No Relief for Fence-Line Activists in Corpus Christi by Flavia de la Fuente · January 31, 2011, Change.Org, change.org Only a month and a half after Suzie Canales, a waitress from a fence line community in Corpus Christi, Texas, raised hell in what was supposed to be a self-congratulatory environmental justice forum at the [...]
Archive for January, 2011
31 Jan
The Bakweri Lands And The Abuse Of A People
Cameroon: The Bakweri Lands And The Abuse Of A People Louis Egbe Mbua, Monday, 31 January 2011 Indigenous Peoples: Issues & Resources, indigenouspeoplesissues.com The BLCC (Bakweri Land Claims Committee) Easter Resolutions : passed by the BLCC (The Bakweri Land Claims Committee) Council in Victoria, (Limbe) Friday, 17th April 2009, following an Extraordinary Conference attended by [...]
31 Jan
A “Green Signal” For The Rape Of Justice And The People: Environment Ministry Decision On POSCO
Orissa: A “Green Signal” For The Rape Of Justice And The People: Environment Ministry Decision On POSCO POSCO PRATIRODH SANGRAM SAMITI, Orissa, India Monday, 31 January 2011, Indigenous Peoples: Issues & Resources, indigenouspeoplesissues.com Villages Gadkujang, Nuagaon, Dhinkia; Erasama Block, Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa. A “Green Signal” for The Rape of Justice and the [...]
31 Jan
How Clean is The Air We Breathe?
How Clean is The Air We Breathe? More industrial and manufacturing facilities are emitting toxic substances than show up on state and federal databases. By Mark Vallianatos, January 29, 2011, Eagle Rock Patch, eaglerock.patch.com new cancer risk from air pollution “To pretend that the world is a garden is … a turning away from the [...]
30 Jan
Enlightening Quechan v. BLM
Enlightening Quechan v. BLM By Ryan D. Dreveskracht, Posted by Terri Hansen on 1/30/11 • Mother Earth Journal, mother-earth-journal.com Example of solar array, this one in Ft. Carson, Colo. Courtesy wapa.gov. Recently, Native American tribes’ opposition to solar projects has been well – although inaccurately – documented. The media coverage is the result of a [...]
30 Jan
From Brother to Brother
From Brother to Brother by Brendan Fearn on 30. Jan, 2011 in Kogi, One Earth One Tribe, oneearthonetribe.com Following on from last month’s post about the Kogi, I’d like to share another message that has been passed on to me by Sarena Webb, author of ‘Serene Dawn – Healing Earth’. The Kogi call the Sierra [...]
30 Jan
Federal Appeals Court Rules DOE Not Responsible for Navajo Uranium Cleanup
Federal Appeals Court Rules DOE Not Responsible for Navajo Uranium Cleanup By LAWRENCE HURLEY of Greenwire, Published: January 28, 2011, New York Times, newyorktimes.com A federal appeals court ruled today that the Department of Energy does not have to remediate two sites on Navajo Nation land that are adjacent to an old uranium mine. The [...]
29 Jan
North American native permaculture
North American native permaculture Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 by The Walden Effect, waldeneffect.org Before eastern Native Americans domesticated the crops in the Eastern Agricultural Complex, they still relied heavily on plants for their nutrition. Between 8000 BC and 2000 BC (the so-called Archaic period), Native Americans in our area ate a variety of un-domesticated native [...]
29 Jan
“Mussel Gel” Will Give Muscle To Medical Implants And Tissue Repair
“Mussel Gel” Will Give Muscle To Medical Implants And Tissue Repair by T Goodman, Inventor Spot, inventorspot.com Mussel byssus enables mussel to surfaces even in water: Credit: Tara Fadenrecht, Niels Holten-Andersen, image via sciencedaily.com A new gel that the inventors say you can play with like Silly Putty, can repair torn [...]
