Adieu, Earth Mother, Wangari . Posted 28 September 2011, by Editor, Vanguard, vanguardngr.com . ON Sunday, September 25, 2011, one of the most famous African women in modern times took her exit from the planet earth which she served with distinction. Her name was Professor Wangari Muta Maathai (April 1, 1940 to September 25, 2011). [...]
Posts Tagged ‘environment’
27 Sep
Re-Colonization Of Africa Through Buying Agricultural Land: Wealthy Nations And Their Multinationals On The Rampage
Re-Colonization Of Africa Through Buying Agricultural Land: Wealthy Nations And Their Multinationals On The Rampage . Posted 26 September 2011, by Akinyi Princess of K’Orinda-Yimbo, Tom Wilt News, tomwilt.com . The global food crisis of 2007/2008 that triggered riots from Cape to Cairo and from Senegal to Haiti made governments and their agriculturally-engaged companies to [...]
26 Sep
WATCH LIVE: Tarsands Civil Disobedience Sept 26, 2011
WATCH LIVE: Tarsands Civil Disobedience Sept 26, 2011 . Posted 26 September 2011, by Brenda Norrell, Censored News, bsnorrell.blogspot.com . . . . APTN Photos CBC Live Ottawa http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Politics/1244504890/ID=2129385867 . Hundreds gather on Parliament Hill to say ‘No to Tar Sands’ (Ottawa) – Hundreds of people from across North America are gathered this morning on [...]
24 Sep
Navajo Council Angry: Navajo President slashes funds for elderly, children and green jobs
Navajo Council Angry: Navajo President slashes funds for elderly, children and green jobs President’s Shelly’s vetoes target green initiatives, resource development, young people and the elderly . Posted24 September 2011, by Johnny Naize, Censored News, bsnorrell.blogspot.com . Johnny Naize is the Navajo Council Speaker . WINDOW ROCK Ariz. — The Navajo Nation Council voiced anger at [...]
24 Sep
Cree George Poitras: Ottawa Tarsands Action Monday
Cree George Poitras: Ottawa Tarsands Action Monday OTTAWA TARSANDS ACTION – Why am I attending? . Posted 24 September 2011, by George Poitras, Censored News, bsnorrell.blogspot.com . George Poitras is a former Chief, Mikisew Cree First Nation . In the past year and even more so in the past few weeks a lot of debate [...]
24 Sep
Sri Lanka’s women deminers clean up legacy of Asia’s longest war
Sri Lanka’s women deminers clean up legacy of Asia’s longest war . Posted 23 September 2011, by Nita Bhalla, SwissInfo (Swiss Broadcasting Corporation), swissinfo.ch . MANNAR, Sri Lanka (AlertNet) – Wearing a visor and a protective vest over grey fatigues tucked into black military boots, former housewife S. Dishanty crawls on her hands and [...]
24 Sep
Writers Unite! 09.26.11 Blog Action Day for Climate Justice
Writers Unite! 09.26.11 Blog Action Day for Climate Justice . Posted 24 September 2011, by , The Mokong Perspective, mokongperspective.wordpress.com . In solidarity with the victims of typhoons Ondoy (“Ketsana”), Pepeng, Frank and all other extreme weather events and disasters of the past here in Manila and all over the Philippines, the Philippine Movement for [...]
23 Sep
Hump hypothesis loses ground in biomass research
Hump hypothesis loses ground in biomass research For decades, scientists have believed that a relationship exists between how much biomass plant species produce and how many species can coexist. . Posted 22 September 2011, by Staff (Iowa State University), Western Farm Press, westernfarmpress.com . For decades, scientists have believed that a relationship exists [...]
23 Sep
This month in ecological science
This month in ecological science Evolutionary traps, invasive yellow starthistle’s favorable response to carbon dioxide and plant breeding for harmony between agriculture and the environment . Posted 22 September 2011, by Nadine Lymn (Ecological Society of America) , EurekAlert! eurekalert.org . Evolutionary traps in human-dominated landscapes A study published in the September issue of [...]
