The Goldman Environmental Prize recognizes and honors grassroots environmental activists:
The 2008 Goldman Prize recipients tackled some of the most pressing environmental issues of the day through grassroots efforts, helping to educate and motivate local communities to get involved in the effort to protect the natural environment around them and to stand up for their rights.
The [...]
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David Cooper’s “Mountaintop Removal Road Show” is coming to Keene this
Wednesday Night, April 16th, 7pm
At Antioch University New England’s Community Room
The Road Show is a 70-minute presentation by David Cooper, which includes a stunning 25-minute slide show about the impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining on residents, communities, and the environment in the southern Appalachians. [...]
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Have family, friends, or colleagues who you know aren’t yet using compact flourescent lightbulbs (CFL)? Try sharing CFL love with this 3-minute video:
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A Boston Globe article highlighting the Town of Peterborough’s efforts to green government mentions ANE ES student Mindy Pistachio. Mindy conducted the research that convinced officials to help cut carbon dioxide emissions by requiring town vehicles to be turned off.
Go, Mindy!
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In May, Greenbiz.com reported on this story:
In the wake of new restrictions on toxic chemicals in products across the U.S. and in Europe, shareholders in Hasbro have filed a resolution urging the company to stop using PVC in its products, as well as to produce a sustainability report reassuring shareholders that the company is taking [...]
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This article in Wired reports on some of the ways Web mashups are being used to monitor politicians’ activities.
Tread carefully, politicians — concerned citizens are watching your every move on the web. Their tools? Custom data mashups that use public databases to draw correlations between every vote cast and every dollar spent in Washington.
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On Monday, April 23, the 2007 recipients of the Goldman Environmental Prize were honored at an event in San Francisco.
From the Goldman website:
The 2007 Goldman Prize recipients tackled some of the most pressing environmental issues of the day by halting unregulated mining, protecting essential forests, fighting against controversial oil and gas projects, building sustainable development [...]
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Posted in enviro advocacy on April 17, 2007 | No Comments »
A new report says environmental racism is actually getting worse, not better. Two authors of the report, Robert Bullard (director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University) and Paul Mohai (professor of natural resources and the environment at the University of Michigan) speak with Cheryl Corley.
Listen to the story.
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