24 hours to save the bees
Pesticides are killing bees and threatening our food supply. In 24 hours, shareholders at the biggest chemical producer, Bayer, could vote to stop their toxic production. Massive public pressure has forced this debate at their Annual General Meeting, now let’s make sure they vote to stop the pesticides and save the bees. Sign the emergency petition:
Quietly, globally, billions of bees are dying, threatening our crops and food. But if Bayer stops selling one group of pesticides, we could save bees from extinction.
Four European countries have begun banning these poisons, and some bee populations are already…
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Kaya Festival Junior Journalist & Photojournalist Competition
Kaya Festival are launching an exciting competition with The North Wales Chronicle to find three ‘Junior Journalists’ and three ‘Junior Photojournalists’ to cover the inaugural Kaya Festival at the Vaynol Estate, Bangor, Gwynedd, in June. The winners will receive a ‘press pass’ to gain work experience and collaborate with the Kaya Festival team.
The partnership between NWN Media Ltd, the Kaya Festival, Welshot Photographic Academy and the DIGS Project will support and promote six talented young people and provide them with a fantastic experience to broaden their skills.
To enter the competition, the ‘Junior Journalists’ must submit 300–400 words on the theme of ‘Celebrating cultural diversity – World Music, World Food,…
read moreStop the Amazon Chainsaw Massacre
Brazil's Congress has just passed a bill that gives loggers and farmers free rein to cut down huge swaths of the Amazon. Only President Dilma can veto it. Domestic pressure is mounting, but a massive global outcry will prove her international reputation is at stake. Let's tip her over the edge to stop the Amazon chainsaw massacre -- sign the urgent petition and tell everyone:
The Brazilian Congress has just passed a catastrophic forestry bill that gives loggers and farmers free rein to cut down huge swaths of the Amazon. Now only President Dilma can stop it.
Fortunately, the timing is on our side -- in weeks Dilma will host the world’s biggest environmental summit and insiders say she cannot afford to…
Common Dreams Reader's Choice / Most Read News (May 12th 2012)
Germany Rejects Fracking
Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen and Economy Minister Philipp Rösler were "very skeptical" about the process.
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United Nations: US Must Return Stolen Land to Native Americans
UN wraps up 'contentious study' of Native American communities.
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Global Corporations Undermining Democracy Worldwide
In a world where governments are increasingly subservient to global finance capital, multinationals are gaining ground in the fight against state regulations that aim to protect the environment, public health or social policies.
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Sanders, Enviro Groups Call to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Almost everyone…
read moreThe Girl with the Iron Claws (directed by Welsh Director Rachael Canning)
The Girl with the Iron Claws
By The Wrong Crowd
Growing up isn’t easy, especially when you’re in love with a bear.
Following its success at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2011, The Wrong Crowd are delighted to announce their UK Tour for Spring/Summer 2012 of The Girl with the Iron Claws. The tour includes
The Girl with the Iron Claws debuted at the Underbelly during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the summer of 2011 to rave reviews and a Total Theatre Award nomination. From May 16th the tour includes:
Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea
Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli
Sherman Cymru, Cardiff
Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan | Aberteifi
***** 5 stars from
Edinburgh Evening News, British Theatre Guide,…
read moreThree jazz compositions, three musicians and three films
Triptych Jazz & Ffilm
Composer: Jochen Eisentraut
Music: Jochen Eisentraut Trio, Film: Eilir Pierce
Acclaimed composer and jazz musician, Jochen Eisentraut has collaborated with award-winning film-maker, Eilir Pierce to create an exciting new music and film project. Triptych Jazz & Ffilm, premiering at Galeri, Caernarfon on Sunday 13 May 2012, is structured around the number three, taking the idea of the triptych from triple mediaeval altar paintings.
Gwynedd based Eisentraut is an intriguing jazz pianist/saxophonist and part-time music lecturer at Bangor University. His portfolio consists of many musical compositions for numerous films and plays including theme tune for popular S4C soap opera, Rownd a Rownd. Independent film-maker, Pierce, also based in Gwynedd…
read more72 Hours to save our oceans
Our oceans are dying -- beset by pollution and demolition industrial fishing. But in the next 72 hours, countries are considering a new rescue plan. Powerful nations are trying to strike it from the agenda, but Europe is emerging as an unlikely hero, and only we can help them push it through. Sign the urgent petition now to save our oceans:
Our oceans are dying. Beset by pollution and demolition industrial fishing, the magical and bountiful deep blue is turning into a barren desert. But in the next 72 hours, governments are considering a new rescue plan…
read moreA Love Like Salt
A LOVE LIKE SALT
By Daniel Morden & The Devil’s Violin Company
8th May 2011 7.30pm
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Unlocking forgotten folk tales - and putting love to the test - Daniel Morden’s extraordinarily powerful storytelling lures you into another world...What would you do for the one you love?
Daniel Morden- Story
Oliver Wilson-Dickson - Violin
Sarah Moody - Cello
Luke Carver Goss – Accordion
Directed by Sally Cookson
Why should the devil have all the best tunes? So goes the famous adage - but in the case of The Devil’s Violin’s new show there’s no doubting that he does!
“A Love Like Salt” unlocks forgotten folk tales that inspired some of English literature’s greatest works - Shakespeare’s…
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