by grayisgreen | Oct 21, 2011 | Families-and-Grandkids, Home & Garden, Pathways to Gratitude
Halloween keeps changing down the generations, from a time when tricks and pranks were more the rule than treats, to the Peanuts pilgrimage through suburban streets demanding candy (or begging for it, as some parents view the tradition), to the apparent safety of...
by grayisgreen | Oct 19, 2011 | Taking Action
Tuesday’s New York Times ran this powerful video op-ed produced by Robert Redford and criticizing the Keystone XL pipeline, a proposed 2,000 mile-long conduit for toxic tar sands oil from Canada. Click to watch video For the State Department and President Obama...
by grayisgreen | Oct 16, 2011 | Healthy Aging, Taking Action, Uncategorized
photo credit: Allie Caulfield “The people I meet just don’t get it,” Gray is Green’s Kath Schomaker says of her conversations at faith communities and senior centers about the attacks on environmental safeguards. “‘Why would anyone...
by grayisgreen | Oct 12, 2011 | Healthy Aging, Taking Action
At the beginning of October, Nebraskans and residents of five other Mid-American states that would be crossed by the proposed Keystone tar sands pipeline met for “listening sessions” – perhaps their only chance to make their concerns heard to the State Department. Why...
by grayisgreen | Oct 10, 2011 | Healthy Aging, Taking Action
Winter may be approaching but that’s not going to stop the men and women of Minneapolis, including lots–well above the national average–of “50+ers,” from hopping on their bikes whether to go to work, to the store, or simply for the fun of...