and put them in the bin. They are so dangerous for the children.” He paused. “ I know there are times when we can’t be there and the children will eat one.”

Jacobs’ lives less that one kilometer from a coal plant in South Africa that is using explosives to remove the coal from the land. This process produces toxic dust that has devastated his community. Jacobs traveled to the UN Climate Negotiations to make his community’s story heard.

Check out the interview inside:

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The Future of Green

Chicago is the hub of the Midwest. It’s a city where you find people from all over the country, and ideas from all over the world. Did you know that Chicago is one of America’s cities embracing urban agriculture and renewable energy? In every section of Chicago, urban gardens are budding.

How did Chicago become “green,” and how has the urban agriculture movement affected Chicago? Keep Reading

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Wiz Khalifa Speaks Out on the Green Movement

Check out a quick word from Wiz below:

Our friends over at Green For All just got off the road with Pittsburgh’s finest, Wiz Khalifa. As part of the Campus Consciousness Tour, a project of Reverb, Green For All created the “Keep it Fresh” campaign to help educate and and engage with thousands of students on 20 different college campuses.

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The Editor

Perfect Storm Breaks History

Natural catastrophes are occurring across the world but have been on the the rise in the Dirty South.

On Wednesday, tornadoes tore through six states hitting Tuscaloosa, Alabama the hardest. Tornado experts are referring to this as the”perfect storm,” the severity of warm and cool climates mixing triggered a series of twisters that killed more than 300 people. The “perfect storm” came in a day and traveled through the South destroying families, homes, and communities with history-making speed and aggression.

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Flashmob Shuts Down BP

Almost exactly one year to the day that the oil spill in the Gulf began, young activists took over a BP gas station in D.C. last weekend. This wasn’t your usual protest- people gathered to throw a beach party at a BP gas station.  LaShunda Campbell was at the angry demonstration, along with more than 1,000 others.

“The idea behind this protest was ‘you flood our beaches, so now we will flood your stores!’” LaShunda said.

Hit the jump to see why they brought the party to D.C…

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