Stay tuned to this site
… or contact Friends of the Earth in Washington, DC for the latest on responses to the 2003 BIO convention. Press events and congressional briefings occurred during the lead-up to BIO 2003, featuring speakers from Africa and around the world. George W. Bush was the featured speaker at BIO 2003, and his speech was broadcast live to the delegates assembled at the USDA agricultural technology ministerial in Sacramento.
St. Louis Information
The May 2003 Biodevastation Gathering will be the cutting edge event defining links between environmental racism and the biotechnology industry.
Bike Caravan from St. Louis
We are a group of concerned bicyclists, puppeteers, musicians, farmhands, clowns, cheerleaders, activists, eaters of food and drinkers of water. We are united in a quest to seek out food (thats our fuel) that is not tampered with by biotechnology corporations. We ride for diversity, organic farming, and biojustice everywhere!
Audio: Grosscup Discusses Social Ecology, GMOs in Interview
Listen to an interview with ISE Board member, Ben Grosscup, in which he discusses social ecology, the movement against genetic engineering in food, possibilities for democracy within municipal political institutions, and the limitations of conventional liberal politics in struggles for freedom. From “The Bread and Roses Show” on WXOJ-LPFM, a low power FM community radio station, in Northampton, MA. […]
Grace Paley: Collected Shorts Documentary
Here’s another new documentary of interest, Grace Paley: Collected Shorts. Check out the film’s official website. Alternet recently published a substantial article on the film. View a trailer for the film below: Click “READ MORE…” to access the film’s synopsis.
Countering Biotech and “Free Trade” in Sacramento
By Brian Tokar and Doyle Canning, Institute for Social Ecology Biotechnology Project For Z Magazine, September, 2003 Last winter, US Agriculture Secretary Anne Veneman announced plans for an international conference on agricultural technology just three months prior to the upcoming WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancun, Mexico. Veneman, a former board member of Calgene, an early […]
ISE Intensive August 9-17, 2011
August 9th – 17th in The Hudson Valley of New York The Institute for Social Ecology presents an 8-day intensive introduction to the philosophy and politics of Social Ecology. This 8-day intensive will offer students an introduction to the dialectical philosophy and politics of Social Ecology. Using the lens of Social Ecology, students will also […]
Video: Murray Bookchin “The Forms of Freedom” San Francisco, 1985
Thanks to Vincent Gerber for notifying us about the existence of these videos, which were promoted by the blog of Black Rose Books. There are 4 parts (two after the jump).
Neoliberalism and the Politics of Social Ecology
[This article was submitted by Matt H., an alum of the ISE summer program and a graduate of the MA in Social Ecology program at Prescott College. Comments and discussion are welcomed and encouraged!] Neoliberalism and the Politics of Social Ecology by Matt H. The current expression of communalist politics is incapable of resisting and providing […]
Social Ecologist Profile: Samantha Gorelick of New York City, USA
Please introduce yourself (What kind of work you do, Where you live, etc.) My name is Samantha Gorelick and I live and work in New York City. Aside from my day job, these days I’m learning about radical healthcare and how we can empower ourselves by putting our own health into our own hands – […]
