Archive for March 8th, 2011

EARTH MEANDERS: Long Live the Cheddar Rebellion, We Are All Wisconsinites Now

On Wisconsin, forward, sift, winnow for freedom, worker and ecology rights By Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet Earth Meanders come from Earth's Newsdesk Global people's power rebellions sweeping Middle East and American states are our last best chance for shared abundance on a finite Earth. We are one human family with natural human rights to freedom, worker rights, ecological sustainability, equity, knowledge, truth and justice. This essay calls for continued protest, more civil disobedience and a general strike if necessary to achieve these ideals in Madison and the world. In the late winter/very early spring of Cheesehead discontent, the Cheddar Rebellion in Wisconsin is resisting a corporate take-over of the state by the neo-Fascist wing of the GOP teabagger nuthouse. The new tyrannical Governor – Scott Walker – is bent upon stripping teachers and other public workers of their collective bargaining rights; pushing through massive tax breaks for corporations and the rich at the expense of education, unions, workers and the poor; and deregulating environmental protections while selling the state to corporate interests. I don't believe in Scott Walker's god or family values yet he sure as hell is ramming them down my/our throats. He and his ilk continually vilify teachers, firefighters and ...

Guyana sees a 300% increase in deforestation despite landmark deal to protect its forests

Global Witness: Guyana sees a 300% increase in deforestation despite landmark deal to protect its forests Guyana has seen deforestation rates soar over the last year, despite the signing of an agreement with the Norwegian government aimed precisely at supporting a reduction in deforestation rates, said Global Witness today. Signed in November 2009, the agreement – worth $250m over four years – was initially welcomed as a potential breakthrough, and a blueprint for other countries to follow, in supporting the...