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Pets and women's shelters (PAWS)

2009-06-28T22:11:00.008-04:00

Pets and Women’s Shelters (PAWS)™ Program Provides On-Site Housing for Pets, Giving Victims More Reason to Leave Abusive Homes.Visit For Paws Hospice to learn more about human-animal bond and what you can do to protect companion animals in your community.Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyVisit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the

Veggie Revolution: Ecotourism can buffer the effects of poverty

2008-10-10T15:35:00.000-04:00

Veggie Revolution: Ecotourism can buffer the effects of poverty

Whose neighborhood

2008-02-20T12:27:00.006-05:00

Gang injunctions; solution or political theatreThe city of San Francisco is known all over the world for its natural beauty, gourmet restaurants, and booming nightlife. When people think about San Francisco, they don’t often think about gang violence. But that’s just what’s been plaguing the city’s mission district for many years.On this edition, Making Contact intern Joaquin Palomino spoke to

A case for Darwinism, the garden mind

2008-02-18T13:51:00.004-05:00

Michael Pollan talks about his garden zen and the moment he became aware of corn's plan for world domination. Greener Magazine

The hidden war

2008-01-07T08:42:00.000-05:00

A noticeable lack of unembedded reporting on the Iraq war has lead to a corresponding lack of information about the realities of this war. What truths go unreported? Will the Bush administration attack Iran? What will the increased militarization in Pakistan mean for the Middle East? How will the United States government and the people respond?On this edition, independent journalists David

Kiva, sounds like hope

2007-12-25T19:50:00.000-05:00

Kiva, Loans that change lives. The microloan groundswell that began just 2 years ago is making a difference one loan at a time to small business and individuals worldwide again this year with record numbers of small lenders like you and your neighbor investing as little as $25 at a time.Kishwer Azam's family business is just one of many helped by these peer to peer loans. Over the months to come

War hurts... more than just lives

2007-12-14T18:28:00.000-05:00

War hurts, we've looked at the environmental impact of war many times before this and it's notable that the U.S. Army now mandates a response to the impact of warfare operations on the environment through the U.S. Army Environmental Command, USAEC initiative, but elsewhere war goes on, other countries other conflicts and the record over the years has been dismal, the effects, catostrophic. From

Gore's Nobel lecture, calling for a new time table

2007-12-10T08:57:00.000-05:00

For those present in Oslo today to hear Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance lecture it may have seemed the Nobel Laureate was in fact preaching to the choir but the fact is, the assembled audience was no ordinary choir; heads of state, scientists and activists like Uma Thurman one would expect should not be surprised by Gore's rhetoric, he's been warning the world about global warming for

The color of AIDS

2007-12-01T09:40:00.000-05:00

In the United States, HIV/AIDS is no longer just a disease affecting white, gay men. The percentage of cases of women living with HIV has tripled in the past 20 years, and women of color are most affected. Yet outdated perceptions about the epidemic drive government prevention work, from the way data is collected to who gets tested.On this edition, those on the frontlines of the grassroots HIV/

Dirty Harry: when an American dream became a nightmare, part 1

2007-11-18T20:56:00.000-05:00

In 1951, the first Atom bomb was detonated over a section of desert called Frenchman Flat, about ninety miles northwest of Las Vegas.For more than forty years, this stretch of sage brush and sand would become ground zero for U.S. nuclear testing. In fact, the last detonation happened just fifteen years ago, on September 23, 1992.Since the early 1990’s, independent producer Claes Andreasson has

Water rights: no clear solution

2007-11-16T13:10:00.001-05:00

The privatization of public water supplies is occurring in many places around the world. Sold like a common commodity, the rights for distribution and management of community water are being bought and controlled more and more by private entrepreneurs and corporations.But a global movement of activists say this most basic element of life should stay in the hands of the people who use it and out

Prediction, more virulent microbes

2007-10-17T15:00:00.000-04:00

A study to be published tomorrow in the journal Nature predicts there will be more virulent disease events in our future as microbes continue to adapt to their environment, us.Many of the most successful microbes are those that inhabit but do not kill their host. What explains their success? A new mathematical model, devised by a microbiologist renowned for his study of H. pylori and a

The Iran Agenda

2007-09-26T12:32:00.000-04:00

Is Iran developing nuclear weapons? Does the U.S. plan to bomb Iran? What do the people of Iran think about U.S. policy? On this edition, we’ll hear the answers to these and other key questions as independent producer and book author Reese Erlich looks at the Bush administration's efforts to overthrow the government of Iran. This radio documentary is based on Erlich’s 2007 book “The Iran Agenda:

On new ground

2007-09-20T21:57:00.000-04:00

Liberating gender & sexuality It’s a well-worn path in human history. Non-traditional and marginalized communities attacked for their lifestyles and their individual choices… whether it’s based on sexual identity, gender equity or the quest for collective empowerment. So how do we challenge and overcome gender and sexual oppression?Dr. Andrea Smith, of “INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence”

Costa Rican gold mine suspended

2007-09-11T12:34:00.000-04:00

A multinational coalition of environmental and human rights organizations are calling on Canadian mining company Glencairn Gold Corporation to disclose information about suspected cyanide and metals pollution from the Bellavista gold mine in Costa Rica. Glencairn shut down the mine in late July, following heavy rains that caused substantial earth movements, and has reported in financial

The Greener edition: Carnival of the Green # 92

2007-08-27T07:30:00.000-04:00

Carnival, this is the fourth Carnival we've been privileged to host: two on Greener Magazine and one each at The Naked Vegetarian and our own Animal Broadcast Network and the largest yet with some 35 contributors.Thanks to Green Options for last week’s portable feast and be sure to catch Carnival September 3rd on Organic Authority.And, if you have something green to share, surf over to TreeHugger

Gelatin from corn, a first

2007-08-26T16:12:00.000-04:00

Boston 8/22/07:: Scientists meeting in Boston last week announced an advance toward turning corn plants into natural factories producing gelatin.Currently gelatin for food and used by the pharmaceutical industry for manufacturing capsules is derived almost exclusively from animal products. The advance, described Wednesday at the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, may lead to

Micro loans, major impact

2007-08-26T11:07:00.000-04:00

Ki•va \´kē-vƏ \ n [Hopi] : An underground or partly underground chamber in a Pueblo village, used by the men especially for ceremonies or councils.NowKiva the little shop of honors, the honor system that is allowing folks like you and me to invest a little or a lot in your fellow man, woman, child.From their site:We let you loan to the working poor"Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to

Beyond bars

2007-08-23T21:37:00.000-04:00

Community Resistance to Prison Expansion In the United States, more than 2 million people live behind prison bars. In the state of California alone there are more people locked up than in prisons in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Singapore combined. Dr. Ruth Gilmore is a professor of geography at the University of Southern California, and is a key figure in the grassroots movement fighting

NOAA, hurricane hunters

2007-08-18T11:26:00.000-04:00

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Air Operations Center at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa serves as home to The Hurricane Hunters. The air group provides life saving, real time information on the formation and progress of earth's deadliest storms. However, the AOC's year round mission as NOAA's air platform for gathering vital data on weather, ocean resources and the

Musicians, migrants and all that jazz

2007-08-08T14:03:00.000-04:00

Musicians have always been the heart and soul of New Orleans and like everyone else in the flood damaged city, they're struggling to survive. Two years after the disaster, only half of the residents have returned, and large swaths of the region remain as uninhabitable as the day the levees broke. And yet the bands play on.On this edition, correspondent Reese Erlich talks with musicians to learn

Bono's wife unveils African Conservation Cotton Initiative

2007-08-06T10:15:00.000-04:00

EDUN a socially conscious, sustainable clothing company launched in 2005 by Bono’s wife Ali Hewson and clothing designer Rogan Gregory, recently announced unveiled the Conservation Cotton Initiative (CCI).The initiative works towards improving the livelihoods of communities in Africa by promoting greater investment in sustainable and ethical production of conservation-friendly agricultural

Sex-trafficking and HIV, South Asia link

2007-08-01T20:36:00.000-04:00

Estimated world wide there are some 150,000 girls and women trafficked each year from within the countries of South Asia, approximate numbers include as many as 5,000 to 7,000 Nepalese girls and women trafficked to India’s commercial sex industry every year.Data on HIV prevalence among survivors of sex trafficking and roles of trafficking-related exposures in HIV infection have been limited but

War Made Easy: Norman Solomon on Media and Militarism

2007-08-01T19:28:00.000-04:00

We talk with media critic Norman Solomon and hear excerpts from the powerfuldocumentary, "War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death." Narrated by actor Sean Penn, this new film is being shown by peaceactivists across the country to help stop the war in Iraq.Film producers at the Media Education Foundation have adapted Solomon's book "War Made Easy" into a documentary.

Crowd farming

2007-07-30T13:00:00.000-04:00

Need help paying your power bill, throw a party and invite a few thousand friends. No, we don’t recommend hitting your guests up for a donation but if 2 MIT grad students have their way, large venue events such as concerts and sporting matches may one day power their attractions with the aid of “Crowd Farming.”Envisioned by James Graham and Thaddeus Jusczyk, both students at MIT’s School of