Hermann Scheer: 1944-2010
Hermann Scheer: 1944-2010 Yesterday‚s sudden death of Right Livelihood Award Laureate Hermann Scheer bereft the world of one its most dedicated and successful advocates for renewable energy and energy independence. Hermann Scheer, Member of the German Parliament and President of Eurosolar, had been named by TIME magazine as a ‘Hero for the Green Century’ in […]
AMBULANCE FOR HAITI
Alex Miller, an EMT from New Mexico, spent time in Haiti after the earthquake working for a clinic in the town of Petit Goave near Port-au-Prince. He realized the clinic could use an ambulance for transporting patients so when he returned to the U.S. he began to fundraise for one. Longtime Plenty donor and former […]
US Senate Report Says Haiti Rebuilding Has Stalled
US Senate Report Says Haiti Rebuilding Has Stalled By Jonathan M. Katz, Associated Press Writer – Mon Jun 21, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti has made little progress in rebuilding in the five months since its earthquake, because of an absence of leadership, disagreements among donors and general disorganization, a U.S. Senate report says. Obtained […]
Kids To The Country 2010
Plenty’s 2010 Kids To The Country begins next week and we are looking forward to another exciting season. It’s so amazing to watch the kids go through their changes as they experience nature, many for the first time. An encounter with a tadpole, to be surrounded by trees, to chase lightning bugs in the night […]
Rubble of a Broken City Strains Haitians’ Patience
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/world/americas/30haiti.html By DAMIEN CAVE PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — With graffiti and protests, from sweltering tents to air-conditioned offices, Haitians are desperately trying to get a message to their government and the world: enough with the status quo. The simple phrase “Aba Préval” (Down with Préval, a reference to Haiti’s president, René Préval) has become shorthand for […]
Gulf of Mexico oil spill reinforces the industry’s bad will for American Indians
Gulf of Mexico oil spill reinforces the industry’s bad will for American Indians By The Associated Press May 18, 2010, 6:55AM Like many American Indians on the bayou, Emary Billiot blames oil companies for ruining his ancestral marsh over the decades. Still, he’s always been able to fish — but now, with the Gulf of […]
KIDS TO THE COUNTRY Celebrates Earthday
Kids To The Country launched its 24th year in Tennessee on Earthday Saturday, April 17, 2010, at the Carver Food Park, Garden and Compost Site, in the Greenway along I440 at 10th Avenue and Gale Lane in Nashville. About a hundred folks attended and enjoyed a beautiful day in the park.
Elaine Langley, RN, back from Haiti
Plenty medical volunteer, Elaine Langely, went to Haiti with a team from the Louisiana/Haiti Sustainable Village project and worked with a Haitian EMT, two other volunteer nurses and an American doctor in a makeshift clinic in the southern coastal town of Cayes Jacmel. These are some of the photos she and a Haitian friend shot […]
Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee Chief and First Woman to Lead Major Tribe, Is Dead at 64
Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee Chief and First Woman to Lead Major Tribe, Is Dead at 64 April 6, 2010 By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK Wilma Mankiller, who as the first woman to be elected chief of a major American Indian tribe revitalized the Cherokee Nation’s tribal government and improved its education, health and housing, died Tuesday at […]