[New post] Winds of change blow through indigenous lands in La Guajira

cloudtales posted: "The Caribbean coastal desert is ground zero for Colombia's plan to lead the region's shift to renewable energy, but at huge cost to the Wayúu people Source: OpenDemocracy: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaabierta/colombia-wind-power-guajira-e" New post on Changing World News Winds of change blow through indigenous lands in La Guajira by cloudtales The Caribbean coastal desert is ground zero for Colombia's plan to lead the region's shift to renewable energy, but at huge cost to the Wayúu people Source: OpenDemocracy: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaabierta/colombia-wind-power-guajira-en/ cloudtales | December 22, 2021 at 12:02 am | Categories: Critical Awareness | URL: https://wp.me/p2RXDZ-iv6 Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Changing World News. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://softmachine.net/winds-of-change-blow-through-indigenous-lands-in-la-guajira/

[New post] The challenge of Chile: why I am optimistic

cloudtales posted: "The election of Gabriel Boric, a left-wing president, has consequences far beyond the country's borders Source: OpenDemocracy: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaabierta/the-challenge-of-chile-why-i-am-optimistic/" New post on Changing World News The challenge of Chile: why I am optimistic by cloudtales The election of Gabriel Boric, a left-wing president, has consequences far beyond the country's borders Source: OpenDemocracy: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaabierta/the-challenge-of-chile-why-i-am-optimistic/ cloudtales | December 22, 2021 at 4:30 pm | Categories: Critical Awareness | URL: https://wp.me/p2RXDZ-iv4 Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Changing World News. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://softmachine.net/the-challenge-of-chile-why-i-am-optimistic/

[New post] 5 inspiring acts of feminist resistance in 2021

cloudtales posted: "​​​​Time to celebrate! Here's how women have made a difference across the world this year Source: OpenDemocracy: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/feminist-resistance-2021/" New post on Changing World News 5 inspiring acts of feminist resistance in 2021 by cloudtales ​​​​Time to celebrate! Here's how women have made a difference across the world this year Source: OpenDemocracy: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/feminist-resistance-2021/ cloudtales | December 22, 2021 at 3:32 pm | Categories: Critical Awareness | URL: https://wp.me/p2RXDZ-iv5 Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Changing World News. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://softmachine.net/5-inspiring-acts-of-feminist-resistance-in-2021/

[New post] Members’ News, December 2021

Simon Hanson posted: " Dear AHS members, I would like to take this opportunity, once again, to wish you all a happy, prosperous, and most of all, safe 2022. Filled with haiku, of course. Nothing could have prepared us for the challenges of the past two years, as poets an" New post on Australian Haiku Society Members' News, December 2021 by Simon Hanson Dear AHS members, I would like to take this opportunity, once again, to wish you all a happy, prosperous, and most of all, safe 2022. Filled with haiku, of course. Nothing could have prepared us for the challenges of the past two years, as poets and humans. Covid has not only rearranged our lives, it has shone a light on our values.  Writing haiku is a peaceful and creative pursuit - a process of discovery fundamentally driven by ingenuity and further enriched by opportunities to share and learn.  In that sense, our values have not changed. In fact, in 2021, we have excelled in our endeavours. As a community, we should be proud of the riches that our collective, creative spirits have produced. I would like to pay a special tribute to all the local haiku groups around the country that continued to meet and share haiku whenever and however they could assemble. I have enjoyed reading your group reports throughout the year immensely. A huge thank you to all those poets who participated in the various activities and competitions run by the AHS this year. (There will be more to come next year. Stay tuned!)  Of course, this year, we announced the inaugural winner of the John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku – a competition that attracted 890 poems from 41 countries. Our regular haiku strings and kukais also attracted hundreds of writers from far and wide. I would also like to thank all those haiku poets who took the trouble to contact me throughout the year for advice, encouragement, or just to share some thoughts. I am very grateful for this and look forward to more correspondence next year. There are some exciting things to come next year for the AHS and I look forward to sharing them with you all. See you in 2022. Happy New Year! Rob Scott Read more of this post Simon Hanson | January 1, 2022 at 5:06 pm | Categories: Members' News | URL: https://wp.me/p7niH4-418 Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Australian Haiku Society. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://australianhaikusociety.org/2022/01/01/members-news-december-2021/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Home

Anthony Moretti posted: " Photo: Anthony Moretti, 29May2016 Home They say it's where the heart is But sometimes it's also where the body was And where it can be again " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Smooth Aggregator, Not So Smooth Poet Home by Anthony Moretti Home They say it's where the heart is But sometimes it's also where the body was And where it can be again Read more of this post This free site is ad-supported. Learn more ​ Anthony Moretti | December 31, 2021 at 9:14 pm | Tags: Poetry | Categories: Poetry | URL: https://wp.me/p1XrcY-hZX Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Smooth Aggregator, Not So Smooth Poet. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://morettiphd.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/home-2/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

[New post] Saturdays With The Herculoids

ace101 posted: " When I was a kid in Iowa in the 1960's Saturday morning television was the singular source of fuel for the imagination.  I loved the various Saturdays With The Herculoids " New post on Peace & Truth Saturdays With The Herculoids by ace101 When I was a kid in Iowa in the 1960's Saturday morning television was the singular source of fuel for the imagination.  I loved the various Saturdays With The Herculoids Read more of this post ace101 | January 1, 2022 at 11:17 am | Tags: ace book review | Categories: KINDNESS | URL: https://wp.me/p8Aza7-1Xrx Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Peace & Truth. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://mydaz.blog/saturdays-with-the-herculoids/

[New post] Australia’s nuclear-free collective efforts and achievements in 2021

Christina Macpherson posted: " Dave Sweeney, 31 Dec 21, Nuclear weapons made illegal: Climate change and nuclear weapons are the two existential threats facing our planet – one reduces our chances every day while the other could end our chances in a day. ICAN - the Intern" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Antinuclear Australia's nuclear-free collective efforts and achievements in 2021 by Christina Macpherson Dave Sweeney, 31 Dec 21, Nuclear weapons made illegal: Climate change and nuclear weapons are the two existential threats facing our planet – one reduces our chances every day while the other could end our chances in a day. ICAN - the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - was recognised with the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force and became part on international humanitarian law in January 2021. Our planets worst weapons are now illegal. International support is growing for the Treaty and the first meeting of state parties is planned to be held in Vienna in March - https://icanw.org.au/ Superannuation and pension funds are among those divesting from companies involved in nuclear weapons - https://quitnukes.org/ Pushing for the Treaty is an important counterpoint to the AUKUS driven lurch to ever greater militarisation Resistance, rehab and repair: our efforts to stop further, and clean up former, uranium mines saw important results.  All mining and mineral processing at the Ranger mine in Kakadu ceased in January 2021. Nuclear free advocates are now working closely with the Mirarr Traditional Owners to ensure that primary mine owner Rio Tinto does a credible and comprehensive rehabilitation and in supporting an Aboriginal centred post mining regional economy in Kakadu. A federal commitment to 'full' funding of a new clean up of the former Rum Jungle site in the NT was confirmed in the 2021 budget Despite extensive efforts there was a disappointing outcome in WA with the recent further approval of the Mulga Rock project east of Kalgoorlie. It is a long journey from a signed paper to a commercial mine and the project faces strong contest - https://www.ccwa.org.au/nuclearfreewa International collaboration continued with efforts to track the impacts of Australian uranium miners in Africa, Spain and Greenland. Opposition to the planned Kvanefjeld uranium project, driven by Perth based Greenland Minerals, was a dominant issue in the 2021 Greenland election which was won by nuclear-free politicians who have since introduced a national ban on uranium mining. Responsible radioactive waste management: the federal government push for a national radioactive waste facility in regional South Australia is not responsible or necessary. 2021 saw deeper co-operation with Barngarla Traditional Owners and Kimba region farmers along with media and political advocacy to highlight and delay the heavy handed federal legislation. Movement advocates welcomed the federal budget allocating $60 million to advance extended interim waste storage at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation's Lucas Heights nuclear site. This means Australia's worst waste can effectively stay in place until a longer term approach is developed and that Kimba is a political choice, not a nuclear necessity. Unsurprisingly, the federal government has to date ignored the potential this move offers for a constructive circuit breaker in this debate. 2022 will see elevated attention to radioactive waste issues with a Barngarla legal challenge - kick in if you can at - https://www.gofundme.com/f/nbp8f8-barngarla-help-us-have-a-say-on-radioactive-waste - the SA state election in March and growing community awareness and engagement - https://nodumpalliance.org.au/ Renewable, not radioactive: in the year that saw the 10th anniversary of Fukushima lots of work went into keeping the door closed to domestic nuclear power and contesting nuclear industry promotion of SMR's - so called small modular reactors - and other distractions to effective climate action. Efforts have focussed attention on the urgent need for proven and renewable energy solutions - renewable, not radioactive. Australian advocates played a key role in a new dedicated website and co-ordinated the development of a global civil society non-nuclear statement released at CoP 26 in Glasgow that was endorsed by 480 organisations across multiple nations - https://dont-nuke-the-climate.org/   There was increased collaboration with regional partners in Japan, the Pacific, the Philippines and Taiwan - including around next steps in the Fukushima waste water story and the recent positive referendum that has ended plans for a new reactor in Taiwan. 2022 is sure to see more chatter and challenge on the domestic nuclear front ahead of the federal election. This free site is ad-supported. Learn more ​ Christina Macpherson | December 31, 2021 at 11:48 pm | Categories: AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics | URL: https://wp.me/pAhaJ-prk Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Antinuclear. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://antinuclear.net/2021/12/31/australias-nuclear-free-collective-efforts-and-achievements-in-2021/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com