The MEC Newsletter: Issue 35 - Summer 2000
- A Call To Action - HELP WANTED!
by Vicki Oldham
- It is often difficult and sometimes frightening to stand up and speak out for things that matter.
- Why We Are Here
- Anonymous poem handed out in Seattle at the WTO protest.
- On the Cover
- Meaning of the cover art, a statue of Shiva
- State of the MEC
by Lynda McClure
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- Pierce's Disease: Plague or Paranoia?
by Wendy Blankenheim
- A look at the major disease killing grapes and how taxpayers may be paying for increased use of pesticides to solve what the grape industry could solve with planting buffer zones
- Mendocino Coast Forests
by Lang Russell
- An update at what CDF and the timber industry are doing on our coast.
- Mendocino Coast Watershed Groups
- List of watershed groups
- Coast Watershed Festival Set
by Ky Carnell
- About event to increase awareness of our watersheds
- Offshore Oil Drilling:
by Chris McCormick
- Our Unprotected Coast. The offshore oil moratorium expires in October 2000, and there are still the 40 oil leases that could go ahead anyway. Why do we need more oil?
- Susan Crane Imprisoned
- Previous local resident in jail again for nuclear protest
- The Relevance of Nonviolence Now
by Greg Bourget
- A look at non-violence and how it is being implemented in the world today
- Six Principles of Nonviolence
- Look at Martin Luther King's characteristics of non-violence
- Pepper Spray Suit Reinstated:
- Headwaters Forest Defense Vs. County of Humboldt. The pepper spray lawsuit is going to trial, with Tony Serra as the attorney.
- My Trip to the City
by Bruce Haldane
- Bruce reports on trip to the World Bank/IMF meeting in Washington
- Local Currencies Build Sustainable Communities
- An overview of the value of a local currency in a community
- Local Currency Updates
- Updates on the Ukiah HOURS and SEED local currencies.
- Election Reflections
by Bruce Haldane, former candidate for District One Supervisor
- What it was like to run for Supervisor in Mendocino County
- National Missile Defense: Increasing the Danger
by John Lewallen
- An in-depth look at the folly of a National Missile Defense system
- Report from Ecuador
by Freeda Burnstad
- Freeda spent several months in Ecuador studying local agricultural organizations and techniques and promoting cultural and economic sustainability. This is a followup article from her issue #34 on-site report. This time she reflects on her trip
- Announcing: Northern California's ACTIVE-FEST 2000
- About the upcoming festival of Interdependence, Consciousness and Activism
- Alliance for Democracy; Challenging Corporate Rule
- About the Alliance for Democracy organization
- Lincoln-Peters Defense Alliance
- Update on Bear Lincoln
- Tree-Sitter to Graduate College in a Redwood
- The experiences of Nate Madsen, who has tree-sat for 1 1/2 years and is getting his college diploma from doing correspondance courses on his laptop.
- Boycott "Made in China":
- Take Local Action Against a Global Environmental Criminal. A way to make a statement to China's about their labor and environmental practices.
- My Love/Hate Relationship With The GAP
by Amanda Warren
- A 10 year old talks about the GAP and their forest practices
- Latest Fed Anti-Hemp Alert
by Rep. Cynthia Thielen
- Attempts by Drug Czar McCaffrey to close off imports of hemp products.
- Oak Woodlands In Jeopardy
by Cathy Monroe
- The need for a county Oak ordinance
- The MEC needs your Email address!
- The MEC wants to set up a mail list and move toward more electronic dispersal of information.