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Investigating Resilience, a project of the Neahtawanta Center. Watch the shows on Investigating Community Resilience hosted by Dave Barrons.

NMEac logo2011 Environmentalist of the Year Award Recipient for Journalism & Communications: Dave Barrons of Outside In -- Investigating Community Resilience program on Up North Community TV, for helping the public develop a deeper understanding of environmental issues facing the region.

Of note from the net

occupy Wall StreetOccupy Wall Street
is the unofficial de facto online resource for the ongoing protests happening on Wall Street. We are an affinity group committed to doing technical support work for resistance movements. We are not affiliated with Adbusters, anonymous or any other organization.

The leaders of this movement are the everyday people participating in the occupation. We use a tool called the "General Assembly" to facilitate open, participatory and horizontal organizing between members of the public. We welcome people from all colors, genders and beliefs to participate in our daily assemblies. Visit the NYC General Assembly website to learn how you can become involved, read updates/minutes, or find out how you can adopt NYCGA processes to organize your own community.

Learning from China: Why the Existing Economic Model Will Fail
By Lester R. Brown
For almost as long as I can remember we have been saying that the United States, with 5 percent of the world’s people, consumes a third or more of the earth’s resources. That was true. It is no longer true. Today China consumes more basic resources than the United States does.

The White House & Tar Sands
By James E. Hansen
Tar Sands Action organized a civil disobedience sit–in at The White House to oppose construction of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline that began on August 20 and will culminate in a big rally on September 3rd. On August 29 I joined 60 religious leaders and other fellow protestors. I was arrested that day. But before I was handcuffed, I addressed fellow activists who had gathered outside The White House with these words:

The New Geopolitics of Food
From the Middle East to Madagascar, high prices are spawning land grabs and ousting dictators. Welcome to the 21st-century food wars.
BY LESTER R. BROWN | MAY/JUNE 2011 | Foreign Policy

Peak Oil: A Chance to Change the World
For advice about life after graduation, students at Worcester Polytechnic wanted to hear from peak oil scholar Richard Heinberg instead of Exxon's CEO. Here's what he told them.

From the Pleistocene to the Motor City: Revolutions in human ecology
Apr 27, 2011 by Stephanie Mills
This is the text of the keynote address delivered April 22, 2011 at the XVIIIth Conference of the Society for Human Ecology.

The New Geopolitics of Food
By Lester Brown
In the May/June 2011 issue of Foreign Policy magazine, Lester Brown writes on the emerging geopolitics of food scarcity as the featured article for their special topic on food issues.

Radioactivity in the Ocean: Diluted, But Far from Harmless
With contaminated water from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear complex continuing to pour into the Pacific, scientists are concerned about how that radioactivity might affect marine life. Although the ocean's capacity to dilute radiation is huge, signs are that nuclear isotopes are already moving up the local food chain.

REPORT: U.S. Military Spending Has Almost Doubled Since 2001
A new report released today by SIPRI, a Swedish-based think tank, reveals that U.S. military spending has almost doubled since 2001. The U.S. spent an astounding $698 billion on the military last year, an 81% increase over the last decade.

TED Talks
Wadah Khanfar: A historic moment in the Arab world
As a democratic revolution led by tech-empowered young people sweeps the Arab world, Wadah Khanfar, the head of Al Jazeera, shares a profoundly optimistic view of what's happening in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and beyond -- at this powerful moment when people realized they could step out of their houses and ask for change.

Tim DeChristopher's Speech after Guilty Verdict: "The ocean that shapes the shore."
A jury in Salt Lake City just convicted our friend Tim DeChristopher as guilty for his brave actions to block a bogus auction of oil leases in Utah. Tim's actions have already inspired thousands of people to help escalate the growing movement for climate justice. His words are also an inspiration. Take a look at the video and transcript of the speech he gave while leaving the courthouse this afternoon: . . . watch

Chris Hedges' Columns at Truthdig
No Other Way Out
I have watched mothers and fathers keening in grief over the frail corpses of their children in hospitals in Gaza and rural villages in El Salvador, Bosnia and Kosovo. . .


World One Poor Harvest Away From Chaos
by Lester R. Brown
In early January, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported that its Food Price Index had reached an all-time high in December, exceeding the previous record set during the 2007-08 price surge. Even more alarming, on February 3rd, the FAO announced that the December record had been broken in January as prices climbed an additional 3 percent.

Tax on Carbon: The Only Way to Save Our Planet?
He first warned about climate change 30 years ago. Now James Hansen wants us to get serious about a tax on carbon. He tells Phil England why it's our last chance

Yes! Magazine
Skill Up, Party Down: Transition Towns in a Changing World
Transition Towns plan a gentle descent from oil dependence -- and have a blast in the process.

 

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