Listen to "Portland Depaves, GMO Food, and Poets Travel to Basra, Iraq"
In Portland, hundreds of Oregonians removed pavement and plan to replace it with urban farms, trees, and native vegetation.
May 3 is another hurdle in the struggle to keep GMO out of our food. We face the latest assault on our food or at least on our ability to know what is in our food, and look at how food standards are decided.
Poets Jack Hirschman and Agnetta Falk recently returned from Basra, Iraq where they met and mingled with Iraqi poets and poets from all over the world...all there to share in the creative world of poetry.
Links:
Sign the Letter to Keep GMO out of Food
Raising Sand Radio: www.raisingsandradio.org and http://raisingsandradio.blogspot.com/
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Download the MONO 24 kbps SHOW: http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/GMO_Aggie-24-Mo-mix.mp3
The Stereo 128 kbps show: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/edit/program/?program_id=42239
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
San Francisco's “green” mayor has toxic sludge on this hands
Listen to "San Francisco's “green” mayor has toxic sludge on this hands"
San Francisco’s first 100 percent “off-grid” building, modeling solar power and alternative wastewater technologies opened at Bay View Hunter's Point on Earth Day.
Also this weekend was a deeply moving multi-day ceremony called Welcome to Ohlone Territory also held at Heron's Head Park.
And an update on the World Bank loan to South Africa's parastatal Escom.
Then John Mayer and John Stauber of Organic Consumers Association talk about toxic sludge and how San Francisco's “green” mayor has sludge on this hands.
Read article: The Green Mayor has Toxic Sludge on his Hands.
Visit:
Raising Sand Radio website
EcoCenter
Ohlone Profiles
NOTE: a low bandwidth 24 kbps version is downloadable at:
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/SF_Sludge_mix_24.mp3
San Francisco’s first 100 percent “off-grid” building, modeling solar power and alternative wastewater technologies opened at Bay View Hunter's Point on Earth Day.
Also this weekend was a deeply moving multi-day ceremony called Welcome to Ohlone Territory also held at Heron's Head Park.
And an update on the World Bank loan to South Africa's parastatal Escom.
Then John Mayer and John Stauber of Organic Consumers Association talk about toxic sludge and how San Francisco's “green” mayor has sludge on this hands.
Read article: The Green Mayor has Toxic Sludge on his Hands.
Visit:
Raising Sand Radio website
EcoCenter
Ohlone Profiles
NOTE: a low bandwidth 24 kbps version is downloadable at:
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/SF_Sludge_mix_24.mp3
Monday, April 12, 2010
Compost: the highest tech method to preserve our planet and our health
Listen to the radio show: "Compost: the highest tech method to preserve our planet and our health"
Robert Reed of San Francisco's Recology, one of the largest composting and recycling employee owned organizations in the country, is with us for the first half of the show. Then soil scientist and agronomist, Bob Shaffer shares the known secrets of composting and recognizes the secrets of humus that no one really knows.
Interviewed by Susan Galleymore for Raising Sand Radio: www.raisingsandradio.org
Read the Article: "Compost: the highest tech method to preserve our planet and our health"
NOTE: Two versions available:
High bandwidth for radio broadcasting, 128 kbps Mono
Low bandwidth for radio broadcasting, 24 kbps Mono
Robert Reed of San Francisco's Recology, one of the largest composting and recycling employee owned organizations in the country, is with us for the first half of the show. Then soil scientist and agronomist, Bob Shaffer shares the known secrets of composting and recognizes the secrets of humus that no one really knows.
Interviewed by Susan Galleymore for Raising Sand Radio: www.raisingsandradio.org
Read the Article: "Compost: the highest tech method to preserve our planet and our health"
NOTE: Two versions available:
High bandwidth for radio broadcasting, 128 kbps Mono
Low bandwidth for radio broadcasting, 24 kbps Mono
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Ziad Abbas Discusses the Growing Water Crisis in Palestine
NOTE: Our archive site has technical problems this week so we are creating a work-around. Cut and paste the links here to download and air this show for just this week only.
High bandwidth Stereo (128 kbps: http://woodard.freemanbusiness.com/audio/Abbas_mix-Stereo128.mp3
Low bandwidth Mono (24 kbps:
http://woodard.freemanbusiness.com/audio/Abbas_mix-Mono24.mp3
Show Summary:
There is a growing water crisis in Palestine that affects agriculture, industry, and the health of virtually every adult and child.
The sole source of fresh water for the Gaza Strip is the Coastal Aquifer, a water source shared with Israel. This aquifer has been contaminated for years and it is deteriorating even further. Poor sanitation and over-extraction have polluted this limited water supply.
Today we take a look at the water crisis in the region with Ziad Abbas, a Palestinian refugee from Dheisheh Refugee camp in the West Bank and current associate director of Middle East Children's Alliance.
Links for more information:
Middle East Children's Alliance
Palestinian Academic Society for the study of international affairs, Jerusalem where you can find look up these facts and figures for yourself:
Inside Story: Palestine Water Shortage – entire segment.
Donate to Raising Sand Radio and receive author's autographed hardcover edition of radio host's book, Long Time Passing: Mother Speak about War and Terror.
High bandwidth Stereo (128 kbps: http://woodard.freemanbusiness.com/audio/Abbas_mix-Stereo128.mp3
Low bandwidth Mono (24 kbps:
http://woodard.freemanbusiness.com/audio/Abbas_mix-Mono24.mp3
Show Summary:
There is a growing water crisis in Palestine that affects agriculture, industry, and the health of virtually every adult and child.
The sole source of fresh water for the Gaza Strip is the Coastal Aquifer, a water source shared with Israel. This aquifer has been contaminated for years and it is deteriorating even further. Poor sanitation and over-extraction have polluted this limited water supply.
Today we take a look at the water crisis in the region with Ziad Abbas, a Palestinian refugee from Dheisheh Refugee camp in the West Bank and current associate director of Middle East Children's Alliance.
Links for more information:
Middle East Children's Alliance
Palestinian Academic Society for the study of international affairs, Jerusalem where you can find look up these facts and figures for yourself:
Inside Story: Palestine Water Shortage – entire segment.
Donate to Raising Sand Radio and receive author's autographed hardcover edition of radio host's book, Long Time Passing: Mother Speak about War and Terror.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
World Bank Loan will Fund More Coal Pollution and Greenhouse Gas
Listen to "World Bank Loan will Fund More Coal Pollution and Greenhouse Gas"
On April 8 the World Bank will vote on loaning South African energy parastatal Eskom $3.75 billion to build what will be the fourth largest coal burning power plant in the world. This 4,800 MW Medupi power plant will add an estimated 25 million metric tons of CO2 emissions per year to Eskom’s 40 percent share of South Africa’s overall total greenhouse gas emissions.
We talk to environmental activist Sunita Dubey about this loan and the growing world-wide opposition to it. And we hear what Eskom and bank officials are not saying: that there is no such thing as clean coal. If fact, from China to South Africa – where coal seams continue to burn in the ground long after mines have shut down – to India, where a major coal company will present investors an IPO later this year, coal mining and burning devastates land, communities, and people the world over.
For more information or to get involved, go to:
Bank center information
Friends of the Earth
Sierra Club
groundWork
Watch Sara Belcher's video report, UnderMined
NOTE: You have a choice of high bandwidth audio in stereo and mono, and low bandwidth in mono. Low bandwidth downloads faster if you just want to listen. Use high bandwidth for broadcast quality to re-air.
On April 8 the World Bank will vote on loaning South African energy parastatal Eskom $3.75 billion to build what will be the fourth largest coal burning power plant in the world. This 4,800 MW Medupi power plant will add an estimated 25 million metric tons of CO2 emissions per year to Eskom’s 40 percent share of South Africa’s overall total greenhouse gas emissions.
We talk to environmental activist Sunita Dubey about this loan and the growing world-wide opposition to it. And we hear what Eskom and bank officials are not saying: that there is no such thing as clean coal. If fact, from China to South Africa – where coal seams continue to burn in the ground long after mines have shut down – to India, where a major coal company will present investors an IPO later this year, coal mining and burning devastates land, communities, and people the world over.
For more information or to get involved, go to:
Bank center information
Friends of the Earth
Sierra Club
groundWork
Watch Sara Belcher's video report, UnderMined
NOTE: You have a choice of high bandwidth audio in stereo and mono, and low bandwidth in mono. Low bandwidth downloads faster if you just want to listen. Use high bandwidth for broadcast quality to re-air.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Daniel Ellsberg on Labor and War and Two Women in War Zones
Listen to "Daniel Ellsberg on Labor and War and Two Women in War Zones"
Daniel Ellsberg speaks at Plumbers Hall in San Francisco on March 20 about the connections between war and labor at the invitation of the San Francisco Labor Council and U.S. Labor against the War.
Kerry Philp and Adrienne Amudsen travel to Afghanistan and return to report on what they found there.
Thanks also to Joe Woodard Multimedia and San Francisco Labor Council and U.S. Labor against the War.
Daniel Ellsberg speaks at Plumbers Hall in San Francisco on March 20 about the connections between war and labor at the invitation of the San Francisco Labor Council and U.S. Labor against the War.
Kerry Philp and Adrienne Amudsen travel to Afghanistan and return to report on what they found there.
Thanks also to Joe Woodard Multimedia and San Francisco Labor Council and U.S. Labor against the War.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
A Tribute to Activist Women: Fatima Meer, Dudu Khumalo, and Annie Leonard
Listen to "A Tribute to Activist Women: Fatima Meer, Dudu Khumalo, and Annie Leonard"
A tribute to South Africa's Fatima Meer, one of the world's real heroines. It was said of her as she received her honorary degree from the University of Natal in 1998 that she “was among the first South Africans to have ever existed, a dutiful citizen before citizenship was enfranchised for her”.
We hear from Dudu Khumalo a water and rural lands activist in townships in and around Durban, South Africa. Dudu Khumalo is affiliated with the Center for Civic Society at the University of Kwa Zulu Natal and talks about the struggle she wages to create simple, healthy, and dignified communities in post apartheid SA.
And Annie Leonard talks with Steven Colbert about her work and new book The Story of Stuff.
A tribute to South Africa's Fatima Meer, one of the world's real heroines. It was said of her as she received her honorary degree from the University of Natal in 1998 that she “was among the first South Africans to have ever existed, a dutiful citizen before citizenship was enfranchised for her”.
We hear from Dudu Khumalo a water and rural lands activist in townships in and around Durban, South Africa. Dudu Khumalo is affiliated with the Center for Civic Society at the University of Kwa Zulu Natal and talks about the struggle she wages to create simple, healthy, and dignified communities in post apartheid SA.
And Annie Leonard talks with Steven Colbert about her work and new book The Story of Stuff.
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