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graphic political cartoon book  "Facing Climate Anxiety With Visual Comedy: World Without End"  byGraphic Artist Christophe Blain"

Ric O'Barry works to stop the capture, sale,  and trade in dolphins, whales, and  porpoises- especially when captive dolphins are used in  entertainment (at shows  or for swim-with or touch-the-dolphins programs).

Orcas near Seattle and Vancouver face challenges-     A CBC report says that in order for the orcas to increase their numbers to be a sustainable population, the orcas need:   reduce  salmon fishing, stop ships from dumping  sewage, preventing new...

link  Florida dolphins use signature whistles to sound an alarm and to ask questions

100 anti war songs  Rolling Stone collection Contrarian protest songs

speech about stopping the university as a factory that makes students into products t( workers, consumers, supporters, tax payers, ,...hat support the war machine during the Vietnam war.  Mario Savio went to the south to help register black people to...

good article in Harper's Mag about  fracking waste often being radioactive "A Good Company" by Justin Nobel" is the article in Harper' magazine 2025.  You may need to pay to see it.    Petroleum 238: Big Oil's Dangerous Secret and...

NPR article and photos salmon bring back nitrogen and other nutrients from the sea Forests on East Coast    Forest Service on Species in Forests

jim hightower about diane wilson she wrote several books   An Unreasonable Woman -about her holding up signs, holdilng meetings, locking herself to oil company towers, serving a person that whistle blowers who worked for the oil refinery or the plastics...

It's almost here -- National Bird Day! It can be easy to get caught up in devastating environmental news (there's so much we can do to protect wildlife and the environment!), but it's also important to celebrate nature and find...

Nourishing Waters, Comforting SkyThirty-Five Years at a Sandhills Oasisby Stephen R Jones The Beak of the Finch  by Jonathan Weiner https://www.amazon.com/Beak-Finch-Story-Evolution-Time/dp/067973337X The Abstract Wild by Jack Turner https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285741.The_Abstract_Wild The Blue Machine by Helen Czerski https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834410-300-blue-machine-review-earths-ocean-as-a-giant-engine/  https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Machine/dp/1911709100 Turning to StoneDiscovering the Subtle Wisdom...

Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter , by Ben Goldfarb, says that beavers and their dams keep the water table  up and prevent floods and erosion.

Limit campaign contributions; do public financing; ban secret dark money contributions; ban gerrymandering; pass a voting rights act; abolish the Electoral College; stop corruption on the Supreme Court Common CausePublic CitizenLeague of Women Voters Overturn the Citizens United supreme court ruling...

Preserve endangered species, their habitats, and the lively interdependencies between trees and fungi; bees and flowers; plankton and oxygen; fish and marshes; microbes, bacteria and viruses; forests and rivers; rainforests and butterflies; the deep ocean and climate; tropical forests and...

 phase out oil and gas; get power from wind, sun, and water; break up  Big Oil companies that cause climate change. Center for Biogical Diversity,  Greenpeace, UCS, Federation of American Scientists,  350colorado.org,  350.org, Fridays for the Future, Sunrise Movement, Earth Justice, Food and Water...

-Stop the nuclear arms race. Russia, the US, and China are making new and more threatening nuclear bombs, missiles, torpedoes, and subs. Russia, China, Israel, NATO and the US threaten to use nuclear weapons, which in the fog of war...

Engaging, dramatic short chapters about  the urgent need for everyone to spread the message to switch to wind and solar energy.   The earth needs action by individuals and governments to save people and  wildlife.  It is fun and great to join groups,...

PBS special on ocean life- Soul of the Ocean There is a neat PBS TV show on how different ocean species cooperate to help each other- dolphins, remoras, whales, reefs, sea urchins, fish, octopus, crabs. rays, cleaner fish, - some...

 current activist Goldman prize winners- who protected forests, rainforests, lagoons,  air quality, oceans from oil drilling and super-loud seismic testing,.... here is link to winners back to 1989 book   Eco-Heroes:Twelve tales of Environmental Victory by Aubrey Wallace, 1993