We have a special (and brief) eKos Earthship tonight. I want to introduce an exciting Greenroots/eKos project that is just getting off the ground.
I present to you the newly created DK Greenroots ActBlue page!
Keep in mind it is still very much a work in progress, but we already have two candidates, and one of them has even thanked us!
ecojustice is proud to host Andrew Romanoff Monday. He will be guest blogging and we have changed our time to 6PM EST (3PM PST) ...
Former Speaker and Senate Candidate Andrew Romanoff takes no corporate PAC money and is truly a Grassroots and people powered candidate.
I have to admit, I'm a little embarrassed, mostly because we haven't raised one thin dime...yet. I'm going to start us off tonight with $20.
But before you break out the credit card, we need more candidates! Nominate your favorite eco-friendly candidate in the comments, or e-mail us at ekos350atgmaildotcom. In your nomination, please tell us why you feel that your candidate deserves support from the DK Greenroots community. We will put this information on the fundraising page.
Why do we need a Greenroots fundraising page?
From the ActBlue page:
Daily Kos Greenroots supports candidates who seek to pass legislation that is environmentally sound, especially in the area of renewable energy. If a Democrat in office becomes too beholden to the Fossil Fuel industry, we will support a primary Challenger and will seek to get the most environmentally friendly candidate when there is an open field of candidates. Special recognition is also given for legislators who respond to the DK Greenroots community for petitions or specific issue focused legislation related to Environmental Topics.
If you're like me, you are sick and tired of candidates paying little heed to environmental issues. Greenwashed politicians abound in Washington, claiming green credentials, then proceeding to bow down before the Pollution Lobby. It's time to demand more, and to show our politicians that the Greenroots are many and are strong.
We are facing some of the most complex and dangerous threats that humanity has seen in some time. We are committing Climaticide, ushering in unprecedented changes to the Earth's ecosystems and biodiversity, while we continue to poison the air, water and land.
We need politicians who will listen to scientists, not corporate cash. Greenroots will only endorse candidates who are willing to fight to put us on a path towards long-term sustainability.
As the midterms progress, look out for profiles and liveblogs devoted to the Greenroots candidates. I'm sure we'll have many more announcements in the future.
We now return you to our normal eKos programming.
Welcome to the eKos Earthship, your one-stop-shop for green diaries and series.
Tonight we have an abbreviated Earthship, with our green diary and series roundup and some announcements.
You can also follow us on Twitter!
Tonight's editor: patrickz
Announcements
Ellinorianne (an eKos editor and Ranger) needs to go to Netroots Nation, please vote for her!
"Singing for the Planet"
If you haven't heard, WarrenS (whose climate letters we sometimes post in the Earthship) has organized a concert to benefit 350.org to be held on Saturday, June 12 at 7:00 pm. The location will be Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA. For more details, check out this diary by WarrenS!
Eco-series line-up:
(All times Eastern!)
Today's eKos diaries:
Author | Diary | Time | Tags |
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eKos | eKos Earthship Friday | 05/22/10 12:15AM Eastern | environment, climate change, coal, oil, pollution |
Eddie C | Friday Evening Photo Blogging: Wave Hill Edition | 05/22/10 12:46AM Eastern | FEPB, community, conservation, public space, tourism |
erratic | Jumping Streams, and Finding Paths. | 05/22/10 12:55AM Eastern | nature, eKos |
rfall | Overnight News Digest - More Than You Can Stand Edition | 05/22/10 01:09AM Eastern | Overnight News Digest, Reccomended, OND, Community, Series |
ericd1112 | BP: Best thing to happen to the earth | 05/22/10 01:41AM Eastern | BP, Valdez, environment, eKos, Deepwater Horizon |
Miep | News of Trashpicking | 05/22/10 02:00AM Eastern | trashpicking, Dumpster Diving, homeless, ekos |
Vetwife | A way to handle the oil and unemployed ! | 05/22/10 02:03AM Eastern | oil leak, spill, bp, government, unemployment |
KingofSpades | Bob Graham, William Reilly to Lead Oil Spill Investigation Commission | 05/22/10 08:14AM Eastern | Bob Graham, William Reilly, oil spill, BP, British Petroleum |
Crashing Vor | Don't Worry, I'm Pretty Sure It's N.O.R.M.al | 05/22/10 08:55AM Eastern | New Orleans, Louisiana, oil spill, eKos, health |
jamess | It may be time to Turn to the Scientists -- They get it | 05/22/10 10:29AM Eastern | BP, Oil Spill, Federal Oversight, Deepwater Horizon, Press Release |
Edger | Beneath the Oil: Deepwater Horizon | 05/22/10 01:21PM Eastern | eKos, Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum, BP, Gulf of Mexico |
dov12348 | Obama Snaps Into High Gear on Oil Crisis | 05/22/10 01:47PM Eastern | Recommended, Barack Obama, BP, oil crisis, oil spill |
DWG | Baked Alaska: Minerals Management Stupidity | 05/22/10 02:20PM Eastern | oil, dirty energy, Alaska, Minerals Management Service, offshore drilling |
mark louis | Let's Get Real About the Oil Spill | 05/22/10 02:44PM Eastern | BP, oil spill, oil consumption, gulf of Mexico, eKos |
erratic | We'll never win - on BP, Obama, and effective change | 05/22/10 02:45PM Eastern | environment, obama, ekos, BP, oil |
Ellinorianne | Sylvia Earle Speaks for the Ocean and She Speaks for Me - Congressional Testimony | 05/22/10 03:44PM Eastern | Sylvia earle, Congress, BP, Oil, Disaster |
MediaFreeze | Man, Get Your Act Together! (A Photo Diary) | 05/22/10 05:03PM Eastern | Oil Spill, Obama Response, Barack Obama, Photos, BP |
hold tight | I didn't run today | 05/22/10 06:53PM Eastern | Climate Change, Big Oil, Big Coal, APA, eKos |
Dartagnan | Above the Oil--The Threat of "Black Rain." | 05/22/10 08:26PM Eastern | EKos, Barack Obama, BP, Gulf Oil Disaster, "Oil Rain" |
Yesterday's eKos diaries:
Author | Diary | Time | Tags |
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8ackgr0und N015e | Here's how conniving those Bastard Polluters really are... | 05/21/10 02:54AM Eastern | Recommended, bp, criminal negligence, environmental holocaust, chernobyl by the sea |
PrometheusUnbound | The River...The Body of the Nation | 05/21/10 08:30AM Eastern | BP Spill, oil, Louisiana, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi River |
Audri | Spread the Outrage | 05/21/10 10:02AM Eastern | BP, gulf of mexico, deepwater horizon, environment, oil and gas development |
dansac | Obama Signs Significant Executive Order to Raise Fuel Standards | 05/21/10 12:54PM Eastern | Barack Obama, fuel regulations, green, climate change, executive order |
tedM | BP Dispersant Lie? | 05/21/10 01:02PM Eastern | BP spill toxic dispersant coverup lies gulf, eKos |
Edger | Top Eleven BP Excuses | 05/21/10 01:08PM Eastern | eKos, BP, British Petroleum, Barack Obama, Deepwater Horizon |
Julie Gulden | New Orleans: Let them eat cake | 05/21/10 01:34PM Eastern | Skooksie, New Orleans, cake, British Petroleum, eKos |
Fishgrease | Fishgrease: Booming the Top Kill | 05/21/10 01:50PM Eastern | Recommended, Gulf Oil Spill, BP, dkos fucking booming school, FUCT-O-DAC |
Gangster Octopus | Tesla, Toyota Team Up to Create 1,000 Jobs | 05/21/10 03:18PM Eastern | Tesla, Toyota, Jobs, eKos |
LaughingPlanet | 'tis neither 'leak' nor 'spill' (with poll) | 05/21/10 03:42PM Eastern | volcano of oil, messaging, BP, oilpocalypse, eKos |
atheistben | BP Estimates Wrong Again | 05/21/10 03:53PM Eastern | Oil, BP, Gulf of Mexico, lies, eKos |
worldforallpeopleorg | Coal Plants in Paradise | 05/21/10 04:22PM Eastern | coal, oil, fossil fuel, future, ekos |
slinkerwink | Why I Don't Give A D*mn About Rand Paul! | 05/21/10 04:34PM Eastern | eKos, dk greenroots, 2010, oil spill, BP |
mark louis | Alternative Energy Round-Up | 05/21/10 06:51PM Eastern | Alternative Energy Round-Up, wind energy, solar energy, American Power Act, electric vehicles |
RLMiller | Shell: A Less Bad Polluter, or SHell on Earth? | 05/21/10 07:07PM Eastern | eKos, oilpocalypse, Shell Oil, Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea |
Friday Night at the Movies | Friday Night at the Movies: Oil | 05/21/10 08:34PM Eastern | Friday Night at the Movies, movies, film, gulf oil spill, environment |
jamess | Scientists outraged over the LACK of Science ... | 05/21/10 09:00PM Eastern | BP, Oil Spill, Federal Oversight, Deepwater Horizon, Press Release |
Vtdblue | UPDATED: Obama's Political Prospects & Oily Public Perceptions | 05/21/10 09:01PM Eastern | oilpocalypse, Barack Obama, BP, economic recession, disasters |
Armadillious | The Truth about BP - Take it or Leave it | 05/21/10 09:52PM Eastern | BP, BP oil spill, gulf coast, gulf coast oil spill, British Petroleum |
About eKos
The Idea
This project was inspired by the Earth Day @ DKos Blogathon. In case you missed it, we had 31 participating environmental diaries, all of which were linked to in the Mothership. During the event we had several requests for an eco-mothership diary series in the mould of the Earth Day effort.
The Mission
eKos is all about promoting community eco-diaries. Daily Kos already showcases several series, but sometimes the work of dedicated green diarists pass off the recent diary list hardly noticed. Our goal is to make these diaries more accessible. In the process we hope to build community and bring in a broader audience to the exceptional environmental writing here at DK.
How eKos Works
If you want a diary included in the list, please let us know by leaving a comment. We'll do our best to search out green diaries, but are bound to miss a few. For eKos to live up to it's full potential, eco-diarists will need to post a link to the mothership at the end of their diary. This will provide readers with easy access to other recent environmental diaries.
Requirements
eKos is meant to be inclusive, but we will have standards for quality and content of listed diaries. (As long as you don't violate site rules and have a modicum of relevant, original content, you should be fine.)
'eKos' tag
If your diary gets listed, we'll ask you to add the eKos tag to your diary.
Contact
You can follow us on Twitter
If you are interested in becoming an eco-ranger for eKos, or just want some more info, e-mail ekos350atgmaildotcom
eKos Rangers
In no particular order:
Regina in a Sears Kit House
boatsie
Hopeful Skeptic
RLMiller
patrickz
Earthfire
A Siegel
dRefractor
SolarMom
Please give them some mojo if you see them, they deserve it!
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