Tag: Environmental Justice - Page 2
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Is Eurovegas Good for Spain? Its People, the Planet or Just Profit?
Las Vegas' Sheldon Adelson wants to build a Eurovegas in Spain. Madrid and Barcelona are competing for the project but Spaniards are demonstrating against it, due to the huge social and environmental impact the project would have.
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World Hunger Is About Politics, Power & Rights More Than Crop Yields & Biotech
Next time someone tries telling you that without using such and such genetically engineered biotech crop we won't be able to solve world hunger, just quote them some Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
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Law Against Ecocide the Key to Triggering the Green Economy
It is now a time for wisdom, and it’s a time for ideas. And it will take big ideas and bold actions to prevent the collapse of our environment. A law of Ecocide acts as a preventative ‘think before you act’ mechanism which stops business causing ecocide.
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Farm Bill Jackpot - How Much Do Corporations Benefit from SNAP?
As Congress proposes cuts to hungry families, a new report raises questions about how much food makers, retailers, and big banks profit from food stamps.
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How Land Rights Are Turning the World's Rural Poor Into Unexpected Conservationists
It is as counterintuitive as it is true: Around the world, communities who have resided on the land the longest often have the most tenuous rights to that land.
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David Foster Wallace's Advice for Graduating Environmentalists Still Resonates
The brilliant writer who met a tragic end gave an inspiring speech 7 years ago; it's worth revisiting this graduation season.
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Occupy's GlobalMay Manifesto Has Lots of Points Green Movement Should Get Behind
If you still have lingering doubts that the aims of the Occupy movement and the green movement are largely in alignment, this should but those doubts to rest.
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Philippines Mining Activist Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize for Stopping Norwegian-owned Nickel Mine
Grassroots activist honored for 10-year protest against a proposed nickel mine on Mindoro Island
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From Environmentalism's Future to the Politics of Bread: TreeHugger Talks With Resurgence Editor Satish Kumar
"I'm optimistic that in the next 40 years we'll see a big change in consciousness. People will turn to a lifestyle that is elegant and simple, where you can live well within the means of the Earth. All of that is to come."
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Has Green Failed Because Environmental Donors Have Been Giving to the Wrong Groups?
Green groups with big budgets are just 2% of all environmental organizations, yet receive over half of all donations. Donors are neglecting the grassroots, and it shows in the results of our movement.
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Apple Lifts the Curtain on Chinese Labor and Environmental Manufacturing Practices
As transparency in China increases in the wake of Apple's reaction to the Foxconn scandal, what can we expect?
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Maldives' Climate Champion President Forced To Resign At Gunpoint
It's not often that there's a place for genuine straight geopolitical news on TreeHugger, but this is unfortunately one of those times.
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Roseanne Barr Running For Green Party Presidential Nomination
To the casual celebrity gossip and 90s TV watcher, Roseanne Barr seeking the nomination of the Green Party to run for president may seem odd, but it's all a perfect progression for the comedian-macadamia nut farmer-activist.
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EPA Supports Environmental Justice for New Jersey Farm Workers
The EPA has announced a grant for a Latino-led farm worker organization in New Jersey to educate migrant workers about the risks of pesticide exposure.
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Leaked Rio+20 Document Has Lots For Treehuggers To Like, With One Glaring Shortcoming
My overall impression remains that while it certainly hits all the right points in terms of what the issues are, the central failing will be that all of it is based upon voluntary national actions.
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Mark Bittman on US Oligarchy and How to Fight Back
This Mark Bittman piece is a must-read.
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Another Shady Land Deal in Africa, This One Assisted By the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania
The think tank that revealed the connection between Ivy League universities and land grabs in Africa is now concerned about the support the U.S. ambassador to Tanzania is lending to a land deal in that country that would displace more than 160,000 people.
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2011 is Almost Over, Time to Look Back
Thinking about the state of the environmental movement and of green issues in the mainstream over the past few years, I've come to realize a few things.
