Intentions Articles
The Great Gathering believes that through creating grass-roots projects, programs, sharing and education, together, we have the ability to create a sustainable future. In each one of the intentions areas, we produce articles and information to support and educate on grass roots sustainability.
San Francisco Leads the Way to Banning Plastic Bottles
As one of the most liberal cities in the United States, San Francisco has led the way for many issues involving social and environmental change. Thus, it’s no surprise that…
Large Red Algal Bloom in Gulf of Mexico Raises Environmental Concerns
Red tides are not a new phenomenon, but the one invading Florida’s Gulf Coast this summer should give anyone who is concerned about the environment pause for concern.
What is Hot-in-Place Asphalt Recycling Technology?
Hot-in-place asphalt recycling technology is not a new method to rebuilt roads. In fact, it has been around for more than six decades, yet despite its many benefits, it is…
How Technology is Changing Education
There used to be a day not long ago that access to education was largely limited to the elite, and to residents of major metropolitan cities. A combination of money…
Support Companies That Support the Earth and Future Generations
If you’re like many people worried about the environment, chances are you are on a mission to use products in your everyday life that won’t have a bad effect on…
Why Teaching Meditation Will Benefit Public Schools
A number of schools throughout the country, most notably several in Baltimore have replaced the dreaded detention room with a course on meditation. Instead of reevaluating behavior through punishment, the…
How Much Water is Under the African Continent?
Africa has a reputation of being an extremely dry continent. After all, 300 million people in Africa don’t have regular access to clean and safe drinking water, so that must…
China No Longer Takes Our Recycling
Late in 2017, China announced that it would no longer be the world’s waste bin as it decided to ban 24 different types of recyclables from foreign countries starting in…
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The document sets out fundamental human rights has its 47 member nations vow to protect, yet some of the members regularly violate these tenets.