http://www.standforward.com Create a new vision for OUR world - Stand forward and take action! Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:27:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Geek activism has not taken off yet, but it should. With the gamers recognizing the need for a louder voice, EFF gaining momentum and Linux taking on the mainstream on the one hand and recent severe losses in privacy, freedom of speech and intellectual property rights on the other, now ... http://www.standforward.com/2008/07/19/geek-activism/ In October 2007, Clorox Company, the multi-billion dollar manufacturer of plastic bags, bathroom cleaners and laundry bleach, announced that it was acquiring natural cosmetics maker, Burt's Bees for $925 million. Of course, Burt's Bees is no longer the tiny honey and beeswax candle business that Burt Shavitz and Roxanne Quimby founded ... http://www.standforward.com/2008/07/18/capitalism-collapse-disorder-burts-bees-disappears/