Category: take action

politics, social justice and ways you can make a difference in the world around you.

Cabinet picks

Marketplace has a great overview of the business ties Trump’s nominated cabinet has.

Reading through the list shows that while some of the cabinet members may have very close ties to various businesses, others may only share ties based on previous donors to their campaigns.

I have a feeling that could be said about any previous cabinet.

So I’m curious, is there any good resource for comparing the cabinet members of previous presidents like this in an easy to digest format?

I feel like I’m hearing so much more about cabinet picks this time around. I don’t know if there’s simply more attention being given because it’s Trump, because his picks are unusual, because he promised to “drain the swamp” or something else.

What do you think?

2nd Amendment Do’s and Don’ts

In case you weren’t sure about the manners associated with the 2nd Amendment and Open Carry Laws, The Daily Show offers some good Do’s and Don’ts…

Happy Earth/ Creation Day

The way you treat the creation reflects how you feel about the creator.

I refer back to this quote a lot.

Usually in how we treat one another (as in it’s original context) but I think it also goes right along with Creation care as well.

Growing up I remember making jokes about Treehuggers and thinking they were all a bunch of liberal bleeding heart crazies.

But a big change happened when I started to see “Environmentalism” as Creation care. It’s not just a liberal cause that’s tied to a political agenda. It’s actually more about our call to be good stewards of what we’ve been given.

If you’re on the fence about Creation care, I’d encourage you to listen to a couple interviews I did on the something beautiful podcast.

One with Jonathan Merritt and the other with Ragan Sutterfield.

And for grins, enjoy this NSFW animation from Luis C.K.

Disrupting an industry

Sean Lovett is on a mission. A mission to disrupt the typical brewery model with an environmentally driven business, Revive kombucha.

They collect a deposit on every bottle in the hopes of getting customers return the bottles for re-use. They're also making big changes in their shipments by switching all their vehicles to biodiesel.

And it seems to be working.

Beautiful.

Revive from Dark Rye on Vimeo.

Now where can I get some of that kombucha? I bet Nathan Brown might have a few ideas.

Inequality for All – Where does all the money go?

So where is it that the money from your iPhone really goes?

It’s from the documentary, Inequality for All with Robert Reich, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at UC Berkeley and former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration.

View a trailer for the film.