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U.N. Campaign Against Nuclearization
U.N. Campaign Against Nuclearization
Attempts at de-nuclearization constitute the UN’s longest (and arguably, most unsuccessful) project. The United Nation's very first resolution in 1946…
Open Government Partnership
Open Government Partnership
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is an international initiative that secures commitments from national and sub-national governments to promote…
Tags: Corruption, Government, International
National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service
National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, https://inspire2serve.gov/faq, 2017-2020
The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service is a bipartisan federal commission initiated by President Barack Obama. Established…
Tags: Federal Commission, Military Service, National Service
Friends of the Earth Workshop
Friends of the Earth Workshop
Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental organizations in 74 countries. Friends of the Earth was founded…
Tags: Education, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Organization, San Francisco, Sustainability
Earth First
Earth First
“Political compromise has no place in the defense of Earth.” Excerpt from an Earth First! Memo by Dave Forman and Howie Wolke In 1980 Dave…
Tags: Advocacy, Earth First, Ecology, Environment, Southwest, United States
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Disaster
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Disaster
Tags: Accident, Anti-Nuclear, Disasters, Environment, Japan
Marina Silva
Marina Silva
“Now more than ever we need sustainable development, and not the kind of development that we’re seeing right now. That means, a country that is…
Tags: Brazil, Deforestation, Environment, Marina Silva. Amazon, Senator
Jesse Isidor Straus: Ambassador to France
Jesse Isidor Straus: Ambassador to France, The Straus Historical Society, 1935
The New York Times reported on February 26th that Jesse Isidor Straus (1872-1936) would be a popular choice if appointed Ambassador to France. On…
Tags: Ambassador, FDR, France, Jesse Isidor Straus, Straus Family
Jeannette Rankin, First Woman in the United States Congress
Jeannette Rankin, First Woman in the United States Congress
Jeannette Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) is often remembered primarily for being the first woman elected into the U.S. Congress. However, her…
Tags: Congress, Congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin, Montana, Pacifism, War, Women