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Justice Begins with Seeds 2013 International Conference featuring Dr. Vandana Shiva
Event Date(s): 08/02/2013 (All day) – 08/03/2013 (All day) Location: Plymouth Church, United Church of Christ 1217 6th Ave, Seattle WA 98101 and Seattle First Presbyterian Church, 1013 8th Ave, Seattle WA 98104 USA Join food justice and NON-GMO food advocates for dozens of workshops, presentations, and networking opportunities to examine the issues related to GMOs. Get the…
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Silicon Valley code-hackers team up to promote sustainable meat production
Patrick May, of the Mercury News, writes about an interesting event that took place last weekend: “Hack//Meat Silicon Valley,” advertised as a way for “leading technologists, entrepreneurs and sustainable food insiders to ‘re-imagine the future of meat,’”went like this: Sponsors issue a set of challenges to come up with ways to advance sustainable ranching and…
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Earth’s temperature rising at rate of four Hiroshima bombs of heat every second.
India’s Zeenews reports an alarming new statistic: Melbourne: Earth’s temperature has been rising at the rate of four Hiroshima bombs of heat every second, says climate scientists. John Cook, Climate Communication Fellow from the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland , said that humans are emitting more carbon dioxide than ever into…
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Engineered crops approved before their health impact fully studied
By Terri Fann Genetically engineered foods are pervasive in American agriculture, but many safety questions remain. The U.S. government has approved genetically engineered foods (commonly known as GMOs) based on studies conducted by the same corporations that profit from their sale. GMOs are produced through the process of genetic engineering — forcing DNA from one…
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Sunday Prayer
SHE IS THE CREATOR There’s a tradition that Muhammad said, “A wise man will listen and be led by a woman, while an ignorant man will not. “Someone too fiercely drawn by animal urges lacks kindness and the gentle affections that keep men human. Anger and sharp desiring are animal qualities. A loving tenderness toward…
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Honeyhunters | Eric Valli
Originally posted on Iconic Photos: "Going down the rope required Zen concentration," Valli recalled. Twice a year for nearly 12,000 years, men of Gurung tribe of central Nepal have braved the Himalayan foothills to harvest the honey of the world’s largest species of honeybees. The knowledge of extracting honey from hives that were precariously parched on…
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Traditional forest knowledge is not folklore
Author: Barbara Fraser Researchers and policymakers have a lot to learn in designing and implementing climate change adaptation strategies from smallholder farmers in the Amazon, says Miguel Pinedo-Vásquez, scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Director of International Programs at the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability at Columbia University. “Traditional forest knowledge and practices are…
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