Inletkeeper Spring 2021 Print Newsletter
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We know that these cumulative impacts, and the resulting impact on the thousands of Alaskan families who rely on these salmon for traditional gathering, cannot be in Alaska’s public interest.
Inletkeeper joins Alaska Native Tribes in Lawsuit To Protect Fish from Donlin Mine
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Inletkeeper along with the sovereign nations of Orutsararmiut Native Council, Native Village of Eek, Native Village of Kwigillingok, and Chevak Native Village, represented by Earthjustice, have filed a lawsuit to force the state to reconsider the permit for the gas pipeline which will power the mine...The state fails to protect the health, welfare, and rights of Alaskans again despite its self-proclaimed rigorous permitting system
Alaska Voices: Proposed incinerator poses serious hazard to public health | Peninsula Clarion
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Based on the threat to public and environmental health, ADEC should revoke the permit and reject the proposed operations plan."But when she broadened her consideration of the different ways women participate in fisheries, her findings changed...She realized that she too had been thinking about fishing as an individual endeavor. “We think about individuals, we think about vessels, but we don’t think about the family unit,” she says. “And within that, what is the role that women play?”
Can Aquaculture Help Women Secure a New Foothold in the Seafood Industry?
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Women have long played a crucial role in global fisheries, yet their work remains largely invisible. As a growing number start aquaculture businesses, it's unclear if the industry will provide a path toward more independence and recognition.The Homer Drawdown: Peatland Project Showcase & Celebration drew in a healthy crowd of dedicated volunteers and freshly minted peatland enthusiasts alike. The Peatland Project, a community-driven climate action project, has taken a year to develop and share a deeper understanding of, and appreciation for, these abundant and precious carbon-sequestering local landscapes. The celebratory event reflected the project's multidisciplinary approach. The community gathering was blessed with sun and participants left with a heightened sense of value for these often overlooked landscapes.
The Art for Peat exhibit is installed on the lower floor of Homer's Pratt Museum & Park and features work from Bunnell Street Arts Center artist in residence Sheryl Reily. The exhibit is open for viewing until October 10th.
Cook Inletkeeper and Kachemak Bay Conservation Society would like to thank all the volunteers and organizational partners that make the Homer Drawdown community and the Peatland Project so vibrant and to The Homer Foundation for their dedication to funding community-driven projects like ours.
“If the realities and needs of vulnerable and fragile regions are ignored, then social injustices and environmental pressures experienced by these communities will be aggravated and lead to further food insecurity,”
Ahead of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, happening this week, researchers are calling for solutions that contribute to sustainable and just food system transformations.
Want peace and security? Start by fixing the global food system
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Ahead of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit researchers push for solutions that contribute to sustainable and just food system transformationsFeatured Post
How the Biggest Labor Uprising in U.S. History Shaped Alaska
Most people don’t know about the Battle of Blair Mountain in West Virginia in 1921, or how, more recently, it helped shape resource development in Alaska. But this forgotten history is vital, because as the poet Maya Angelou famously put it: “You can’t really know where you’re going until you know where you have been.” […]
