It was just a little over one hundred years ago when the automobile was invented. One only need to look at today’s traffic reports to see what has happened. We have built a civilization where the automobile holds us captive. Most of us need the car to get to work, or we [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Ecology’
March 13, 2007
Oaxaca, Mexican farmers screwed by NAFTA
After NAFTA was passed the corporate beasts from the US unloaded cheap corn into Mexico, some not fit for human consumption, and the Mexican farmers were driven out of business because they couldn’t compete. Some of them took out loans and went under; lost their land.
When some of the Genetically Modified corn was used [...]
March 2, 2007
Just a Brief Note
In Iqalit, Nunavit Territory, Simon Nattaq fell through the thinning Arctic ice due to rising Arctic temperatures.
Global warming? He thinks so. He lost both feet but managed to survive. He says, “Today I am here because the creator allowed it.”
According to an article in The Boston Globe, “the Arctic is the region [...]
