American Indian Resource Center

The Mission of the American Indian Resource Center's (AIRC) is to play a leadership role in creating and maintaining a positive climate for racial/ethnic diversity at UCSC. The staff at the Center serve as advocates and a resource for Native American students, staff, faculty and alumni. Further, the staff at the Center serve as consultants and as liaisons to other units to address racial tension, perceptions of discrimination, and prejudice.

http://www2.ucsc.edu/airc/

International Celebration Day

for the World's Indigenous People

on every day the sun shines on Earth...

Observed on 9th of August every year

Geneva and other offices of the United Nations Assembly requested that the American Secretary-General support observance of the Day from within and to encourage Governments to observe the Day at the national level: http://FreeRepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311111/posts

Indigenous Environmental Network

"A network of Indigenous Peoples empowering Indigenous Nations and communities
towards sustainable livelihoods, demanding environmental justice and maintaining
the Sacred Fire of our traditions."

http://www.IENEarth.org

Oceans 8
WATCH ONLINE! In this episode, ride along on a rustic - and rusting -
Polynesian cargo boat as it makes deliveries to 21 of the globe's most i
solated coral reef atolls in the heart of the South Pacific Ocean.

Oceans 8 - Archipelago
WATCH ONLINE! In this second episode of the Oceans 8 series, adventurers travel to the Tuamotus, nicknamed the "Dangerous Archipelago" due to the numerous shipwrecks caused by these shrouded islands.

http://LinkTV.org/programming/browse/t/ind

One of the first things children learn about water is that it is all connected.

The very small streams and wetlands higher up in a watershed feed into larger lakes and rivers, which eventually lead to our Oceans. Because of this connection, and the fact that more than 110 million people rely on them for drinking water sources, our small streams and wetlands have been protected under the Clean Water Act for more than three decades. But now the Clean Water Act is under attack.

Developers, mining companies and other polluting interests are fighting to eliminate the longstanding protections for headwater streams and wetlands—opening them up to oil spills, pollution and filling.

Please let your representatives know that clean water matters for our communities by taking a moment to email a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.

here is how: http://EcoDElMar.org/sierra

http://Nature.org/initiatives/climatechange

:: "The Christ said that He was found even in the smallest grain of sand.

Complete Open Mindedness, Complete Forgiveness,

True Vision comes when we see the Christ in everyone of our brothers.

And these brothers aren't only of the human kind...

they are the dolphin kind, the canine kind, the feline kind, etc.

Even a blade of grass contains the essence of the living Christ in it.

You could but look at it and see it perfect beauty if you tried.

:: It is Possible to Live in Peace...
If someone with courage and vision
can rise to lead in nonviolent action,
the winter of despair can, in the twinkling
of an eye, be turned into the summer of hope.

Nonviolence is not a garment to put on and
off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be
an inseparable part of our being.

If a single person achieves the highest kind of love
It will be sufficient to neutralize the hate of millions.

If we are to reach real peace in this world, and if we are
To carry on a real war against war, we shall have to
Begin with the children.

The future depends on what we do in the present.

~Gandhi