MINING AND THE WOMEN OF GUATEMALA : Latino USA

http://www.futuromediagroup.org/lusa/2013/03/08/mining-and-the-women-of-guatemala/

March 8, 2013 ·  Host Maria Hinojosa travels to Guatemala for a report on the many indigenous women there who are involved in clashes with multinational mining companies that they say are despoiling the environment and threatening their way of life.

Environmental Justice http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre145
Environment Ethics http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre120

Climate & Capitalism : An ecosocialist journal

http://climateandcapitalism.com/

Global Climate Change http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre130
Environmental Justice http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre145
Environment Ethics http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre120

Art + Social change? Artists for DIVESTMENT – Meeting TODAY at 6PM

http://www.climate-talks.net/2013-ENVRE130/20130310-SFSF-Art-Earth.html

 

Global Climate Change http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre130
Environmental Justice http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre145
Environment Ethics http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre120

SJSF Divest Harvard!

http://www.climate-talks.net/2013-ENVRE130/20130312-Divest-Harvard-event.htm

Global Climate Change http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre130
Environmental Justice http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre145
Environment Ethics http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre120

Divest Harvard | Reinvest in our future.

http://divestharvard.com/

Divest Harvard~ Reinvest in our future.

Spearheaded by Harvard Students for a Just and Stable Future, Divest Harvard calls upon Harvard University to divest its $30.7 billion endowment from the top 200 publicly-traded companies that own the majority of global fossil fuel reserves and to reinvest in socially responsible funds.

Global warming has already begun to take its toll on our communities. Hurricane Sandy’s devastating power, the scorching drought across the Midwest, and the wildfires that raged through Colorado this year demonstrate the damage that global warming can cause to our society and economy. Unless we act quickly, the lives of millions–if not billions–of people will be lost.

Global Climate Change
http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre130
Environmental Justice
http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre145
Environment Ethics
http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre120

Resource Curse: Why the Economic Boom That Fracking Promises Will Be a Bust For Most People (Hard Times, USA)

http://www.alternet.org/hard-times-usa/resource-curse-why-economic-boom-fracking-promises-will-be-bust-most-people-hard

ByTara Lohan Evidence suggests that counties where drilling occurs will be in worse shape economically down the road.

Photo Credit: JFunk/ Shutterstock.com  March 6, 2013.    The following article is part of AlterNet’s series on poverty, Hard Times USA. This article was published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org.

Drillers hit the country’s first oil jackpot in Pennsylvania in 1859. Towns like Titusville and Pithole grew from a few hundred to more than 10,000 nearly overnight. But with the boom, inevitably came the bust. And it’s a history that may repeat itself in the same region soon.

Eastern states like Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia sit atop the Marcellus Shale. High-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, often referred to as “fracking,” has put a bull’s-eye on the region by companies interested in drilling for gas tucked deep into the shale formations.

There’s been controversy over how much havoc fracking will wreak on the environment, with reports of air pollution, water contamination and other abuses from many living near drilling sites. Investigations continue to assess the impacts on human health and the environment.

Environmental Justice http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre145
Environment Ethics http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre120

Chomsky: Corporations and the Richest Americans Viscerally Oppose Common Good

http://www.alternet.org/visions/chomsky-corporations-and-richest-americans-viscerally-oppose-common-good

By Noam Chomsky

The Masters of Mankind want us to become the “stupid nation,” in the interests of their short-term gain — damn the consequences.

March 7, 2013 |
The following is Part I of the transcript of a recent speech delivered by Noam Chomsky in February. AlterNet will publish Part II on Sunday, March 10.

Whether public education contributes to the Common Good depends, of course, on what kind of education it is, to whom it is available, and what we take to be the Common Good. There’s no need to tarry on the fact that these are highly contested matters, have been throughout history, and continue to be so today.

One of the great achievements of American democracy has been the introduction of mass public education, from children to advanced research universities. And in some respects that leadership position has been maintained. Unfortunately, not all. Public education is under serious attack, one component of the attack on any rational and humane concept of the Common Good, sometimes in ways that are not only shocking, but also spell disaster for the species.

Environmental Justice http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre145
Environment Ethics http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre120

Vandana Shiva on Int’l Women’s Day: “Capitalist Patriarchy Has Aggravated Violence Against Women”

E120,

Geeky – How salty food can make you sicker than you thought

E120, food-matters.

BREAKING: Climate Catastrophe – Closer Than We Think

E130, e120,