“The ultimate test of man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.”
-Gaylord Nelson (1916-2005, WI Senator)
Living Locally, Spending Sustainably (by ckkrueger13)
A video done by a girl in my environmental studies classes. I thought it was pretty good, so I thought I’d share it with everyone.
BP Oil Waste Dumped in Environmental Justice Communities One Year Later
Robert Bullard is the greatest, and I’m presenting my findings from my GIS analysis that tested his hypothesis in a few minutes.
This is an amazing video of an amazing young poet doing a piece about environmental racism. Although even that term is used sarcastically in the poem as something white outsiders label the toxins and pollution that are normal in communities of color. I don’t have a transcript of the poem to post here, sorry, I’ll try to find one.
At school we’re reading Bronx Masquerade, a young adult novel about a high school writing class that starts open mike sessions, so we’re gonna watch this video in class next week. We’re an environmental studies school, and some of my kids took a class on environmental justice that focused on a few POC neighborhoods here, so I’m really excited about watching videos like this at school!
ShortFormBlog: On Obama's apparent contradictions in his Libya message
Last night, we got a friendly message from nhaler about the contradictions in the messages we’re hearing on Libya: ”What’re your thoughts on the plain contradictions that are being repeated by the mass media regarding Obama’s claims that USA ‘led the charge’ against Gaddafi?” Good question….
(Source: shortformblog)
KarmaKaram: Iraq Demands US to pay & Apologize for the Damage.
Baghdad wants US to pay $1 billion for damages to city
(Reuters) - Iraq’s capital wants the United States to apologize and pay $1 billion for the damage done to the city not by bombs but by blast walls and Humvees since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
The city’s government…
SDP’s Vincent Wijeysingha Rally Speech—28 April 2011 (by TODAYdigital).
From his speech, I can feel that he is honourable and that alone is worth voting him into parliament.
Sylvia Lim at The Workers’ Party’s first rally (by TODAYdigital).
She makes very good speeches. I’ll vote for them if I could. You should too if you can.
npr:
A Libyan opposition soldier raises the independence flag over a highrise building in Misurata after Gaddafi forces were defeated in the city center. Photo courtesy of Misurata Freedom Group.
Libyan rebels paraded along a seaside promenade in the eastern city of Benghazi, the de facto capital of a rebel-held territory
(via freedominlibya)
