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Courting Delirium: Max Talley and his Dark Zeitgeist
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Amazon Defenders Part Three: Fires, Corruption, and Resistance in Brazil
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A Farm Grows in LA: Urban Farming with Avenue 33
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Amazon Defenders Part Two: Criminalizing Activism – The Steven Donziger Case
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Cultural Fire: Native Land Management and Regeneration
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Archive for May, 2012
Central America: Indigenous Targeted in US-Sponsored Counterinsurgency
Posted on May 31, 2012 | 2 CommentsA US-taxpayer-funded war on drugs in Central America is expanding with "Counter Terror Squads," targeting indigenous people, citizen activists, and even independent journalists. It must be stopped.Fukushima Update: Hot Japanese Bluefin Tuna, Served Glowing
Posted on May 30, 2012 | 2 Comments"Yes, Madam, the tuna is marinated at sea during its long migration from Japan to here in both Cesium-134 and Cesium-137. It's so good, it glows."Chumash Healing With Spirit: A Tribute to Cecilia Garcia
Posted on May 26, 2012 | 1 CommentTo honor the soul transition of Chumash teacher and healer Cecilia Garcia, we share an article written by her and USC Professor Jim Adams on mind, body and spirit healing.Mythology of the Crow: Love Trials of the Magic Buffalo Wife
Posted on May 23, 2012 | 3 CommentsAn Apsáalooke Crow man falls in love and has a child with the magical Buffalo Woman, which requires him to prove his love and devotion to her and her Buffalo Nation.26-Foot Marilyn of The Desert
Posted on May 21, 2012 | No CommentsOn the Plaza of American Life, where does 26-foot Marilyn stand? For now, she's straddling Palm Springs tourists. Is she this years' ceramic pink flamingo replacement, soon to be on everyone's front lawn? Let's hope so. America's new moral umbrella is Monroe's revenge. Oow, some do like it hot.Extreme Water: Tapping the California Desert to Feed Growth Addiction?
Posted on May 19, 2012 | 4 CommentsCadiz Inc.'s potentially lucrative groundwater mining proposal for the Mojave Desert intends to water lawns and pools for suburban Southern California at the expense of taxpayers and ultimately the desert ecosystem. The company could realize $1 billion to $2 billion in revenue over the plan's 50-year life. Opponents say public resources are being used for private profit.Model Cities: Neo-Colonialists Seek Submissive Wild For Capitalist Utopia
Posted on May 15, 2012 | 6 CommentsNeo-colonialism in Honduras: Paul Romer's Charter Cities movement advocated suspension of sovereignty and democracy in the service of unfettered capitalism. Unfortunately, the enabling legislation was deemed by the Honduran Supreme Court as unconstitutional. While the coup-backed government of Honduras presses the issue forward, resistance members and indigenous and labor organizations continue to fight this libertarian dream on the Coast of Trujillo.Do Forests Drink Water Meant for Humans?
Posted on May 9, 2012 | 1 CommentWesleyan University academics argue "unnatural" forests, resulting from fire suppression policies, deplete water supplies and should be cut back. We disagree.Santa Ana Mountains: Vestige of Wild Coastal Southern California
Posted on May 5, 2012 | No CommentsFollowing the footsteps of Willis E. Pequegnat, a biologist from the 1930s who explored the wild Santa Ana Mountains in Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties, this video field journal logs the wonders and threats to this thriving resource.