This piece originally appeared on readthedirt.org. by: Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin: Sandra Spargo Editor’s Note: Sandra Spargo, a dedicated citizen, clues us in on a proposed bottled water/food manufacturing plant in Anacortes, Washington as well as the struggle to give the people of Anacortes a say in the decision to deny or [...]
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Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency Sued for Violating State Public Records Act
Agency refused to provide public records regarding controversial draft rule purportedly intended to address hazardous air pollution from dairies YAKIMA, WA – The Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency (YRCAA) was served with a lawsuit today alleging that it violated the state Public Records Act (PRA) by refusing to copy and email electronic public records to an [...]
Call for Researchers: Food & Labor Justice
Food justice and the food justice movement invoke in the popular imagination such concepts as fair trade, organic, and urban agriculture. The movement is sometimes perceived as a privileged environmental struggle. Yet food justice, as all of us who are passionate about it know, is inherently about social justice; this is inextricable from its ecological [...]
Stand in Solidarity with the United Farm Workers
Event Title & Host Stand in Solidarity with the United Farm Workers Website https://www.facebook.com/events/298062443573351/ When? Friday, January 27, 2012, 2pm (Westlake) / 3pm (Darigold HQ) Where? Westlake Park (401 Pine St) / Darigold Headquarters at 1130 Rainier Ave. S Why? Solidarity with Farmworkers! We are what we eat, and we are who grows our food! [...]
The Int’l Energy Horizon, Fossil Fuels, Clean Energy, & Empty Promisess
Near the end of 2011, the Department of Energy’s US Energy Information Administration released its annual report on the prospects of international energy consumption and production. The “International Energy Outlook 2011″ came 301-pages-thick, providing mind numbing amounts of research on global energy supplies, markets, and new technologies. I’ve created an overly-abridged summary, to share the [...]
Video: Stop School Pushout
Here is a short video produced by Maggie at League of Education Voters to introduce viewers to the collaborative LEV/OAG Schools 2 Prisons research project. An OAG zine based on the research is forthcoming, while LEV moves forward strongly with the campaign to Stop School Pushout. Enjoy!
Chiquita Comes Out Against Tar Sands
Last Thursday the destructive Canadian Tar Sands industry was dealt a new blow when Chiquita Banana announced they would work to eliminate Tar Sands from their transportation footprint. Chiquita, the company responsible for one quarter of the U.S.’s bananas, was responding to a campaign led by ForestEthics and grassroots groups fighting Canada’s Tar Sands across [...]
DoJ vs. SPD: Battle of the Acronyms for “Justice”
In case you didn’t hear, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) is currently under investigation by the Federal Department of Justice (DoJ), a result of several years of perpetual police brutality directed overwhelmingly at Black, Latino, and Native, Seattlites. A recounting of the blatant and unconscionable brutality repeated by various officers of the SPD can be [...]
Turning Stories 2 Solutions: Stop the School 2 Prison Pipeline. League of Education Voters
Event Title & Host Turning Stories 2 Solutions: Stop the School 2 Prison Pipeline. Our American Generation & the League of Education Voters Registration – Reserve your seat http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5892/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=33225 When? Oct. 18, 2011 6:30-8:30 Where? Kent Senior Center 600 East Smith Street Kent, WA 98030 Why? School discipline is an equity issue. Description A student [...]
