Join the Ocean Revolution! July 29th Support Wallace J Nichols, The Gulf and New Approaches for Change
July 21, 2010 by SarahKornfeld
Filed under BPA, children, civil rights, environment, Ocean, plastic pollution, Plastics, Toxins
Come join this great evening to support J, the Ocean and learn about the real, tangible things that can be done in The Gulf/fight petroleum-toxins production with our help. Where: Thursday, July 29th, 6:30-9:30PM – 6:30 Drinks, viewing of three installations of amazing art – 7:00 presentations begin with never before seen footage taken by [...]
Why would Jesus walk on Oil? A plea for intergenerational action
July 15, 2010 by SarahKornfeld
Filed under art and technology, BPA, civil rights, environment, Ocean, plastic pollution, Plastics, religion, Social Media, Toxins, women
This Sunday I went to a church, stood up and made a plea for support and money for my friend’s expedition to the gulf. I did so at a church in Berkley with a history of activism in the civil rights movement. Most of the people were over sixty-five. I asked them to remember their best moments. I made another plea that we need elders in a new struggle. I stated that Dr. King will not come back and that it is the ocean that is now at the back of the bus.
Petrolholics Anonymous
June 25, 2010 by SarahKornfeld
Filed under BPA, Ocean, plastic pollution, Plastics, Toxins
It might begin like this: “Hello, my name is [your name here]. I am a petroleum addict. I’ve tried Valvoline, Vaseline, kerosene, gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, and natural gas. I’ve even tried plastics.”
The first step to recovery, after all, is admitting you have a problem. It’s hard, but that’s the way it goes.
Before any real recovery, of course, one must hit bottom — the real kind of bottom, too, not the “worst hangover of my life, I’m never doing that again” bottom that always precedes a relapse.
In this case, true bottom is readily apparent in a Gulf of Mexico infused with toxic petroleum, in endangered sea turtles seared alive by controlled-burn cleanups, in the collapse of sea-based industries like oystering and tourism, in baby albatross bellies laden with indigestible, toxic plastic, and, of course, the telltale sign: our chief-addicts-in-charge babbling on CNN in complete denial, saying,”We’re fine. We can handle it. It’s really not as bad as it looks. We can stop anytime.”
Except, we can’t.