We traveled to Lima, Ohio, where I talked with C.L. Geiger who started the company Healthy Green & Smart. She said the general public (in the face of global warming, vanishing species, toxic pollution…) is starting to wake up … Continue reading
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average JoeOhio Tour cont: We went north to Vermilion, Ohio, on Lake Erie. I gave a talk at St. Mary’s Church, then we did a whistle stop event in the downtown area at noon. Afterward I interviewed … Continue reading
After finishing up at the Green Party Convention, we decided to do a “Keystone State Tour” through Pennsylvania. In Lewistown, my son Joseph and I played basketball on a Sunday afternoon with a group of high school students. … Continue reading
Average JoeOhio Tour cont.: While in Bluffton, we stayed on Dan and Cindy Basinger’s farm. Dan told me he’d recently read a story about a rock singer who converted to Christianity. He was sitting in a pew … Continue reading
In solidarity, I sat in with a group of farmers during a Statehouse meeting in Columbus, Ohio, yesterday. These farmers tout the tremendous nutritional value of raw milk — as opposed to milk that is pastuerized. They explain … Continue reading
The “average JoeOhio Tour” continues to unfold. Leaving Cleveland, our Jonathan, 4, and myself stumped, unannounced, at a sidewalk cafe called Heck’s. ‘Heck,’ why not (sorry). One man said Jonathan was, indeed, a “chip off the old … Continue reading
We road our bicycles to “Earthfest” (2007 Climate Change Solutions) at the Cleveland Zoo yesterday. It is billed as “Ohio’s largest environmental education event.” Before the Welcoming Cermenonies, I talked with Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson. During the … Continue reading
We have just put up our position paper on the Native American issue. It is based on exhaustive cross-country research, including trips to numerous Reservations. Our country, since it’s inception, has been going in the wrong direction because … Continue reading
We met with Mose Keim in Dunkinsville, Ohio. He’s Amish. He also designs and manufactures high quality, cedar bird feeders. Mr. Keim gave us a tour of his small, low-tech plant. He employs 12 people here … Continue reading
We went to a talk by Winnona LaDuke at Berea College in Kentucky today. Ms. LaDuke is an Ojibwe Tribe member from the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota. She is also the founder of the White Earth Land … Continue reading