Just talked to one of Bougainville's legal defenders, who called ME (see previous post), his family is in Bougainville and Papua New Guinea. He and some other lawyers are working to help the people of Bougainville bring the mining companies that destroyed their island to justice-and gain compensation for the natives. We set a time, and I may just ( Read more... )

Some of what's said below is inaccurate: See Don Mitchell's commentThe First Eco-revolution, and not the last, parts of Papua New Guniea and other area followed suit in chasing out mining and logging corporations that were destryoying the land they needed to live on ( Read more... )

http://www.unpo.org/article.php?id=6677

( Coconut Fuel )

A' course after doing everying short of drawing actual blood to get this, someone posts the entire Documentary on Youtube.

Thats fine, I think people need to see this:

Part 1 (of 5) of The Coconut Revolution. Possibly the first eco-revolution in the world, and certainly not the last, people on New Guinea just shut down another mine not long ( Read more... )

I got something in the mail today I had given up all hope of getting. I've ordered it twice from the UK, the last time was over a month ago. After multiple e-mails to the online store I wrote the producer of it, grovelling in my own way, asking if there was a way I could send them money directly to get it. He wrote back asking if I had it yet, I ( Read more... )

Holy shit, where'd he get this footage ( Read more... )

I want to go to Bougainville. Seriously ( Read more... )