SPECIAL PRESENTATION FROM ANNA GYORGY - World touring activist and  author.

Protecting Biodiversity and Life. Anna Gyorgy provides a look at how

countering corporate industrialized monoculture and genetically modified

agriculture involves issues similar to those of countering nuclear power.

Anna Gyorgy, Network coordinator of  Women & Life on Earth (www.wloe.org) a

non profit association to help connect women internationally, share

information and work for ecological health and peace with justice. Anna was

an author/activist in the safe energy/anti-nuclear movement 1975-1982. Since

1985 she has lived in Ireland, Germany, South Korea and West Africa, and

written, edited and organized  with special interest in ecology and

international connections. Anna  currently lives in Bonn, where she

coordinates Women & Life on Earth (www.wloe.org) a German

non-profit association helping to connect women internationally, share

information and work for ecological health and peace with justice. Recently she helped

 organize Planet Diversity, an international conference on food and

agriculture, and much more, held in Bonn May parallel to negotiations for

the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and its related Protocol on Biosafety 

 a.gyorgy@planet-diversity.org

www.planet-diversity.org 

www.wloe.org 

 No Nukes ! Enjoy meeting old friends and raise hell among the young  ones.where ? - A camp with a social conscience… where global justice meets nature- A retreat center for progressives to relax in the company of people who share concerns and values- “It’s one of those places where you can learn things you didn’t know you were looking for.” -a friend- A truly unique vacation destination. Affordable. Beautiful. Invigorating.   M. Thompson, Innkeeper ?   

An exhibit of photographs documenting the birth and growth of the movement that stopped -for thirty one years- the development of nuclear power in the US.  

A look at the people who, against all odds, made a difference.

15 . 22 X 29 Black & White archival pigment prints.

May 16th - June 1 2008-  RECEPTION May 16th  5 PM to 8PM

OVER THE RAINBOW GALLERY@ THE INSTITUTE FOR LIVING ETHICS - Corner of Broadway & Hudson, NYACK NY 10968.“……..So although the organization and events featured here–the Clamshell Alliance and its brave blockade of the Seabrook Nuke–are now past factors in the anti-nuclear movement, this collection of text and photographs is no mere exercise in nostalgia. The Seabrook action, the organizing and decision-making that preceded and followed, basically energized an opposition that swelled in localities and then legislatures around the country to stop the creation of new nuclear power plants in the United States. That embargo is now under challenge. And it is the spirit of the Clamshell that must be reawakened if we are to resist the intent of the industry….” Lionel Delevingne, Nyack May 2008  To the Village Square…we must carry the facts of atomic energy, from there must come America’s voice. 

Albert Einstein. June1946

http://www.facts-on-nuclear-energy.info/index2.php?size=b&l=enImages and texts  available in many languages  by the Physicians for Nuclear Responsibility. 

A renaissance in nuclear power will require an anti-nuclear renaissance 
– this time everything must be reexamined
Dear Antinuclear Friends,
This is an invitation to national cooperation and coordination in the antinuclear battle. If you wish to receive more information please respond.
I would be willing to coordinate a 50-state national movement until we can get organized. I would do this primarily through a simple free website and to coordinate a new idea called NACCTT – national antinuclear citizen’s council and think tank. Instead of a more conventional think tank populated by elites, it would integrate the Internet, a citizen council made up of elder and younger activists, and think tank processes, that would hopefully lead to a profound new level of cooperative processes for collective critical thinking and networking, absolutely necessary for the new antinuclear renaissance. If you wish to be involved please respond.
My study has revealed a glaring fact that we must come to terms with, that the previous movement could not garner enough cooperation amongst themselves to knock out this evil once and for all. The movement was strong but almost totally anarchistic in nature, so the effects were always too diluted to overcome those men in power without conscience. I’ve concluded that any antinuclear movement cannot do the complete job without a consolidated national foundation - national energy and coordination feeding local efforts and vice versa.
First, we need to take an overall existential assessment of our historical and current reality. Second, an honest self-examination must be done totally irrespective of who we perceive our opponents to be. We must look in the mirror with a willingness to see the flaws that might sabotage our own efforts. Third, we must muster enough cooperation to get the job done. Freezing the expansion of nuclear power, which was certainly a good thing, while also experiencing a surge in U.S. and world nuclear weapons numbers when Reagan came on may not have been a desirable trade-off (though unintended, of course). This is an example of the kinds of honest re-evaluations we must make. The new movement must be all about national cooperation and coordination, and going back to the basics with a new pair of eyes.

The strength of a cooperative democracy is directly proportional to 
the strength of its cooperative dialog.

Be well, Mark Hanawalt – Boise, Idaho, usa communitytruth@yahoo.com

For Immediate Release: January 25, 2008 
Contact: Linda Gunter, 301.455.5655

Gunter, walking tall… on track …. 1976

Takoma Park, MD - Paul Gunter of Beyond Nuclear, whose service to the cause of anti-nuclear activism spans three decades, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Jane Bagley Lehman (JBL) Award. Ms. Bagley Lehman was a founder of the Tides Foundation which will present the award in March.

Gunter joins fellow award winners - physicist Dr. Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, and Georgia activist, Glenn Carroll of Nuclear Watch South.

The JBL awards seek to recognize individuals who have exhibited a deep commitment to the public interest and whose work demonstrates innovative approaches to social change. The 2007 awards specifically sought individuals whose anti-nuclear work reaches wide audiences and successfully bridges the gap between grassroots activists and decision-makers.

“It’s an honor to be recognized and I truly appreciate the support I received from my fellow activists, all of whom deserve to share this award,” Gunter said. “I especially appreciate the decision of the Tides Foundation to recognize the importance of this issue today. We face a tsunami of well-funded propaganda from the nuclear power industry, all of it misleading and counter-productive to addressing climate change. The Tides Foundation has done enormous service in shining a spotlight not only on the contribution of three individuals but on all the incredible work that this movement, collectively, has contributed over the decades.”

Gunter began his anti-nuclear activism in the 1970s as co-founder of the country’s first opposition movement to nuclear power - the Clamshell Alliance - which fought construction of the Seabrook reactor in New Hampshire. Since then he has developed expertise as a meticulous watchdog over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, exposing the agency’s persistent prioritizing of industry profit margins over public safety.

Jane Bagley Lehman co-founded the Tides Foundation in 1976 and was the Chair of the Board until her death in 1988.

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www.nirs.org.
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(663.5847) Schneider/Froggatt”>WORLD NUCLEAR INDUSTRY STATUS REPORT 2007
Fifteen years ago, the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, WISE-PParis and Greenpeace International published the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 1992. This was then subsequently updated in 2004 by two of the original authors. The November 2007 update of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (commissioned by the Greens-EEFA Group in the European Parliament) provides an entirely updated and slightly modified version of the 2004 report. This report aims to provide a solid basis for analysis into the prospects for the nuclear power industry. The report can be downloaded at www.nirs.org(663.5847) Schneider/Froggatt”>
 - At the end of October 2007, there are 339 reactors operating in the world–one less than at the moment of the release of the 2004 version of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report and five units less than at the historical peak in 2002–which total 371.7 GW of capacity. The installed capacity has increased faster Read the rest of this entry »

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