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- Servings of shoyu ramen at the Chuka Soba Inoue stand, Tokyo: NYTimes Travel slideshow, photo 2 of 14
- Taller Intensivo de Agricultua Orgánica con el Metodo Biointensivo, Todos los sábados de septiembre y octubre 2009, Yolteotl, Tepoztlán, Mexico
- Miracle Juice for Flu Recovery and Prevention
- Taller: Cultivo de Hongos Caseros, sábado 16 de enero 2010, 10-15pm, Real Under, Col. Roma, Mexico DF
- Sala Interactiva R3: Reduce, Reutiliza, Recicla Abrirán Exposiciones Permanentes en Universum, Coyoacán, Mexico DF
- Casa de los Amigos Presenta Serie de Reduce Reutiliza Recicla, 1-10 de Junio, 2010, Col. Tabacalera, México DF
- Rinde frutos el rescate de un espacio muerto en la barranca de San Borja: La Jornada
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Casa de los Amigos Presenta Serie de Reduce Reutiliza Recicla, 1-10 de Junio, 2010, Col. Tabacalera, México DF
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Tagged Casa de los Amigos, colchas, Colonia Tabacalera, composta, ecologia, Garbage Dreams, huella de carbon, intercambio, junio 2010, Mexico DF, recicla, reduce, reutiliza, serie
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Tracking Back the Ancestry of Corn 9,000 Years: NYTimes Science
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Tagged ancestry, Anthropology, botany, corn, genetics, maiz, Mexico, plant science, science, teosinte
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Haitian Farmers Refuse Monsanto Hybrid Seeds: Yes! Magazine
Posted today on Yes! Magazine, BEVERLY BELL reports: (…) In an open letter sent May 14, Jean-Baptiste, both Executive Director of MPP and the spokesperson for the National Peasant Movement of the Congress of Papay (MPNKP), called the entry of … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, biodiversity, creole, farmers, farming, food, food sovereignty, GMO, Haiti, hybrid, import, land, Monsanto, MPNKP, National Peasant Movement of the Congress of Papay, opposition, seeds, self-determination, Verrettes
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NASA Captures First Photos of Massive ‘Arm’ of Oil Slick (Hundreds of Miles Long): Treehugger
Read the article here. Photos taken by NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite satellite on May 17th and released today show that the BP oil spill has a massive ‘arm’ that is spreading out in the … Continue reading
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Tagged BP, damage, Deepwater Horizon, disaster, Earth, environment, Gulf of Mexico, leak, loop current, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, MODIS, oil, pollution, sea, slick, spill, Terra satellite
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Louisiana Wetlands Blanketed With BP Crude Oil, Video: Huffington Post
Read the post and see two videos here.
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Tagged biodiversity, disaster, environment, grass, Gulf of Mexico, land, Louisiana, marine life, nature, oil, sea, water, wetlands
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Live Feed of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Video
Provided by BP, and seen here: A live video feed that shows the oil gushing from the damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico is now available online. Congressman Ed Markey of Massachusetts pushed BP to make the video public.
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Tagged BP, Congressman Ed Markey, damage, disaster, Gulf of Mexico, leak, oil, sea, spill, video
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U.N. Reports Eco-Systems at ‘Tipping Point’: CNN
CNN reported today: The world’s eco-systems are at risk of “rapid degradation and collapse” according to a new United Nations report. The third Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3) published by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) warns that unless “swift, radical … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, biodiversity, CNN, coral reefs, disaster, Earth, eco-system, environment, extinction, freshwater, lakes, land, pollution, rainforest, rivers, sea, United Nations
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Indian State of Kerala Starts 10-Year Conversion to All-Organic Farming: Treehugger
The southern Indian state of Kerala has officially announced a new farming policy which aims to covert all agriculture in the state to organic methods over the next ten years. In the first phase 30,000 hectares converted, The Hindu Business … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, conservation, conversion, farming policy, financial assistance, India, Kerala, organic, soil, water, watershed
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Building an Agricultural Community: The Model Self-Sufficient Village in Haiti: Wyclef Jean
Written by WYCLEF JEAN and published by Huffington Post here.
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Tagged agriculture, community, food, Haiti, land, model, self-sufficiency, Wyclef Jean
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Will Allen Profiled by Van Jones in Time 100
At one time, the term urban farm sounded like an oxymoron. No longer. A new movement is sprouting up in America’s low-income neighborhoods. Some urban residents, sick of fast food and the scarcity of grocery stores, have decided to grow … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, agriculture, food, food security, Time 100, urban farming, Van Jones, Will Allen
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Trenton Gets It Right: NYTimes Editorial
See the full editorial here. A coalition of community groups in Trenton is issuing photo identification cards to illegal immigrants. The cards are not government IDs, though they are accepted by many check-cashing companies, libraries, stores, and medical clinics, and … Continue reading
Día de Acción Mundial Contra SB 1070
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Tagged 29 de mayo, Arizona, día de acción mundial, immigration, law, May 29, SB 1070
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Todo lo Contrario de la Sistema Alimentario Industrial Que Hay
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Tagged anuncio, comer, comida, comunicacion, Nextel, pescado, pescar, Sistema Alimentario Industrial, television, transperencia
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Global Exchange and Cuba Food Sovereignty Tour: July 17-31, 2010
This tour is open to anyone seeking to learn about the Cuban food system and promote solidarity with Cuban agriculturalists. See more details here.
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Tagged agriculture, agriculturists, Cuba, farming, food sovereignty, food system, Global Exchange, organic, tour
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Wildlife at Risk from Gulf of Mexico Spill : NYTimes Graphic
The oil spill from a deepwater well is threatening various birds and marine mammals along the Louisiana coast. The National Audubon Society has identified some of the most vulnerable birds. About 210,000 feet of protective boom has been laid.
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Tagged biodiversity, birds, coast, deepwater well, Earth, environment, fish, Gulf of Mexico, Louisina, mammals, marine, National Audobon Society, nature, oil, pollution, risk, spill, water, whales
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NYTimes Graphics: Spill’s Effects Underwater
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Tagged disaster, ecology, environment, graphic, Gulf of Mexico, life, marine life, ocean, oil, sea, water
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