IslandWire: News From Earth Island http://www.earthisland.org/index.php/getInvolved/islandWire/ en matthew@earthisland.org Copyright 2012 2012-04-20T01:21:37+00:00 Help Ban Predator Poisons http://www.earthisland.org/index.php/getInvolved/islandWireItem/help-ban-predator-poisons/ Coyote close upEvery year the USDA’s Wildlife Services program kills thousands of coyotes and foxes across the country with two deadly poisons – sodium fluoroacetate and sodium cyanide – at the behest of agribusiness and ranchers. Non-target animals, including pets, birds, and endangered species also fall victim to these poisons. Incidentally, the FBI has declared both of these compounds "highly toxic pesticides” “most likely to be used by terrorists.” EII’s Project Coyote urges you to support a federal bill that bans the use of these harmful pesticides.

]]> Coyote close upEvery year the USDA’s Wildlife Services program kills thousands of coyotes and foxes across the country with two deadly poisons – sodium fluoroacetate and sodium cyanide – at the behest of agribusiness and ranchers. Non-target animals, including pets, birds, and endangered species also fall victim to these poisons. Incidentally, the FBI has declared both of these compounds "highly toxic pesticides” “most likely to be used by terrorists.” EII’s Project Coyote urges you to support a federal bill that bans the use of these harmful pesticides.

]]> Thursday April 19, 2012 Get the Party Started http://www.earthisland.org/index.php/getInvolved/islandWireItem/get-the-party-started/ David BrowerJoin us at the David Brower Center on May 17 as we kick off Earth Island’s 30th anniversary and David Brower’s centennial celebrations with the opening reception of Thinking Like a River: Art, Advocacy, and the Legacy of David Brower – an exhibition honoring our founder’s visionary environmental leadership. The event is free, but RSVP is required. Also, save Summer Solstice, June 21, for our next fun event – Party for the Planet. Be sure to check our events page and the David Brower Center website in the coming weeks for more event updates, including Earth Day celebrations.

]]> David BrowerJoin us at the David Brower Center on May 17 as we kick off Earth Island’s 30th anniversary and David Brower’s centennial celebrations with the opening reception of Thinking Like a River: Art, Advocacy, and the Legacy of David Brower – an exhibition honoring our founder’s visionary environmental leadership. The event is free, but RSVP is required. Also, save Summer Solstice, June 21, for our next fun event – Party for the Planet. Be sure to check our events page and the David Brower Center website in the coming weeks for more event updates, including Earth Day celebrations.

]]> Thursday April 19, 2012 Seeking Young Leaders http://www.earthisland.org/index.php/getInvolved/islandWireItem/seeking-young-leaders1/ Earth Island’s Brower Youth Awards is seeking candidates for this year’s prize. The annual awards recognize youth, ages 13 to 22, living in North America who have shown outstanding leadership on a project or campaign with positive environmental and social impact. So if someone you know fits the bill urge him/her to apply.

]]> Earth Island’s Brower Youth Awards is seeking candidates for this year’s prize. The annual awards recognize youth, ages 13 to 22, living in North America who have shown outstanding leadership on a project or campaign with positive environmental and social impact. So if someone you know fits the bill urge him/her to apply.

]]> Thursday April 19, 2012 Get Those Green Signs http://www.earthisland.org/index.php/getInvolved/islandWireItem/get-those-green-signs/ Green SignWinning designs from EII’s Green Café Network’s Signs of Sustainability contest are online and can be downloaded and used for free. A great resource for neighborhood cafes, businesses, and organizations trying to reduce waste. Check out the hip artwork!

]]> Green SignWinning designs from EII’s Green Café Network’s Signs of Sustainability contest are online and can be downloaded and used for free. A great resource for neighborhood cafes, businesses, and organizations trying to reduce waste. Check out the hip artwork!

]]> Thursday April 19, 2012 Best of the Journal http://www.earthisland.org/index.php/getInvolved/islandWireItem/best-of/ Get the latest environmental news from Earth Island Journal. Here are our favorites from the last 14 days. And, please take this online reader’s survey and help us learn how to serve you better.

Most Popular: Idaho Fish and Game Report Says Trapped Black Wolf Not Shot, “Just Nicked”
Editors Pick: Powerful New Documentary Links Ecocide to Capitalism’s Crisis

]]> Get the latest environmental news from Earth Island Journal. Here are our favorites from the last 14 days. And, please take this online reader’s survey and help us learn how to serve you better.

Most Popular: Idaho Fish and Game Report Says Trapped Black Wolf Not Shot, “Just Nicked”
Editors Pick: Powerful New Documentary Links Ecocide to Capitalism’s Crisis

]]> Thursday April 19, 2012 Fighting Sever Farm Pollution http://www.earthisland.org/index.php/getInvolved/islandWireItem/fighting-sever-farm-pollution/ EII’s Safe Food and Fertilizer project director Patty Martin’s ongoing battle with high-tech powerhouses like Microsoft and Yahoo over server-farm pollution in her hometown Quincy was featured in a recent The Seattle Times report. Read it here.

]]> EII’s Safe Food and Fertilizer project director Patty Martin’s ongoing battle with high-tech powerhouses like Microsoft and Yahoo over server-farm pollution in her hometown Quincy was featured in a recent The Seattle Times report. Read it here.

]]> Thursday April 19, 2012 Dance for Sustainable Food http://www.earthisland.org/index.php/getInvolved/islandWireItem/dance-for-sustainable-food/ A silent disco, great free food and drinks – could there be more fun way to support sustainable food? Please join our new project, Food Shift, for an evening gala at the RallyPad in San Francisco on April 27. RSVP here.

]]> A silent disco, great free food and drinks – could there be more fun way to support sustainable food? Please join our new project, Food Shift, for an evening gala at the RallyPad in San Francisco on April 27. RSVP here.

]]> Thursday April 19, 2012 Making Music for Borneo http://www.earthisland.org/index.php/getInvolved/islandWireItem/making-music-for-borneo/ Presidio String QuartetCome listen to the Presidio String Quartet play David Ryther’s evocative “Scenes from Costa Rica – a rainforest journey” at the David Brower Center on May 19. Proceeds from the benefit concert and hosted reception will go to EII’s Borneo Project. Artist Christopher Evans’ monumental painting, Family Trees will also be unveiled at the event. Details here.

]]> Presidio String QuartetCome listen to the Presidio String Quartet play David Ryther’s evocative “Scenes from Costa Rica – a rainforest journey” at the David Brower Center on May 19. Proceeds from the benefit concert and hosted reception will go to EII’s Borneo Project. Artist Christopher Evans’ monumental painting, Family Trees will also be unveiled at the event. Details here.

]]> Thursday April 19, 2012 Serengeti Watch http://www.earthisland.org/index.php/getInvolved/islandWireItem/serengeti-watch/ Serengeti lionsEarth Island’s Serengeti Watch brings us welcome news – legal action against Tanzania’s proposal to build a commercial highway across the Serengeti National Park can now proceed to a full trial. The East African Court of Justice – a regional intergovernmental court of the republics of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi – has dismissed the Tanzanian government’s objections to a lawsuit against the proposed highway. Africa Network for Animal Welfare, a Kenyan nonprofit organization, had filed a suit in the court in 2010 challenging Tanzania’s right to build the highway that would bisect the Serengeti and cause incalculable damage to its unique ecosystem. Serengeti Watch is supporting the legal fight. Learn more about the Serengeti Legal Defense Fund and how you can help here.

]]> Serengeti lionsEarth Island’s Serengeti Watch brings us welcome news – legal action against Tanzania’s proposal to build a commercial highway across the Serengeti National Park can now proceed to a full trial. The East African Court of Justice – a regional intergovernmental court of the republics of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi – has dismissed the Tanzanian government’s objections to a lawsuit against the proposed highway. Africa Network for Animal Welfare, a Kenyan nonprofit organization, had filed a suit in the court in 2010 challenging Tanzania’s right to build the highway that would bisect the Serengeti and cause incalculable damage to its unique ecosystem. Serengeti Watch is supporting the legal fight. Learn more about the Serengeti Legal Defense Fund and how you can help here.

]]> Thursday March 22, 2012 Best of the Journal http://www.earthisland.org/index.php/getInvolved/islandWireItem/best-of-the-journal/ In the past year, EII’s Earth Island Journal has upped its roster of articles and commentaries and that’s been creating quite a bit of reader interest.  So we thought it would be good to point you to a few Journal articles in every two weeks – the most popular one and one our editors prefer. Happy reading!

Most Popular:
California Effort Underway to Label Genetically Modified Foods
Editor's Pick:
“Guerrilla Grafters” Seek to Bear Fruit on Streets of San Francisco

]]> In the past year, EII’s Earth Island Journal has upped its roster of articles and commentaries and that’s been creating quite a bit of reader interest.  So we thought it would be good to point you to a few Journal articles in every two weeks – the most popular one and one our editors prefer. Happy reading!

Most Popular:
California Effort Underway to Label Genetically Modified Foods
Editor's Pick:
“Guerrilla Grafters” Seek to Bear Fruit on Streets of San Francisco

]]> Thursday March 22, 2012