Archive for April, 2009
Fossil fuel interests reach their tentacles into the Summit - Liza (Guerra) O’Reilly
Fossil fuel interests reach their tentacles into the Summit.
I should not have been surprised. Sustainable economic development that would create jobs and the expected collateral generation of long-term economic security as a concrete strategy to adapt and mitigate climate change met its greatest enemy, face to face, when a well-oiled hand prominently extended itself [...]
Padre announced there was a Madre - Liza (Guerra) O’Reilly
Some 350 peoples from 80 different Indigenous nations engaged in multilateral discussions from the 7 regions of the world. Coming from Tanzania, the Maasai , from Vietnam, the Hmong, from Belize, the Maya, from the Arctic Circumpolar region, the Inuit, from the far east of Russia, the Chukotka, from the South Pacific, the Samoa, [...]
Who Owns the Rain? Hint: It’s Not Always Homeowners
From a recent Popular Mechanics article:
Across the country, resourceful homeowners have embraced rainwater capture as a way of conserving community water supplies while maintaining healthy gardens. Unfortunately, rain barrels are sometimes at odds with the law. Facing certain water scarcity, cities and states have begun to wrestle with the conundrum of water rights versus conservation. [...]



