Produced by:
KBOO
Air date:
Wed, 10/01/2014 - 12:00am
Interview with Ann Petermann
ANNE PETERMANN, [in NYC] (716) 364-1188, globalecology@gmavt.net
Executive director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, which just released the report "Green Shock Doctrine" and runs the climate-connections.org blog, Peterman said today: "Yesterday's march brought together a diverse mix of constituencies from anti-capitalists to Indigenous Peoples to representatives from communities impacted by climate change both in the U.S. and around the world. Each had their own set of demands, but the overarching theme was the need to build power from the grassroots and stop relying on governments and the UN to do this for us. Today hundreds to possibly a few thousand of these folks will be taking part in the Flood Wall Street direct action to bring attention to the real culprits of climate change, and to expose the corporate capture of the UN."
Here's the link:
http://globaljusticeecology.org
http://globaljusticeecology.org
Protecting one tree trumps planting ten trees.
Why? Because you can't plant a forest; you can't replace millions of years of coevolution by planting a bunch of new trees. A bunch of trees is not a 'forest' - it takes a lot more time and speciation - it's a tree farm.
So go ahead and plant a tree. But while you're at it, get out there and get mad, get dirty, get arrested whatever it takes to save the last of the earth's lungs.
Executive director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, which just released the report "Green Shock Doctrine" and runs the climate-connections.org blog, Peterman said today: "Yesterday's march brought together a diverse mix of constituencies from anti-capitalists to Indigenous Peoples to representatives from communities impacted by climate change both in the U.S. and around the world. Each had their own set of demands, but the overarching theme was the need to build power from the grassroots and stop relying on governments and the UN to do this for us. Today hundreds to possibly a few thousand of these folks will be taking part in the Flood Wall Street direct action to bring attention to the real culprits of climate change, and to expose the corporate capture of the UN."
Here's the link:
http://globaljusticeecology.org
http://globaljusticeecology.org
Protecting one tree trumps planting ten trees.
Why? Because you can't plant a forest; you can't replace millions of years of coevolution by planting a bunch of new trees. A bunch of trees is not a 'forest' - it takes a lot more time and speciation - it's a tree farm.
So go ahead and plant a tree. But while you're at it, get out there and get mad, get dirty, get arrested whatever it takes to save the last of the earth's lungs.
- KBOO
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