Activism
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Activism
The Global Gag Rule is making a comeback?
Republicans in Congress are refusing to re-authorize AIDS funding abroad unless the global gag rule is incorporated into the legislation. Program goes into the origin and effects of this rule, which was at its highest peak during the Trump presidency. […]
PUBLIC HEALTH
Is Wireless tech making you sick?
Green Street News: Is Wireless Tech Making You Sick? with Ruth Moss and Dr. Kent Chamberlin This week on Green Street News, Patti and Doug talk about sensitivity to wireless radiation with Ruth Moss and Dr. Kent Chamberlin, organizers of the […]
Activism
Ecojustice: Restoring Landscape
Restoring the Landscape: Indigenized Futures & the Land Back Movement First we share a report from Yurok country, in the Pacific Northwest. The largest dam removal in U.S. history has entered a critical phase, with the lowering of dammed reservoirs […]
Science
Scientists taking responsibility for good and bad applications
When does a scientist become a “Good German” and work for the Nazis?
Activism
Mining: Documenting the Undocumented
A warming world is pushing us off the snow cliff. Snow drought is increasing. Dry fire-filled summers with low rivers and crop loss surely follow. We talk with Lead Author Alexander Gottlieb from Dartmouth. Satellites don’t lie. Australian mining expert […]
Activism
Why fertilizer from sewage is a bad idea
New York Sierra Club’s Tracy Frisch talks about the “forever” chemicals known as PFAS, and why spreading sewage sludge on farmland, as recently recommended by NY Governor Hochul, is a really, really bad idea that will contaminate that farmland forever. […]
Activism
Ecojustice: How to Embrace our Wild Predatory Relatives
In this industrialized country, we have had a war on wild what we call “predators,” helicopter gunners shooting wolves to protect caribou herds in Alaska, or taking them out in Idaho to benefit elk — but really to benefit the […]
Activism
Students Reported; the World Listened
A civil liberties minute from the ACLU
Activism
Civility in the legislative process is a value worth preserving
A civil liberties minute from the ACLU.
INSIGHTS
Understanding Disruption, Convergence, System Change
We are on the cusp of the fastest, deepest, most consequential transformation of human civilization in history, a transformation every bit as significant as the move from foraging to cities and agriculture 10,000 years ago. By Rethink X During the […]
INSIGHTS
Allan Savory: “I may be dreaming, but that has never stopped me before.”
“We’ve made great progress this year regenerating the world’s grasslands, as this report makes clear, but the mountain we’re climbing got steeper. The human population increased, as did Earth’s temperature, and pollution; droughts and floods were even more frequent; the […]
Activism
Managing Humans to Manage the Wild
As of February 2023, the Center for Biological Diversity stated that 40% of U.S. wildlife and ecosystems are imperiled. A new report on the status of U.S. wildlife conservation revealed that 40% of animals, 34% of plants and 40% of […]
Activism
No laughing matter: Comedy and free expression
There’s nothing funny about the world of free expression. Or so you might think. Index on Censorship is kicking off the New Year by immersing ourselves in the stand-up comedy scene. And we’re not talking about the side of Ricky […]
Activism
Restorative and Regenerative Agriculture
Tony Rinaudo is an Australian agronomist, who is widely known as the forest maker. Having lived and worked in African countries for several decades, he has discovered and put in practice a solution to the extreme deforestation and desertification of […]
Activism
The Russian Dissident and Eco Justice Warrior
Vladimir Slivyak is one of Russia’s most committed and knowledgeable environmentalists, who has been spearheading important grassroots campaigns against environmentally damaging practices for decades. He has stopped projects related to the exploitation of fossil fuels, the use of nuclear power […]
Activism
Communities taking back their power
Humanity stands at the brink of global environmental and economic collapse. We have pinned our future to an economic system that centralizes power in fewer and fewer hands, and whose benefits increasingly flow to smaller and smaller numbers of people. […]
Activism
African Activism: Health of Mother Earth Foundation
Nnimmo Bassey is an architect, environmental activist, author and poet, who chaired the Friends of the Earth International and was executive director of Environmental Rights Action for Two Decades. Nnimmo was also one of Time Magazines Heroes of the Environment […]
Activism
The Power of Youth Organizing
An informative and lively conversation with YOUTH LEADERS from the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition. Their priority has been building a sustainable, supportive, and just community for youth changemaking. A better Georgia requires an organizing space that invites and incubates young […]
Activism
David Suzuki: Where did we go wrong?
Over the past fifty years, Environmental activism hasn’t brought us any closer to ultimate health. So what’s wrong with its approach? What changes must be made to make sure that the activism changes something?
Leadership
Decolonizing Medicine for Humanity’s Ultimate Health
Dr. Maria Bottazzi, the Associate Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medcine in Houston Texas. She is one half of the DYNAMIC DUE KNOWN AS Dr. Bottazzi and Dr. Hotez, and we believe that today’s conversation […]
Activism
Superstar Producer Ezrin: We’re All Activists
Bob Ezrin is a legendary music producer that worked with some of the most influential musicians in modern history, including Andrea Bocelli, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed and Kiss. Bob is a passionate and dedicated environmental activist […]
ENERGY
Europe and the Electric Vehicle Evolution
Nikola Tesla would be happy. As technology and innovation continues at lightning speeds, a new world of systems, services and policies is emerging. Electric vehicles will replace the internal combustion engine, putting an end to the need for fossil […]
Activism
Legally Enforceable Rights of Nature Laws in Your Community
Leading Environmental Justice Attorney, Thomas Linzey of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights, is a leading force helping communities implement successful rights of nature laws. Find out how your community could take on big business to serve the health […]
Activism
Gandhi grandson Arun: “How to be the change we wish to create in the world.
Dr. Arun Gandhi is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and is a longtime peace activist and author. We discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict with Dr. Gandhi and get his thoughts on this crisis as well as the global peace movement.