everything which is yes

Love our Planet

Here are a few earth-y links for your Earth Day pleasure:

TreeHugger.com

plentymag.com

Healthy Child, Healthy World

Hybrid Center

People Against Dirty

Didn't See That Coming

So there I am last night, all smooshed up on my couch amongst the pillows shamelessly enjoying that-show-I-used-to-smugly-turn-my-nose-up-at, American Idol, secretly hoping that Antonella Barba is finally off the show.  There's Ryan Cheesecrest hyping up this big announcement--a "project" he called it--in between spurts of that forced-suspense dragging-out-the-results thing he does.  And here I am thinking the BIG announcement will probably have something to with a Super Special Guest Musical Mentor like Creepwa Michael Jackson or maybe even Neil Diamond (gawd, I love him). 

But then...when the time comes for the BIG announcement,   it actually turns out to be something BIG.  And in the true sense of the word no less, not just in the Hollywood/ Music Industry/American Comsumption of Frivolity sense of the word.  I didn't see it coming.

Vita Activa

I'm going to be giving this the bare bones treatment here since I have neither the time nor the inclination to delve into an more substantial presention of its meaning.....

"Vita Activa", active life,  is a term I encountered in my sociology and philosophy studies more than once in reference to humanism and the concept of active, engaged citizenship.  I always was drawn to I've aspects of this ideology: service, learning, participation in all arenas of life, not just those political.   

And as an homage to vita activa and in hopes of leading an active life myself, I've created this category for issues of advocacy, citizen participation and service.