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- Sala Interactiva R3: Reduce, Reutiliza, Recicla Abrirán Exposiciones Permanentes en Universum, Coyoacán, Mexico DF
- Sala Interactiva R3: Reduce, Reutiliza, Recicla Abrirán Exposiciones Permanentes en Universum, Coyoacán, Mexico DF
- Caminando Entre Lechugas: Encuentro de Agricultura Sostenible, viernes 20, sábado 21 y domingo 22 de agosto, Colonia Santa María de la Ribera, Mexico DF
- 5 Ways Neighborhoods Are Taking Control of Their Food Systems: Colorlines
- Biochar Could Offset Up to 12% of Greenhouse Gases, Says Study: Inhabitat
- Cosechando Agua de Lluvia: Emeequis
- Accept more poison to get less carbon? Kill this crazy idea NOW: Van Jones
- After Oil Spills, Hidden Damage Can Last for Years: NYTimes Environment
- Our Beaker Is Starting to Boil: NYTimes Op-Ed
- Paul Stamets Discusses Bioremediation and the BP Spill
Tag Archives: President Obama
Millions Sought for Global Fund to Aid Farms: NYTimes World
EARTH DAY: HELENE COOPER reports from Washinton DC: The Obama administration is proposing to add $408 million to a global fund to boost food production and encourage good farming practices in the developing world, the Treasury Department announced on Thursday. … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, aid, budget, farm, funding, Gates Foundation, money, President Obama, Treasury Department, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, World Bank
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Obama Appoints Pesticide Boss As Top Government Agriculture Negotiator
While the Government slumbers through spring break, President Obama: (…) bypass(ed) a vacationing senate to make recess appointments of 15 nominees, including an Indian American; agricultural scientist (Dr. Islam A. Siddiqui,) as chief agricultural negotiator in trade talks. (Economic Times, … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, corporations, Dr. Islam Siddiqui, government, pesticides, President Obama, USDA
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The White Supremacist in Us: Rinku Sen
Rinku Sen, Executive Director of Applied Research Center and Publisher of ColorLines, weighs in on the white supremacy that is “deeply embedded in our minds” and culture. Read the full story at the Huffington Post here.
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Tagged abortion, Applied Research Center, bias, ColorLines, economic recovery, economy, George Tiller, hate crimes, health care, Huffington Post, immigration, implicit bias, people of color, prejudice, President Obama, race, racism, recession, Rinku Sen, unemployment, United States, Von Brunn, white supremacists, white supremacy
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Sotomayor Nomination to Supreme Court Brings Up Uncertain Meaning of Activism
The NYTimes reports: (…) while Judge Sotomayor has occasionally made statements outside court that conservatives find objectionable, it is far from clear that her judicial record supports the accusation that she is an activist. Several empirical studies have concluded that … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, democracy, elected branches, empirical, Judge Sotomayor, judicial records, justice, law, laws, meaning, nomination, policy, President Obama, study, Supreme Court
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Obama Adds Money to Pay Black Farmers for Bias: NYTimes
In yesterdays NYTimes, a blurb in the Business section announced: The White House has added $1.15 billion to a fund meant to settle claims made under a discrimination lawsuit filed by black farmers against the Department of Agriculture. The money, … Continue reading
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Tagged agricultural loans, agriculture, black farmers, business, compensation, Department of Agrculture, discrimination, farm bill, farmers, food, fund, government, lawsuit, money, payment, President Obama, racism, restitution, settlement, USDA, White House
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“A Good Food Manifesto for America” by Will Allen
(Re-posted from the Growing Food and Justice Initiative list-serve. Please read on. –ed.) A Good Food Manifesto for America by Will Allen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Growing Power I am a farmer. While I find that this has … Continue reading
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Tagged action, African-American, agriculture, California, Centers for Urban Agriculture, change, community food system, compost, creative stimulus, demands, eating, economic recovery, economic stimulus, economy, Farmer, farmers, federal budget, food, food distribution, food policy, food production, food security, food supply, food system, food systems, fresh food, fruits, funding, good food, government, green, green economy, green jobs, Growing Food and Justice Initiative, Growing Power, happiness, health, hope, hunger, hungry, in, industrial agriculture, innovation, letter, local food, malnutrition, manifesto, Michael Pollan, Milwaukee, money, National Recovery Act, nutrition, poverty, President Obama, price, recession, schools, seeds, self-reliance, soil, spring, stimulus, stimulus package, summer, supermarkets, sustainable, teacher, Urban Agriculture, urban farms, urgency, vegetables, vision, visionary, Will Allen
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White House Pledges $50 Million in Seed Capital for Social Innovation Fund
From the White House blog, Michele Jolin talks about the creation of a Social Innovation Fund: Yesterday, the President announced that he would ask Congress in the FY2010 budget to provide $50 million in seed capital for his Social Innovation Fund, … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, budget, careers, change, communities, Congress, energy, entrepreneurs, environment, First Lady, fuding, fund, government, green economy, green jobs, health, health care, innovation, jobs, Michelle Obama, money, non-profit, pledge, policy, President Obama, programs, promise, schools, seed capital, skills, Social Innovation Fund, social problems, White House
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Van Jones on Green Rooftops, Green Jobs
Van Jones, author and activist, and recently appointed Special Adviser to Green Jobs on the White House Council for Environmental Quality, visits DC Green Works to talk with Sara Loveland about the environmental benefits of green rooftops, and the opportunity … Continue reading
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Tagged construction, DC Green Works, Earth Day, environment, food, food chain, government, green jobs, green roof, growing food, herbs, home builders, jobs, President Obama, rooftop garden, urban design, Van Jones, White House
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Obama Flinches on Immigration: NYTimes Editorial
From an editorial about Obama and immigration in yesterday’s NYTimes: In a little-noticed act of political faintheartedness, the Obama administration has pulled back from nominating Thomas Saenz, a highly regarded civil-rights lawyer and counsel to the mayor of Los Angeles, … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, immigrant rights, immigrants, immigration, Los Angeles, President Obama
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Van Jones to Advise Obama on Green Jobs
From Wednesday’s edition of Democracy Now: The Obama administration has tapped author and activist Van Jones to become a special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation. Jones is expected to start work next week. He is author of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Democracy Now, economy, green economy, inequality, jobs, President Obama, Van Jones
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Crisis on All Sides: The Obama Housing Plan
NPR’s Planet Money podcast, Friday, February 20th edition, Hear: The Obama Plan.
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Tagged economy, financing, homes, houses, housing crisis, NPR, Planet Money, President Obama, spending, stimulus bill, Twitter
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Making a scandal for bankers
Google game: Make a 3 word phrase, in a specific order, and that has logical sense for at least one example sentence that you can think of– then search the three word phrase, in quotes, on Google, and the first … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, bailout, banking, crisis, earning, economy, education, food, google game, government, health, long term, money, NYTimes, President Obama, profit, spending, sustainable, well being
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Literally Speaking: Transform problems instead of burying them
The old-century question still looms: where to “throw away” all this “waste?” Scenario one, the old method: Dump industrial boat-loads of agriculture waste into the ocean, slowing the decomposition rate of the waste in the dark, cold, oxygen-deprived underwater environment. … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, carbon, compost, disaster, dumping, ecology, economy, farming, Growing Power, jobs, marine life, Mushishi, mushrooms, mycoremediation, New York Times, nitrogen, ocean, Pleurotus ostreatus, politics, pollution, President Obama, science news, soil, Urban Agriculture, Urban food systems, waste, Will Allen
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Obama Tunes to Genius Urban Farmer?
First MacArthur “genius grant,” now calls from Obama team (click above to read full article from Milwaukee Journal Sentinal) see also virtual farmgirl blog: Team Obama Calls on Urban Farm Expert for an Ag Chat Will Allen, Milwaukee’s urban farming … Continue reading
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Tagged Farmer, genius, Growing Power, Milwaukee, President Obama, United States, Urban Agriculture, Will Allen, Wisconsin
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