From Tehran

Video from Tehran today.

Amazing. And we see it from a cell phone video posted and shared around the world on Facebook. 

No one can say what will ultimately come from something once it's started, from a network created to connect military computers (ARPnet, the precursor of the web) to an app created to connect college students (Facebook). Or the decision to step out on the streets of your city to demand freedom whatever the cost. All we can do is carry out each act we do in a spirit of love and intention.

We are with you, Iran, with love and solidarity. Your struggle is ours. The blood you have spilled feels as if it had flowed through our own veins. There is no failure in a struggle such as this, for it is out of such struggle that all freedom arises. 

On and on and on, brothers and sisters. The world is watching and stands with you.

Bernie Sanders intros Single Payer!

Bernie Sanders intros single payer in senate. Call your senators and tell them to get behind it. Good wrap up on Daily Kos.

Sans Blogging

I've been very busy launching an exciting new environmental education media initiative with the folks at Climate Cartoons. More to come on that later. But it's meant a cessation of blogging.

As an attempt to address that, I've started micro-blogging on Twitter. Not very original, these days, but hopefully effective.

So if you're tuning in, expect lots more posts, 140 characters or less.

Or you can follow my posts directly on Twitter:

@haroldmoss

Climate Change Largely Irreversible

A new study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the impact of increases in atmospheric CO2 are likely to last for centuries, even if we stop emitting CO2 altogether. In other words, we have already made major significant changes to global climate that will take decades to be revealed and last for centuries. Drought, rising ocean levels, decreased fresh water supplies, all are likely continue to persist for centuries. There is no catching up later on this issue. We need to use the opportunity of the current economic crisis and the attendant stimulus plan to shift away from a fossil fuel and CO2 spewing based economy.

Contact your congress people and let them know you want no money for new roads and bridges, and lots of funding for mass transit, clean energy, and energy efficiency. It's a start only, but a start our future depends on.

Watch Obama's historic inaguration live, with MOSS!

We'll be at the studio watching as Barack Obama is sworn in as our Country's 44th president this Tuesday and we invite you to join us online at thinkmoss.com to watch live!

Click the image above to watch!

Voted Yet?

The scale of changes we need are immense. The challenges we face to not only our nation, but to life on earth itself, are staggering. It is time for a transformational leader. Go vote for him.

But it is not up to him to bring the transformation. No person can do that. It is up to all of us to make the changes that need to happen. Our government and our future will only be as good as we the people make it by what we do, how hard we organize, how loudly we make our voices heard.

It's alright to feel hope. In fact, it is essential. But it is even more important to feel determination. To continue the hard work of learning to live with each other on this tiny planet, and live on it in such a way that nourishes this earth that gave us birth.

But for today? Vote. Help others vote. Make sure that votes are counted.

This is Huge

Organic Farming “could feed Africa.”

While many have been pushing for Africa to build large scale industrial farms growing genetically modified (GM) crops (mainly those selling GM seeds and industrial fertilizers), a major new study for from the UN to be presented today shows that organic practices in Africa not only can raise productivity, but do it in a way that avoids the social and economic costs of shifting to those large scale industrial farms.

In other words, organic farming can feed people without simultaneously impoverishing them and making the land incapable of supporting them over the long haul.