Tours through Hopi reservation showcase tribe’s culture, tradition through agriculture Posted 30 May 2011, by Felicia Fonseca (Associated Press), The Daily Reporter, greenfieldreporter.com BACAVI, Ariz. — Agriculture tours on the Hopi reservation are feeding the desire of tourists to learn about one of the oldest indigenous tribes in America. One of the tour [...]
Archive for May, 2011
31 May
Community Currencies and Happiness
Community Currencies and Happiness Posted 30 May 2011, by Kuo Li-chuan, Taiwan News, taiwannews.com.tw The permaculture concept includes the use of local currencies. Ithaca, New York, for example, introduced its own local currency in the 1970s. A local currency, (also called “community currency”) is printed and issued at the local level, and can be used [...]
31 May
Native Americans’ circumstances don’t keep them from being socially aware
Native Americans’ circumstances don’t keep them from being socially aware Posted 29 May 2011, by Albert Bender, The Tennessean, tennessean.com It was recently brought to my attention that a radio talk show host in Tampa, Fla., stated that “almost all Native Americans are drunks, do not work and live off the government dole.” [...]
31 May
Mother Earth’s rights get new respect
Mother Earth’s rights get new respect Posted 29 May 2011, by Patricia Randolph, The Cap Times, host.madison.com/ct/ All beings have “the right to life and to exist.” — Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, April 2010 “Humanity is now using nature’s services 50 percent faster than what Earth can renew, reveals [...]
31 May
Sturgeon’s death highlights threat to ancient fish
Sturgeon’s death highlights threat to ancient fish Posted 29 May 2011, by Arthur Max (Associated Press), Taiwan News, taiwannews.com.tw Alas, poor Harald. Wired up to a satellite transmitter, he had much to teach science about the life of the great sturgeons of the Danube River and Black Sea. His probable demise is a cautionary [...]
31 May
Vacaville farm, furnishes fruit, produce cafe franchise
Vacaville farm, furnishes fruit, produce cafe franchise Posted 29 May 2011, by Richard Bammer, The Reporter, thereporter.com For Matthew and Terces Engelhart of Vacaville, sharing is a way of life. Viewing it as an asset, not a liability, they say it informs everything they do. Besides being parents to five children and grandparents to [...]
30 May
No Shame, No Respect: Solar Millennium Builds A Road On Ancient Geoglyphs – Video
No Shame, No Respect: Solar Millennium Builds A Road On Ancient Geoglyphs – Video Posted 28 May 2011, by Staff, Indigenous Peoples, Issues & Resources, indigenouspeoplesissues.com In the deserts of California, fast-tracked solar projects are proceeding without shame and without respect. BLM (Bureau of Land Management) permitting allowed projects to go ahead on [...]
30 May
Will Big Solar Bulldoze Sacred Tribal Sites?
Will Big Solar Bulldoze Sacred Tribal Sites? Why tribes believe solar companies are playing fast and loose with Native American heritage. One of the Blythe Intaglios, safely fenced off from solar plant intrusion. Ron’s Log/Wikimedia Commons Posted 28 May 2011, by Gavin Aronsen, Mother Jones, motherjones.com Alfredo Figueroa, an elder in the Chemehuevi tribe, [...]
28 May
The Transition from Oil to Free Energy…
The Transition from Oil to Free Energy… Posted 26 May 2011, by Jason Immaraju, Day Glo (Blog), jimmaraju.com/dayglo/ Peak oil is defined as the point at which maximum oil production has been reached. This particular point is the center of controversial discussions: optimists affiliated with the industry predict that global peak oil will occur between [...]
