Organizations, activists and people from various professional and linguistic backgrounds will observe April 26 as International Seeds Day (ISD) advocating for patent-free seeds, organic food and farmers' rights. ISD will be an educational day for the public to learn about genetically modified food and its health hazardous effects and the agribusiness of major US and European companies and their monopoly over the agriculture in Africa and Asia with emphasis on India, Iraq and Afghanistan. It will be a day of solidarity with farmers in countries devastated by war (Afghanistan, Iraq & others) and of resistance. Join us to endorse and publicize April 26 as International Seeds Day and/or organize an event on April 26. Final deadline to endorse and/or organize an event is: April 12 Continue reading

The Ypsilanti, Michigan Township Park Commission passed a resolution on April 3 opposing the construction of the Nexus natural gas pipeline through Michigan The Nexus pipeline is being constructed by Enbridge, Inc., a Canadian corporation.  The pipeline will be used to distribute natural gas from the Appalachians to Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Ontario. Natural gas would be supplied by fracking in the Appalachians, a process that will destroy sensitive natural areas.  The majority of fracked gas will be going to Canada, and the pipeline has the potential to irreversibly destroy waterways that feed directly into the Great Lakes.  Continue reading

With the presidential election months in the past, Green Party members in New York are continuing to organize and work towards forming new state party chapters. The Hudson Valley Green Party is planning on holding an organizational meeting in June in Beacon, New York. They're planning on adopting bylaws and electing officers. The counties involved are Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester, Ulster and Orange. Continue reading