Drew Dellinger is a spoken word poet, professor, writer, activist and founder of Poets for Global Justice. He has inspired minds and hearts at hundreds of events in many countries, performing poetry and keynoting on justice, ecology, cosmology, activism, democracy and compassion. He has spoken and performed at numerous conferences–including Bioneers, the Green Festival and The Dream Reborn–as well as colleges, poetry venues, protests and places of worship. Dellinger has shared podiums and stages with luminaries such as Alice Walker, Cornel West, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Danny Glover, Ani Difranco, Billy Bragg, Michael Franti, Eve Ensler, Chuck D, Paul Hawken, Van Jones and many others.

We LOVE this animation set to a one-of-a-kind interview with John Lennon on, you guessed it, war and peace.  Timeless.
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“In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview. 38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrator James Braithwaite collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack. A spellbinding vessel for Lennon’s boundless wit and timeless message, I Met the Walrus was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short.”

The small town dilemma Chip speaks about in NOW HEAR THIS! - Vol. 1 seems to be a scratch at the surface of what small-towns across Tennessee and certainly the country are faced with.  In this story, presented by the NY Times, you glean some insight from Tennessee Mayor Bob Phillips on how equipped (or ill-equipped) our local municipalities sometimes are in making big decisions for their communities.
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Why Bother? is an article that considers the personal dilemmas of addressing climate change.  It was originally featured in the NY Times.
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Why bother? That really is the big question facing us as individuals hoping to do something about climate change, and it’s not an easy one to answer.

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