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Protecting Our Water: It’s Simply the Right Thing to Do

sgladstone at Food & Water Watch - 11 months ago
By Nisha Swinton I have worked with Food & Water Watch – Maine on bottled water issues for almost five years, and I am always so excited when new people join our growing movement against corporate control of our most precious natural resource. I met Nina and her mother Molly, recently, and I was immediately […]

What is TPP? How Secret Trade Deals Hurt Our Families

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
Email your Representative to help stop President Obama’s attempts to Fast Track dangerous secret trade deals like the TPP. http://fwwat.ch/VoteNoTPP Mitch Jones is the Common Resources Director for Food & Water Watch. Category: Nonprofits & ActivismUploaded by: GoodFoodnH2OHosted: youtube

Bill McKibben on the Global Frackdown

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
Bill McKibben, environmental activist and President of 350.org, speaks about the importance of the international day of action to stop fracking, the Global Frackdown. Fracking destroys air quality, contaminates water and threatens public heath and safety. It is time people everywhere unite to take action and make their voices heard. Visit www.globalfrackdown.org to join the […]

Wenonah Hauter on the Global Frackdown

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
Five continents. Thousands of people. One united show of force. The Global Frackdown is an international day of action where concerned communities around the world will call on their elected officials to ban fracking. Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food & Water Watch, asks you to join the movement on October 19 by creating an […]

Josh Fox Is Down With The Global Frackdown

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
In his new video, Josh Fox asks you to join this year’s Global Frackdown! On October 19, thousands of concerned citizens around the world will unite in an international day of action to tell officials that the journey to renewable energy will not be fueled by shale gas. Visit www.globalfrackdown.org to join the fight and […]

Global Frackdown2 – Oct 19, 2013

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
On October 19, communities across the world will gather to stop fracking. Learn more and join us at www.globalfrackdown.org Category: Nonprofits & ActivismUploaded by: GoodFoodnH2OHosted: youtube

Global Frackdown2 – Oct 19, 2013

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
On October 19, communities across the world will gather to stop fracking. Learn more and join us at www.globalfrackdown.org Category: Nonprofits & ActivismUploaded by: GoodFoodnH2OHosted: youtube

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wrobinson at Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoec0Yvl_o8 Chemical and processed food companies are trying to coerce Californians into believing that Proposition 37 to put a simple label on foods that have been genetically modified will raise food costs, but moms and dads know better. To learn more about Prop 37 and Food & Water Watch’s campaign to make GE Labeling the [...]

What are Superweeds?

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
As weeds grow resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup pesticides, farmers are forced to spray larger quantities and more hazardous types of chemicals to keep these "superweeds" at bay. As a result, the health of the farmers and our environment are at risk. Learn more in Food & Water Watch’s superweeds report: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/reports/superweeds/ Category: EducationUploaded by: GoodFoodnH2OHosted: […]

Foodopoly: Beer

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
Which two companies produce nearly 80 percent of the beer sold in the U.S.? Text BEER to 69866 to find out, then take action to stop the Budweiser/Corona merger: http://fwwat.ch/beeropoly. If you look around the beer aisle at your local grocery store, it might seem like you have a lot of choices. But, in reality, […]

Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
Wenonah Hauter’s Foodopoly (www.foodopoly.org) is the shocking and revealing account of the business behind the meat, vegetables, grains and milk that most Americans eat every day, including some of our favorite and most respected organic and health-conscious brands. If you care about the food you eat, you want to find out more about Foodopoly: www.foodopoly.org. […]

Grocery Costs with Marisa Tomei: Yes on Prop 37

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
To learn more about Prop 37 and Food & Water Watch’s campaign to make GE Labeling the Law, and to help raise money to broadcast this public service announcement and others like it far and wide, visit www.voteyes37.org. Proposition 37 is a ballot measure that requires simple, clear labels letting consumers know if foods are […]

Grocery Costs: Vote Yes on Pro 37

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
To learn more about Prop 37 and Food & Water Watch’s campaign to make GE Labeling the Law, and to help raise money to broadcast this public service announcement and others like it far and wide, visit www.voteyes37.org. Proposition 37 is a ballot measure that requires simple, clear labels letting consumers know if foods are […]

Grocery Costs – Compilation: Vote Yes on Prop 37

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
To learn more about Prop 37 and Food & Water Watch’s campaign to make GE Labeling the Law, and to help raise money to broadcast this public service announcement and others like it far and wide, visit www.voteyes37.org. Proposition 37 is a ballot measure that requires simple, clear labels letting consumers know if foods are […]

Grocery Costs, Featuring James Franco: Vote Yes on Prop 37

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
To learn more about Prop 37 and Food & Water Watch’s campaign to make GE Labeling the Law, and to help raise money to broadcast this public service announcement and others like it far and wide, visit www.voteyes37.org. Proposition 37 is a ballot measure that requires simple, clear labels letting consumers know if foods are […]

Blindfold: Vote Yes on Prop 37

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
To learn more about Prop 37 and Food & Water Watch’s campaign to make GE Labeling the Law, and to help raise money to broadcast this public service announcement and others like it far and wide, visit www.voteyes37.org. Proposition 37 is a ballot measure that requires simple, clear labels letting consumers know if foods are […]

I’m a Mom: Vote Yes on Prop 37

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
Chemical and processed food companies are trying to coerce Californians into believing that Proposition 37 to put a simple label on foods that have been genetically modified will raise food costs, but moms and dads know better. To learn more about Prop 37 and Food & Water Watch’s campaign to make GE Labeling the Law, […]

I’m a Mom v2: Vote Yes on Prop 37

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
Chemical and processed food companies are trying to coerce Californians into believing that Proposition 37 to put a simple label on foods that have been genetically modified will raise food costs, but moms and dads know better. To learn more about Prop 37 and Food & Water Watch’s campaign to make GE Labeling the Law, […]

Bill Maher on the Truth Behind Prop 37

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
A message from Bill Maher about California’s Proposition 37. To learn more about Prop 37 and Food & Water Watch’s campaign to make GE Labeling the Law, and to help raise money to broadcast this public service announcement and others like it far and wide, visit www.voteyes37.org. Throughout the course of food labeling history, giant […]

Signs: Kids are not Lab Rats — Yes on Prop 37

Food & Water Watch - 1 year ago
To learn more about Prop 37 and Food & Water Watch’s campaign to make GE Labeling the Law, and to help raise money to broadcast this public service announcement and others like it far and wide, visit www.voteyes37.org. Category: Nonprofits & ActivismUploaded by: GoodFoodnH2OHosted: youtube
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ThinkProgress
A bill to freeze the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) — a mandate on how much clean energy utilities have to use — was shoved through committee last month, but despite a wide Republican majority (34-16), the bill hasn't been brought to the ...
Christian Science Monitor
Great River Energy, a Minnesota energy cooperative, is offering renewable power to the state's electric-car owners for the same price as that generated from fossil fuels. The coop provides energy to 650,000 households in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The Guardian
Saudi Arabia finds itself in the fortunate position whereby it can effortlessly switch from dominating the energy market of the 20th century through oil to dominating the 21st century with renewables. Al-Naimi believes that solar power will benefit the ...
The Guardian
Ikea pledges €1bn on renewable energy and climate change efforts. Investment will be 'good for customers, good for the climate and good for Ikea too' says chief executive, promising measures will not push up prices. An exterior view of an Ikea store in ...
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Matthew Weaver/Capital Press From left, Bill Dewey with the Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association, Nicole Berg wih the Washington Association of Wheat Growers and Aaron Golladay with Washington Farm Bureau listen during a Sept. 11, 2014 ...
Ecology Global Network
WED_Banner World Environment Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972, and is celebrated every June 5th. The United Nations Environment Program describes WED as its “principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide ...
Upside Down World
About an hour south of Mexico City, nestled in an extraordinary range of mountains called the Sierra del Tepozteco, whose fantastical rock formations studded with forest resemble those in ancient Chinese painted scrolls, an experiment in alternative ...
Butler Newsroom (blog)
An interest and expertise in plant ecology has taken Julia Angstmann from Indiana to Manitoba, Canada, to Cape Town, South Africa, and back to Indiana—where she is now the new director of Butler's Center for Urban Ecology. “My career has definitely ...
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EcoWatch
In 2010, Congress commissioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study the impact of fracking on drinkingwater. The U.S. EPA released its long-awaited final draft of its report today, assessing how fracking for oil and gas can impact ...
Wired
California's Central Valley farmers have a problem. Agriculture accounts for about 80 percent of the state's water consumption, and in the midst of a historic drought, it is the largest potential source of water savings. Farmers want to be good ...
New York Times
He had paid $100,000 to have it drilled, but it wasn't producing water. Mr. Hundal was hoping that if he cleaned out the well, thewater would start flowing again. On the nearby trees, some leaves had turned yellow and the almond husks appeared smaller ...
Business Insider
People on Kickstarter are going crazy for a smart water bottle that glows when you need to take a sip. Spotted on TechCrunch and officially launched on Monday with 38 days left to go, the HidrateMe water bottle has already surpassed it's $35,000 ...
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