I CAN’T BREATHE (NOW HEAR THIS newsletter, June 2020)

George Floyd, echoing Eric Garner in 2014, gasped “I can’t breathe” as a Minneapolis police officer pinned his neck to the pavement with his knee, blocking his windpipe and…

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Public Comments at May 5, 2020 Board of Natural Resources Meeting

Beverly Parsons made the following the statement (with minor editorial changes) at the May 5, 2020 meeting of the Board of Natural Resources (BNR) which oversees the Washington State…

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MAYDAY! / MAY DAY (NOW HEAR THIS newsletter, May 2020)

It’s May 1, the traditional day of spring celebrations. In the nineteenth century, May Day also became the day to celebrate workers, who…

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EARTH DAY 2020 – A CALL FOR VIRTUAL CELEBRATION – Guest Article from Pedro Valverde

Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, environmentalists marched worldwide as the first Earth Day shook the nations of the world…

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NOW HEAR THIS Newsletter MIDWINTER 2019 – CLIMATE REALITIES and CLIMATE GRIEF– HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM

CLIMATE REALITIES and CLIMATE GRIEF– HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM This midwinter issue of NHT explores the anxiety that the issue of climate change…

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NOW HEAR THIS Newsletter NOV 2019 – Rights of Nature

RIGHTS OF NATURE Rights of Nature is a legal philosophy that is starting to influence the fight to preserve the environment. Rights of Nature is the recognition, quite simply,…

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A LIVABLE WORLD FOR OUR CHILDREN

A LIVABLE WORLD FOR OUR CHILDREN A “carbon footprint” refers to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the greenhouse gas (GHG) most responsible for the present climate crisis. It’s created…

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