Whale Meat Consumption Rising in South Korea – June 23, 2011

Korean Greens Say Government Should Crack Down on Bycatch

Donghae, Republic of Korea — The Bangudae petroglyphs are engraved on rocks said to be thousands of years old. They include scenes of whales and boats and people wielding nets and spears. Some people claim this is proof that whaling in Korea goes back not centuries, but millennia.

Photo courtesy Wikimedia CommonsA replica of the Bangudae petroglyphs at the Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea.

Today, the city of Ulsan on South Korea’s southeast coast is the center of Korea’s burgeoning whale-eating culture. There’s a waterfront esplanade with a dozen or so restaurants that serve whale meat, and an annual whale festival that attracts tens of… more

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Philadelphia Urban Gardeners Struggle with Land Tenure Issues – May 27, 2011

By Johanna Hoffman

It’s an early summer afternoon and West Philadelphia’s Mill Creek Farm is a bustle of activity. Co-founders Johanna Rosen and Jade Walker pick asparagus sprigs thicker than a human thumb while volunteer farmers work on verdant arugula patches and neighbors pop in to say hello.

Photo courtesy Mill Creek FarmSchoolchildren dig for potatoes at Mill Creek Farm.

This is a major change of scene for the two-acre plot. Before it became a farm six years ago, the Mill Creek site was a vacant plot filled with trash. Rosen and Walker managed to get a 99-year lease for the lot, which is managed by Philadelphia’s… more

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Poland’s Rush to Exploit Natural Gas Reserves Unchecked by Greens – May 26, 2011

By Dave McGuire

Earlier this year, Maja and her husband Maciej were driving along the two-lane road that runs past a village called Neistkowo where they own a plot of land. It was night, so they were surprised to see an orange sky up ahead. “We saw this huge metal mast with plenty of lights on it,” Maja says. “It was actually as bright as if it was day. And we were just, ‘oh my god what’s this?’”

Photo: courtesy Earthworks Natural gas refineries like these may soon become a common sight in Poland

What they saw was the glow from a shale gas exploration rig, one… more

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Why I’m Suing the Government of United States – May 4, 2011

Brower Youth Award winner Alec Loorz on his suit to protect the climate

I am 16 years old. This morning I filed a lawsuit against the United States of America, for allowing money to be more powerful than the survival of my generation, and for making decisions that threaten our right to a safe and healthy planet.

 Alec Loorz

Our parents’ and grandparents’ generation have created a problem. They’ve developed a society that depends on burning fossil fuels, like coal and oil, to survive. They never realized that there were any huge consequences to running our lives with fossil fuels. But now, we do.

Our addiction to fossil fuels is messing up the perfect balance of nature and threatening… more

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The Dark Side of the Boom – April 28, 2011

How Fracking in Texas Threatens Public Health and Safety, by Sharon Wilson

Howdy, I am Sharon Wilson but most people know me as TXsharon, author of the blog, Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS that focuses on drilling issues locally, statewide, nationally and even globally. My involvement started when I noticed alarming things happening to the countryside near my property in Wise County, Texas—a smelly pit here, a smoking rig there, and leaky pipes and hoses that ended up in flowing creeks. I wrote letters to the paper, talked to neighbors and blogged as a guest until I finally started my own blog.

Photo by Sharon Wilson A natural gas plant behind Tim and… more

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