Category Archives: Environment

Oily, environmentally toxic pyramid of greed being erected in Detroit by the Koch brothers

By Mark | May 19, 2013

For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of traveling along the Detroit River lately, there’s apparently a new landmark on the Motor City waterfront – a three-story tall pile of petroleum coke, which covers an entire city block. According to a report in today’s New York Times, we have libertarian industrialists Charles and [...]

Also posted in Detroit, Uncategorized | Tagged Alberta, Ambassador Bridge, Andy Hartz, Canada, carbon emissions, Charles Koch, China, CO2, Coke, corporatocracy, David Koch, Detroit River, Gary Peters, global climate change, Global Warming, John Conyers, Ken Boyd, Kerry Satterthwaite, Keystone XL pipeline, Koch brothers, Koch Industries, lame duck, Libertarianism, Lorne Stockman, Marathon Petroleum, Matty Moroun, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, oil, Oil Change International, oil sands, petcoke, petroleum coke, Pure Michigan, right-to-work, tar sands | 30 Comments

Who speaks for the wolves of Michigan? We do.

By Mark | May 4, 2013

Last year, as you may recall, our friend Jeff Clark worked with noted labor historian Peter Linebaugh to produce an ambitious little book which touched on everything from the history of May Day, and the inherent vampirism of capitalism, to the life of Demetrius Ypsilanti, the hero of the Greek Civil War whom our city [...]

Also posted in Michigan | Tagged Aldo Leopold, Beezy's, book making, books, Christine Hume, Christopher Camuto, circumventing the democratic process, commons, Derrick Jensen, Edible Commons, Franklin Burroughs, friends with books, Fund for Wild Nature, Geoffrey G. O’Brien, hunting, Jack Turner, James Galvin, Jeff Clark, Jeff Irwin, Juna, Keep Michigan Wolves Protected, lame duck, legislative tricks, Marybeth Holleman, May Day, McNaughton & Gunn, Natural Resouces Commission, Norm Bishop, Pure Michigan, Republicans, Rick Snyder, SB 288, Terry Tempest Williams, threats to Democracy, Tom Casperson, Tsilikomah, Ugly Mug, Upper Peninsula, wolf, wolf hunting, wolves | 48 Comments

Making seed bombs with the awesome kids of Ypsi Middle School, and plotting to bring Billy Bragg to our May Day celebration

By Mark | April 29, 2013

I skipped breakfast this morning and headed over with Jeff Clark to make seed bombs with 7th and 8th graders at Ypsi Middle School. It was an incredible experience. The kids were enthusiastic, inquisitive, and just all-around awesome. And, thanks to their hard work, we now have over 500 seed bombs prepared for Wednesday’s big [...]

Also posted in Agriculture, Education, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Tagged Billy Bragg, buses, child labor, colony collapse, commons, David Chapman, dismantling of public education, food forests, free skool, Jeff Clark, Jesse Tack, labor history, May Day, Phil Patterson, potluck, public education, seed bombing, threats to public education, Tonia Porterfield, Water Street, West Middle School, Ypsi Middle School, Ypsilanti Free Skool, zines | 10 Comments

Tainted honey, counterfeit eggs, and the impending “fake food” epidemic

By Mark | February 18, 2013

As our population exceeds the carrying capacity of the planet, and natural resources dwindle, I imagine we’ll see more and more companies selling things for human consumption that probably shouldn’t be consumed. While none of the recent examples of “fake food” that I’m aware of rise to the level of the case in China a [...]

Also posted in Food | Tagged anaemia, antibiotics, Ayn Rand, bung, bung calamari, China, chloramphenicol, EPA, fake eggs, fake food, Food Safety News, heavy metal, honey, horse meat, Libertarianism, malamine, olive oil, pomegranate juice, powdered milk, Rand Paul, red snapper, This American Life, tilapia | 30 Comments

Agenda 21… Are America’s city planners in on the United Nations plot to enslave us, and force us onto bicycles?

By Mark | November 26, 2012

There’s only one thing people on the far right hate more than the United Nations, and that’s the United Nations setting international guidelines for sustainable development. I learned this a few days ago, while listening to a special episode of Glenn Beck’s radio program about a secret UN initiative to deal with the looming threats [...]