Where Mountains Once Stood: Coal Mining in the Appalachians
By KYLE CLENDINNING Published August 14, 2012 The Appalachian Region of the United States stands as one of the most scenic areas in North America. This 205,000 square mile region follows the Appalachian Mountains from southern New York to Northern Mississippi, including all of West Virginia and parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Home to more than 25 million people, this region also boasts deciduous broad-leaf trees, evergreen needle-leaf conifers and vast...
read moreThe Venus Project: A New Socio-Economic System
The new documentary for 2012. Genius Jacque Fresco introduces a new socio-economic system where money is obsolete and the world is operated by resource. In this engineered world, crime is almost non-existent. Please check out this amazing documentary, and follow up by visiting their website for a more detailed analysis of the microeconomics of The Venus Project. Visit their site: http://www.thevenusproject.com/ This video presentation advocates a new socio-economic system, which is updated to present-day knowledge, featuring...
read moreMass Migration: The Untold Crisis of Climate Refugees
By ANAM SULTAN Published August 4, 2012 Climate change has been on the radar for years now (we have documentaries such as Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” to thank for that), yet there is a crucial element of this problem that remains largely ignored. Over the past few decades there has been a rapid increase in the level of greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere through human activities, which has led to global warming. The effect that global warming has on weather conditions around the world is known as climate change....
read moreFrom The Archives of Democracy Now! August 02 2012
Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Click here to visit Democracy Now! Climate Skeptic, Koch-Funded Scientist Richard Muller Admits Global Warming Is Real & Humans The Cause Bill McKibben of 350.org: Even Industry-Funded Climate Change Deniers Can’t Ignore Planet’s Warming Obama Admin Helps Undermine U.N. Arms Treaty Talks While Touting Record-High Weapons Sales...
read moreThrive
THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what’s REALLY going on in our world by following the money upstream — uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, THRIVE offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future. If you value what is presented in this movie, please go to http://thrivemovement.com/ where you can support...
read moreFederal Reserve Bank: What Is It? And Should It Be Audited?
Ben Swann takes a look at history, as he explains the Federal Reserve Bank. He talks about the past and present activities of the Federal Reserve Bank and why it’s so important that it gets audited.
read moreRational Sustainability
By HYDER OWAINATI Published July 19, 2012 Environmentalism as a platform to innovation Stalwart supporters of the contemporary environmental movement are not driven solely by apprehensions of impending disasters or apocalyptic fears. Rather, many are cognizant of the fact that the implementations of sustainable and ecologically conscious measures will not only help to edify our society but also drive innovation that reap tangible fiscal and technological benefits. Much like how World War II, the Cold War and the Space Race helped...
read moreLake Chad Desertification: A Symptom of Global Climate Change
By EVELYN HARFORD Published: July 4, 2012 A disturbing environmental trend, desertification is occurring globally. However one striking example of this phenomenon is the disappearance of Lake Chad. It is located between the borders of Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria feeding large numbers of people, animals and plant life in the region. Lake Chad was one of the largest fresh bodies of water on the African continent and its disappearance will have a tremendous impact on the population surrounding it. The problem of Lake Chad is increasingly...
read moreEarth Reform’s 2012 Awareness Campaign
Earth Reform’s 2012 Awareness Campaign Sunday September 09, 2012 1pm to 4pm ~ doors open at 12 Metro Toronto Convention Centre 255 Front Street West Room 107 Are you tired of hearing about all the things that are socially, politically, and environmentally wrong with this world, and feel helpless, because one person just can’t make a difference? Well here’s your chance to become part of a movement. Join us! We are proud to present the event of the year this September 09,...
read moreNo Shame In Shell’s Game
By CHRISTINE EBADI Published May 30, 2012 Despite recent efforts to stop the oil tycoon Shell from pursuing their drilling plans in the Alaskan Arctic this year, a U.S. appeals court ruled the go-ahead. With over a million signatures delivered to the White House this month by various Environmental groups, pleading Obama to stop Shell’s plans, the oil giant continues to prevail. What will this mean for the Arctic inhabitants? Endangered animals such as polar bears, ice seal species, bowhead whales, eiders, yellow-billed loons, among many...
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