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KPFK Earth Minute: GMOs face growing opposition in South Africa, Latin America

kpfk_logoGlobal Justice Ecology Project teams up with the Sojourner Truth show on KPFK radio for a weekly Earth Minute and Earth Watch interview.

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KPFK in Los Angeles airs reports Tuesday through Friday from the UN Climate Conference in Durban, South Africa–1st Dispatch

Note:  For the third year in a row GJEP has teamed up with KPFK Pacific Radio’s Sojourner Truth Show with Margaret Prescott.  KPFK’s show yesterday featured our Earth Minute weekly feature with GJEP’s Anne Petermann and an interview with Bobby Peek, a Durban local and Goldman Prize winner.   Peek is the director of  groundWork’s and has received international recognition for his campaigning work in the South Durban basin around toxic industry and waste issues.

 He has also been active in campaigning locally and internationally around the Thor Chemicals debacle.

-The GJEP Team on the ground in Durban, South Africa

To listen to this week’s show, go to:

http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/mp3/kpfk_111129_070010sojourner.MP3

For Bobby Peek’s interview, please go to to minute 20:36

This week’s Earth Minute can be found at minute 32:25

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