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Meat Without Murder

The latest edition of Earth Island Journal is hot off the presses. Our Winter cover story, “What’s the Beef?” examines the pros and cons of lab-grown meat and asks whether people will be able to stomach meat from a test tube. We also have a wonderful piece of outdoor adventure journalism about the threats to Utah’s Green River. Plus, a conversation with food journalist Michael Pollan and a debate about Peak Oil. Please become a subscriber today and support our unique style of environmental journalism.

Thursday December 5, 2013

Time to Stop the Government’s Animal Killing

This week Project Coyote and allies petitioned the Obama administration to reform the federal wildlife-killing agency known as “Wildlife Services,” which kills nearly 1.5 million coyotes, bears, otters, foxes, birds, and other animals each year. The secretive killing – which includes aerial gunning, traps and exploding poison caps – has gone on for decades with little public oversight. “We call on the USDA to bring Wildlife Services into the modern era of predator conservation and stewardship by adopting rules that allow for public input and the integration of ethics, economics and science-based ecology,” said Camilla Fox, founder and executive director of Project Coyote. A response to the petition is required by law. Learn more here. 

Thursday December 5, 2013

Take a Cruise with Ric O’Barry

The International Marine Mammal Project is hosting a holiday season charity auction to raise money to support its campaign to end the killing of dolphins in Taiji, Japan. You can bid on a private cruise with activist Ric O’Barry, surfing lessons with Laird Hamilton, along with art, jewelry, and wonderful getaways. Make a bid today and help the effort to Save Japan Dolphins.

Thursday December 5, 2013

Travel in Good Conscience

This week Ethical Traveler announced the countries that made its annual list of the Ten Best Ethical Destinations. Countries are measured by their environmental policies, social welfare, and human rights standards, including the treatment of gays and lesbians. The 2014 list includes some longtime favorites – Lithuania, Palau, Cape Verde – plus some new ones. Review the entire ethical destinations list here.

Thursday December 5, 2013

Stopping Food Waste

On November 10, Food Shift was announced the winner of the Ford Community Green Grant at the San Francisco Green Festival. Selected as one of only five finalists to compete in the vote-based contest, Food Shift received more votes than any organization in any previous Green Festival. Also, Food Shift has the potential to win 7 percent of net profits from Design with Benefits, an online store featuring clever products made with social and environmental benefits in mind. You can support the group by visiting the site, clicking on "Food Shift: Ending Food Waste,” and then voting. Thanks for the support!

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Thursday December 5, 2013

The Best of Earth Island Journal:

Get the latest environmental news from Earth Island Journal. Here are our favorite web-only dispatches from the last few weeks:

Most Popular: Anti GE Tree Activists Kicked Off Florida University Campus, Spied on by FBI: Journal managing editor Maureen Nandini Mitra uncovers how GMO critics were hounded off of a college campus.

Editors' Pick: A New Virus is Attacking North America's Wild Turkey Populations. In this Thanksgiving week special, reporter John Soltes explores a new threat to wild turkeys.

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Thursday December 5, 2013

Resilient Communities

Bay Localize is excited to announce that its work has been recognized by the Rockefeller Foundation as one of the reasons it chose the City of Oakland as part of its “100 Resilient Cities Challenge.” This is big news for Bay Localize as it continues to train more 1,000 local leaders in Community Resilience Workshops. Bay Localize is honored by this recognition, and is working hard to cultivate support to continue its community outreach work to build resilience with social equity.Please support Bay Localize today.

Thursday December 5, 2013

Raise Your Voice for the Wolves

On Monday Earth Island Journal ran a story about a Facebook photo (WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE) of wolf hunters wearing KKK-like masks and posing with a dead wolf in front of an American flag. The photo, wrote reporter James William Gibson, is yet more evidence that wolf hunters have fallen deeper into their paranoid fantasy that the wolf represents a liberal conspiracy against rural communities. The US Fish and Wildlife Service is now planning to remove federal protections for gray wolves through most of their historic range. The agency is accepting comments on the delisting proposal rules until December 17. Write to USFWS today and let our officials know that it’s time to stop this cruel and unnecessary slaughter!

Thursday October 31, 2013

Call for Artists

EII's WhollyH2O invites artists to share their visceral experiences of the Tuolumne River Watershed and the use of the river’s waters in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Selected art pieces will be displayed at a mixed media art show, “Standing with the Watershed,” in downtown San Francisco from December 5. The exhibit aims to celebrate the watershed and its inhabitants in all forms. Submissions are due Nov. 11. Details here.

Thursday October 31, 2013

A Night to Remember

Thank you for joining the Earth Island Family at the 14^th annual Brower Youth Awards and helping us make it a resounding success. If you missed it, you can experience the night through photos from the awards reception and ceremony on BYA’s Facebook page. Congratulations again to this year's incredible, deserving winners – Alex Freid, Amira Odeh, Arielle Klagsbrun, Cassandra Lin, and Jonathan Ferrer. Please continue to support our New Leaders Initiative's efforts to grow environmental leadership via  by making a tax-deductible contribution today!

Thursday October 31, 2013

Fracking is Frightening

You know what's really scary on Halloween? Fracking! Join EII’s Bay Localize and co-host, Local Clean Energy Alliance, at the Arbor Café in Oakland, CA for Movies that Mobilize II! on Wednesday, Nov 6 and learn more about fracking and how to stop it in California. The event will include a screening of The Sky is Pink, a short film by Josh Fox, writer and director of Gasland, and a post screening discussion with anti-fracking activists Rose Braz and Oakland councilmember Dan Kalb. This is a free event, and seating capacity is limited to 70 people. Please RSVP: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Details here.

Thursday October 31, 2013

Sharktober Finale

EII’s Shark Stewards reached out to more than 5,000 people, educating them about the ecological value of sharks during Sharktober – its annual celebration of sharks. The month-long celebrations included events, lectures, films, and even a “Swim for Sharks” around Alcatraz Island. Thanks to Shark Stewards’ work with partners in the New Zealand Shark Alliance and its America's Cup campaign, there is now a new campaign to ban shark finning in New Zealand. Sharktober will be ending with one final shark-viewing expedition to the Farallon Islands on Sunday, Nov. 3. Book your tickets for this exciting trip today!

Thursday October 31, 2013

A Dinner for Borneo Project

Please join EII’s Borneo Project at the home of board members Joe Lamb and Anna Goldstein in Berkeley, CA on Sunday, November 3, for a casual dinner and conversation about how Indigenous-led resistance is changing the narrative of rainforest destruction in Borneo. The event is free, but RSVP is required. Email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for further information.

Thursday October 31, 2013

The Best of Earth Island Journal

Get the latest environmental news from Earth Island Journal. Here are our favorite web-only dispatches from the last few weeks:

Most Popular: Sorry, But Wolf Slaughter Is Not American: Reporter James William Gibson deconstructs what motivates wolf hunters to pose like Klansmen and view the destruction of wild nature as something to be celebrated.

Editors' Pick: Aboard a Squid Fishing Boat: Learning Tough Lessons About Our Food Sources Journal intern Jacob Shea spent six months as squid fisherman in Monterey Bay and came back with a keen sense of the comedy and tragedy of human exploits in nature.

Thursday October 31, 2013

Help Food Shift to win $5,000

EII’s Food Shift has been selected as a finalist for a $5,000 Community Green Grant as part of the SF Green Festival. Please help this great project get to first place by voting for it early and often from 9 AM. (PST) on Monday, Nov 4 till 5 PM on Friday, Nov 8. Also, if you are a Give Something Back Office Supplies customer, vote for Food Shift from Nov 1 to Dec. 9 and help the project receive funds from the company.

Thursday October 31, 2013

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