The farm, says DiCaprio, holds a remarkable array of biodiversity and, because of its size, functions as a carbon sink, a natural environment that stores more carbon than it releases into the atmosphere, and this helps reduce global warming. We have to start acknowledging that every action counts. {more}

Whether you are Democrat or Republican, Independent or other, it is hard to be against clean elections. Private contributions have embedded themselves so deeply into our politics that they have, in the opinions of many, perverted our wonderful system. What can be done about it? You ask. Well, the most obvious solution is taking the money right back out. That is what Arizona and Maine have done and that is what many other states, including California are hoping to do as well. {more}