The Icarus Project

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 07:00:00 +0100

The Icarus Project has become an outspoken advocacy organization for the idea of "radical mental health. Co-founder Jacks McNamara explains how they define that concept.

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Radical mental health asks if being "different" is something that requires treatment, or can sometimes be recognized as just a different way oRead More...

Organizing Against Poverty

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:55:14 +0100

What can people in poverty do to improve their lives? Mary Gonzales takes an atypical approach; organizing disadvantaged communities to exercise political clout they didn’t know they had.

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Climate Ride

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:16:49 +0100

A large pack of bicyclists swarming down the north coast this week are riding to raise awareness of climate change—and incidentally to have a great time in the process.
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Windsor Substation

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0100

A power struggle in Windsor is pitting homeowners against PG&E, whose engineers have concluded that the best place for a new electrical substation lies in the town’s south center area. The people already living nearby think that’s a very bad idea.

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Net Neutrality

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Defenders of uniform access to the internet, a concept termed "net neutrality" are calling on the FCC to reject a new proposal from Google and Verizon to create multiple tiers of access.

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Fort Ross, the only Russian outpost ever established on what is now the continental United States, celebrates the 198th anniversary of its founding with an annual Cultural Heritage Day on Saturday, July 31.

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Wal-Mart, Again

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Round Two in the fight over expanding Wal-Mart in Rohnert Park is on the city council agenda tonight, a debate that can be summarized as lower prices for consumers in the short term versus constraints on local economic growth in the long term.

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While much of the discussion around the proposal Wal-Mart ExRead More...

Weather & Climate Change

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Carl Mears has been studying the weather for years. Now he’s trying to do something about it.

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Carl Mears will be the featured speaker at a community gathering June 30 at 5:30 pm at the Universalist Unitarian Church in Santa Rosa. His topic: “What’s really going on with the Climate? A scientiRead More...

Hands Across The Sand

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Offshore oil drilling has never been embraced here on California’s north coast, but recent events in the Gulf Coast have bolstered that view elsewhere. Hands Across the Sand, a coordinated series of demonstrations across the country, including one near Bodega Bay, will try to reinforce those changing attitudes on June 26th.

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Cleaning Gulf-oiled birds

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Near the mouth of the Mississippi River, oil soaked pelicans, one-by one, are getting cleaned up, fed, and returned to the wild. A volunteer from Sonoma County explains the process.

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