Archive for October, 2011

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No One Knows Exactly, And That’s OK

Now that Occupy Wall Street is headlining, after weeks of minimal coverage, the conversation about exactly what it is is growing too. Has the slumbering giant (the 99%) woken up? How long will it (we) stay awake? And what have …

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Arresting Fear with Hope: Protesting the Keystone XL Pipeline

Arresting Fear with Hope: Protesting the Keystone XL Pipeline

Yale F&ES alumni Eliza Cava (MEM '11) tells the story of her arrest at the White House protest against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline--and the surprising hope that she brought away with her.
by × October 13, 2011 × 2 comments

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Bill McKibben on the Keystone XL Pipeline

Bill McKibben on the Keystone XL Pipeline

In an interview with Sage Magazine, environmental leader Bill McKibben says protesting the Keystone XL pipeline is about buying time for the planet.
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Occupy Wall Street: Starting a Discussion

Occupy Wall Street: Starting a Discussion

F&ES Students reach out to connect themselves, and the Yale community, to the ambitious, ambiguous, organized chaos of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Represent the 99%.
by × October 13, 2011 × 3 comments

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Fishing Report From Ibo Island

Fishing Report From Ibo Island

Ibo Island off the coast of Mozambique hosts a large network of subsistence fishing villages. Rich Press, photojournalist, documents this way-of-life, currently threatened by industrial fishing operations and a changing climate.
by × October 9, 2011 × 0 comments

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Highland, North Woods, Maine.  Photo by David Hobson

Father John McCarthy on Forests and Faith

Father John McCarthy, an ordained Jesuit priest with a PhD in forest ecology, is working with the Newfoundland government to protect a unique species of boreal lichen. Earth is an altar, says McCarthy, and God speaks through the beauty of the forest.
by × October 8, 2011 × 0 comments