I just saw a documentary on CBC Television entitled "On Our Watch" It documented the slow, terrible, genocide in Darfur and the complete inability of the UN to adequately respond to it. I saw the helplessness of humanitarians and aid workers as they ...]]> Thousands of civilians remain at risk from Israeli cluster munitions used one year ago, but in the space of a year civil society and states have made major progress towards a new international treaty banning the weapons.On August 14, 2006, the day of ...]]> The Pacifist A True Story By Elainna Crowell " We'd just about finished our patrol, when ordered to another sector. A firefight was starting up and some of the boys were in trouble. We took a couple of gooks prisoner a few hours back but a coup...]]> Dear ones,I truly wish you would be living in a world better than the one I lived in as a child. I'm sorry, but it doesn't seem likely. In my world the we had lots of fresh water and our crops were abundant. There were more wild creatures than you cou...]]> Wildlife ring tones result in dropped birds Renee A. James I have another story to add to my ''now I've seen everything'' file. According to the Center for Biological Diversity, thousands of consu...]]> REFLECTIONS ON OUR BIRTHPLACEWe emerged from the sea, some of our relations remained within its depths. Others abandoned the land and sought refuge within the tides and waves. I feel a special kinship with one of them. Perhaps that is why I dream of s...]]> 1]]> Trees, a source of shade, shelter, warmth, beauty, and ,for me, a passion. Not having a completely utilitarian mind set, I'm more inclined to see trees in terms of a very special relationship between the earth & sky, the fruitful and the transcendent...]]>