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Ongoing actions in defense of the forest, Humboldt Co. CA Featuring Mattole Forest Defense. Action Camp continues...
Posted: Sun, Aug 15, 2004 1:21pm PDT
Article by Guy Debord (1985) on food in capitalist society. First time in English translation....
Posted: Sat, Aug 14, 2004 4:10pm PDT
"People here seem to have an inexplicably difficult time coming to terms with the idea that they don't have infinite access to a finite resource. Well, now it's wake-up time. Again."...
Posted: Sat, Aug 14, 2004 8:19am PDT
Stop thousands of king salmon from dying before spawning in the lower American River - urge the Bureau of Reclamation to support flow and water temperature standards....
Posted: Sat, Aug 14, 2004 1:32am PDT
Until flow and water temperature standards for the lower American River are adopted, expect to see thousands of salmon to die before spawning during the fall on the American....
Posted: Fri, Aug 13, 2004 1:26pm PDT
An “unbroken forest” of oaks and conifers blanketing the highlands of Iraq and Iran . . . The hills of Palestine and Lebanon, crowned with cedars and pines . . . “Dense forest growth” in arid North Africa . . . Juniper, fir and sycamore woodlands blanketing Syria, and oak groves dotting the Arabian peninsula....
Posted: Thu, Aug 12, 2004 1:16pm PDT
A refutation of the false and misleading environmental claims leveled against San Francisco's Supervisor Sophie Maxwell...
Posted: Thu, Aug 12, 2004 10:02am PDT
There are two hikes to wild places in Northern California in the next two weeks.
This weekend there is a campout and hike on the wild Siskiyou Crest in a threaten area in the Horse Heli timber Sale on public Land on the Klamath River
Then, on August 20th and 21st there will be a campout at the sacred and wild Medicine L:ake volcanic caldera. We will be exploring ice caves, old growth forest, lakes and glass lava flows in this public land where fire meets water. Help us Save Medicine Lak...
Posted: Wed, Aug 11, 2004 4:18pm PDT
According to this reprint from Slate, SUVs over 6,000 lbs are illegal. Mobilize now to get the law enforced properly!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 11, 2004 9:05am PDT
Want to more know about the dangers of GM foods? Want to get active in the movement to stop GM foods from destroying the environment and sustainable agriculture? Come to this talk and book signing by Jeffrey M. Smith, author of Seeds of Deception on September 13....
Posted: Tue, Aug 10, 2004 4:16pm PDT
Progress, Evolution & the Environment - in times of soundbytes and quick fixes it is important to not get swept up in one liners and black & white thinking, especially when dealing with ecosystems and the human role....
Posted: Mon, Aug 9, 2004 6:41pm PDT
YOU GO GIRL: a 15 year old girl has qualified an initiative for the August 10th ballot that would ban animals from traveling/performing in circuses in Denver making it the largest U.S. city to ban such acts, much to the chagrin of Ringling Bros et al......
Posted: Mon, Aug 9, 2004 1:38pm PDT
Sacramento Valley vernal pools are paved over by developers interested in making money off suburban sprawl, specific info on Shasta county.....
Posted: Sun, Aug 8, 2004 2:54pm PDT
It should make us happy, but environmentalists are deeply alarmed: Prozac, the anti-depression drug, is being taken in such large quantities that it can now be found in Britain's drinking water....
Posted: Sun, Aug 8, 2004 9:37am PDT
Calling All Activists!
I encourage everybody to go to the Organic Sacramento meeting on Monday. It looks likes there's a great agenda.
This announcement is from Kim Glazzard of Organic Sacramento....
Posted: Sat, Aug 7, 2004 5:17pm PDT
Residents shut out while Maxxam's Pacific Lumber dictates the fate of local watersheds....
Posted: Thu, Aug 5, 2004 1:47pm PDT
Peter Tatchell is a leading gay and human rights campaigner (in England). Peter Tatchell says that animal experiments have undermined HIV research and hindered new treatments. Here is an article he wrote for SHAC:...
Posted: Wed, Aug 4, 2004 2:45pm PDT
August 25, 2004
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
San Francisco Main Public Library
100 Larkin Street at Grove
Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room (located on the Library's lower
level. Enter 30 Grove Street, proceed downstairs)....
Posted: Wed, Aug 4, 2004 9:24am PDT
Tre Arrow will appear before a Canadian court today at 2pm Join others in the global activist community in focusing energy on, and flooding the Solicitor Generals office with demands for, a diet of conscience for Tre. In the 4 months he has suffered catostrophicwaight loss, and now waighs only 91 lds. There but for grace, go any of us....
Posted: Tue, Aug 3, 2004 9:53am PDT
Environmental, human and animal rights activist Tre Arrow, currently being held in Canada's North Fraser Pretrial Center on immigration charges, has been moved into solitary confinement and is being denied a diet in keeping with his beliefs (raw/vegan) in a blatant attempt to break his spirit. In the 4 months he has been incarcerated he has suffered catastrophic weight loss, and is now down to 91 pounds....
Posted: Mon, Aug 2, 2004 4:51pm PDT