Earth Day's this weekend - a good time to think about the idea of a 'green economy'.
Earth Day
Join rabble.ca's Vegan Challenge for Earth Week 2012!
Join rabble.ca in taking the Vegan Challenge during Earth Week from April 16-22!
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Assimilating Canadians into the wisdom of Indigenous ancestors
This year, the Idle No More movement called for Earth Day rallies to focus attention on the links between Indigenous issues and the environmental movement.
Events leading up to Earth Day included an impressive 'Nation2Nation' (N2N) dialogue between Haudenosaunee and Anishnawbeg leaders like Ellen Gabriel and Leanne Simpson and Canadian activist Naomi Klein in Toronto. (Watch videos of this event here and here.)
Earth Day letter from jail: The fossil fuel party must come to an end
The following letter was written from the Chemung County Jail in Elmira, New York where Steingraber is serving a fifteen day sentence for blockading a gas compression rig last month owned by the Inergy gas company near her home in the Finger Lakes region of the state.
Celebrating Earth Day 2013
An estimated 50,000 people marched in celebration of Earth Day in Montreal Sunday. (Photo: Frédéric Sultan / flickr)
