Bill Moyers profiles Annie Leonard and her Story of Solutions video. At GreenBiz, Stacey Malkan records her reflections on her activism after watching Annie Leonard’s Story of Solutions. Whether she’s fighting against cosmetic toxicity or toward labeling genetically modified ingredients in our nation’s food supply, Malkin found Leonard’s 9 minute video “leaves us with …
Rinku Sen on NPR in Connecticut, discussing the implications of Connecticut’s plan to desegregate its public schools, reframes racial “achievement gaps” in education as opportunity gaps: “the achievement gap language puts a lot of the onus on students themselves, whereas the opportunity gap language begins to get us looking at what are the opportunities available …
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National Book Award winning author Charles Johnson, in collaboration with his daughter, has released the first in a series of children’s science books aimed at 3rd-5th graders, which is distinct in featuring African Americans as main characters. Illustrated by Charles Johnson himself, the Adventures of Emery Jones: Boy Wonder explores what it’s like to be …
In the wake of the announcement that Tokyo, not Istanbul, will host the 2020 Olympics, Arsalan Iftikhar over at Time outlines historically unfair patterns of selection and makes a compelling case for the International Olympic Committee to select a Muslim-majority country to host Olympic games. We’ve known how to cure it for centuries, so …
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Read input from Stacy Malkan in the Ashbury Park Press article “Beauty products linked to cancer, birth defects, hormonal issues”… “What’s pro hockey got to do with world peace?” Singer and songwriter Raffi explains… Video: Watch Sen. Jeff Sessions congratulate Lilly Ledbetter for law he opposed… The Christian Century features Stephanie Coontz in “Mating Games: …
Congratulations Dr. Sandra Steingraber on receiving the Heinz Award! Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson sings “Onward to the Edge” and answers questions from his fans… The Story of Broke is finally here! Annie Leonard releases her newest video… “Best-sellers” features the top ten hard cover books sold in California, check out 1493 by Charles C. Mann… …
A degree in Economics got Daniel Seddiqui 50 Jobs in 50 States… Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on discusses “Grounding NASA?” with Martin Bashir. Check out his interview… Green Q&A: What’s the status of the proposed Safe Cosmetics Act? What does Stacy Malkan have to say… Rinku Sen shares “An Open Address to 2011 Graduates: It’s …
Check out the full-length video for The Story of Cosmetics released on Wednesday, it will have you running to your bathroom to throw out all of your beauty products! www.thestoryofcosmetics.org
Susan Douglas tells us to stop blaming Betty Friedan. She is not responsible for our unhappiness. Read it here. Jessica Valenti says the world should toss out the term “virginity.” Read it here. Susan Douglas also discusses the media on NPR. Listen here. (Or read a review of her hit book “Enlightened Sexism” here. Stacy …
Congratulations to Stacy Malkan, whose book “Not Just a Pretty Face,” is the recipient of a Treehugger Best of Green 2010 Award!Named the best beauty/fashion book of the year, Treehugger says “the page-turner offers a gripping account of the five-year campaign by environmental and health groups to pressure the United States’ cosmetics industry to use safer …
Treehugger recently posted a wonderful article: 5 Ugly Truths You May Not Know About the Beauty Industry featuring our friend Stacy Malkan, who shared some of the startling facts about the beauty industry. We’ve listed a few below, but please visit Treehugger for the complete article. Did you know . . . many companies that …
Everytime you gloss on a bright red hue of lipstick, you’re also introducing lead into your system. Seriously Years ago, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics reported there was lead in more than 60% of the 33 top lipsticks. The study was groundbreaking and the FDA promised to look into the situation. Now, in 2009, the …
If Batman joined Sea Shepherd, this is the boat he would bring… Check out the updates being made to the Earthrace here.
May we make a hot suggestion for your summer reading list? “Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry, ” the award-winning book by Stacy Malkan, is a light – yet thought-provoking – read. It’s even better shared, which is why Stacy and the Campaign invite you, your book club and …
Our speakers are hittin’ primetime! On Monday, Neil deGrasse Tyson was a guest on The Colbert Report. Watch the clip here. Then on Tuesday, Tyson kicked off the new season of NOVA Science NOW. And although Time Warp won’t be on tonight (Discovery is running a marathon of the show Pitch Men, in honor of …
Do you live in New York? Be sure to check out the new “Journey to the Stars” show at the Hayden Planetarium. The show, which tries to explain how stars figure into our existence, will debut next month. Learn more. And while we were perusing the internet for remarkable stories this morning, we stumbled across …