New at Earth Island

November 30, 2006

  • Action Alert: Save the Rockies! Say No to the "Drill It All" Policy
    Take action and tell the Bush administration to stop endangering the Rockies through irresponsible oil and gas drilling! From Earthjustice.
  • Action Alert: Penguins threatened by global warming - Act Now
    Like the polar bear in the Arctic, these Antarctic and sub-Antarctic birds are threatened primarily by global warming. From the Center for Biological Diversity.

November 28, 2006

  • News Room: Corporate Responsibility and Sacred Sites
    Recognizing the impact of corporations on Native American sacred lands, the Sacred Land Film Project has produced a comprehensive new report exposing the enormity of this threat.

  • News Room: Rumah Nyawin victory: "We will not be evicted!"
    The longhouse, farmlands, and protected forest of an Iban Dayak community of Rumah Nyawin, bordering the Similajau Forest Reserve, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia have been saved, at least for now! From the Borneo Project.

November 22, 2006

  • News Room: Preview of the Winter 2007 Earth Island Journal available online

November 21, 2006

  • Get Involved: GSC Headquarters Internship Announcement
    Seeking a Tanzania Program Intern, a Office Assistant/Special Projects Intern, and an Accounting Assistant.
  • In the News: Intelligence Of Dolphins Cited in Fight Against Hunt
    From the Washington Post.
  • News Room: Earth Island responds to Washington Post story

November 20, 2006

  • Action Alert: Stop Commercial Bioprospecting in our National Parks!
    Bioprospecting is, quite literally, prospecting for microscopic resources, the genetic and biochemical information found in wild plants, animals, and microorganisms. From Parks Not For Sale.
  • In the News: Court considers dolphin-safe labels on tuna
    From Bay City News Wire
  • News Room: The Autumn Earth Island Journal is now available online
    The June edition is archived with full content.

November 14, 2006

  • Event: Introduction to Winter Sports with Youth
    Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT) is hosting an evening presentation of practical information on how to get youth- of all ages- into California's snowy wilderness.

November 9, 2006

  • Event and Media Alert: "Earth Island Institute v. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez"
    There will be a media conference at 8:00 a.m. on the steps of the courthouse, where Earth Island attorneys and staff will be present to discuss the case and the protection of dolphins with the media prior to the hearing.
  • News Room: Two Hot New Papers from EcoEquity
    The first is a new paper on Greenhouse Development Rights, the new equity-based reference framework that EcoEquity and its partners have been developing; the second is a report on precautionary emissions pathways, published by the UK's Institute for Public Policy Research and authored by EcoEquity's Research Director, Paul Baer.
  • Event: Snowshoe Basics
    This fun, experience based class will teach you first in a classroom, preparing you with information about clothing and equipment, and then ON THE SNOW. Topics will include: Snow safety, proper equipment, kids and snowshoeing and practical logistics. All of which will help you get the youth you serve outdoors and into the snow!
  • Get Involved: Job Opportunity with Nature in the City
    Want to work for Nature in the City? Want to help pull Nature in the City up by its bootstraps? We need somebody to do the plethora of administrative functions that keeps the organization together. Good with computers? Want to support building a new culture of community ecological stewardship? Call Peter at 564-4107.
  • Event: Fall Talks with Nature in the City – Frog Restoration in San Francisco
    San Francisco’s rich biodiversity is not well known, yet. In fact, many San Franciscans have been involved in preservation and restoration of native habitats for the past decades. This program will highlight a heroic effort to restore native frogs to San Francisco. (Jim McKissock, Chris Giorni, Josiah Clark)

November 8, 2006

  • Action Alert: Support habitat protection for the Marbled Murrelet
    “Comments will be accepted only until Monday, November 13, so please, take action today to help protect this unique seabird!…” From the Center for Biological Diversity.

November 2, 2006

  • Action Alert: Tell the Army Corps: Stop Rubberstamping Destruction of Our Waters!
    “…right now, the Army Corps of Engineers is trying to undermine these protections, by rubberstamping many destructive projects while waiving environmental review.” From Earthjustice.
  • Action Alert: Help Protect Mining Activists and Free Speech in Ecuador
    “Last week, heavily-armed policemen raided the home of Carlos Zorrilla, a mining activist in the Intag cloudforest region of northwestern Ecuador.” From Earthworks.

November 1, 2006

  • News Room: Dolphin kill dogged by mercury, activists
    From the Japan Times