Ecuador: The Last Push For A Chance Of A Reprieve On Yasuní
“Do you agree that the Ecuadorean government should keep the crude in the ITT, known as block 43, underground indefinitely?”
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Balcombe Choir Protests Against the ‘Dark Satanic Drills’
Film & Article – A sunny Sunday outside the Cuadrilla drilling site in Balcombe, West Sussex, joining activists and locals as they highlight the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and the continuing rush for fossil fuel extraction as the ecological dangers continue to be ignored by government and corporations.
March Against Monsanto – 25th May 2013
A short video clip documenting the march against Monsanto and GMO foods, which took place in London, UK and worldwide on the 25th of March 2013.
War on Consciousness?
TED’s recent censorship of talks by controversial thinkers Graham Hancock and Rupert Sheldrake has sparked a public internet outrage and a fascinating debate A violation of free speech? Last week, TED – the US not-for-profit, media giant dedicating to “ideas worth spreading” – banned two fascinating and controversial TEDx talks by leading consciousness pioneers, […]
Ethiopia’s Tribes Cry for Help
A drive to become a world leading sugar producer threatens the livelihoods of thousands of people in rural areas. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The Lower Omo Valley in south-western Ethiopia is a vast and rugged region of mountains and valleys, inhabited largely by nomadic agro-pastoralist tribes numbering some 200,000 people. Many live a simple existence, […]
New Frontiers in International Drug Law Reform
A report on the pioneering efforts of Amanda Feilding and the Beckley Foundation in Improving Our Drug Policies By Deborah Parrish Snyder Magic mushrooms, international law and the failed ‘war on drugs’ is what Amanda Feilding, founder and director of the Beckley Foundation, wrote about for the Guardian’s Science section on 6 February 2012. This […]
The Horse Boy author Rupert Isaacson makes UK visit
Another reminder that Rupert Isaacson, US author of The Horse Boy – the celebrated book about his extraordinary quest to heal his autistic son among the shamanic healers and horses of Mongolia – will be coming to Cheltenham on Friday 29th July (7-10pm) to present a screening of The Horse Boy film and a Q&A […]
Bolivia’s Law of Mother Earth
In a bid to curb climate change and growing destruction to the natural world, Bolivia is set to be the first country in the world to pass a law giving NATURE the same legal rights as humans, including the rights to pure water, clean air and freedom from contamination. Bolivia has suffered major environmental problems […]
Screamadelica live at Eden – review
Primal Scream took their seminal 90s album Screamadelica to the Eden Project on Thursday, the sprawling eco haven with its immense iconic biomes making a spectacular backdrop to the live rocking dance anthems and psychedelic visual swirls of a band that continue to enthral a crowd 20 years on since their heyday with album’s inception. […]
Celebrating Sanctuary at National Refugee Week – review
Bristol’s Queen Square played host to Celebrating Sanctuary, an intercultural arts event which kick started National Refugee Week celebrations in the city, marking the great contribution refugees have made to the social, cultural, economic and political life of the UK in the last 60 years. The one-day festival event proffered a wealth of fantastic music […]
