IC presents “The Canary Effect: Kill the Indian. Save the Man” Posted 27 August 2011, by Ahni, Intercontental Cry, intercontinentalcry.org This coming October, Intercontinental Cry will be hosting a special screening of the award-winning documentary film “THE CANARY EFFECT” by Robin Davey and Yellow Thunder Woman. The film will be available in [...]
Archive for August 27th, 2011
27 Aug
Two New Reports on Geoengineering
Two New Reports on Geoengineering . Posted 26 August 2011, by Staff Hands Off Mother Earth, handsoffmotherearth.org . . There are two new reports out on geoengineering that we would like to bring to your attention. . First of all the long-awaited “technology assessment” done by the US Government Accountability Office has just been released [...]
27 Aug
Results of the Ecocity World Summit Montréal 2011 – Six Conditions for Making Montréal an Ecocity
Results of the Ecocity World Summit Montréal 2011 – Six Conditions for Making Montréal an Ecocity . Posted 26 August 2011, by Staff, CNW Group, newswire.ca . MONTREAL, Aug. 26, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ – At the closing ceremony of the ninth Ecocity World Summit, held for the first time in Canada and organized by the [...]
27 Aug
The ‘road ecology’ movement picks up speed
The ‘road ecology’ movement picks up speed An international conference in Seattle gathers ideas about how roads and the environment interact. One big takeaway: pay more attention to the needs of wildlife to cross the mighty web of roadways. Posted 26 August 2011, by Douglas B. MacDonald, Crosscut Public Media, crosscut.com Cars, traffic [...]
27 Aug
New webzine highlights global rebellions
New webzine highlights global rebellions . Posted 26 August 2011, by Admin, Institute for Social Ecology, social-ecology.org . The New Significance, edited by former ZNet co-editor Chris Spannos, is described as “A web magazine exploring revolutionary forces for change & autonomy in the 21st Century…” They offer both daily and weekly email newsletters highlighting important [...]
27 Aug
Exposing Dow Chemical’s Greenwashing
Exposing Dow Chemical’s Greenwashing . Posted 26 August 2011, by Staff (Small Planet Institute), Ecology Center, ecologycenter.org . Recently, the Ecology Center held a Regenerating Solutions Salon on the topic of greenwashing. Here’s an example of a company’s greenwashing attempt, and a great response to counter it! When a PR firm working for Dow Chemical [...]
27 Aug
Turkmenistan calls for consensus on Caspian Sea ecology
Turkmenistan calls for consensus on Caspian Sea ecology Posted 26 August 2011, by H.Hasanov, TREND News Agency, en.trend.az Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Aug.26 / Trend, H. Hasanov / Globalization of economic development of the Caspian littoral states and varying the Caspian Sea level requires a joint solution on a number of ecological problems, an article published [...]
27 Aug
Environmentalists: Water district cuts will hurt Florida’s ecology
Environmentalists: Water district cuts will hurt Florida’s ecology Posted 26 August 2011, by Keith Morelli (The Tampa Tribune), Tampa Bay Online (Media General Communications Holdings, LLC), tbo.com Environmentalists around Florida are livid about the budget cutbacks for the five water management districts and they predict that the cuts will result in an inevitable decline [...]
27 Aug
Feminists, Foreign Ministers, and Feudal Classes
Feminists, Foreign Ministers, and Feudal Classes Will Hina Khar’s voice ever be heard advocating for Pakistani women? Posted 25 August 2011, by Rafia Zakaria, Patheos, patheos.com On July 19, Hina Rabbani Khar was sworn in as Pakistan’s youngest and first-ever woman foreign minister. It seemed like welcome news from a beleaguered country whose name evokes visions of [...]
