Sustainability

We will host a series of community discussions, each one preceded by an informative meeting, on the causes of the economic crisis and a variety of proposals to deal with it. The 12-part series will occur on a variety of days
(both weeknights and weekend days) over a period of 9 weeks from approximately mid-February to late April. The topics will flow logically from one session to the next to create a comprehensive series, but each session will also stand alone so you can participate in those that suit your schedule.

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5 people arrested on Naval Base Kitsap- Bangor

The “Disarm Now Trident Plowshares Action”  read more »

The Global Oneness Project presents
The New Narrative: Local Voices for a Global Future

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Featuring 3 short films:
—What Would It Look Like?
—Barrio de Paz
—A Thousand Suns (A new release documenting the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia, one of the world's last bastions of sustainable agriculture)

Capitol Theater
Friday, May 15
5:30 Reception with catering from Rambling Jack's
6:30-9:30 films, conversations, guest speaker Orland Bishop, Q&A with filmmaker

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by Pierre-Henry Deshayes Sun Feb 24, 2008

LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (AFP) - Aimed at providing mankind with a Noah's Ark of food in the event of a global catastrophe, an Arctic "doomsday vault" filled with samples of the world's most important seeds will be inaugurated here Tuesday.  read more »

The Southern Hemisphere World Naked Bike Ride is coming up fast. Just 8 weeks away. Now is prime scheming and planning time.
Routes, colorful paints and creative stories to tell the very confused police.

Let 2008 be the year of the colorful naked people on bicycles. A fun
new world is just a bicycle and a paintbrush away.

So, if you are planning on organizing a WNBR ride in your part of the
world, now is the time to do it.

One great suggestion to build up excitement and get media awarness is to organize a WNBR film screening night. There are now several great films about WNBR. For more info on films visit  read more »

by Thomas Riggins

People making a New Year's resolution to consume less should bolster their resolve by reading Jared Diamond's "What's Your Consumption Factor?" in Wednesday's New York Times [op-ed 1-2-2008]. However, your or my individual consumption may not make a big difference. Diamond, the author of "Guns, Germs and Steel" and "Collapse", is addressing a civilizational problem regarding the difference in consumption levels between First World countries and the developing world.  read more »

Outlook India.com ANIL NAIR

KEVADIA (GUJARAT), OCT 14 (PTI)

As welders piece together iron rods on topmost portion of Sardar Sarovar Dam, a group of farmers clang cymbals as part of a protest at the base of the reservoir built by displacing thousands of tribals, farmers and submerging hundreds of villages in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.  read more »

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Oct. 12, 2007

BEIJING - China plans to relocate up to 4 million people from areas surrounding the Three Gorges Dam — the world's biggest hydropower project — because of rising concerns over the environment and landslides, state media reported Friday.  read more »

by Justin Valone Faultlines
Saturday Jun 23rd, 2007  read more »