August 31, 20130Comments

Fukushima nuclear plant ‘to become tourist attraction’

Paul Lawrence of Eyes Open Report wonders why the authorities in Japan are planning to make the nuclear disaster-hit plant at Fukushima a tourist attraction. Plans are in the...

by Earth Tribe Team

Asia-Pacific

BLOG

August 27, 20130Comments

Corruption, bloodshed and death – the curse of the rosewood

Roger Arnold reports from the frontline battle to save Thailand’s forests and in particular the endangered rosewood trees. This summer I’ve had the opportunity to visit...

by Earth Tribe Team

Americas

Asia-Pacific

June 23, 20130Comments

Flooding and climate change

It is hard to get away from the conclusion that the massive floods in Canada and India are partly the result of man-made climate change. The Earth’s weather goes through...

by Earth Tribe Team

Asia-Pacific

June 19, 20130Comments

Miranda Gibson continues her quest to protect the forests

Miranda Gibson spent more than a year up a tree in Tasmania to protest the logging of pristine forests. Now back down on the ground, she lobbies in this video for the...

by Earth Tribe Team

Asia-Pacific

June 16, 20130Comments

China’s ‘Great Uprooting’ to push 250 million into cities

The New York Times has just published a story which is frightening. China is planning to uproot 250 million people from rural areas and move them to the cities as part of a...

by Earth Tribe Team

Asia-Pacific

June 6, 20130Comments

Turkey park protest continues

The latest news from Istanbul is the sit-in to protect the Taksim Gezi Park is still going strong after a brutal crackdown by the police that appears to have shocked the...

by Earth Tribe Team

Asia-Pacific

June 2, 20130Comments

Fight over park morphs into an anti-govt protest in Turkey

It all began when protestors had a sit-in Friday in Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park to protest plans to build a shopping center in the park. The clashes, in which more than 1,000...

by Earth Tribe Team

Asia-Pacific

NEWS

February 13, 20130Comments

US President Obama on dealing with climate change – State of the Union address

US President Barack Obama covered a lot of ground in his State of the Union speech on February 12, including the need to improve the economy and employment. And tipping the...

February 7, 20130Comments

NEWS

Canada’s environmental protections lagging resource development, audit finds Federal environmental protections are struggling to keep up with the fast pace of...

December 13, 20120Comments

NEWS

Chip Groat’s Fracking Study At The University Of Texas Did Not Meet Scientific Research Standards, Review Finds An independent review of a University of Texas study into...

by Earth Tribe Team

Asia-Pacific

CAMPAIGNS

November 14, 20120Comments

350 India’s day of action against coal

On November 8, 350 India’s volunteers led a peaceful banner action outside the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi as start to the wave of other actions across India....

November 13, 20120Comments

NEWS

UN environment agency recognises three students for contributions to sustainable innovation Three young students are being honoured for their contributions to environmental...

by Earth Tribe Team

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