joseph's blog

I've been supporting Eco-justice, formally Sierra Legal Defense Fund, for nearly 2 decades.  I've been consistently impressed by the results these folks get by using our legal system to force corporations and governments to play by the rules.

Anyone remember Phillip Vannini - here doing interviews for an academic study on off-grid life last summer?  Here's a cute video he posted:

Kiva.org is an organization that coordinates "micro-loans" to people around the world to help them finance endeavours to improve their own lives.

Archeology and DNA evidence sheds new light on the disappearance of local herring...

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/WEEKEND+EXTRA+back+school+fish+sc...

In 5 minutes, this nicely produced video does a great job of exposing the fallacy of "sustainable growth", and comes with a pile of great resources for further research.