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An Ocean of Birds Filled With Plastic

Photo: Part of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Credit: Clementine Northwest () Recently, whilst reading my normal issue of Rolling Stone, I came across something incredibly shocking... When one thinks of Rolling Stone, you don't ge… Continue

Added by Ashley Wetzel on November 5, 2009 at 8:17pm — No Comments

The Greater Good Program Launches November 12th Featuring Key Colorado Sustainability Leadership

The Progress Group, a Denver based consulting firm, announces the launch of The Greater Good Program, a comprehensive business development initiative designed to bring triple-bottom-line thinking to entrepreneurial businesses from under-served communities throughout the Front Range. To celebrate the launch, leaders and entrepreneurs from the community will gather for a half-day kick-off event on November 12, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Mi Casa Resource Center at 360 Acoma Street, Den… Continue

Added by Ron Zwerin on November 4, 2009 at 10:15am — No Comments

Art Action Union Stuff - October 2009

Happinin' Stuff ... I probably should spell properly better! Hmmm...Now! There are a couple of things that are requiring artistic and/or activist attention, I thought I'd send a little circular ...

Art Action Union ... http://www.artactionunion.org
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Added by kathleen aka* kaoskyane (art action union creative activism) on October 29, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Has anyone else seen this???!!!

On the discovery channel is a show called "when animals strike". One of the segments is about wild pigs. Discovery channel shows these "backwoods bumpkins" hunting these wild pigs with packs of dogs. Pit Bulls are the dogs predominantly used in these nighttime hunts. The dogs attack the pig (usually 6-7 dogs one one pig), and hold the pig until said "hunters" can get to the pig. Also depicted is the hunters sitting on the injured pig while it screams in pain. Meanwhile the mighty "hunter" laughs… Continue

Added by torrie gardner on October 18, 2009 at 8:33pm — 2 Comments

Alliance for Sustainable Colorado Roundtable Prompts Cross-Sector Engagement in Community Agriculture

Over 65 community leaders in northern Colorado came together this week to discuss sustainability opportunities at the latest in a series of regional roundtables by the non-profit Alliance for Sustainable Colorado (“the Alliance”). The meeting,… Continue

Added by Erik Keith on October 5, 2009 at 2:01pm — No Comments

MOVIE: Location: Kalahari: "The Meerkats" narrated by Paul Newman

I recently watched this wonderful movie. Here is all that Amazon has to say about it: “Kolo is a young meerkat with a big sense of adventure. Deep in the hostile desert of the Kalahari, he and his family have created a home, but growing up is his greatest challenge of all. With danger lurking in every corne… Continue

Added by Ninon CZ on September 22, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Peace Day Broadcast

I just finished preparing the 1st ever United Nations International Day of Peace Global Broadcast, it begins today at 12:00 Noon (Sunday) in Los Angles, which is 3:00 pm in New York, and on the other side of the dateline it's 7:00 am (Monday, September 21st) in New Zealand! It will be replayed… Continue

Added by PeacePortal on September 20, 2009 at 11:56am — No Comments

Bear Bile Tourism

There is a dirty little secret in Vietnam, and it's called Korean Bear Tourism. ENV, a wildlife watchdog group in Vietnam, has documented busloads of Korean tourists visiting bear farms where they witness a bear bile extraction, taste bear bile wine, and buy products made from bear body parts. T… Continue

Added by Jeanette McDermott on September 10, 2009 at 8:24pm — No Comments

The suckling behavior of captive sun bears

Today Sue from Leap posted a question at LEAP's blog http://leapspiral.blogspot.com/about suckling behavior of sun bears. Here is my answer to the question: Thanks for posting this behavior on sun bears that not many people know about. This sound is a “suckling” sound when the bear such a particular body… Continue

Added by Siew Te Wong on September 4, 2009 at 10:31pm — No Comments

GROUPS PETITION OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING TO TAKE OVER REGULATION OF MINING IN WEST VIRGINIA

From WVHighlands.org Our blog, Highlands Voice GROUPS PETITION OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING TO TAKE OVER REGULATION OF MINING IN WEST VIRGINIA By John McFerrin The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the Sierra Club, Coal River Mountain Watch, and the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition have petitioned the federal Office of Surface Mining to evaluate the West Virginia State surface mining program, withdraw approval of that program, and substitute federal enforcement. If successful, the petition w… Continue

Added by Julian Martin on September 4, 2009 at 3:22pm — No Comments

The Music Of Poligraf : The Dam part 8

("Masculine Wave" by Katsushika Hokusai)

"Ocean" is th

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 4, 2009 at 6:25am — No Comments

My latest Op-ed submission to the Charleston Gazatte/

It hasn't been printed yet but am hoping it will be. One of our family stories is that a Mr. Skinner came up Coal River from St. Albans buying mineral rights at rock bottom prices. He made his “generous” offer to my ancestor who told him, “You are Skinner by name and you are Skinner by trade, but you will not skin old Isaac Barker.” Consequently my uncle owns forty acres with the mineral rights intact on Big Coal River in Boone County. Mountain top removal strip-mining is closing in from all di… Continue

Added by Julian Martin on September 3, 2009 at 5:21pm — 3 Comments

United Nations International Day Of Peace 1st Global Brodcast on 9/21

"Peace is one of humanity's most precious needs. It is also the United Nations' highest calling." -U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon."

This year marks the first time the United Nations International Day Of Peace will be celebrated with a coordinated 24 Hour Global Broadcast of Video content, the main delivery m… Continue

Added by PeacePortal on September 3, 2009 at 5:13pm — 1 Comment

Mountain Top Removal Fact Sheet

Mountain Top Removal Strip Mining A Federal study reported that mountain top removal strip mining had impacted-- 380,000 acres of mountains between 1992 and 2002. This is over four times all of WV State Parks combined and is a loss of 76,000,000 board feet of new growth hardwood every year forever. and 1,400,000 acres will be impacted by mountain top removal by 2012--A swath one mile wide from New York to California. An annual loss of 280,000,000 board feet of new growth hardwood. Over 1000 mi… Continue

Added by Julian Martin on September 3, 2009 at 4:31pm — 1 Comment

The Music Of Poligraf : Uncoiling part I

(Tobyo from the Bakemono-Dukushi - Unknown Artist)

"Uncoiling I" was originally written in September 2002, elaborating on drafts da

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 3, 2009 at 6:11am — No Comments

Don*t Drink the WATER....from Care2 Cause site

Thought this was an interesting article. I am guilty of buying plastic bottled water when I am in some Asian countries like Thailand and India. Though once my body has adapted I drink local water. Here in Japan it is insane the variety of bottled water. Big business and fashionable...uggh. I try and bring my own container of water and fill it with mountain water where I can. But friends in the city who don&t have good drinking water always buy bottled mountain water...water water..this is th… Continue

Added by maryse on September 2, 2009 at 10:58pm — No Comments

We've got free promo AND Another sporadic activist art blog thing!

Publicity Stunts and Activist Art This is VERY EXCITING NEWS!!! Some may remember this post from a few months ago about the Art Action Union getting a front page feature on their photo of the week spot? WELLLLL.... Our lovely friends at Changents have honoured us with a permanent rotation on the front page o… Continue

Added by kathleen aka* kaoskyane (art action union creative activism) on September 1, 2009 at 11:05pm — 1 Comment

The Music Of Poligraf : The Chrome Lake part 5

"Introspection II" is the fifth section, and second with vocals, of "The Chrome Lake." And as is the case for its almost-but-not-identical twin "Introspection I," the subject matter is pretty much self-explanatory.

Verse

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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 1, 2009 at 7:34am — No Comments

The Music Of Poligraf : Juggernaut part 4

(Erie Steam Road Roller scanned by Andy Dingley from the "New Catech

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Added by Christopher Stewart on August 27, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

The Music Of Poligraf : The Dam part 7

("Between the waves" by Ivan Aivazovsky)

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Added by Christopher Stewart on August 24, 2009 at 8:44pm — No Comments

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With both acknowledged and possible calamities as compelling and urgent
catalysts, Raincoast Conservation is advocating for British Columbia's first fully protected salmon runs. The move is an effort to save the grizzly bear species.

This bold and ambitious proposal runs contrary to the historical underpinnings of salmon management, as fisheries managers have always assumed that salmon exist exclusively for human consumption.

According to Raincoast, it is a matter of competition, and the odds are stacked against carnivores in these coastal salmon forests.

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Ivory seized in Gabon

Tiger and other wildlife parts seized in India; 7 arrested

55 pangolins seized in Malaysia

4 arrested, 30 tusks seized in Tanzania

Australian court imposes hefty fine on abalone trader

Sea Cucumbers seized in US

Gang intercepted and 2 Tiger skins seized in India

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I've seen this. It's quite disturbing. It reminds me so much of Bear Baiting. I feel the same way about fur-trappers. They catch the animal using a horrible leg-hold trap or snare... and then when they see that they've caught it, they club it over...

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