By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The End Age for humanity is not a date known to man, but a point of no return from climate change. Are we there now, as the Hopi and Mayans have predicted? Is there time left to us and, if so, how long?
Continue reading →By D. H. Lawrence | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery | D. H. Lawrence is best known for his novels and the persecution he endured for them, but he also wrote some 800 equally subversive poems. His 1923 collection “Birds, Beasts and Flowers” is a contemplation of the natural world and man’s relation to it.
Continue reading →By Brenda Ekwurzel, Union of Concerned Scientists | NOAA | Haiti Chery. Scientific evidence links the destructive power of hurricanes to higher ocean temperatures driven by global warming.
Continue reading →By Glen H. Shephard, Notes from the Ethnoground. Brazilian filmmaker André D’Elia has declared war on the controversial hydroelectric dam along the Xingu river in the new film Belo Monte: Anúncio de uma Guerra (Belo Monte: Declaration of War).
Continue reading →By Jason deCaires Taylor | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Jason deCaires Taylor’s underwater sculptures develop into artificial reefs that offer an ever-changing experience.
Continue reading →By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Thirty six commandos from Haiti’s Departmental Unit for Maintenance of Order (UDMO), together with presidentially-appointed regional and local government representatives, arrived in La Visite Park, near the southern city of Jacmel, to evict 142 families by force on July 23, 2012. In the battle that ensued, 4-12 people were killed.
Continue reading →By Stephen Leahy, IPS | Envolverde. Threats to coral reefs have gone from worrisome to dire. Bleaching, overfishing, pollution and disease have largely wiped out the fabulous coral communities of the Caribbean, which has lost 80 percent of its corals since the 1970s, say scientists at the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS). (English | Spanish | Portuguese)
Continue reading →By shaman Black Elk, as told through John Neihardt. From: Black Elk Speaks, Washington Square Press, 1972, originally published in 1932. The introductory chapter of a great classic on spirituality.
Continue reading →Interview of Captain Paul Watson with Jerry Cope, OpEd News | Paul Watson was arrested by German authorities on May 14, 2012, on charges stemming from a confrontation 10 years ago with shark fin poachers in Costa Rica. At the time the charges were dismissed. Watson has put in a motion to dismiss the case. No decision has been forthcoming from Germany, which does not have an extradition treaty with Costa Rica.
Continue reading →By Douglas Main, OurAmazingPlanet. Some much-needed good news for sharks came from Venezuela this week: the South American country announced it is banning shark finning in its waters and has established a new shark sanctuary.
Continue reading →PRESS RELEASE — The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit on June 29, 2012 against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the agency’s failure to protect Coleman’s coralroot under the Endangered Species Act.
Continue reading →By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The Caracol Bay area was slated to be a World Heritage Site and Marine Park because of its breathtaking barrier reef, mangroves, and migratory birds. The area is also the site of archaeological finds including Guacanagaric, one of the largest and most complete Taino Indian villages. The area has been converted into the massive Caracol Industrial Park (or Free-Trade zone, FTZ) that is expected to pollute the Trou du Nord River and the bay and get served by a deep-water port.
Continue reading →By Staff (TB), Haiti Libre | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Local importers of fertilizers and the Haitian government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Monday, June 25, 2012, to fix a bag of nitrogenous fertilizer at $21 and sulfate fertilizer at $13. Chemical fertilizer is cheap now that it is subsidized. After the native strains of rice, corn, and other crops vanish, the fertilizer will cost its full price.
Continue reading →By Feizal Samath, IPS. By coaxing a bumper 3.2 tonnes of rice out of each acre on his organic farm in the Thrippane, Sri Lanka, district famed for its ancient Buddhist monasteries, Charitha Wijeratne has proved that indigenous seeds do not affect productivity.
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