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Deep Green Resistance and the "Earth At Risk" Conference —
04 May 2013 —
The environmental movement has become trapped in a system of laws and regulations that is of, for, and by corporations and their wealthy elite owners. Environmental iconoclasts Thomas Linzey, Derrick Jensen, and Aric McBay explain how true environmental progress will only come when we disempower corporations and level the legal playing between elites and the rest of us. They review a number of examples of how municipalities are doing just that. (GP comment: This conference happened in 2011 but everything being discussed here is still 100% relevant today—and critical to true environmental progress.)
Jane Goodall and Vandana Shiva on the State of the Earth —
22 Apr 2013 —
Jane Goodall discusses the importance of getting young people motivated to address the world's worsening problems—environmental and otherwise. The planet needs to them to get cracking, not be paralyzed by hopelessness or anger at the mess the two preceding generations have left them. ~~ Vandana Shiva discusses corporate domination of the planet's operating procedures and what me must do to fight it.
The World's Greenest Commercial Building —
19 Apr 2013—
The Bullitt Center is a "deep green" eco building—a self-sufficient building designed to emulate a living organism, reusing available resources, and minimizing the need for external inputs. Reporter Ross Reynolds visits the Center with the man who dreamed it up, Denis Hayes.
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