The MEC Newsletter:
Issue 28 - Summer 1998

Over 300 Hike to Visit Luna on Anniversary by Robert Parker

Activists celebrate the six month anniversary of Julia Butterfly's tree sit in Luna to protest the destruction of the Headwater's Forest.

 

Looking Down on the Headwaters Deal by Julia Butterfly

A Letter from Julia Butterfly to the Governor and the California State Legislature

 

How's the MEC doing these days?

Update on current and future MEC plans.

 

Where Does Your Donation to the MEC Go?

 

Current MEC Wish List

 

News from Betty and Gary by Lynda McClure

What are the two people who managed the MEC for it's first 10 years doing now that they are in Colorado.

 

Lincoln-Peters Defense Alliance by Yvonne Jolly-Crawford and Cora Lee Simmons

Update on the Bear Lincoln case.

 

The Mendocino-Lake Counties Human Rights Monitoring Project by Lynda McClure

How grassroots justice groups helped find problems in jail treatment.

 

The DEA's plan to use Garlon on pot by Patrick Burnstad

Environmental Impact Statement released on DEA plans to use aerially spray a relative of Agent Orange to eradicate pot.

 

It's time for a trial in Judi Bari's case against the FBI! by Alicia Littletree

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied! The current state of Judi and Darryl's trial against the FBI.

 

In Each Other We Trust by King Collins

Printing Our Own Money - A look at the local currency program that is about to start up in the Ukiah valley.

 

Masonite - What King of Elephant? by Al Krauss

What's really behind the downsizing of the Masonite plant in Ukiah.

 

Pollution Task Force meeting

August 19, 7 pm at the MEC

 

Hydrogen Power by Charles Bensinger

Using clean burning hydrogen as a fuel source for automobiles

 

Chiapas Threatened by International Paper Associations by Dr. Ronald Nigh, Dana Association

Mexican government is planning ecologically disruptive paper pulp and lumber plantation projects without consulation of local communities.

 

Hazmobile Report by Mike Sweeney

Success story of the county's hazardous waste disposal program.

 

Welfare "Re-forum" by Doug Strong

A look at some of the problems as welfare reform is proceeding in the county

 

YMCA plans Logging

Berkeley YMCA plans logging in environmentally sensitive old growth forest along the Gualala river.

 

Mendocino College Ecology Club by Obie Sage

The largest and most active club currently on campus wants to make a difference.

 

A Different Kind of Day at Round Valley High by Marc Labelle

A class in conflict resolution takes place at a local high school

 

Youth for Environmental Action by Amber Trotter

YEA starts doing environmental projects!

 

Haiku for Headwaters

Call out, and instructions, for writing a Haiku poem for the next MEC newsletters

 

Opal

Nice poem about talking to potatoes by a 6 year old

 

Calendar of Upcoming Events

 

A Visit with my mom in Federal Prison by Chester Collins

Susan Crane serves time in a federal prison for anti-nuclear protest.