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On the day after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest days in the American retail calendar and the unofficial start of the international Christmas-shopping season, Indian People Organizing for Change (IPOC), invites all to the 5th Annual Buy Nothing Day Demonstration. The site for the demonstration is the Bay Street Mall in Emeryville, CA, which was recently built atop the Emeryville Shellmound despite protests and strong objections from IPOC and supporters....

Meet outside the 14th & Broadway BART station entry at Frank Ogawa Plaza (City Hall)...

Humboldt County DA Paul Gallegos appeals the previous decision by visiting judge Richard Freeborn that Pacific Lumber (owned by Maxxam) is immune from a lawsuit for filing fraudulent data in their timber harvest plans (THPs).....

On Monday, November 13, Percy Schmeiser, a canola farmer from Canada, spoke at the Live Oak Grange in Santa Cruz about being the victim of Monsanto harassment and lawsuits after his fields were contaminated with Monsanto’s GMO canola. If you ever doubted the dangers of Genetically Modified seeds and corporate control over our food supply, Percy’s story is sure to convince you. Audio: [46:29] mp3 at 42.6 MB...

The following is my account of the bizarre behavior by the SMUD staff and board at the October 6 board meeting, followed by a letter of apology to me by Jan Schori, general manager. Since that time, SMUD has gone back into negotiations over hydropower relicensing with the state and federal agencies and NGOs, due to months of pressure by fishing groups, environmental organizations, river rafters, recreational boaters and SMUD ratepayers. I will update you as soon as I get any official word o...

An evening of education and action addressing global, national and local food justice… Wednesday, November 15, 7-9pm, New College Cultural Center, 766 Valencia Street, SF - FREE....

PBS environmental superstar, David Suzuki, explores the reasons for environmental decline and proposes workable solutions. Green Festival, November 11, 2006....

Berkeley residents and Bay Area enviromentalists hold a march and rally to call attention to the excessive amount of heavy metals discharged into the atmosphere by the Pacific Steel Foundry....

This week state, federal, tribal and local biologists, restorationists, politicians and bureaucrats, as well as agricultural and fishing interests, will gather at the Holiday Inn in Redding, California for the three-day Klamath Basin Watershed Conference. The Conference title--Sustainable Watersheds Bring Sustainable Communities--will be pursued through three themes presented on successive days: 1.) We Are One Basin, 2.) Progress in the Basin, and 3.) Moving Toward Sustainability....

A new study by a team of marine scientists outlined in the November 3 edition of Science Magazine asserts a decline in marine biodiversity in the Earth's oceeans. Overfishing, pollution, and other environmental factors will wipe out the global seafood supply by 2048, if steep declines in marine diversity continue at current rates. But as FSRN's Vinny Lombardo reports, its not too late to change the outcome and protect ocean wildlife. TRT- 4:24 >` ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·....