New at Earth Island

February 27, 2006

Event: Cracking of Glen Canyon Damn! on Free Speech TV
See an excerpt of Sacred Land Film Project project director Christopher McLeod’s first documentary short on the birth of the radical environmental group Earth First! on FreeSpeech TV’s news magazine SourceCode.

February 23, 2006

Press Release & Action Alert: National Park Plan Allows Game Farms and Predator Reduction
Wildlife, Wilderness & Water – at risk in massive park policy rewrite. Act now to defend our parks! From Public Employees for Environmental Responsibity.
Action Alert: Oppose BLM's proposed categorical exclusions on public lands
“These rule changes would allow unsustainable grazing and harmful logging practices to pollute streams and watersheds, as well as certain types of oil and gas exploration to tear up sensitive lands all across the West, without any analysis about potential environmental impacts of these activities…” From Earthjustice.
News Room: Bush Promotes Drilling Proposal
“Telling a Florida crowd to ‘rest easy,’ he pledges to keep rigs away from the coast. But his stance would allow exploration in waters now protected…” From the Los Angeles Times.

February 15, 2006

News Room: Top Conservation Group Opens Office in Honiara
International environmental group Earth Island Institute has established its office in Honiara, Solomon Islands, with local environmental activist Lawrence Makili heading it. From Pacific Island Report and The Solomon Star.
In the News: Tropical Fish Hobbyist (TFH) magazine is taking part in the pilot test of Reef Protection International’s Reef Fish Guide

February 14, 2006

Press Release: Wal-Mart shrimp certification seen as threat to mangroves
Wal-Mart partnership with Darden and the Global Aquaculture Alliance to "certify" farmed shrimp utilizing very faulty standards will threaten the vital coastal wetland areas, including mangrove forests, according to a press release from the Mangrove Action Project (MAP).
Event: The Midwest Student Energy Conference
Learn a ton about the issues, campaigns and organizing. Network with organizations and other students. Discuss regional campaign possibilities. Sponsored in part by Energy Action. March 3 – 5, Madison Wisconsin.
News Room: The Winter 2006 Earth Island Journal is now archived with full content.
News Room: Court Upholds Ban On Live-Fire Training at Makua
Hawaiian sacred site protected. From Earthjustice.
Event: BAWT 3^rd annual Community Rafting Trip
Please join BAWT for our Third Annual Raft Trip down the South Fork of the American River on July 22^nd and/or 23^rd.

February 9, 2006

News Room: The Spring 2006 Earth Island Journal is now available online.

February 8, 2006

News Room: Save Taiji Dolphins coalition returns to Taiji
Weblog updated: “Our team is accompanied by two important media outlets that will expose the dolphin slaughter to millions of people worldwide…”

February 7, 2006

News Room: Canada Commits to Legislate Protection of more than 5 Million Acres of Great Bear Rainforest
The agreement also sets a new precedent for decision making for local indigenous groups (First Nations), giving them the right to define what happens on their land. From the Rainforest Action Network.
Get involved: Volunteer Opportunities with Sustainable World Symposium & Festival
It will be an excited, multi-faceted event featuring many passionate speakers, performances, videos, 60 exhibiting organizations, art exhibits, world café, concurrent Youth Symposium and more.
News Room: Interior official official responsible for a scientific fraud promoted
“By this action, the Fish & Wildlife Service and its parent agency, the Department of Interior, are sending an unmistakable signal that they will not only tolerate, they will reward political manipulation of science…” From Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
Action Alert: Help Save Primeval Forest in Poland and Belarus
The 1600 sq km (617 square mile) Bialowieza Forest , “the last large remaining fragment of primeval deciduous forest” in northern Europe is disappearing. Bialowieza is a remnant of the forests that once covered the lowlands of Europe and is home to a rich wildlife, including wolves, lynx, and Wisent (Bison bonasus). From PrimalNature and Yggdrasil.
Event: Sustainable World Symposium & Festival
The purpose of the Symposium is to bring forth an environmentally sustainable, socially just and spiritually fulfilling human presence on the planet. May 13-14, 2006 in San Francisco, California.
Event: Clean and Green Summit
…featuring experts in sustainable cities from across the county, interactive workshops with city staff, awards for local greening projects, a vendor gallery and more. In San Francisco, California Wednesday February 15.
News Room: Budget proposal revives Arctic drilling
The budget released Monday resurrects the ANWR drilling proposal as a way to raise additional revenue. From the Seattle Times.

February 2, 2006

Action Alert: Wyoming Range Needs Your Help
“Despite the Range’s recreational and natural values, the U.S. Forest Service is proposing to open these public lands to oil and gas development.” From the Wilderness Society.

February 1, 2006

Action Alert: Take action to save the grizzlies
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to remove federal protections for the Yellowstone grizzly bear, and we’re entering the final days of the public comment period (scheduled to end Feb. 15). From the Sierra Club.
Event: The Last Journey of the Leatherbacks?
The "Last Journey for the Leatherback?" documents the incredible life of the leatherbacks – the largest species of sea turtle -- which can dive as deep as the whales and migrate across entire ocean basins. From The Sea Turtle Restoration Project.
Event: IAIA ’06 – Power, Poverty and Sustainability: The role of impact assessment
26^th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment 23-26 May 2006. Stavanger Forum, Stavanger, Norway