Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/story/132998/a_crisis_is_a_terrible_thing_to_waste/ Let's use this chance to create an economy that links social justice, environmental restoration, and financial sustainability. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:00:01 PDT Kevin Danaher, AlterNet -d809f8086cde8ce734bb941c9d25902d http://www.alternet.org/story/113443/5_ways_to_usher_in_the_new_green_age/ Here are five steps we need to take now, to ensure our planet, and our species, is around to see the fruits of our labor. Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:01 PST Kevin Danaher, AlterNet -75d80b6bfe4be5c45ec0a7eedba5aa41 http://www.alternet.org/story/70332/is_rocky_anderson_the_country%27s_greenest_mayor/ A conversation with Salt Lake City's super green mayor and advocate for Bush's impeachment. Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:00:01 PST Kevin Danaher, PoliPoint Press -55cc7155809c121adc8a40c0ed0ded29 http://www.alternet.org/story/69280/lois_gibbs%3A_how_to_be_a_citizen-activist/ Lois Gibbs, who put Love Canal on the map and ignited the movement against toxics, shares the secrets of organizing work learned on the fly. Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:00:01 PST Kevin Danaher, PoliPoint Press -e8021a133affa2116ade5d414ca592a2 http://www.alternet.org/story/68528/how_a_community_is_saving_itself_and_the_environment/ Our current economic model has created nothing but poverty and pollution for the South Bronx. But the visionary folks there have a different model that will change all that. Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:00:01 PST Kevin Danaher, PoliPoint Press -30dfcc7e4ed08e12c3f2fb38aa334dd7 http://www.alternet.org/story/67833/how_the_environmental_movement_can_redefine_globalization/ We need to promote the globalization of mass movements and the globalization of sharing ideas so that communities can help each other achieve self-reliance. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:00:01 PST Kevin Danaher, PoliPoint Press -12c2175c328e25f2d81162753e4bf8bf http://www.alternet.org/story/67121/how_to_hold_corporations_accountable/ When the system doesn't allow people to protect themselves from corporate harm to their communities, it is time to change the system. Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:00:01 PST Kevin Danaher, PoliPoint Press -577ab0175303afac8c350b85a40e7990 http://www.alternet.org/story/66515/how_to_build_a_local_energy_economy/ Is it possible to get our power from local sources? Yes, and an interview with one expert explains how. Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:00:01 PDT Kevin Danaher, PoliPoint Press -2d53899abe676e4f025f2312aeec9724 http://www.alternet.org/story/65404/the_future_of_cities%3A_how_sprawl_and_racism_are_intertwined/ Civil rights leader and environmentalist Van Jones talks about suburban sprawl, race and the future of cities. Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:00:01 PDT Kevin Danaher, PoliPoint Press -73be7d1ef52c3dbc9a5d726288d8a4ba http://www.alternet.org/story/64914/environmental_justice_in_action/ What do race and the environmental movement have to do with each other? Quite a lot, explains one environmental justice activist. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:00:01 PDT Kevin Danaher, PoliPoint Press -0d43803f4046d1ddac551bffd9f29110 http://www.alternet.org/story/64095/the_united_states%27_failing_food_system/ An interview with a leading food expert on the crisis of the America food system, the fallacy of labels and the organic vs. local conundrum. Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:00:01 PDT Kevin Danaher, PoliPoint Press -8c2b95288bb7b0655943c89cebda474c http://www.alternet.org/story/62950/world%27s_water_supply_at_risk/ One of the world's leading water experts explains how our local water supplies are threatened across North America and across the globe. Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PDT Kevin Danaher, PoliPoint Press -d194f08d5baaab2893ca7626a2415c8a http://www.alternet.org/story/48093/is_it_good_that_big_businesses_are_going_green/ Can Americans retain their bad habits of overconsumption but simply switch to earth-friendly products? In truth, we are not going to spend our way out of a social and ecological crisis 500 years in the making. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:01 PST Kevin Danaher, Grist.org -2dfdfda0d15a5769103cc17178348175 http://www.alternet.org/story/21778/remembering_a_friend/ Marla Ruzicka was a bright, shining light whose work focused on bringing some compassion into a war zone. Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:00:01 PDT Kevin Danaher, AlterNet -2493b7669dee5ae2492f56e4b176eb2e http://www.alternet.org/story/18295/outsource_the_ceos/ Two veteran corporate accountability activists explain how outsourcing the CEO -- wink, wink -- is best for everyone. Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 PST Kevin Danaher, AlterNet -dd3765ac4f23d2cc861b8dbff12de05e http://www.alternet.org/story/17557/free_enterprise_is_dead%2C_long_live_free_enterprise%21/ Free market ideology has come to mean that large transnational corporations can do only what's in their best interest. It's time to take back free enterprise and ensure the separation of corporations and the state. Wed, 14 Jan 2004 00:00:00 PST Kevin Danaher, AlterNet -0d6d4bd865309c75246109d2d83a5fb6 http://www.alternet.org/story/17412/white-collar_anger/ By off-shoring high-tech and service jobs, American businesses are sowing the seeds of a populist backlash that could redraw the political map. Thu, 18 Dec 2003 00:00:00 PST Kevin Danaher, AlterNet -008a0e182c42176b099db8424e01efb9 http://www.alternet.org/story/15557/honoring_the_whole_dr._king/ In a time of national division we can honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. by pondering his words on war and U.S. foreign policy. Fri, 04 Apr 2003 00:00:01 PST Kevin Danaher, AlterNet -eff64d4a1d9d050a711731797b4fb17a http://www.alternet.org/story/15327/grassroots_globalization_gets_real/ Last month's worldwide anti-war protests made it clear that a new kind of globalization has emerged, with an emphasis on conscience instead of commerce. Thu, 06 Mar 2003 00:00:00 PST Kevin Danaher, AlterNet -7dc5541ac8b4184135758af965b0be00 http://www.alternet.org/story/12030/for_global_security%2C_fast_track_is_the_wrong_path/ A Congressional vote on whether to give the President "fast track" powers in trade negotiations could happen any day. For our safety in the terror war, Congress should vote no. Tue, 04 Dec 2001 00:00:00 PST Kevin Danaher, AlterNet -496cd8b01b0600a185e6156487bf96ed http://www.alternet.org/story/10916/what_can_we_do_about_it/ Building an alternative to economic globalization can be done. But it takes education and activism. Wed, 23 May 2001 00:00:00 PDT Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange -60e6a2389c9bea9dada095ad43ebde86 http://www.alternet.org/story/8446/it%27s_the_global_economy%2C_stupid/ Globalization of market forces and other realities of the 20th century have greatly increased economic inequality in the world. Kevin Danaher, co-founder of Global Exchange, offers five arguments for reforming the global economy Wed, 26 Apr 2000 00:00:00 PDT Kevin Danaher, deleted -eec96a7f788e88184c0e713456026f3f http://www.alternet.org/story/8552/why_conservatives_should_like_cuba/ With pressure mounting for the U.S. government to drop its unilateral economic embargo against Cuba, conservatives will be tempted to buck the trend. After all, isnÕt this a perfect opportunity to kick one of the last communist countries while it is lying on the ground gasping for breath? But reviewing the social and political landscape of Cuba one finds a country with strong family values, a commitment to schools, little drug abuse, and very little street crime -- all good reasons for conservatives in the U.S. to like Cuba. Wed, 26 Apr 2000 00:00:00 PDT Kevin Danaher, deleted -a563b6d5abbf137175059d6bb14672cc