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02/14/2007 04:51 PM Common Dreams | News & Views
National Security Experts Grim on Terror War
National Security Experts Grim on Terror War

02/14/2007 04:51 PM Common Dreams | News & Views
Study: Prison Population on the Rise
Study: Prison Population on the Rise

02/14/2007 04:51 PM Common Dreams | News & Views
Lebanon Slides Towards Civil War as Anniversary of Hariri's Murder Looms
Lebanon Slides Towards Civil War as Anniversary of Hariri's Murder Looms

02/14/2007 04:51 PM Common Dreams | News & Views
Britain and US: Worst of Wealthy Nations for Children
Britain and US: Worst of Wealthy Nations for Children

02/14/2007 04:51 PM Common Dreams | News & Views
US Briefing on Iran Discredits the Official Line
US Briefing on Iran Discredits the Official Line

02/14/2007 04:51 PM Common Dreams | News & Views
Doubts Raised on Linking of Iran to US Deaths in Iraq
Doubts Raised on Linking of Iran to US Deaths in Iraq

02/14/2007 04:51 PM Common Dreams | News & Views
Korea Deal Marks Big Victory for Realists
Korea Deal Marks Big Victory for Realists

02/14/2007 04:51 PM Common Dreams | News & Views
Greenpeace Try Eating Whale to Stop Whaling
Greenpeace Try Eating Whale to Stop Whaling

02/14/2007 04:51 PM Common Dreams | News & Views
After a Decade, Booker Winner Roy Plans New Novel
After a Decade, Booker Winner Roy Plans New Novel


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09/03/2010 09:30 AM Worldchanging: Bright Green
Upcoming Events in Design and a Call for Reader Reports
Amanda ReedThere are three interesting conferences coming up in the design world this month (see below for details). If you are planning to go to any...

09/03/2010 07:30 AM Worldchanging: Bright Green
Arctic Round-Up: New Sea Routes Opening Up, New Infrastructure Imagined, and Canada's Taking Action
Amanda ReedMelting and thinning ice in the Arctic has proceeded so rapidly that new sea routes are opening up, infrastructure is being imagined, and countries like...

09/03/2010 04:45 AM Worldchanging: Bright Green
Untangling the 'Environmentalist's Paradox': Is It All About Speed?
WorldChanging TeamWe need a better understanding of the 'environmentalist's paradox' - Why is human well-being improving globally when our environmental woes appear to be worsening all...

09/03/2010 03:30 AM Worldchanging: Bright Green
Portugal Redux: Trade Winds and Sound Policies Push Portugal to the Renewable Energy Forefront
WorldChanging TeamEditor's Note: A couple weeks ago we posted a piece by Alex Aylett reporting on Portugal's impressive percentage of renewable electricity supply. Below, we revisit...

09/03/2010 03:00 AM Worldchanging: Bright Green
Crisis Commons, and the Challenges of Distributed Disaster Response
Ethan ZuckermanHeather Blanchard, Noel Dickover and Andrew Turner from Crisis Commons visited the Berkman Center Tuesday to discuss the rapidly growing technology and crisis response space....

09/03/2010 02:30 AM Worldchanging: Bright Green
Residential Solar, Investing in the Environment, and Cargo Bikes
WorldChanging TeamLooking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 Solar Panels To Boost Property Prices Joe Romm argues that "as peak oil...

09/02/2010 05:30 AM Worldchanging: Bright Green
Passive Building of the Week: Lodenareal Housing
Amanda ReedMichael Eliason and Aaron Yankauskas, of Brute Force Collaborative, have a great case-study up on a recently completed 'Passivhaus' housing project in the Lodenareal complex...

09/02/2010 04:00 AM Worldchanging: Bright Green
Big Green Boxes: A "Hub-and-Spoke Model" for City Farming
Amanda ReedGrist has a new series of interviews up on people who are working to change America's food system in inspiring ways. Yesterday they posted an...

09/02/2010 02:00 AM Worldchanging: Bright Green
Fuel Efficiency for Low-Income Homes, Gapminder, and The Human Storm
WorldChanging TeamLooking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 The Cruel Cost of Clunkers Suzie Boss reports on the hidden social cost...

09/01/2010 05:45 AM Worldchanging: Bright Green
FOUR YEARS.GO. - A New Campaign to Shift the Trends of Humanity
Amanda ReedThe time to act on climate change is now. In that light, a new campaign called FOUR YEARS.GO. has been started to inspire action towards...


09/02/2010 07:00 PM Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
Amnesty International Urges Sri Lanka to Ensure Safety of the Detained Former Asylum Seekers

09/02/2010 07:00 PM Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
Amnesty International Calls on the United Nations to Establish an International Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations in Myanmar

09/02/2010 07:00 PM Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
Sri Lanka urged to ensure safety of detained former asylum-seekers
Three men who were tortured and jailed after their forced return from Australia, are at risk of further abuse when they are returned to prison from hospital.

09/02/2010 07:00 PM Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
Sri Lanka urged to ensure safety of detained former asylum seekers
Amnesty International is today calling on the Sri Lankan government to ensure the safety of three men who have been tortured and jailed following their forced return from Australia in 2009

09/02/2010 07:00 PM Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
Iranian journalist and human rights defender set to face trial
An Iranian journalist and human rights defender set to face trial tomorrow on a series of charges must be released immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International said today

09/02/2010 07:00 PM Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
Iranian journalist and human rights defender set to face trial
An Iranian journalist and human rights defender set to face trial tomorrow on a series of charges must be released immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International said today.

09/01/2010 07:00 PM Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
Slovak government urged to end segregation for Romani children
A new Amnesty International briefing points to serious gaps in the enforcement and monitoring of the ban on discrimination and segregation in the Slovak educational system.

09/01/2010 07:00 PM Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
Amnesty International Urges Slovakia to End Educational Segregation of Romani Children

09/01/2010 07:00 PM Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
Amnesty International Applauds Gov. Strickland for Commuting Death Sentence, Praises His 'True Leadership'
Amnesty International applauds Gov. Strickland for Commuting Kevin Keith's death sentence, praises his 'true leadership'

08/31/2010 07:00 PM Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
Bosnia and Herzegovina must reject Burqa ban
Amnesty International urges the country's parliament to reject a draft law, set to be debated this week, prohibiting the wearing in public of clothes which prevent identification.


07/21/2008 12:00 AM UFPJ Action Alerts
Make One Phone Call to Stop War on Iran TODAY!

07/17/2008 12:00 AM UFPJ Action Alerts
This Weekend: Speak Out Against War on Iran

07/07/2008 12:00 AM UFPJ Action Alerts
Call to Action July 19-21: No War With Iran

07/07/2008 12:00 AM UFPJ Action Alerts
ACTION ALERT: SUPPORT U.S. IRAQ WAR RESISTERS

06/30/2008 12:00 AM UFPJ Action Alerts
Make a Difference Now

06/25/2008 12:00 AM UFPJ Action Alerts
Getting Organized, Getting Engaged

06/23/2008 12:00 AM UFPJ Action Alerts
It's a Slippery Slope to War: Ask Your Rep to Oppose H. Con. Res. 362

06/18/2008 12:00 AM UFPJ Action Alerts
Tell Your Rep TODAY: Vote NO to Another Year of War!

06/09/2008 12:00 AM UFPJ Action Alerts
Demand Diplomacy With Iran, Not War

06/04/2008 12:00 AM UFPJ Action Alerts
ACTION ALERT: Say No to Another Year Of War!




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