Archive for the 'Choices' Category
The women below are exercising their constitutional right to Freedom of Speech — or are they? These ladies — who won an international Bridge competition last month — put together their sign in response to questions they got from other teams in the tournament. Members of teams from other countries were questioning how the American [...]
November 15th, 2007 | Posted in Choices, Citizen Journalism, Personal Values, Role of Government, Societal Values | 11 Comments
I write about the environment a lot. Mostly, it’s because I have a lot to say about environmental issues. Sometimes it’s because I’m scared. Not really scared like the apocalypse is coming, although I wonder about that sometimes. It’s more like we’re all about to graduate from high school and we’re faced with the decision [...]
October 15th, 2007 | Posted in Choices, Citizen Journalism, Personal Values, Societal Values | 13 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags food peanutbutter environment Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/07/01/how-peanut-butter-helps-the-planet/”; One of the daily decisions we all face is what to eat. How do we eat well and in a way that’s good for the environment — and at the same time have meals that are easy to fix and taste [...]
September 21st, 2007 | Posted in Choices, Environment, Quick Bits, Simple Steps, Uncategorized, What to Eat | 15 Comments
Save to del.icio.us — tags bicycling, environment Add to Stumbleupon digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/14/how-to-commute-by-bicycle-bicycling-good-bikes-for-commuting”; With the rise of oil prices and the growing ‘green’ movement, people everywhere are evaluating commuting to work by bicycle. And based on the response to our recent post “Choices: Bike or Drive?”, many of our readers are interested in commuting by [...]
September 14th, 2007 | Posted in Choices, Energy, Environment, Personal Values | 11 Comments
Why is it important to take action? And how big does the action have to be before it makes a difference? Taking action is hard. It’s an additional activity on top of your already-too-busy daily schedule. How can you find time to change the world when you barely have time to get to work and [...]
August 7th, 2007 | Posted in Choices, Citizen Journalism, Personal Values | 13 Comments
This is the first post of an ongoing feature here at 21st Century Citizen. It’s called ‘Choices’ and it’s purpose is to present a simple, values-based choice and generate discussion. It’s also intended to make you think a bit and examine the reasons why you make the choices you make. Here we go with our [...]
July 30th, 2007 | Posted in Choices, Eat Local, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Reduce, Transportation | 74 Comments