Wikileaks: Marine Protection Zones are Being Tailored to Help Corporate Interests, Screw Native Peoples

Throughout the world, opposition is building to fake marine “protected” areas designed to fulfill the agenda of corporate globalization and the privatization of public trust resources. Full story here.

Photo by PlanetSave

Agroecology Could Double Food Production in 10 Years, Says New UN report

 [8 March 2011] GENEVA

 

Organic garden. l.p. photo

Today, the Special Rapporteur presented his new report “Agro-ecology and the right to food” before the UN Human Rights Council. Based on an extensive review of recent scientific literature, the report demonstrates that agroecology, if sufficiently supported, can double food production in entire regions within 10 years while mitigating climate change and alleviating rural poverty. Full story here.

Leaning Into Veganism: Kathy Freston on Why Eating More Plant-Based Foods Can Save Your Life and the Planet

AlterNet/By Tara Lohan Mar 15'11

Freston's new book makes 10 bold promises about ditching dairy and meat products. Full story here.

Salad photo by l.p.

The Harper Government Chooses Big Oil Over Our Students (Video)

New UN Project Uses Financial Incentives to try to Save the Dugong

14 Mar '11 – UN News Centre

Photo courtesy of PRLog Free Press Release. One of the rarest mammals on earth.

 The dugong, the reputed mermaid of seafarers’ lore, was today thrown a lifeline by a United Nations pilot project. Full story here.

Humans Must Change Behaviour to Save Bees, Vital for Food Production – UN Report

 

Honey bee hive. l.p. photo

10 March 2011 – The potentially disastrous decline in bees, a vital pollinating element in food production for the growing global population, is likely to continue unless humans profoundly change their ways, from the use of insecticides to air pollution, according to a United Nations report released today.

Manitoba's Bi Pole III Debate: Where The Rubber Hits The Road

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives  Mar 11-'11

Sustainable development and the precautionary principle must not be forgotten in this debate.

Full story here.