Entries Tagged as 'Ecological Wisdom & the Environment'
November 1st, 2008 · 8 Comments
An interview with Adele Nieves
Rosa Clemente is one of the most prominent activists of our generation. She is a nationally renowned speaker, writer, and journalist - one of the most important independent journalists covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - and in 2001 was a youth representative at the United Nations World Conference against [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: A. Presidential Campaign · Ecological Wisdom & the Environment · Grassroots Democracy · National Greens · Peace & Non-Violence · Social & Economic Justice
Green Party Political Director Brent McMillan addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE.) on Friday, October 31st. According to Brent:
Approximately 100 Parliamentarians from Europe and Central Asia are about to disembark around the country to observe the U.S. Elections over the next several days [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: Ecological Wisdom & the Environment · Grassroots Democracy · National Greens · Peace & Non-Violence · Social & Economic Justice
published on the News Blaze
Twenty-three members of the Green Party are on the California ballot Tuesday - including presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney - with the party poised to collect several big victories, including two supervisor seats in San Francisco. Greens already hold about 50 elected posts throughout the state.
n all, Greens have, in addition to [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: A. Presidential Campaign · B. Congressional Campaigns · C. State Party News · Ecological Wisdom & the Environment · Peace & Non-Violence · Social & Economic Justice
November 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Candidate Challenging Johanns, Kleeb In Senate Race
published on KETV7 Omahan’s website
Steve Larrick, the Green Party’s candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska, said his campaign is all about peace and fixing the environment.
“We really feel our country needs to invest in green technologies and green solutions to our challenges,” Larrick said. “We could begin [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: C. State Party News · Ecological Wisdom & the Environment · Peace & Non-Violence · Social & Economic Justice
October 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The West Virginia Citizen Action Fund has endorsed Mountain Party Candidate for Governor Jesse Johnson. This is the second major endorsement in West Virginia for Jesse Johnson just one week before the election.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Jesse Johnson campaign for Governor of West Virginia was endorsed by West Virginia Citizen Action Fund
The Citizen Action [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: C. State Party News · Ecological Wisdom & the Environment
This website carries a Brighter Planet “patch”, part of their 350 campaign, which was designed to get their patch on 350 websites. I believe it is at more than 1000 sites now.
The sight has solicited videos about global climate change, and has selected their Top Four, which are being packaged into a DVD.
Brighter Planet [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: A. Presidential Campaign · Ecological Wisdom & the Environment · Grassroots Democracy · Green Party Watch
Van Jones
Getting started at about the same time we did here at GPW, Pinko Magazine has an interesting article about a program at Radio Nation with Laura Flanders. The program includes Van Jones of Green for All, and our own Rosa Clemente. You can listen to the program here
[Read more →]
Tags: A. Presidential Campaign · D. Editorials · Ecological Wisdom & the Environment
October 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Ever heard that sort of thing? I have.
“Black folks are too concerned about survival to care about clean air and water.” “It’s a dog-eat-dog world, and Black folks are just trying to avoid being eaten.”
Oh yeah? I don’t buy that for a moment. That sort of thing is just like those [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: D. Editorials · Ecological Wisdom & the Environment
While the world is focusing on the financial crisis, our even greater ecological crisis is continuing unabated. Kudos to the BBC for its excellent report on an EU-commissioned study of the economic costs of losing forests, Nature loss ‘dwarfs bank crisis’. The EU study found that the global economy is losing more money from [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: Ecological Wisdom & the Environment
The Press Release says it all:
Sierra Club News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 3, 2008
CONTACT:
Regina Hendrix, 304-343-5211
Jim Sconyers, 603-969-6712
SIERRA CLUB ENDORSES JESSE JOHNSON FOR WV GOVERNOR
Conservation Group Highlights Opposition to Mountaintop Removal, Praises Work to Protect West Virginia’s Environment
“We [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: C. State Party News · Ecological Wisdom & the Environment
September 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Could be that he supports:
Nuclear Power
Offshore Oil Drilling
‘Clean Coal’
’nuff said.
[Read more →]
Tags: A. Presidential Campaign · Ecological Wisdom & the Environment
September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
GREEN PARTY CONDEMNS NATURAL GAS PROCEDURE
Says no to “fracking” and no drilling on public lands
This week, the Green Party of Pennsylvania issued a statement calling for the abolition of “fracking” in natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania, and a total ban on natural gas drilling on public land, due to the potential for environmental damage and [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: C. State Party News · Ecological Wisdom & the Environment · Press Release
September 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Let The Bubble Pop
Let’s NOT bail them out. Let’s assert our political independence from those who wish to drag the American people down with them. It’s time to assume control, and not just throw money at the problem. Right?
The situation has NOT been resolved and the cure is worse than the disease for the American [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: D. Editorials · Ecological Wisdom & the Environment · Social & Economic Justice
September 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
“ANWR is 19.5 million acre refuge in the northeastern Alaska. Within those borders, there is a 1.5 million acre section called “1002.” …It is the lands within the 1002 area that would be opened for exploration and drilling. The Native-owned Arctic Slope Regional Corporation owns 92,000 acres of subsurface land and the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: A. Presidential Campaign · Ecological Wisdom & the Environment
September 16th, 2008 · No Comments
A recent web article is worthy of some review and discussion in regards to Governor Palin’s “Record on Alaska Native and Tribal Issues”. It is good when substantive policy issues are referenced in the discussion of Palin. A lot of people are unaware of the importance of indigenous issues in Alaska. In the 2000 Census, [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: A. Presidential Campaign · D. Editorials · Ecological Wisdom & the Environment · Green Party Watch