Buy Lunch, Not a Product
When you eat something, think about it: are you consuming food or advertising? Nutrition or an image?
Month: October 2005
DIY (Do It Yourself!) Your Own Garden
If you can’t visit a community garden, you can still grow living things in your home.
Do You Believe in Magic?
WHAT are neither plant nor mammal nor rock? What causes toothaches, smells like rotten eggs, and eats flesh, but is also used to clean up oil spills and to produce electricity out of sewage?
Good Beat
Walk down the street. If you listen closely, you’ll hear the rhythm of the city.
Hurricane Stories
THERE are many first-hand reports of various relief organizations being refused entry into New Orleans by bus and boat.
Learn A Little Arabic
We find petroleum (oil) products in every area of our lives. They are in the gasoline we use to fuel our cars and to heat our homes.
Iraq in Focus: Profile of an Iraqi Girl
The situation in Iraq is bad. One of Sima’s cousins was killed by insurgents, and another cousin was injured recently.
More Gardens! More Trees!
The more than 600 community gardens scattered across New York City are valuable – but they are worth more than money.
Who Am I?
I was born on November 18, 1787 in …
Penguins Make Good People!
Here are a few things moviegoers learned about emperor penguins when they chilled off in theaters this summer at the movie March of the Penguins.
