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Derrick Jensen just won't quit, that's for sure. The word “prolific” doesn't really do Jensen's output justice; this guy is like an anarcho-primitivist version of Stephen King. And much like Stephen King, he's constantly finding new ways to evoke a feeling of terror in his readers.
Continue reading...The Cove
17. June 2010
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Underwater cameras capture the peaceful sway of sea plants beneath the surface in Taiji, Japan. As the scene progresses, the plants become obscured by creeping wafts of dolphin blood. Rapidly, the entire screen turns crimson, the ocean water thick with the grisly evidence of slaughtered dolphins. The Cove, a 2009 Oceanic Preservation Society film, follows a team of activists
Continue reading...Go Further
18. May 2010
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In 2001, Hollywood actor and hemp activist Woody Harrelson and a group of friends set out on a tour of the West Coast to raise awareness about sustainable living. Traveling in a bio-fueled bus and on bicycles, Harrelson and his entourage headed down the Pacific Coast Highway, stopping at university campuses to promote natural, organic living.
Continue reading...Tree Spiker – From Earth First to Lowbagging: My Struggles in Radical Environmental Action
7. May 2010
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Greenpeace. Earth First!. Rainforest Action Network. These organizations are synonymous with the struggle to defend the environment through non-violent direct action.
Continue reading...Aftershock: Confronting Trauma in a Violent World: A Guide for Activists and their Allies
2. April 2010
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…we are animals, and aren’t able to decide not to have feelings. Just like the earth, we are going to quake if sufficiently shaken. We don’t get to choose whether or not traumatic events will damage our psychic infrastructure.
Continue reading...Critical Pedagogy, Ecoliteracy & Planetary Crisis
25. February 2010
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As globalization penetrates the hearts and souls of many lives and as transnational capitalist interests work beyond the sovereignty of many states to weaken both socioeconomic and environmental regulations, accelerating people's impoverishment along with ecological catastrophe as a result, the world needs revised thinking and action.
Continue reading...Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and the Battle Over America’s Drinking Water
7. February 2010
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In mid-January, I received a mass email asking me to donate $10 for bottled water and other supplies for participants in an important immigrant rights march in Phoenix.
Continue reading...Winged Migration
31. October 2009
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Winged Migration (2001) is a visually stunning “documentary-adventure” that follows several communities of birds on their seasonal migratory journeys. Although the migrations are set to music and the flapping of the birds’ wings can be heard in many scenes, the film is primarily a visual experience. There is very little narration in Winged Migration, which for the most part is shot from the perspective of the migrating birds.
Continue reading...Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla
12. August 2009
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This is a novelized true story by Ann Hansen describing vividly the rise and eventual downfall of the Canadian urban guerrilla group Direct Action. The book is engaging from the start, opening with a dramatic police ambush.
Continue reading...For Kids Who Love Animals: A Guide to Sharing the Planet
12. August 2009
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If your children love creative projects, fun facts, and animals of all kinds For Kids Who Love Animals: A Guide to Sharing the Planet will be a great addition to their bookshelf.
Continue reading...Silence of the Songbirds & Where the Wild Things Were
5. August 2009
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Part of me cringed the thought of reading yet more tales of humanity’s inclination to extinguish and diminish other life forms. It’s a reaction, I discovered after a quick survey of colleagues, I am not alone in experiencing when confronted with titles such as Silence of the Songbirds and Where the Wild Things Were.
Continue reading...Become A Friend
21. July 2010
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