Yay Denver!

"She inspired generations of Lebanese to value and protect their natural heritage and coastal ecosystems. Her work made her one of Lebanon’s most respected voices for marine conservation and biodiversity protection.”

Chomsky arguing with Bohannon, and taking calls from listeners. From over 30 years ago, but still instructive. Huge thanks to the Noam Chomsky Audio & Video Conservatory for their work to improve the sound quality.

"Fake it 'til you make it!"

The five-year plan is expected to cause 4,000 additional oil spills and the destruction of fragile ecosystems.

Those that reign got the masses in chains

And their minds enslaved

And that's the part that makes me furious

Hilarious and informative video on how the dairy industry manipulates people.

40 million acres of a "crop" that can't be consumed and creates an ecological wasteland.

"Lebanese graduate Leen Ezzeddine delivered a powerful speech at Harvard Medical School’s 2026 graduation ceremony, reflecting on war, displacement, and the unequal realities shaping access to education and medicine.
She recalled learning medicine in the US while a US missile destroyed her family home in southern Lebanon, contrasting her experience with that of Palestinian and Lebanese medical students forced to study under drones and amid bombed hospitals.
'We were told to stay silent as Gaza unfolded before us,' she said, accusing universities of promoting principles such as health equity and human rights only when they are 'politically convenient'.”

A 2022 interview on NPR with Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf who mentions how reading Chomsky and others influenced his decision not to stand for the national anthem - two decades before Kaepernick's protest.
"Well, I began to read a lot and come across a lot of authors - the Noam Chomsky - he's the - you know, Arundhati Roys and so many others. And just the things that I was coming across, I didn't know. So, you know, I began to develop a conscience. And the fact that I became a Muslim also, and we're taught in so many ways that you can't be for God and oppression at the same time. And I began to view the American flag, with what I was reading, you know, with just - not just domestic but foreign policy that it was against my belief system, and it was against my principles. And so I didn't want to acknowledge that symbol that represented that."

"Azolla once pulled trillions of tons of carbon dioxide from our atmosphere. Does this ancient, unassuming plant have more tricks up its sleeve?"

"In June 2023, 95-year-old linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky tragically suffered a massive stroke. Fans of Chomsky, whom The New York Times called 'the most important intellectual alive,' have acutely felt the absence of his prolific voice in the public sphere ever since, especially during a year of momentous events, including the genocide in Gaza. So, it may be surprising that Chomsky’s most recent book (and, alas, quite possibly his last), published in July 2024 with his long-time collaborator, author, and activist Vishay Prashad, is 'On Cuba,' which is also the title. Given the subtitle, however, 'Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and Struggle,' it may be unsurprising, for the Cuban Revolution is currently facing its greatest existential crisis since the Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962."

“Here we are prepared to fight imperialism,” said Cuban lawmaker Mariela Castro, daughter of Raúl Castro. “Cuba is a small and poor country, but one with experience confronting US imperialism.”

This talk by ecological horticulturist, Rebecca McMackin, inspired me to plant Pearly Everlasting for butterflies.

From 2014:
Noam Chomsky, longtime critic of both the US government and US psychology, has tried to inform the world about the life and work of Martin-Baró. Chomsky, in praising a collection of his essays, Writings for a Liberation Psychology, said that Martin-Baró had a “rare combination of intelligence and heroism to the challenge his work sets forth ‘to construct a new person in a new society.’ His life and achievement are a true inspiration.”

Some on this Reddit page will be more upset by my posting of this article than by Israel's ongoing killing of Lebanese. How revealing, and I'm not surprised that so many who view my posts are from Israel.

The Agent Orange catastrophe did not end with the war in Vietnam.  Today, all over the world, a primary component of that toxic herbicide controls weeds in farming, forestry, parks—even on children’s playgrounds. The chemical wreaks havoc on the human genome, causing deformed births and deadly cancers.

"THIS IS NOT A DRILL, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, is the story of courage, betrayal and grassroots victories showing how people, armed with only grit and determination, can stand up to power."

"This is a scene from 'Is the Man Who is Tall Happy.' This is easily one of my favorite movie scenes ever. I was not expecting a Chomsky doc to leave me in tears."

"Janine Benyus, the world-renowned 'Godmother of Biomimicry,' and her colleagues at Biomimicry 3.8 have been demonstrating what it takes to design human settlements—cities, village, homes, and businesses—that create the same ecological gifts as the wildland next door.
In this presentation, she helps us imagine a city that functions like a forest—storing the same amount of water, cleaning and cooling the same amount of air, cycling as many nutrients, and nurturing as much biodiversity. She also shares inspiring news about some of Biomimicry 3.8’s 'Project Positive' initiatives that reveal that this regenerative vision is indeed achievable and within our reach, if we are able to quiet our human cleverness sufficiently to be able to ask: What would Nature do here?"