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environmental activism
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Environmental protection is the greatest religion, says Chinese artist
Read more: Environmental protection is the greatest religion, says Chinese artistBy a pond inside one of the entrances to Beijing’s Chaoyang Park lies a cluster of one and two storey red pyramid-shaped buildings. Sculptures of Gandhi and Lincoln and other famous figures sit in the quiet woods nearby. This is…
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Most Likely Safe
Read more: Most Likely SafeIn April, 2011, Food and Water Watch partnered with Yes Lab to raise questions regarding drinking water around New York City. Yes Lab, an organization that collaborates with activist groups, aims to create successful media-related creative actions that help raise…
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How Bali punks Navicula took on the palm oil industry
Read more: How Bali punks Navicula took on the palm oil industryIn Indonesia, a loud and politically committed generation of punk bands are shaking big business – and getting results The briefing took place in a small commercial office in Jakarta, with no insulation from the heat, smog or noise of…
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10:10
Read more: 10:10Environmental activist Franny Armstrong’s brainwave came as she was walking to a debate with the then Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband. She had read a report saying that the developed world must cut its carbon…
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The Green Belt Movement
Read more: The Green Belt MovementThe Green Belt Movement (GBM) was founded by Professor Wangari Maathai in 1977 under the auspices of the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK) to respond to the needs of rural Kenyan women who reported that their streams were…
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The Crossroads Project
Read more: The Crossroads Project“The mandate for great and difficult achievement is manifest in the message coming from the science of sustainability and climate change. Yet information alone will not take us where we need to go; science needs the arts to compel a…
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Staten Island Saves Pouch Camp for Preservation
Read more: Staten Island Saves Pouch Camp for PreservationAfter decades of fighting to preserve many of the old woods of Staten Island and years of fighting for the preservation of Pouch Camp, the Boy Scout camp and 100 wooded acres in the middle of the Greenbelt is officially…
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Greenpeace Action at F1 Grand Prix in Belgium
Read more: Greenpeace Action at F1 Grand Prix in BelgiumGreenpeace Action at F1 Grand Prix in Belgium By Marc van Gurp An effective little action from Greenpeace at the F1 Grand Prix in Belgium. A reminder about the role of Shell in the destruction of the artic. A few…
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Maya Lin’s Eco-Art at Pace Gallery
Read more: Maya Lin’s Eco-Art at Pace GalleryArtist Maya Lin first burst onto the scene in 1981, when her design was selected for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial while she was still a senior at Yale. Since then, Lin has turned her focus to environmental issues, with her…
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Operation Paydirt
Read more: Operation Paydirt“Operation Paydirt is a multidisciplinary, artist-driven project advancing a solution to the devastating problem of lead (Pb) contaminated soil that puts thousands of children at risk for severe learning disabilities and behavioral problems. The goals of the project are to…