July 01, 2008

"The Time is Now!" -- youth for peace

The Time is Now! is a 12 page report produced by Irene Kyazze (Uganda) and Channsitha Mark (Cambodia) as part of the Women Peacemakers Program International Orientation, as a forum for youth acros...

June 30, 2008

The Effect of the Food Crisis on Women and Their Families

This report from the coalition "Women Thrive Worldwide" describes how women are the hardest hit by the food crisis, and how they can be part of the solution to this crisis.

June 05, 2008

Planet Diversity: women speak out

Members of the Planet Diversity workshop: "Women, Diversity and Agriculture: strategies for survival and solidarity" were asked to send a representative to the closing session of this historic inte...

May 31, 2008

Support hunger strike against Star Wars base

A US activist against nuclear weapons and power in space has joined an international hunger strike with his friends in the Czech Republic opposing construction of a US radar base there.

May 23, 2008

How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It

Elizabeth Royte's new book explains why bottled water is one of the greatest marketing coups of the 20th and 21st centuries.

May 18, 2008

Planet Diversity Congress: international success

An international demonstration, festival and three day conference marking the opening of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity brought thousands to Bonn, Germany, to demand small-scale diversit...

April 30, 2008

Bhopal: Hundreds of New Victims are Born Each Year

..."More than two decades ago, white clouds of toxic gas escaped from American multinational Union Carbide’s pesticide plant. The gas killed 5,000 people that night and 15,000 more in the following...