[Editor: The Buddhist response to climate change also has to include reducing the impact of Buddhism on the climate. Namely, practitioners can stop flying by air, chasing gurus around the globe, and flying to retreats in distant, exotic locales. Buddhists can give up their relative wealth which they have obtained at the expense of others who live in desperate poverty… Read More Sit 350 in Boston Protests Rising Carbon Levels
Exposing Energy East: People and Places at Risk by TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline Proposal http://environmentaldefence.ca/exposing-energy-east-people-and-places-risk-transcanada’s-energy-east-pipeline-proposal From wetlands to whales, forests to fish, lakes to rivers, TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline plan threatens some of Canada’s most pristine wilderness and wildlife. Exposing Energy East is an online photography exhibit that turns the lens on the exquisite landscapes put at… Read More Exposing Energy East: People and Places at Risk
Thich Nhat Hanh: we must look beyond our seperate selves to save Mother Earth from climate change. Photograph: AP Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, one of the world’s leading spiritual teachers, is a man at great peace even as he predicts the possible collapse of civilisation within 100 years as a result of runaway climate change.… Read More Thich Nhat Hanh: Only Love Can Save Us from Climate Change
Stephen Lewis roars once more in takedown of Stephen Harper government: Tim Harper Canada and its politics, the former Ontario NDP leader says, are in free fall. MIKE CASSESE / AFP/GETTY IMAGES In his Friday speech, Stephen Lewis took aim at the “pre-paleolithic Neanderthals” in office. By: Tim Harper National Affairs, Published on Sun Nov 23 2014 At… Read More Stephen Lewis: Harper’s Nixonian Regime
Tanzania accused of backtracking over sale of Masai’s ancestral land Masai told to leave historic homeland by end of the year so it can become a hunting reserve for the Dubai royal family. David Smith, Africa correspondent The Guardian, Sunday 16 November 2014 18.48 GMT The Tanzanian government has been accused of going back on a… Read More Dubai Royals to Rob Masai of Ancestral Homelands
Pope Francis: “Unbridled consumerism” will have destructive consequences for the planet In letter to host of upcoming G-20 summit, the pope decries free market fundamentalism LUKE BRINKER Pope Francis (Credit: AP/Alessandra Tarantino) Free market fundamentalism poses a grave threat to both economic security and the health of the planet, Pope Francis warns in a letter to… Read More Pope Francis Against Free Market Ideology
