This week; It's a continuation of a growing trend in Greenwashing that has seen the undermining of grassroots efforts to halt the corporate destruction for profit of our environment by once respected environmental organizations now grown beyond their own grassroots.
Dr. Glen Barry is the president and founder of Ecological Internet, or EI, a U.S.-based effort to address global environmental policy, and communicate the severity of the current ecological crises erupting around the world. EI specializes in the construction of environmental portals for information retrieval and original analysis. Some of its participants include: Climate Ark, Forests.org, EcoEarth.Info, Water Conserve, Ocean Conserve, Rainforest Portal, and New Earth Rising. Glen Barry in the first half.
And; Victoria-based human-rights activist, Kevin Neish has set sail with the Free Gaza Flotilla, a collection of ships and activists from around the world trying to impress on Israel and the rest of the planet the unacceptable destruction that nation wrecks on the peoples of Palestine in the form of bullets and one of the longest blockades in modern history. Kevin is in the Mediterranean now, and we'll talk to him as he readies for the trip Israel has already warned it will not let pass. Kevin Neish and facing the Levantine pyrates in the second half.
And;Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to apprise us of some of what's going on among Victoria's exploding underclass population. But first; Dr. Glen Barry and painting Canada's Boreal Forests green.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, 104.3 cable, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.uvic.ca. He also serves as a contributing editor to the web news site, www.pacificfreepress.com.
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