Is wastewater an answer for adapting to Climate Change?
By Frederick Clayton Author Bio: Frederick Clayton is an investigative journalist with the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism focusing on environmental themes, specifically water and sanitation issues worldwide. He is a contributor to the Observatory. Credit Line: This article was produced by Earth | Food |…
Palm oil: The ingredient behind Human Rights Abuses and Eco-Destruction that’s probably in your home right now
BYLINE: Reynard Loki AUTHOR BIO: Reynard Loki is a co-founder of the Observatory, where he is the environment and animal rights editor. He is also a writing fellow at the Independent Media Institute, where he serves as the editor and chief correspondent for Earth | Food | Life….
The savagery of the war against the Palestinian people
EDITOR’SNOTE: I originally decided NOT TO PUBLISH this article due to the terrible and inhuman atrocities carried out by HAMAS against innocent civilians including women and children, babies, the aged, with no prior warning. The slaughter Hamas did was heinous,…
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The growing movement to bring back Community Grief and Ritual
BY April M. Short AUTHOR BIO: April M. Short is an editor, journalist, and documentary editor and producer. She is a co-founder of the Observatory, where she is the Local Peace Economy editor, and she is a writing fellow at the Independent Media Institute. Previously,…
Reynard Loki: ‘Sacrifice Zones’: The New ‘Jim Crow’ That’s Sickening and Killing People of Color
BY Reynard Loki SOURCE: Independent Media Institute This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. AUTHOR BIO: Reynard Loki is a co-founder of the Observatory, where he is the environment and animal rights editor. He is also a…
Paul’s Post: Like they used to
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio It puts a smile on my face whenever I hear someone lamenting “they don’t make ’em like they used to.” In general, that’s a good thing: from cars to airplanes to stereo systems. No, I…
Paul McGowan: In the beginning
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Alan Blumlein As dedicated two-channel lovers, we’re all indebted to the genius of one man, Alan Blumlein. But, how many of us know the brief story behind his tackling the then prevalent world of monophonic…
How can we understand the passage of time?
By Deborah Barsky and Jan Ritch-Frel Author Bio: Deborah Barsky is a researcher at the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution and associate professor at the Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona, Spain, with the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). She…
Paul’s Post : AI
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Paul McGowan When a new technology comes around, especially one we struggle to understand, there’s always a bit of hand wringing and doom predicting. How many of us remember the introduction of the compact…
20230912 Insurance Onslaught
The onslaught on the insurance brokerage industry continues as several insurers are set to reduce their commissions to brokers on binder arrangements or all commissions that these brokers have received for many many years. Brokers are a major source…
