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Garifuna people, Honduras
Rituals and Traditions

Garifuna Culture in Honduras: Dancing in a Changing World

Honduras’ Garífuna people, with their rich culture and homeland spread across the Caribbean Coast of Central America recently asked an international court in Costa Rica to help them recover ancestral land, which they say has been lost to development. We present the dark and the light of this vibrant way, threatened by neoliberal development schemes, palm oil plantations, mega-tourism, and drug trafficking.

Hands Across the Harbor, Los Angeles, Keystone XL, hands Across the Sand
Politics and Advocacy, Tar Sands

Hands Across the Harbor: LA Residents Protest Dirty Fossil Fuels in Port and Beyond

On May 17, over 100 residents from across Los Angeles joined hands at Hands Across the Harbor in the Port of LA as part of the National Day of Action Against the Keystone XL Pipeline and Hands Across the Sand/Land. It was one of hundreds of synchronized events to raise awareness about the dangers of dirty fuels including tar sands and hydraulic fracturing or fracking, active threats to Harbor area residents.

Orange, California, real estate development
Urban Land

Sprawl vs. Open Space: “Rio Santiago” Again Threatens Orange

Jack Eidt writes on the dangers of proposing mixed use development far from urban amenities and alternative transportation. The real estate industry in Orange County, California and beyond, has consistently violated engineering and planning wisdom by building in floodplains, paving over precious open space land and losing opportunities to preserve wildlife habitat and recreation opportunities amid the suburban sprawl at the edge of the wilderness.