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Regional Student Organizer (Volunteer):Inside the Bottle Regional Student Organizer Internship (5 regional positions available—Quebec, Atlantic, BC/North, Prairies and Ontario):

A New Report From the Oakland Institute Issues a Challenge to Western-led Plans for a Genetically Engineered Revolution in African Agriculture

Oakland, CA: A new report from the Oakland Institute, Voices from Africa: African Farmers & Environmentalists Speak Out Against a New Green Revolution in Africa, issues a direct challenge to Western-led plans for a genetically engineered revolution in African agriculture, particularly the recent misguided philanthropic efforts of the Gates Foundation's Alliance for a New Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), and presents African resistance and solutions rooted in first-hand knowledge of what Africans need.

(POZNAŃ)—On Thursday, December 11, over 160 citizen groups from dozens of countries are releasing a statement that calls for the establishment of a major new Global Climate Fund under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). These groups argue that such a fund would be a vital component of any new global climate agreement that involves the large-scale transfer of financial resources from rich to poorer countries in order to help these nations reduce the emissions that cause global climate change.

This is Deidre Consolati, water and sewer organizer, in Lee Massachusetts. A former Veolia Corporation general manager is running for the state senate in towns around UMass, Amherst and the primary is a week away!
Is it not ironic that while we hold a forum and share ideas about saving local water from corporate abuse this candidate is stealing it as we speak? Should this Democratic contender win, he will control 48 towns and cities in Massachusetts, the largest of the senatorial districts. And his ties with the water world are still strong.