You have probably heard of the all-around good effort known as “Food Not Bombs,” but have you heard of “Burrito Project”? Food Not Bombs groups share “free vegan and vegetarian meals with the hungry in over 1,000 cities around the…
Slow Food
Slow Food USA is a growing movement formed to protect many aspects of our food supply. Community work, activism, and sensual enjoyment of food are part of this grass roots movement, which is a part of the larger, global Slow Food…
Help Create a Documentary on Haiti and Its Long-Term Food Crisis
http://vimeo.com/13301985 Important activist opportunity to help make a film about Haiti that goes deep into the country’s history, culture, and food insecurity issues. Haiti was on people’s map after the horrible earthquake it suffered recently, and then… quickly off it.…
Greenpeace Activists Quarantine Illegal GE Crops
Greenpeace recently found genetically engineered maize from Monsanto, MON810, illegally growing in Italy. Now, activists from Italy, Austria, Germany and Hungary are quarantining this GE maize. “Greenpeace has taken action today to prevent any further contamination from these hazardous and…
Latest News on Environment, Climate Change, & Activism (Weekly Roundup)
10 of the latest green news stories from around the web (that we didn’t cover in more depth earlier in the week). Have more to add, stick them in the comments below! Read the rest of this entry »
Greenpeace Shuts Down Every BP Station in London
50 BP stations shut down in London by Greenpeace activists. Reason? BP is “moving beyond petroleum.” Who else could do it but Greenpeace? In a big statement to new “CEO elect” Bob Dudley, Greenpeace is bringing back BP’s “Beyond Petroleum”…
Japanese Whalers Making Big Money on Illegal Whale Meat
The BP oil spill may have killed a baby whale, but there are much bigger problems for endangered whalesaround the world. Japanese, Norwegian and Icelandic whalers have been whaling unsustainably and illegally for years despite an international moratorium on whaling. Rather than…
Japanese Whalers Making Big Money on Illegal Whale Meat
The BP oil spill may have killed a baby whale, but there are much bigger problems for endangered whales around the world. Japanese, Norwegian and Icelandic whalers have been whaling unsustainably and illegally for years despite an international moratorium on…
Man Swims Across Everest Lake (1Km) for Climate Change Action
There are a lot of ways to try to increase awareness of climate change and action to stop it, but I imagine not many are as noteworthy as this one. A man given the title “human polar bear” recently swam…