Projects tagged
Food & Water
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People as Meat
Read more: People as MeatNaked members of the animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) impersonated cellophane-wrapped meat packages in a pro-vegan demonstration demonizing the way the meat industry treats animals in front of a Vancouver slaughterhouse. Protesters, covered in…
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The Bread Tank
Read more: The Bread TankAt Rio+20 we present a bread tank with a garden inside to underline the realistic possibility of eradicating hunger and extreme poverty by redirecting military spending. In 2011 global military spending amounted to $1.74 trillion – despite the fact that…
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Salvage Supperclub
Read more: Salvage SupperclubLast month, a graduate student by the name of Josh Treuhaft set up the Salvage Supperclub in New York City—an establishment where diners pay US$50 to eat a six course meal made from food scraps salvaged from the dumpster. Chefs…
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Lyrical Thirst
Read more: Lyrical ThirstWithout water, life would not exist. And yet, those of us in developed countries take it for granted; our shelves are stocked with hundreds of branded bottles, and it is freely given at restaurants, at schools, and even in parks.…
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New York City Food Not Bombs
Read more: New York City Food Not BombsNew York City Food Not Bombs Food Not Bombs–NYC is now working out of a kitchen provided by the Catholic Worker: 36 East First Street, between First and Second Avenues. Every Sunday they start cooking around 1:00pm and are in…
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Fruit Activists Take Urban Gardens in a New Direction
Read more: Fruit Activists Take Urban Gardens in a New DirectionDEL AIRE, Calif. — Fruit looms large in the California psyche. Since the 1800s, dewy images of oranges, lemons and other fruits have been a lure for seekers of the state’s postcard essence, symbols of fertile land, felicitous climate and…
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Taco Bell Boycott
Read more: Taco Bell BoycottFor years, workers in Florida’s tomato fields have endured poverty wages and terrible working conditions. In 1993, a small, community-based organization called the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) formed to demand an end to these unfair labor practices. By 2005,…
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Clean and Reliable Water
Read more: Clean and Reliable WaterToday over 40 people gathered at the Ministry for Internal Affairs in the centre of Tirana, the capital of Albania. The issue is Tirana’s drinking water, which is not clean, unreliable as it comes out of the tap only a…
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Free Breakfast Program for Children
Read more: Free Breakfast Program for ChildrenThe Free Breakfast for School Children Program was initiated at St. Augustine’s Church in Oakland by the Black Panther Party. The Panthers would cook and serve food to the poor inner city youth of the area. External sources: http://radicalcollectivecare.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-blackpanthers-freebreakfas…
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Sheep invade the Louvre
Read more: Sheep invade the LouvreTwelve sheep and a sheepdog walk into the Louvre. If it sounds like the beginning of a joke, it’s not. In Paris Friday, French farmers protesting European Union agricultural policy herded a flock of sheep down the steps of the…