The Gates Foundation Investments in Monsanto
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is sponsoring the Guardian's Global development site, is being heavily criticised in Africa and the US for getting into bed not just with notorious GM company Monsanto, but also with agribusiness commodity giant Cargill.
Green Screens at the NFB
To find out more - check out www.cielap.org. Green Screens is a partnership initiative with Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP) and the National Film Board.
The next Green Screens - The World According to Monsanto - will be showing at the National Film Board Theatre, 150 John Street (at Richmond Street West), Toronto on Wednesday November 3 2010 at 7 pm. After the screening, I will be hosting a panel to consider some of the issues raised in the film.
Labelling of GMO products
The Canadian Council of Churches and the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy have submitted a petition on accountability re labelling of GMO products to the Federal Commissioner for Environment and Sustainable Development. You can check out the petition at www.cielap.org. This was a project I was working on at CIELAP before I resigned in June 2009. It is great to see it finally submitted jointly with the Canadian Council of Churches.
Budgets for Millenium Development Goals v Militarism?
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom released a strong statement to the world leaders who were meeting to discuss the Millenium Development Goals. Below is the last paragraph - and resources and further reading.
