Gender Violence And The Environment Posted 21 July 2011, by Andreas S., Care2, care2.com Patriarchy — the hierarchical social system of power relations in which men dominate over women that has defined human interactions in many societies for thousands of years — is contributing to the destruction of our environment. It’s a blindingly obvious insight, [...]
Archive for August 8th, 2011
8 Aug
Learning to Become a Tree Hugger
Learning to Become a Tree Hugger A guide to free software for constructing and assessing species relationships Posted 01 August 2011, by Amy Maxmen, The Scientist, the-scientist.com Constructing an evolutionary tree can seem as unappetizing as filing taxes to those not fluent in computer-speak. But, alas, learning how one organism relates to another is [...]
8 Aug
Flagstaff Police Attack and Arrest San Francisco Peaks Marchers
Flagstaff Police Attack and Arrest San Francisco Peaks Marchers Posted 07 August 2011, by Brenda Norrell, The Narcosphere, narcosphere.narconews.com Photos: Navajo Klee Benally attacked and arrested by Flagstaff, Arizona, police. Photo by Youth of the Peaks. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Defenders of San Francisco Peaks were arrested during a peaceful march on Sunday and then locked [...]
8 Aug
To know
To know Posted 05 August 2011, by Marcus McCoy, Bioregional Animism, bioregionalanimism.com The etymology of shaman means to know. Everyone has the ability to know. And knowing doesn’t belong to one culture or people or tradition. You don’t need a rite of passage to know, and you don’t need the approval of others to know. [...]
8 Aug
Water From Thin Air?
Water From Thin Air? Posted 06 August 2011, by Staff, KSEE-24 TV News (Granite Broadcasting), ksee24.com Terry LeBleu is not worried about the current drought or water restrictions at his Granite Shoals, Texas home. He also is not rushing out to buy bottled water. That is because he invented a machine that [...]
8 Aug
Permaculture Comes to the Midwest
Permaculture Comes to the Midwest Posted 07 August 2011, by Stefene Russell, Saint Louis Magazine At Home, stlmag.com Here’s a clue that the food culture in America has permanently shifted: it’s now illegal to forage in New York City parks. Actually, it’s always been illegal, but during the McMansion era, no one wanted to [...]
8 Aug
Permaculture ends meat-vegan debate, promotes anarchy
Permaculture ends meat-vegan debate, promotes anarchy Posted 07 August 2011, by Rady Ananda, The People’s Voice, thepeoplesvoice.org Review of Meat: A Benign Extravagance by Simon Fairlee (2010, 322 pp.); and Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale Integrative Farming and Gardening by Sepp Holzer (English version 2011, 232 pp.) Notice: [...]
8 Aug
Fruits of the forage: nettle soup and bilberry crumble
Fruits of the forage: nettle soup and bilberry crumble Posted 08 August 2011, by Patrick Harding with the class, Sheffield Telegraph (Johnston Publishing), sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk FORAGING is something of a craze right now: a skill that can bring out the hunter-gatherer in most of us and a useful cost-cutting exercise to boot. And [...]
8 Aug
Many giant tuskers die of stress
Many giant tuskers die of stress Posted 08 August 2011, by C.S. Kotteswaran, The Deccan Chronicle, deccanchronicle.com Male elephants suffer more stress than their female counterparts. A combination of generic and man-made factors have pushed the mortality rate up among male elephants in the Nilgiri biosphere, says a decade-old study carried out [...]
