Mexican Farmworker Honored by Environmental Group
Lucas Benitez, a Mexican immigrant who helped organize fellow farmworkers in Florida in the United States, shared with colleague Greg Asbed the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Growing Green Award in the category of Food Justice.
800-year-old tree cut down in Canada
A giant 800-year-old red cedar tree has been poached from a provincial park on southern Vancouver Island, but the culprits who repeatedly returned to the site to hack it down may never be brought to justice. Torrance Coste of the Wilderness Committee said consistent budget cuts over the last decade mean park rangers rarely monitor remote sites such as the Carmanah-Walbran Provincial Park, from where the cedar was chopped.
Environmentalist killed in the Philippines
Francisco Canayong of Salcedo was hacked to death May 1, while he was on his way home. As an active member of the Samar Island Partnership for Peace and Development (SIPPAD), Canayong supported and advocated for the protection of the environment particularly against the mining operation in Salcedo and in other parts of Eastern Samar.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s non-profit environmental group joins Geneva green hub
Newly installed in a 19th century mansion in the leafy suburb of Versoix, a short hop from the city centre, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s non-profit environmental group R20 is the latest addition to International Geneva’s burgeoning green hub.
Wolf defense in Oregon
