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A group of First Nations People in Saskatchewan Canada are reclaiming their Indigenous organic and natural agricultural heritage, reconnecting with Nature, learning and observing her natural laws, and getting back on the road to self-reliance. This video is presented here courtesy of Muskoday Organic Growers Co-op.. If you want to purchase a copy of this…

Here’s Why I Am Such a Huge Fan of Vandana Shiva

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Vandana Shiva, physicist and environmental activist. en.wikipedia.org HOMEINTERVIEW THURSDAY, 11 JULY, 2013 | 12:24 WIB Vandana Shiva: Ecology, Economy Come from the Same Root Word Vandana Shiva is a member of the World Future Council, holder of the 1993 Right Livelihood Award, and a 2003 Time Environmental Hero. In her speech at Deutsche Welle’s…

Water Injection Could Trigger Major Earthquakes

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Natalie Starke reports on a new study in The Guardian that suggests injecting water for geothermal power or fracking can lead to larger earthquakes than previously thought: Pumping water underground at geothermal power plants can lead to dangerous earthquakes even in regions not prone to tremors, according to scientists. They say that quake risk should be factored into…

Photo of the Day

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Photographer: Gry Elise Nyland; Gry Elise’s Web site Summary Authors: Gry Elise Nyland; Jim Foster The photo above features an amazing roll cloud over Calgary, Alberta as seen on the morning of June 18, 2013. Roll clouds are a type of arcus cloud often associated with turbulent weather. As is the case here, they sometimes look like a horizontal tornado. Although these cylindrically shaped…

Malala Yousafzai Addresses United Nations

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Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai addresses the United Nations as part of her campaign to ensure free compulsory education for every child. “I am here to speak up for the right of education of every child,” she said. She also invokes the names of Gandhi, Mother Theresa and Martin Luther King while advocating for peace and non-violence.…

Mermaid Garden – Taking Seafood Transparency to New Level

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Excerpted from an article by Amelia Pang, Epoch Times: NEW YORK—Consumers and chefs have the potential to alter the scientific facts that portend fish will be extinct from Earth by 2048. But in a world where, according to the United Nations, 30 percent of fish products are mislabeled, it becomes difficult for people to eat…

Insecticide Use Surging Again in Midwest

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NPR’s July 9th Morning Edition Series featured a piece on the resurgance of insecticide use in the Midwest: Across the Midwestern corn belt, a familiar battle has resumed, hidden in the soil. On one side are tiny, white larvae of the corn rootworm. On the other side are farmers and the insect-killing arsenal of modern…

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Blue Planet HD 189733b Rains Glass

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NASA’s ever-peering eye into the heavens, the Hubble Space Telescope, has found a distant planet whose blue hue could be the result of glass rain. The planet, HD 189733b, is located 63 light-years away, and it wasn’t until recently, when the planet passed behind its host star, that scientists were able to surmise that the…

Millennials Meet to “reRoute” Our Economy

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