Earth Island Institute

Check Out Earth Island Journal’s Spring 2012 Issue

The Spring 2012 issue of Earth Island Journal is now at newsstands and online. Among dispatches and reports from around the world, the magazine includes, an in-depth feature about the global effort to recognize legal rights for ecosystems, a special report on how climate change is already impacting global agriculture, a debate over the environmental ethics of bringing children into an overpopulated world, and a powerful personal essay from a woman who decided to leave her home and husband to dedicate herself to protecting marine mammals. Subscribe or buy a copy at the newsstands today! Also, please take our online reader’s survey and help us learn how to serve you better.

Thursday March 8, 2012

Kickstarting Another Mural

Earth Island’s True Colors Mural Project, which supports the development of young artist activists, is working on a brand new mural entitled “Fresh Start,” at the REALM Charter School in West Berkeley. The environmental “game board”-themed mural will display narratives of young environmental leaders, including 2011 Brower Youth Award winners, intermingled with real and imagined scenarios. It will also include a virtual game component that will allow students to write stories, illustrate, and create theme-based animation online. Support the project and win some neat prizes by contributing to its Kickstarter campaign.

Thursday March 8, 2012

Spotlighting the Environment in Armenia

Looks like our new project, Armenian Environmental Network (AEN), is already making some waves out in Armenia. Recently, AEN’s Armenia programs director, Kirk Wallace, was interviewed on CivilNetTV, a bilingual news network based in Yerevan. Wallace spoke about Yerevan’s disappearing parks and green spaces, the potential ecological disaster posed by a mine in Northern Armenia, and the growing environmental movement in the country. Watch the interview here.

Thursday March 8, 2012

Help Stop Cruel Wildlife Trapping

Earth Island’s Project Coyote is supporting Sierra Club’s efforts to draft a national policy to help advocate against the use of wildlife trapping devices like leghold traps, snares, and Conibear traps that cause animals pain, suffering, and even death. Project director Camilla Fox has been working tirelessly to get states and local governments ban such animal trapping practices. Read about why this policy is so important and support Sierra Club’s effort.

Thursday March 8, 2012

Threats to Sacred Grounds

Join Earth Island Institute and the Sacred Land Film Project for a preview of Standing on Sacred Ground, an upcoming documentary film series that exposes the many threats facing Indigenous peoples’ sacred sites across the world. Prior to the screening, enjoy a fundraising reception with special guests Caleen Sisk, chief of the Winnemem-Wintu, and Danil Mamyev, sacred site guardian from the Altai Republic, Russia. Click here for details and ticketing.

Thursday March 8, 2012

Clean Energy for and by the People

Local Clean Energy Alliance, the Bay Area’s largest renewable power alliance founded by EII’s Bay Localize, will be hosting its third annual Clean Power, Healthy Communities conference on May 10 in Oakland. The conference will focus on high-impact initiatives for a community-driven, clean energy future. Speakers will include Communities for a Better Environment's Bill Gallegos, Climate Bay Area's Bruce Riordan, and California State Assemblymember Nancy Skinner. Mark your calendars! Details here.

Thursday March 8, 2012

A Sneak Peek at Sacred Grounds

Join Earth Island’s Sacred Land Film Project at the David Brower Center on March 15 for a sneak preview from their four-part film series, Standing on Sacred Ground, which exposes corporate and environmental assaults on Indigenous peoples’ sacred landscapes. There will be a fundraising reception buffet prior to the screening with special guests Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Tribe, and Danil Mamyev, sacred site guardian from the Altai Republic, Russia. Click here for details and ticketing information.

Thursday February 23, 2012

Join Hands for Food Justice

EII’s Bay Localize has been involved in a new grassroots effort, Taking Back Our Food System, that’s working to challenge corporate control of our food supply and to build healthy, accessible food systems for all. With this in mind, the project will be participating "Occupy Our Food Supply Global Day of Action” and organizing a series of events from Feb. 25 to 29 that include “Garden Work Day,” a forum on building economic and political power, and the creation of an organic seed bank. Check out Bay Localize’s events calendar for details.

Thursday February 23, 2012

A Benefit for Ric and the Dolphins

Hey LA friends, join us on March 3 for a very special benefit in honor of EII’s Ric O’Barry, star of the Academy Award winning film, The Cove and director of Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project. The event titled, “A Night for the Dolphins,” will be held at a private Hollywood residence and will include red carpet arrivals, a cocktail reception, a silent auction, and a special performance by Argentinean actor Mia Maestro. Invitation and details here.

Thursday February 23, 2012

Seeking Young Leaders

Do you know a candidate for the next Brower Youth Awards? The annual awards by Earth Island recognize youth, ages 13 to 22, living in North America who have shown outstanding leadership on a project or campaign with positive environmental and social impact. So if someone you know fits the bill urge him/her to apply.  Our applications are online and easy to fill out. Completed applications must be submitted by May 14, 2012 9:00 p.m. Pacific time. Keep abreast with our activities by liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter!

Thursday February 23, 2012

Catch EII at the SF Green Film Fest

Catch Earth Island in action at the second San Francisco Green Film Festival – the Bay Area’s only festival dedicated to films and new forms of media that explore green issues and sustainable living. The week-long festival starting March 1 will showcase videos of Brower Youth Awards winners. On Friday, March 2, EII’s Associate Director Kevin Connelly, will host a Q&A with the filmmakers and producers of the new documentary Who Bombed Judi Bari? after the world premire of the film about the environmental and social activist. And on Monday, March 5, we will co-present Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time, along with Aldo Leopold Foundation and the Wild Equity Institute. Full festival program and ticketing details here.

Thursday February 23, 2012

A Special Message to Earth Island Institute Supporters from Journal Editor Jason Mark

Dear Friends:

Every morning when I sit down at my desk at Earth Island Journal, I consider two important facts that remind me why the magazine’s work is so important:

First, the planet and all of its habitants – plants, animals, us – are in trouble. The steady murder of Earth is the most important story for humanity in the twenty-first century.

Second, there are fewer professional reporters who are working to tell that story. The newspapers are dying, thousands of journalists have lost their jobs in recent years, and in-depth journalism is becoming harder to find – even as the Internet floods us with infotainment.

To keep publishing our style of advocacy journalism, we’re asking you to support our work and become a subscriber to the magazine today.

On February 15, thousands of people around the country will be taking part in “Support Your Media Day” – a national fundraising challenge to help independent media like Earth Island Journal. Every donation and new subscriber we get in the next 24 hours will help us claim our share of more than $10,000 in cash awards. Donate now and you’ll be helping to sustain our unique blend of investigative journalism, incisive commentary, interviews, and art.

Since you already read the Journal online, you know our work. We were among the first magazines to examine the consequences of geo-engineering the globe’s atmosphere, and also one of the earliest to investigate natural gas fracking. Last year we published a major investigation of the Canadian tar sands, anticipating how the issue would galvanize environmentalists to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline.

Original reporting takes money. Our goal is to raise $5,000 with this campaign. If everyone receiving this email made a $10 contribution, we’d clear that in no time. So please make a donation to Earth Island Journal today and help ensure that independent media doesn’t become an endangered species.

Onward ever,
  Jason Mark
Editor
Earth Island Journal

Wednesday February 15, 2012

BYA Winners Bag Another Award

A big shout out to EII’s 2011 Brower Youth Awards winners, Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen, for being named North American winners of the UN’s first-ever Forest Heroes Award. The two teenagers have been campaigning for the past five years to get Girl Scouts USA to stop using palm oil in their famed cookies because palm oil plantations threaten the rainforest habitat of orangutans in Indonesia. A well-deserved honor indeed!

Thursday February 9, 2012

Save Carson Coyotes

Please join EII’s Project Coyote and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) in urging the City of Carson, CA, not to use limited taxpayer dollars to fund the needless and indiscriminate killing of coyotes with cruel traps. The city is currently considering hiring a private or government trapper to kill coyotes that venture into Carson. Killing coyotes doesn’t increase public/pet safety – educated coexistence does.Your voice is needed! Sign this petition and email your comments to the Carson city council.

Thursday February 9, 2012

Going Wild in LA

A big welcome to Earth Island’s latest project — Los Angeles Wilderness Training (LAWT), which helps get kids outdoors by providing support to adults who work with youth. Founded by Chelsea Griffie, formerly of EII's Bay Area Wilderness Training, LAWT provides LA youth agency staff with wilderness leadership training and outdoor equipment so that they, along with the youth they serve, may explore the power and beauty of California's wilderness.

Thursday February 9, 2012

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