Thursday, January 29, 2009

Ecopaparazzi Member Shastan Bertrand

Shastan started her blog Pinch Pennies Save Planet when she resolved in January to go back to a more frugal way of thinking and living to safeguard her and her family's future. Her blog is a fun and visual exploration into how to spend money wisely and feel good about being good to the planet at the same time. She focuses on the household and the changes -- some big, many small -- that we can make to help our bank accounts and our environment. She says, "I want to save money. I want to save the planet. I can do both, and so can you. We all can, which is great news, because that’s what it will take."

Ecopaparazzi Member Sarah Quist

Sarah writes about holistic health and nutrition and offers a line of organic skin care products that are free of chemicals, perfumes and synthetic ingredients. Her blog includes a reading room, articles, a product list and the story of her holistic journey. She was inspired to start her blog and business after discovering that most commercial skin care products are toxic. Sarah believes Mother Nature provides all we need to stay healthy. She says, "If you cannot safely eat the product you are using on your skin, then don't use it."

Ecopaparazzi Member Christopher Stewart

Christopher Stewart began rallying artists from around the world when he discovered how tar sands development in Alberta violently abuses the environment, the animals, and the people of this Canadian province. His blog, the Lepufology Project, uses music, storytelling and visual and performing arts to stop what has been described as "the largest industrial project in human history and likely also the most destructive." Christopher's blog addresses issues of environmental and social justice and gives a clear guidepost to artists and art-inclined people on how to participate in shutting down the project.

Ecopaparazzi Member Jill Robinson

Jill is the founder and CEO of Animals Asia, a NGO that rescues bears from bile farms in China and Vietnam and provides a sanctuary for their care and rehabilitation. Animals Asia also rescues dogs from meat traders in China who sell them for human consumption. Jill is dedicated to ending both bear bile farming and the barbaric dog meat trade in China. She blogs about these issues, keeps a rescue diary, and shows us inspiring photos of renewed life at the Animals Asia sanctuary. Jill is a special woman on a special mission.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Ecopaparazzi Member Graham Bland

As an outdoor enthusiast, Graham most concerned about exploitation of nature, pollution and loss of habitat. To help heal Mother Earth he especially likes to lead kayaking trips with youth and adults as a way to get them excited about nature so they will fall in love with the outdoors and help protect all she offers. Graham blogs about communion with rivers and open seas, and shows us some exciting adventures through his photographic skills. He also blogs about river conservation and provides useful links about UK rivers and community actions to restore biodiversity within them.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Ecopaparazzi Member Curtis

Curtis is a man in love with nature and her healing effects. Here's a sample of the kind of writing you'll find on his blog: Sunny and cold here in Florida. Gonna go out before work to barefoot walk on the beach in the sunshine. More nourishing than any food. Curtis is a true believer in natural healing and promotes Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and farmers markets as a perfect way to nourish the body, the local community and the Earth. He enjoys blogging about optimal health through diet and offers some nice links to holistic, eco-healing food sites. He also blogs about solar, global oneness and the secret life of plants. Click on his profile and another whole world unfolds, as Curtis reveals his extreme passions: ocean adventures and outdoor land treks.

Ecopaparazzi Member Paul Daley

Paul has an inspiring and uplifting nature blog. It’s richly adorned with photography, artistic interpretation and storytelling that weave a web of Earth wisdom and ecological relationships. His blog is especially focused on the unique flora and fauna found in North Queensland's wet-tropics, one of our planet's biologically diverse hotspots. After completing a 2000km bicycle journey to reach this incredible bioregion, Paul is now planning the next stage of the ride -- to Indonesia, where the niché for Arboreal Tree-Kangaroos and gliding possums are replaced by orangutans and flying lemurs. Read more on Paul's blog.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Ecopaparazzi Member Siew Te Wong

16 years ago ecopaparazzi member Siew Te Wong worked with scientists on a radio-telemetry study of a deer species in Taiwan. The project changed his life. "From then on, I was doing nothing but studying wildlife and working closely with wild animals," he said. Wong's specialty is the sun bear. It is the least known bear in the world, but is vanishing rapidly due to human population pressures and poaching. Wong's Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Blog and Sun Bear Journal aim to raise awareness about the animals in order to protect them from cruelty, capture, habitat loss and slaughter. Human pressures are sending the sun bear to the brink of extinction.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Ecopaparazzi Member Angela Elliott

In a march to save the dolphins, Angela Elliott wore an anti-tuna can! She has been an environmentalist and activist her entire life, including being vegan since she was five years old. Angela has been 100% raw for almost 9 years, and wrote the beautiful book Alive in Five for raw foodists. Angela sometimes appears as guest host of Mother Earth's Table, a weekly column that is part of Meatless Monday at ecopaparazzi.

Ecopaparazzi Member Mark Reinfeld

What Mark appreciates most about Mother Earth is her ever-living, ever-giving love. Her bounty and peril serve as both inspiration and motivation for the world-class vegan culinary artist. Mark co-authored with Bo Rinaldi Vegan Fusion World Cuisine, a groundbreaking work that has won nine international awards. Read Mark's thought-provoking New Year's Resolution at ecopaparazzi.

Ecopaparazzi Member BethBot

Ecopaparazzi member BethBot keeps an EcoSpheric blog of low-impact and planet-friendly musings that are fun to read. You can also keep up with the wandering blogger and lover of all things green at the social network ecopaparazzi.