Category Archives: Media
‘Hug The Monster’: Why So Many Climate Scientists Have Stopped Downplaying the Climate Threat
By Joe Romm, Cross-posted from ThinkProgress.org Journalist Bill Blakemore has a great piece on ABC’s website: ‘Hug the Monster’ for Realistic Hope in Global Warming (or How to Transform Your Fearful Inner Climate). He offers advice to journalists in covering climate change … Continue reading
Filed under Climate Change, Media
New Report: State of the Internet and Facebook privacy: Who sees your data and how to protect yourself
Facebook & your privacy Who sees the data you share on the biggest social network? Cross-Posted from Consumer Reports magazine: June 2012 . If you’re reading this article, chances are good you have a page on Facebook, too. More than … Continue reading
Filed under Climate Change, Corporate Globalization, Media, Political Repression
BREAKING NEWS: ON-THE-BRINK BANK STILL NOT YOURS (YET)
NOTE: Those confounded Yes Men are still at it… April 19, 2012 Dow Jones posts fake release for two hours; bank gets fake website blacklisted, briefly Contact: bofa@yeslab.org Bank of America executives, investors, and opponents alike reacted with surprise to yesterday’s news—posted … Continue reading
This Week’s Earth Minute: GE Tree Field-trials Destroyed by Protesters in New Zealand
Global Justice Ecology Project partners with Margaret Prescod’s Sojourner Truth show on KPFK–Pacifica Los Angeles radio show for a weekly Earth Minute on Tuesdays and a weekly 12 minute Environment Segment every Thursday. In this week’s Earth minute, Anne Petermann makes clear … Continue reading
Filed under GE Trees, KPFK, Media, Posts from Anne Petermann
KPFK Earth Segment: Marty Cobenais of IEN on Obama’s Keystone Pipeline reversal and ETC Group’s Jim Thomas on the threat of synthetic biology
Global Justice Ecology Project partners with Margaret Prescod and the Sojourner Truth show at KPFK Pacifica in Los Angeles for weekly Earth Segments and weekly Earth Minutes. This week’s Earth Segment features Marty Cobenais of Indigenous Environmental Network giving IEN’s perspective … Continue reading
KPFK Earth Segment Celebrates International Women’s Day with Simone Lovera of GFC
Global Justice Ecology Project partners with Margaret Prescod and the Sojourner Truth show at KPFK Pacifica in Los Angeles for weekly Earth Segments and weekly Earth Minutes. This week’s Earth Segment features an interview with Global Forest Coalition Executive Director … Continue reading
Filed under Indigenous Peoples, Forests and Climate Change, KPFK, Media, Land Grabs, women
On Regaining a Spirit of Defiance: ‘I’m Worried Now but I Won’t Be Worried Long’
Note: A very useful and relevant post to follow up the previous article on tiger habitat being transformed into disposable paper. –The GJEP Team by Phil Rockstroh, February 29, 2012 Cross-Posted from Worldwide Hippies The course of action taken by the … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Climate Change, Corporate Globalization, Humor, Media, politics
Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, Why the Media Loves the Violence of Protesters and Not of Banks
Posted by Rebecca Solnit, February 21, 2012 . Cross-Posted from Tomdispatch.com . In December 2001, 110 of 112 revelers at a wedding died, thanks to a B-52 and two B-1B bombers using precision-guided weapons to essentially wipe out a village in Eastern Afghanistan … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Climate Change, Media, Occupy Wall Street, politics
Assaulted photographer accuses UN of cover-up
Note: Global Justice Ecology Project board chair and photojournalist Orin Langelle is continuing his pursual of justice and accountability from the UN regarding the irresponsible actions of their security guards during the climate convention in Durban, South Africa. UN security … Continue reading
Filed under Climate Change, Durban/COP-17, Independent Media, Media
The Heroes of Super Bowl Sunday (Occupy Protest in Indianapolis)
Dave Zirin on February 6, 2012 Cross-Posted from The Nation I emerge from the echo-chamber of Super Bowl Sunday energized and armed with a new set of heroes and folk-tales to pass on to others. My hero on our great (near) … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Climate Change, Humor, Media, Occupy Wall Street, politics
