Though the oil spill in the Gulf seems to have been brought to an end, ire over the oil industry still remains in the hearts of many just as oil still lurks throughout our waters. Shortly after the spill first happened, I had the privilege of reading...

Stephanie Mills Since 1969, Stephanie Mills has been leading the charge in environmental activism. The author of such books as Tough Little Beauties, Epicurean Simplicity, and In Service of the Wild, she has also been featured in several periodicals...

Stanley A. Rice, a Professor of Biological Sciences at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, has molded his career around speaking for the trees. With a B.A. in Environmental Biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara and...

Regardless of your religious or cultural background, the image of the Buddha inspires visions of peace, tranquility, and well-being. Through the practice of meditation and the idea of being at one with the world, this mindset transcends religion and...

Summer Rayne Oakes Summer Rayne Oakes is certainly no stranger to the world of eco-fashion. As a world renowned model,  fashionista, and environmental activist, she is once again making waves with her newest venture – Source4Style.com.  Presently...

I first became aware of Jeff Klein through LinkedIn when he was offering a free eBook to augment his latest book Working for Good: Making a Difference While Making a Living. I was immediately inspired by his theories on social entrepreneurism and was...

I recently had the privilege of spending some time speaking with Dolly Freed, author of Possum Living: How To Live Well Without a Job and (Almost) No Money. Dolly wrote the book, which has since become a cult classic, at the age of eighteen in the late...

Originally published in 1998, Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in Challenging Times by Paul Loeb has recently been re-released in a new, revised edition to speak to the new challenges facing our times. With over 100,000 copies already in print,...

Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen started a blog called Homegrown Evolution to keep an account of how they took their life in Los Angeles back to simpler times. From gardening to beekeeping, they adapted practices used by earlier generations to create a simpler,...

Dr. Matthew Sleeth Though his career as an emergency room doctor allowed him to offer help to the lives of many, as Dr. Matthew Sleeth watched the degradation occurring in the world around him he felt a new calling to help the world in a different way....

Starting as an organic landscaping business in the S.F. Bay Area in 1980, Ellen Sandbeck allowed her knowledge and passion to flow through her pen and is now the author of four books on organic gardening, housekeeping, and most recently greenwashing....

In 1999, William Powers went to Liberia with the mission of fighting poverty and saving the rainforest. The life-changing experience then turned into a riveting read when he penned the page-turning memoir Blue Clay People. Later, he followed his passion...

Heather Rogers In one of the most riveting podcast interviews I’ve had so far, Heather Rogers speaks about her latest book, Green Gone Wrong, and what we can do to make the environmental revolution bring about the changes we actually need. “Green...

Will Tuttle I recently had the privilege to speak with Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet, a #1 Amazon best-seller, called the most important book of the 21st century: the foundation of a new society based on the truth of the interconnectedness...