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Environmental Advocacy
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryAfter Malheur, the end of the beginning: war for America's public lands rages on Walker, Peter Article 2016 Those who value public lands - for economic, environmental, recreational and aesthetic values - owe a debt of gratitude to Harney County, Oregon, writes Peter Walker. A violent branch of the Sagebrush... Among the Pipeline Fighters in Central Iowa Street, Paul Article 2016 Iowans protest the Bakken pipeline, fighting against Big Carbon and 21st century petro-capitalism. The Arctic Turns Ugly Hunziker, Robert Article 2016 Runaway global warming is far and away humankind's biggest nightmare, and the Arctic is the likely perpetrator. If it happens, it'll blister agricultural foodstuff before it can reach the outstretched... Berta Cáceres: her fight for human rights in Honduras continues Bengtsson, Verenice Article 2016 Last week the environmental and human rights activist Berta Cáceres was murdered by gunmen in an early morning attack on her home which may have been carried out by or in collusion with state agents. ... Berta Cáceres, Honduran eco-defender, murdered Watts, Jonathan Article 2016 Berta Cáceres, Honduran indigenous and environmental rights campaigner, has been murdered, days after she was threatened for opposing a hydroelectric project. Her death has prompted international outr... Chipko movement: Connexipedia Article Article Movement dedicated to the conservation, restoration and ecologically-sound use of India's natural resources. Known for practising Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance, such as hug... Connexions: Volume 4, Number 4 - September 1979 - Food/La Nourriture Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 3 - September 1981 - Atlantic Development/Le Developpement Atlantique Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 9, Number 1 - Spring 1984 - Energy - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Connexions: Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1987 Connexions: Volume 11, Number 2 - Winter 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1988 Connexions Digest: Volume 12, Number 1 - Fall 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1988 Connexions Digest: Issue 50 - December 1989 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Connexions Digest: Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 53 - January 1991- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1991 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Connexions Library: Environment Focus  Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on environment, ecology, climate change, pollution, and land use. The Earthscan Action Handbook Litvinoff, Miles Book 1990 A compendium of the world's major ills with suggestions for remedial action. Ecuador's Bitter Choice Becker, Marc Article 2014 Becker analyzes the politics behind the decision to extract petroleum from Ecuador's ecologically fragile Yasuní National Park. The Environmental Movement at the Crossroads: Gang Green or New Green? Zeese, Kevin; Flowers, Margaret Article 2013 There is a growing culture of resistance in the environment movement EnvironmentSources.com Website 2017 Web portal with information about environmental issues and resources, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and importa... Facing Down the Machine: Mike Roselle Draws a Line St. Clair, Jeffrey; Frank, Joshua Article 2009 Federal and state governments have long targeted the civil rights of environmentalists. In the mid-1980s swaths of new laws were passed that targeted the acts of direct action oriented environmental p... FAO: Plantations are not forests!: Since 1948 the UN's Food and Agriculture has been clinging to an outmoded definition of 'forests' that includes industrial wood plantations World Rainforest Movement Article 2017 The FAO definition considers forests to be basically just 'a bunch of trees', while ignoring other fundamental aspects of forests, including their many other life-forms such as other types of plants, ... Fishers and plunderers: The tragedy of the commodity Ensor. Sarah Article 2016 Overfishing, pollution and warming water have pushed the world’s oceans into crisis. If nothing is done the results will be catastrophic for marine systems and the billions of humans who rely on them.... Fresh Water Seas: Saving the Great Lakes Weller, Phil Book 1990 Weller takes readers on a tour of the Great Lakes region, tracing its natural history from the time before human habitation. He describes how the region has been affected by uncontrolled development t... The Fuelwood Trap: Policy and Planning in the SADCC Munslow, Barry; Katerere, Y.M.; Ferf, A.G.E; O'Keefe. P. Book 1989 The vast majority of the 60 million people in SADCC countries rely on woodfuel for domestic use. As supplies diminish, the quality of life is deteriorating while the environment becomes more and more ... Get Active Website A guide to organizing and carrying out campaigns on social and environmental issues, prepared by Greenpeace Australia. The Great Unraveling: Using Science and Philosophy to Decode Modernity Hawes, William Article 2017 All of this ecological destruction has been driven by America’s most popular exports: capitalism and imperialism. William Hawes talked about using science and philosophy to decode modernity. How Corporations and Law Enforcement Are Spying on Environmentalists Federman, Adam Article 2015 In August 2010, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Domestic Terrorism Analysis Unit distributed an intelligence bulletin to all field offices warning that environmental extremism would likely becom... How Tides Canada Controls the Secret North American Tar Sands Coalition Stainsby, Macdonald Article 2013 Mainstream environmental groups are being positioned to make a bad deal on the Tar Sands. Katrina, Climate Justice and Fish Dinners: Social Justice Lawyer Colette Pichon Battle Quigley, Bill Article 2016 Colette Pichon Battle gave up a great job working as a corporate immigration lawyer in Washington DC to live in a tent in front of her flooded family home 50 miles from downtown New Orleans. She is no... Kenya's 'Erin Brockovich' defies harassment to bring anti-pollution case to courts Watts, Jonathan Article 2018 Phyllis Omido is leading a landmark class action demanding a clean-up and compensation from a lead-smelting factory accused of poisoning local residents - including her own son. The Last Frontier: Fighting Over Land in the Amazon Branford, Sue; Glock, Oriel Book This richly detailed study of the Amazon region spells out the mismanagement, corruption, and resulting chaos and brutality of successive Brazilian government development schemes. The present situatio... The Late Great Lakes: An Environmental History Ashworth, William Book 1986 Ashworth presents five common misunderstandings about the Great Lakes and advocates for improvements, remedial action and ecosystem strategies. Natural Disasters: Acts of God or Acts of Man? Wijkman, Anders; Timberlake, Lloyd Book The authors argue that natural disasters are not so natural. Surveying the rising damage caused around the world by floods, draught, cyclones, earthquakes and tidal waves, they conclude that these eve... A New Wave of Climate Insurgents Defines Itself as Law-Enforcers Brecher, Jeremy Article 2016 Grassroots movement organizations from every continent will hold a global week of action called Break Free From Fossil Fuels in May 2016. They envision tens of thousands of people mobilizing worldwide... Newspaper Owned By Fracking Billionaire Leaks Memo Calling Pipeline Opponents Potential "Terrorists" Horn, Steve Article 2017 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has produced a report titled, "Potential Domestic Terrorist Threats to Multi-State Diamond Pipeline Construction Project," dated April 7, 2017. The DHS f... Oil and Water Brown, Alleen; Parrish, Will; Speri, Alice Article 2017 A collection of articles charting how leaked documents and public records reveal a troubling fusion of private security, public law enforcement, and corporate money in the fight over the Dakota Access... The RCMP versus the 'anti-petroleum movement' Article 2015 Canada's political police serve the oil industry, citing lobbyists and rightist demagogues to slander environmental activists as potential terrorists. Searching for Sustainability: Book Review Cox, Jan Article 2014 Review of "State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?" by the WorldWatch Institute. Tar sands campaigners are Canada's new 'terrorists' Dolack, Pete Article 2015 Canada's Harper government has targeted as a new crime being a member of an 'anti-Canadian petroleum movement', and equating such a stance with terrorism. Targeting Earth First!: Dave Foreman and the First Greenscare Case Frank, Joshua; St. Clair, Jeffrey Article 2009 The war on environmentalism. Thinking Like a Mountain: Toward a Council of All Beings Seed, John; Macy, Joanna; Fleming, Pat; Naess, Arne. Illus. by Pugh, Dailan Book This book of readings, meditations, poems, and workshop notes helps us realize that environmental defence is nothing less than self-defence. It provides a context for ritual identification with the na... Tony Mazzocchi Lives: Blue-Green Organizer Takes Up 'Just Transition' Mantle Hand, Mark Article 2015 Union and environmental activist Alex Lotorto believes environmentalists should be working more closely with organized labour and following the advice of some of labour's more enlightened leaders. Tree sitting: Connexipedia Article Article A form of environmentalist civil disobedience in which a protester sits in a tree, usually on a small platform built for the purpose, to protect it from being cut down. The Vanishing Forest The Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues (ICIHI) Book While loggers, ranchers, road and dam builders destroy forests for short-term gains, the world is losing what could be its long-term economic base. Deforestation threatens irreversible climatic change... Waterlogged Wealth Maltby, Edward Book The traditional response to swamps, marshes and bogs has been to drain them. But wetlands are not wastelands. Coastal marshes are among the world's most productive ecosystems. Maltby examines the valu... Wendell Berry's Radical Skepticism: The celebrated farmer and poet shares a message of love in a time of unrest Massey, Brian Article 2016 When the celebrated writer, farmer, and elder statesman of the local food movement sat down in front of a sold-out audience at Johns Hopkins University last week, the crowd seemed even more eager than... What's Left? Environmentalists and Radical Politics Williams, Rick Book 1990 Environmentalist activism as radical practice. Why Detroit Needs Justice and CPR: Against The Current vol. 88 Simmons, Charles Article 2000 If anyone doubts that the modern American City has become the center of all forms of oppression, consider the list of injustices that Detroit residents confront everyday in a city governed by African ... Why We Need A "No Compromise" Climate Movement: Between Empire And Its Subjects Parkin, Scott Article 2014 Successful campaigns against strip mining in the Appalachians have included peaceful legal tactics like petitioning, letters to the editor, education, marches and protests, as well as civil disobedien... Women and the Environment in the Third World: Alliance for the Future Dankelman, Irene; Davidson, Joan Book 1989 This book contains well documented case studies and interviews with leading women conservationists from the Third World, and gives a clear account of women's problems in relation to land, water, fores... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesConnexions Archive & Library The Connexions Archive & Library is Toronto-based project dedicated to keeping alive the rich history of grassroots movements for social justice.
Connexions preserves 'alternative' histories that r... Earth First! Are you tired of namby-pamby environmental groups? Are you tired of overpaid corporate environmentalists who suck up to bureaucrats and industry? Have you become disempowered by the reductionist appro... EarthSave Canada EARTHSAVE CANADA is a Vancouver-based registered charity. We advocate the move towards a more whole food, plant-based diet for environmental sustainability, better health, and compassion toward animal... Environmental Defence Working to protect Canadians' environment and human health. We challenge, and inspire change in government, business and people to ensure a greener, healthier and prosperous life for all. Our vision i... Friends of the Earth International We are the world's largest grassroots environmental network, uniting 76 national member groups and some 5,000 local activist groups on every continent. With over 2 million members and supporters aroun... Global Action Network Global Action Network is a national animal rights organization based in Montreal. Program areas: Sustainable Agriculture, Animals in Biomedical Research, Companion Animals, Animals in Entertainment, W... International Dark-Sky Association Concerned with stopping the adverse environmental impact of light pollution and space debris.
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... Sources Sources specializes in collecting, indexing, and disseminating information to help journalists, editors, and researchers quickly reach articulate experts and spokespersons who can provide background i... Toronto Environmental Alliance Since 1988, Toronto Environmental Alliance has campaigned locally to find solutions to Toronto's urban environmental problems. A not-for-profit organization, we advocate on behalf of all Torontonians ... |
