Sunday, November 1, 2009

Activist's Message: End Needless Waste of Food


The Herald-News - October 31, 2009

JOLIET -- Vandana Shiva is giving new meaning to the old metaphor, "You reap what you...

Global Warming Cycles Threaten Endangered Primate Species

ScienceDaily (Oct. 29, 2009)

Two Penn State University researchers have carried out one of the first-ever analyses of the effects of...

Scientists Discover Influenza's Achilles Heel: Antioxidants

ScienceDaily (Oct. 30, 2009)

As the nation copes with a shortage of vaccines for H1N1 influenza, a team of Alabama researchers have raised hopes that they have found an Achilles' heel for all strains...

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Climate Leadership, Economic Prosperity: Suzuki

October 30, 2009 - the Green Pages
Wind turbines, southwest SK. l.p. photo
Ottawa - Canada can succeed economically while meeting targets to reduce global...

Friday, October 30, 2009

Canada Sets Aside its Boreal Forest as Giant Carbon Vault

By banning logging, mining and oil drilling in an area twice the size of California, Canada is ensuring its boreal forests continue to soak up carbon...

Artist: Mary Jane Eichler



Organic Farming Yields Tougher Crops


The future is now. What used to be scientific predictions of climate change are now upon us. This makes a major switch to organics even more urgent...

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Who’s Investigating the CAFO-Swine Flu Link?

Oc 29'09 - by Tom Philpott - Grist

6 months after the outbreak, is anyone?



North Dakota Cow Crap Will Harm Lake Winnipeg

CCPA Photo credit: Pangalau Massive dairy concentrated animal feeding operations  (CAFOs) being permitted and proposed in  North Dakota  are...