Canada's biggest infrastructure project is planned for Peace Valley, BC - a gigantic $7.9 billion dam that would flood 83 kilometres of the Peace River - all to produce electricity that no one needs. But a coalition of farmers, ranchers and First Nations is determined to block it ...
… Canada: saving the Peace Valley Emma Gilchrist DeSmog.ca | 8th … Peoples Farming Corporations paddle-for-peace-cut.jpg Canada's biggest infrastructure project is planned for Peace Valley, BC - a gigantic $7.9 billion dam …
Australian educator, author and co-inventor of Permaculture, Bruce Charles 'Bill' Mollison, died on the 24 September 2016 in Sisters Creek, Tasmania. He has been praised across the world for his visionary work, and left behind a global network of 'peaceful warriors' in over 100 countries working tirelessly to fulfill his ambition to build harmony between humanity and Mother Earth.
… Peaceful warrior: Permaculture visionary Bill … work, and left behind a global network of 'peaceful warriors' in over 100 countries … of Agricultural Sciences. A leader of 'peaceful warriors' for a better world Bill …
Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ain died yesterday after being attacked by Israeli soldiers while planting olive trees in the West Bank - a peaceful and fruitful challenge to a long and brutal military occupation. As Zaytoun co-founder Cathi Pawson writes, we can help by buying organic Palestinian olive oil, available in the UK against all the odds.
… Olive oil for peace and justice in Palestine Cathi Pawson | … planting olive trees in the West Bank - a peaceful and fruitful challenge to a long and …
Since 1967, Israeli soldiers and 'settlers' in occupied Palestine have destroyed 800,000 olive trees in an attempt to force Palestinian farmers from their land, writes Megan Perry. 'Our response to this injustice will never be with violence, and we will never give up and leave.'
… in the Holy Land are a renowned symbol of peace. Known as blessed trees, they are a … farming as a form of resistance to fight for peace. Since 1967, the Israeli military and … The Tent of Nations is also a centre for peace-building, running workshops for both …
A orchard garden has taken root on a long-vacant lot in an economically and racially divided neighborhood of Boston, writes Orion Kriegman. In the making it has united a community, helped to heal deep scars of violence, and inspired a wider reclamation of the urban commons.
… Egleston Community Orchard (ECO). A call for peace in troubled times In 2010 a series of … said a few words. One neighbor had a wooden 'peace pole' he'd been storing in his basement, with the words "May Peace Prevail on Earth" written in English, …
For decades Israel has been driving Palestinian farmers off their land by imposing restrictions on agriculture, writes JONATHAN COOK. But one company, Canaan Fair Trade, has found an innovative way to resist peacefully, increasing resilience and prosperity in rural West Bank communities, and forging international alliances in the global movement for good food and farming.
… Trade, has found an innovative way to resist peacefully, increasing resilience and … focused instead on what he called "economic peace" , especially for those Palestinians who … population are far less clear. 'Valley of Peace' seizing yet more Palestinian farmland …
Thousands of small farmers were forced from their lands and homes by paramilitaries in Colombia's Santa Maria mountains, writes Paula Álvarez. But now as a welcome peace allows their return from involuntary exile, they find a new enemy that has come to stay - huge plantations of oil palm that have obliterated the mixed, patchwork landscape of small fields, villages, and swathes of forest on steep-sided hills that they used to inhabit.
… writes Paula Álvarez. But now as a welcome peace allows their return from involuntary … member of the group 'Youngsters Who Make Peace Happen'. The monoculture has not yet …
The mass spraying of glyphosate in Colombia, both on farmland and in the 'war on drugs', is a direct an attack on small scale farmers, rural communities and FARC rebels, writes W.T. Whitney Jr. But since the chemical was declared a 'probable carcinogen' Colombia has restricted aerial applications. The first step in a wider backlash against the toxic herbicide?
… to Colombia. The decision also bears on peace negotiations in Havana between FARC … politically left opposition groups, FARC peace negotiators among them, are backing the …
Israeli settlers in Palestine's South Hebron Hills last week cut down an orchard of 36 olive trees, in the latest attack of a decades-long war against Palestinian culture and survival in which has seen the cutting, burning and bulldozing of over a million olive, fruit and nut trees.
… 2007: "Universally regarded as the symbol of peace, the olive tree has become the object of … nonviolence is the only way to get a true Peace, based on truth, justice, forgiveness …
Ladakh is framed by the Karakoram mountains to the north and the Himalayas to the south. Yet even in this remote environment the forces of global consumerism are intruding. Nicola Graydon reports on the locals' inspiring defence of their culture
… West. Buddhists, Christians and Muslims lived peacefully side by side for generations. And, … to enjoy life. I’ve never seen people more at peace with themselves, more content.’ A … on real sustainability, co-operation and peace. While in the West we were only just …
The Oxford Real Farming Conference 2014 begins on Monday. Graham Harvey and Colin Tudge set out its mission: farming systems producing healthy, affordable food in harmony with environment and wildlife.
… possible - from good food for all to global peace and the conservation of our fellow … possible - from good food for all to global peace and the conservation of our fellow …
Groups representing over 5 million Nigerians are resisting Monsanto's attempt to introduce GM maize and cotton, writes Vanessa Amaral-Rogers. With growing evidence of harm to human health and environment, and failing GM crops in other countries, they say Monsanto's applications must be refused.
… Improved Health and Wealth Creation (IIHWC) Peace Health Care Initiative (PHCI) Ochilla … Development Communications Centre for Dignity Peace and Development Project Triumphant … of Nigeria Atan Justice, Development and Peace Centre Sisters of Saint Louis Nigeria …
With the International Monsanto Tribunal beginning this week (14-16 October) in The Hague, MICK GRANT reports from Vietnam with this special investigation for The Ecologist five decades after the company's lethal herbicide Agent Orange first devastated the country - and discovers the agribusiness giant is sneaking its way back into Vietnam with modern herbicides and 'Roundup-Ready' GMO crops.
… now 93 years old, was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, along with his Vietnamese counterpart, the peace negotiator Le Duc Tho, who declined to … on the grounds that Vietnam was still not at peace and that "his opposite number had …
Days after our exposé of a policing disaster at England's 2013 badger culls, the Police Commissioner for Gloucestershire is to question the county's most senior police officers. The event will be video-streamed online.
… was deliberately driven at and struck a peaceful protestor; a failure to enforce the …
When three giggling teenage girls in an SUV called 'BACON' at Laura Lee Cascada as she conducted a peaceful slaughterhouse vigil, she realised - those girls don't yet realise that 'bacon' has a mom. And there is only one way to create that missing connection - through love, empathy, understanding and perseverance.
… at Laura Lee Cascada as she conducted a peaceful slaughterhouse vigil, she realised - …
The closing down of a community radio station in eastern Paraguay is the latest example of political repression in the country with the most unequal land distribution in Latin America, writes Toby Hill, and in which the media are dominated by a tiny elite of the super-rich. As small farmers begin to reclaim the land that is rightfully theirs, landowners and the state they control are striking back.
… in the air, behind a banner proclaiming "peace and justice!" Like many other …
The uprooting and cutting down of over a million olive and fruit trees in occupied Palestine since 1967 is an attack on a symbol of life, and on Palestinian culture and survival, writes Dr. Cesar Chelala. A grave crime under international humantarian law, the arboricide is also contrary to Jewish religious teachings.
… olive trees - a universal symbol of life and peace - have been systematically destroyed by …
In her new book The Vandana Shiva Reader, the celebrated campaigner and scientist deplores the way in which the Green Revolution forced India's poorest farmers off their land, writes Colin Tudge. Now she fears even worse outcomes in Africa where a GMO-fuelled farming revolution is under way.
… Norman Borlaug, was duly awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. Similar methods then produced …
We cannot rely on governments in meeting in Paris to solve the many-headed climate problem, writes Vandana Shiva. It's up to us to safeguard the future of the Earth, and of our own and other species. So let's all join in this pact to love and protect our one and only home.
… be separated from justice, human rights and peace. 10. Gardens of Hope Everywhere we will … based on justice, dignity, sustainability and peace. Vandana Shiva is an Indian …
The UK's insistence on opening up the UK to fracking is symptomatic of a deeper malaise, writes Paul Mobbs. Of course we need a change of government, but more than that, we need a deeper, enduring change of the nation's governance if we are ever to effect the transition to sustainable policies on energy and environment. It's time for the UK to become truly democratic.
… it is difficult to be an honest broker of peace if you've already taken sides. Expanding … Paul Mobbs is an environmental and peace campaigner. He runs the Free Range …
Bhaskar Save, the 'Gandhi of natural farming', died last year after a lifetime of organic growing and determined campaigning against the destruction of India's traditional, sustainable agriculture, writes Colin Todhunter. His 2006 open letter, published here, sets out a devastating critique of industrial agriculture and its impacts, and an eloquent and timely agroecological manifesto.
… need of all - to live in health, dignity and peace. You, M.S. Swaminathan, are considered …
Commuting between land rights negotiations in the city and herding goats on the plains, Edward Loure is at once a traditional Maasai and a modern urbanite, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron. That ability to straddle the two very different worlds he inhabits has been key to his success at having 200,000 acres of land registered into village and community ownership - and his own 2016 Goldman Prize.
… his family and others in the community led a peaceful semi-nomadic life. In 1970, the …
In the lead-up to tonight's Earth Hour one organisation is putting the creative community on the front lines of the battle for climate change. Rebecca Cooke reports on the remarkable series of 29 posters to provoke and intrigue us into climate action.
… blown us away with their thought Cycle For Peace by Quentin Blake provoking and artistic …
The revival of traditional rainwater harvesting has restored flow to rivers in India's driest state, Rajasthan - thanks to the tireless efforts of Rajendra Singh, recent winner of a Stockholm water prize. And as Pramila Krishnan discovered in a fascinating meeting, Singh's techniques, and his philosophy, are of truly global significance.
… campaign on water conservation and peace. As predicted by several experts, the …