Land

Grab the Land

Josh Tetrick | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Foreign Aid, Poverty, Disease, Water, Africa, Genocide, Land, Impact, Development, Inequity, Inequality, Culture, Impact News
Josh Tetrick

For millions of indigenous villagers and pastoralists it means forced relocation, loss of livelihoods, and a death blow to their ancient cultures. Ethiopia is a sad example of the worst of these outcomes.

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The Power of the Land

Terry Newell | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Land, Roots, Ireland, Culture News
Terry Newell

Nearly sixty years ago, the last twenty-two residents of the Blasket Islands left their homes for the mainland, forced there by poor fishing and the h...

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5 Places Where Land Is Free

Wallet Pop | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nebraska, Maine, Michigan, Property, Iowa, Land Giveaway, Land, Real Estate, Free Land, Free Real Estate, Kansas, Business News

In the spirit of settling the wild, wild West, some communities are giving away free land lots. What's the catch? You have to agree to build a house (...

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On Land Rights and Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia

Daniel Maree | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South America, World Bank Blogs, Latin America & Caribbean, Idps, Communities and Human Settlements, Post-Conflict, 2011, Conflict and Development, Pinheiro Principles, Land Restitution, Human Rights, Land Claims, Conflict, Land Rights, Colombia, Displacement, Land Protection, Land, Land Titling, Un, Development, Justice, World News
Daniel Maree

Land restitution is the ultimate goal in the protection of land that has been lost due to displacement.

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THE SKINNY: First Annual Benefit Hosted by Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Contemporary Art, Land, Arts News

WHO: The LAND Board of Directors: Lisa Anastos, Christine Y. Kim, Shamim M. Momin, Thao Nguyen, Marin Hopper, Esthella Provas and Lauren Taschen along...

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Giving Farm Workers a Voice in Zimbabwe

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Zimbabwe, The Worldwatch Institute, State of the World 2011, Income, Worldwatch, Nourishing the Planet, Agriculture, Land, Gertrude Hambira, Innovations That Nourish the Planet, General Agricultural and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe, Hunger, Poverty, State of the World, Gapwuz, World News
Danielle Nierenberg

Land reform policies have left many farm workers (about 1.5 million) without a source of income as farms are divided up.

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June 15: King John Signs Magna Carta

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, The Internet, Jews, Latin, Economics, Church of England, United Kingdom, Magna Carta, Rent, England, Limited Government, Middle Ages, Monarchy, Rich People, Constitutional Law, King Arthur, Land, Robber Barons, Medieval Times, High School, Middle School, June, UK Monarchy, Social Hierarchy, Constitution, Comedy News, Comedy, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

Many people, especially those who write articles on this subject for Wikipedia, would say the Magna Carta is the most influential and important foundation of constitutional law.

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A Time for Moral Reckoning

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stewards, Jim Wallis, Economy, BP Oil Rig, Teachable Moment, Renewable Energy, Addiction, Environmental Threats, Gulf, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Contamination, Energy Economy, Environmental Destruction, Gulf of Mexico, Greed, Gulf Coast, Bp, Politics, Oil Rig, Community, Oil, Disaster, Lie, Moral Issue, Moral Issues, Anger, Marshes, Sea, New Economy, Water, Gulf Coast Residents, Land, Crisis, New York Times, Accountability, Government Regulation, Creation, Hurricane, Ocean, Oil Dependence, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Theologically, we are witnessing a massive despoiling of God's creation. We were meant to be stewards of the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, we are watching the destruction of all that. Why?

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Scientists to Congress & Obama: count the carbon in biomass

Nathanael Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Landusechange, Biomass, Apa, Biofuels, Forest, Bioenergy, Climatelegislation, Aces, Land, Accounting, Green News
Nathanael Greene

A group of leading scientists from across the country sent a letter to congressional leaders and Obama officials urging them to carefully count the carbon from biomass burned for energy.

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FDIC, Reluctant Landlord, Owns $1.8 Billion In Real Estate

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank Failures, Dresden Heights, Real Estate, Land Owner, Alpha Bank, Developments, Fdic, Condos, Liquidation, Quantum Bank, Bank Assets, Failed Banks, Land, Financial Crisis, Banks, Liquidate, Landlord, Business News

Sheila Bair, de facto real estate magnate? As the mortgage market imploded over the past few years, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpor...

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Schaumburg Imposes First Property Tax

Chicago Breaking News | December 23, 2009 10:48 AM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Land, Property Tax, Schaumburg, Chicago, Chicago Property Taxes, Chicago News

As expected, Schaumburg trustees voted unanimously Tuesday night to impose the village's first property tax, adding about $252 to the tax bill for a h...

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Beth Butler Fired By ACORN; Director Of Louisiana ACORN Is Companion Of Founder Wade Rathke

The Times-Picayune | Gordon Russell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Beth Butler, Katrina Recovery, Who Is Beth Butler, Louisiana ACORN, Wade Rathke, Attorney General, Obama Itinerary, Obama Comments, Land, Obama, Real Estate, Acorn, Louisiana AG, Hurricane Katrina, Bertha Lewis, Embezzlement, Home News

Beth Butler, the longtime executive director of Lousiana ACORN, was terminated by the organization's national leadership Monday amid a power struggle ...

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Bees and Tough Choices

Will Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainability, Bees, Year End Wish, Aldo Leopold, Urban Gardening, Land, Gardening, Honeybees, Green News
Will Rogers

As a difficult human year draws to a close, I find myself looking for a similar sense of order and hope in the behaviors of our own hive.

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How Small Farmers Are Saving the World (And How You Can Help)

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Farming, Produce, Local, Farm, Urban Farming, Farmers Markets, Land, Green, Farm Country, Organic, Seasonal, The Giving Life, Careers, Healthy Living News
Julia Moulden

Driving through farm country this week - lush green fields, huge blue skies, produce stands filled to bursting - I was listening to a piece on the rad...

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A Call to Serve and Preserve Creation

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, History, Leadership, Love Your Neighbor, Global, Slavery, International, Opportunity, Poll, Trade, Sacrifice, Green, Clean Energy, Congress, Emissions, Priorities, God, Poor, Consumption, Legislation, America, Church of England, Slave Trade, Climate Treaty, Christ, Climate Change, Land, Consumers, Polluting Industries, Security, Christian, Creation, Green News
Jim Wallis

Let's ensure that history does not remember us just as "consumers" of the earth and its resources, but as people who take seriously the God-given mandate to "serve and preserve" the earth.

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How Do You Say "Gone"?

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Geography, Livestock, Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Environment, Land, Endangered Species, Rainforests, Animals, Agrigulture, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Next time you travel somewhere exotic, don't be surprised if you see fewer kinds of animals and hear fewer dialects

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Protests Over Amazon Escalate In Peru

AP | FRANKLIN BRICENO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Protests, Peru, Amazon, Land, Oil, Gas, Indians, Amazon Indians, Oil Drilling, Logging, Mining, Large-Scale Farming, Alan Garcia, Bagua, Green News

BAGUA, Peru — President Alan Garcia accused Amazon Indians of "barbarity" Sunday in the killing of 22 members of a paramilitary police force sen...

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Describing the Devastation of Mountaintop Mining

Peter Lehner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mountaintop-Removal Mining, Tennessee Coal Ash, Renewable Energy, Fertility, Animals, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Mountains, Trees, Mountaintop Removal, Grass, Tennessee, Topsoil, Kentucky, Coal Mining, TVA Spill, Toxic, Clean Coal, Carbon Emissions, Nrdc, Environmentalism, Winter, Tva, Natural Resources Defense Council, Bush Administration, Mining, Tennessee Coal Spill, Land, Environment, TVA Disaster, Valleys, Green News
Peter Lehner

We also need to cap carbon and make coal pay its true price so that clean energy can compete with it. NRDC will be working on all of that.

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