At a religious festival in eastern Tibet, a group of young monks squeal with laughter as a dishevelled Tibetan rolls around on the grass, beer bottle in hand, being harangued about the importance of not dropping litter. The scene, in an educational film by Emily Yeh called Shielding the Mountains, depicts a new form of community education in Tibet through comedy sketches promoting environmental protection.
Taking livestock is ploy to force relocation, Black Mesa residents say
Rangers employed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the United States rode in on horse back and four wheelers, armed with portable corals and livestock trailers, to take horses and calves from Dineh tribal elders living on Black Mesa, last week. Residents of the traditionally tribal land say the livestock seizure is the latest push in a relocation effort elders have fought for more than three decades.
Ecuador: Indigenous Leaders Want Stop to Oil
Indigenous leaders from Ecuador’s Amazonian lowlands are calling for the government to drop plans to auction 21 leases near the Peruvian border for oil drilling.
Vintage ketch sets sail to launch slow cargo movement
New Dawn Traders project intended to find way of bringing goods back from South America under sail.
Activists Take a Stand at Asheville Power Station
Greenpeace activists protest the destruction and pollution caused by coal at the Progress Asheville Power Station. Activists have secured themselves to the coal loader and conveyers. They scaled the 400 foot smoke stack to send a message to both Progress Energy and Duke Energy that communities and the climate can’t wait for a renewable energy revolution. Coal plants like the Asheville Power Station damage communities and the climate at every stage of their lifecycle: the destructive mining practices, the burning, and the storage of toxic coal ash.
