A bill too cruel to imagine viewed as a win in 2021 — but at what gain and cost? — On July 1st, likely one of the most heinous bills ever to be passed in legislation went into effect in Idaho. The bill permits hunters to kill, without any limit, Idaho’s wolves on sight — on public land, or private, with any firearm or motorized vehicle, during the day or…

Just another reason to connect to our true nature — June is Ocean Month — and tomorrow, June 8 is World Ocean’s Day — or WOD. Just in time to welcome summer for us in North America, as the weather is warming up. …

We are our only defense to put our own health first — I guess I was waiting for something to inspire me to write and the FDA delivered. A couple of weeks ago they talked about phthalates. People were hopeful they’d do the right thing, and ban a chemical substance that is harmful to all of us from food contact products like…

Save your f*cks for the good ones — We’re well f*cked at this time. As you might already be aware in more ways than one. Meanwhile, bookstores are lined with titles telling us we have no f*cks left to give. We shouldn’t let things, mostly people, get to us. I 100% agree with that. People, especially assholes and…

A Call for a Global Plastic Pollution Treaty by the Polluters — For years there have been calls and pleas to curb single-use plastic products from the public, non-profits, and activists, only to be dismissed by the plastics producing and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industries. Today, we see the largest and unlikeliest plastics production companies coming together to propose a global UN…

TikTok: “Real People, Real Videos” decide for yourself I try to keep it all positive. But then I see stuff like this: 'So now you're telling me I need to wash my plastics too': Viral TikTok allegedly showing how… A viral TikTok video allegedly shows how workers package single-use plastic cups, sparking debate over working…www.dailydot.comNo Well there were campaigns and much struggle from the non-profit side to convince States to remove the reuse ban during the pandemic. I wrote about it early in…

A rant on the negatively positives out there — Toxic positivity is a thing. Unless if you’ve been living in a cave or under a rock somewhere, I’m sure you’ve experienced it multiple times. …

An unpopular topic about legally wiping out entire families — The other day we walked out of a favorite hang-out in our newly adopted little rural farm town in the PNW. Some young people were in the parking lot, one in a big modified black truck revving his engine for no apparent reason, and the other revving the engine for…