March 21, 20130Comments

Idle No More and Defenders of the Land join in campaign

Idle No More appears to have changed tactics. In the early days of the Canada based First Nations rights and environmental movement, the emphasis was non-confrontational with...

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March 11, 20130Comments

Fracking – The dangers and the ‘energy promise’

What’s fracking? Confused by the conflicting reports the natural gas helps your country’s energy needs and the critics claiming it causes threats to the environment and...

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February 23, 20130Comments

What Would a Down-to-Earth Economy Look Like?

How did we end up with Wall Street when models for a healthy economy are all around us? By David Korten (Courtesy Yes! Magazine ) With proper care and respect, Earth can...

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February 18, 20130Comments

‘Powerful Climate Movement’ – But can it bring change?

According to Jamie Henn, cofounder and communications director of 350.org, the “Forward on Climate” Rally in Washington, DC on February 17 is what democracy looks like....

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February 10, 20130Comments

What next for Idle No More? – Gyasi Ross

Gyasi Ross has a message that is crucial to understand the Idle No More movement. Ross is a member of the Blackfeet Nation but has lived in the Great Pacific Northwest, U.S....

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January 26, 20130Comments

Ratcheting up the action

When the Sierra Club in the United States announces it will take direct action to halt the mining of the tar sands, you know change is in the air. Finally, this conservative...

January 14, 20130Comments

Ecuadorean tribe say they will ‘die fighting’ to protect rainforest

It’s a David versus Goliath battle. An indigenous community of about 400 people is gearing up to take on the Ecuadorean army and one of the biggest oil companies in...

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January 5, 20130Comments

Tackling dissent within a movement

Focus on the goal. Don’t get caught up in the politics. This is a message that activists in environmental and social movements should keep in mind as they deal with the...

December 29, 20120Comments

‘Idle No More’ and Winning Over Canadians

The Idle No More movement has swept to prominence in Canada over the last few weeks. First Nations people have risen up against the government of PM Stephen Harper which is...

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December 25, 20122Comments

Fractured Land – The Documentary

A new generation of indigenous leaders is coming to the fore in Canada, and in other areas of the world, people like Caleb Behn. All Caleb ever wanted was to teach his future...

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December 9, 20120Comments

Watered-down deal on climate change

Kumi Naidoo is not a happy man. The international executive director of Greenpeace has followed the haggling by governments at the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha over...

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December 2, 20120Comments

Why ‘Small’ Matters

Governments rattle on continuously about GDP growth. It is a new religion, capitalism and consumerism, and we are all, to some extent or other, believers, even when we try our...

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