Eclectic Perambulations in the Noosphere
The Aral Sea was once the world's fourth-largest saline body of water. It has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s, after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet Union irrigation projects. Now it's almost gone, leaving a desert full of old shipwrecks.
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"Unemployment, wars, terrorism, natural disasters — times are hard, there’s no question. But times have been harder. We’ve been through worse and bounced back. If nothing else, I hope this week’s Talking Pictures helps, in some small way, to put our own problems in perspective."
Millions Against Monsanto
Challenging the biotech bullying of the infamous genetic engineering company.
Coming Clean
Eliminating Labeling Fraud in Organic Personal Care Products
Organic Transitions
Organic Transitions and Community Solutions
SOS: Safeguard
Organic Standards
Protecting organic standards and policies.
Stop Toxic Sludge!
Are You Eating Food Fertilized with Toxic Sewage Sludge?
Read more...
Protest Starbucks!
Support 100% Fair Trade and Organic Coffee
Mobilizing millions of socially responsible consumers into a powerful force for change.
Demand universal testing and a ban on feeding slaughterhouse waste to animals.
Appetite for a Change
Reducing children's exposure to pesticides and junk foods.
Clothes for a Change
Working to promote organic, Fair Trade clothing.
Nutri-Con
The Truth About Vitamins and Supplements
Learn more and take action at OCA's new Raw Milk Action Center
"There's an oil spill in U.S. bathrooms that's roughly the same size as the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. It's coming from the petrochemical-based cosmetics we're rubbing into our hair and skin and rinsing down the drain. U.S. oil addiction isn't limited to the fuel in our cars. If you know what to look for, you'll find it everywhere, even in the grocery store's health and beauty aisle."
Ronnie Cummins
Founder and Director, Organic Consumers Association
A satellite image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite on May 17, 2010, showing a long ribbon of oil stretched far to the southeast. Credit: NASA NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team.
