Author Archives: Beatrice DeCleyre

Beatrice DeCleyre

Politics and Social Justice Editor

Coming of age in New York City, Beatrice was always fascinated with the green public spaces in her beautiful, manic city. Now she works in community development, exploring the democratic promise of green spaces and the budding radical potential of community gardens. She sees that people are empowered when they control their own food supply. Therefore she believes that public spaces are democratic, but green spaces are revolutionary. She contributes to ecolutionist regularly in the hopes of inspiring others to consider how our social and political structures would change if we lived in a more sustainable world.

Documenting a Grassroots Movement

By Beatrice DeCleyre , Published: 04/27/12

In the summer of 2011, a small group of passionate filmmakers set off on a journey around the country to explore the urban farming movement. What they discovered changed how they think about food, community, and sustainability.

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Revolutionary Testimony by Northern Gateway Pipeline Joint Review Panel Speaker, Lee Brain

By Beatrice DeCleyre , Published: 04/16/12

Photo by Wyatt Wellman via flickr

Although it is already a month and a half old, this video of Lee Brain’s testimony to the Northern Gateway Pipeline Joint Review Committee in Canada is circulating around social media sites.  This proposed project would consist of two separate pipelines running east-to-west and west-to-east; one pipeline would transport natural gas and the other oil.  At least 61 First Nations oppose the project, which would cross through much of their traditional lands and endanger salmon habitat.

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Chemical Contamination at Safe Levels in Dimock, PA

By Beatrice DeCleyre , Published: 03/26/12

Photo by rocketjim54 via flickr

The EPA released controversial findings from incomplete tests on wells from the rural town of Dimock, Pennsylvania on March 15. These findings indicate that the 11 wells that were tested did not contain levels of methane and other chemicals that would be dangerous to human health. However, the findings do show that the well water tested from these homes does, indeed, contain contaminants.

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Education Revolution

By Beatrice DeCleyre , Published: 03/08/12

Photo by Trondheim Byarkiv via flickr

I recently watched a video that will inspire any educator, environmentalist, and techno-geek. It is called “Education for a Sustainable Future” and is posted on YouTube here:

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Five Fascinating Facts About Rick Santorum

By Beatrice DeCleyre , Published: 03/01/12

Photo by markn3tel via flickr

“We were put on this earth as creatures of God to have dominion over the earth, to use it wisely but for our benefit, not the earth’s benefit. We are intelligent beings … we should not let the vagaries of nature destroy what we have helped to create.”

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Pennsylvania Residents Just Got Fracked

By Beatrice DeCleyre , Published: 02/23/12

Photo by Joelk75 via flickr

Pennsylvania Governor, Tom Corbett, recently signed HB 1950 into law, which allows counties the freedom to charge natural gas companies “impact fees” to drill inside their boundaries. What Governor Corbett won’t tell you is that the law also robs residents of their political voice and silences potentially damning medical evidence against the fracking process.

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Defense Energy Project

By Beatrice DeCleyre , Published: 02/15/12

Photo by L.C.Nøttaasen via flickr

TreeHugger.com’s Brian Merchant, MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan, and NASA’s James Hansen recently discussed an economic strategy to reduce carbon emissions and inspire Green innovation. It’s called the Defense Energy Project, and it simultaneously diagnoses the systemic causes of our addiction to fossil fuels – especially oil – and provides rational, market-driven solutions.

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Vermont Works to Ban Fracking

By Beatrice DeCleyre , Published: 01/31/12

Photo of view in Vermont by Donna Kohut

Last week, the state of Vermont began legally fortifying itself against the wave of hydraulic fracturing that is currently sweeping the nation. The State House Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources Committee unanimously passed a bill that places a 3-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the state. The moratorium would provide enough time for the Environmental Protection Agency to complete the studies necessary for the state to determine whether an outright ban is appropriate.

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New York Inspires Fracktivists

By Beatrice DeCleyre , Published: 01/27/12

Photo by Marcellus Protest via flickr

The anti-fracking movement is solidifying its foundation in grassroots organization’s loosely knit groups of concerned citizens. Quiet bands of citizens are coming together to protect their regions from shale gas exploitation. International corporations are licking their chops just thinking about releasing the profit potential hidden under the Marcellus Shale formation, which stretches from New York to Ohio to West Virginia.

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XL “Victory” Is Not What It Seems

By Beatrice DeCleyre , Published: 01/19/12

Photo by A Siegel via flickr

National headlines declared environmental victory on Wednesday after President Obama rejected the construction and operation of the XL Pipeline. But this rejection does not prevent the project from going forward at a future date.

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