Tuesday, 23 March 2010

eric presents waste after break
chemicals 4/20
EMFs Qlink
tuning fork mimics
human way
electrolytes
electric grids
cancers
bees dying

CFL bulbs

carbon 350 parts .org

bees are messed up by the cell phones
even when not on a call send for service

science proof
exhaustion

PHD
silent good night
tv at night

learning in sleep
plants absorb

solar farm at mission college
solar panels on new lifsci

green jobs for the new economy
new conference 75$

all students discussed transport and energy use major and passions

water alarm clockfrom
http://tangogroup.net/

only use ethical companies

landlords
lowflow showerheads
landlord responsibility
aerator.
kitchen faucet.

waste chapter for next week
community service

Sunday, 21 March 2010

caught a speaker attorney at the LACE gallery describing her defense of nigerian activists demonized by chevron for protesting chevron's material destruction of their way of life and enviro destruction.

notes:


Sunday
killer coke at the LACE gallery---screening of film about workers killed at cocacola bottling plant
columbia peace project--patrick
new lawsuit on killer coke website
ray rogers---
hormel boycott leader
international coke boycott
sparl LA campaign
lawyer theresa

NIGERIA
unsalinated water
oil activities
shell chevron---way of life destroyed part and parcel sea incursion water became salinated plants died
fish gone animals died no drinking water
new impovrishment
military dictatorships
    chevron niger delta ilaga—subgroup
kill and go locally because of practices repressive violent crew
chevron developed for ghost jobs pittances graft non-existent
society dominated by men in speaking positions
some of the young men got edu analyze gas flares the dredging the oil spills to determine there were real connections w devastation in the communiities
organize aX tribes
to negotiate with chevron
block dredging of the canal
recreate areas
restore
desalinate
and to create real jobs
chevron policies of ghost jobs and scholarships----but divide and conquer---real issues not dealt with
concerned citizens ignored
chevron refused to meet
elders of 40-50 communities
bridged concerns
strict instructions to youth in nigeria to lead an excursion to an offshore oil platform protest to get chevron attention---some negotiations
chevron sent in a militia
navy army troups
paid a daily rate---flown in in-house security
two shot and killed
beaten
arrested and tortured
a number of people ilage tribe
came forward as a result
enviro rts org
NYC org lawsuit
brought in san fran federal cts
chevron's corp headquarters outside of san fran
and v. two subsidiaries
alien torts statute
allows to
sue companies for human rts abuses
viplations of accepted norms
genocide
extrajudicial killings
unacceptable.
For approximately

issue
abathco regime in full force
late 90s regime change to a democratically elected regime
bias twds govt.
some of thos changed
not a fair heading
cant bring a case against
actions by nigerian subsidiary

judge 2004 trial vs american corporations
making case connection creating limited liability
for subcorporation subsidiary
prove that the nigerian subcorp had control over the troups
investigations
underlying
octopus ax globe

chevron---downplay the environmental impacts towards community
to be front and center
re the real act, as you would expect
fall 2008 TRIAL

is the legal syst niger equador fair to indigenous concerns

on the other scale
will american juries understand the scale as what is going on
seen as protesters
or will they be seen as ecoterrorists
evidnce and language issues
chevron taught workers to testify using language of “pirates”


center from cross exam
how did you come to that

prep for deposition
atty promoted pirate
deposed on videotape

hamstrung at trial
judge
allowed either to testify with these words or not at all

ultimately a lot of extraneous evidence allowed
to paint her clients as terrorists
anti-nationalist
anti-tribal
racist overtones in the defense


threaten kidnapping and take hostages
jury not in her favor
court needed a unanimous
on appeal
strong issues
judge
very smart moderate judge 9th circuit neither l nor rt
significant errors in jury instructions


hopeful
difficult to reverse
struggles of people in nigeria
continue to attempt to negotiate with chevron
debate over govt.
uproar
hospital
second in command
chief enviro activist

hope for inroads in govt for better balance btw multinationals and the federal power.

Spring 2009 settlement success story
people whose lives were shattered
any boycotts
org in san fran
nigeria org started in in early 2008

there is organizing chevron has flooded airwaves about how great chevron is---ads---multicultural PR everpresent during the trial banner ad front page san fran chronicle
activism to dispel truth.

Graphic arts re:nigeria??? carol wells asks
she went to nigeria atty therese.

Distribution is so easy
students put out a call contra chevron
laura labotti in san fran best person to talk to re poster acquisition
re interested re edu posters

Saturday, 20 March 2010

adorable
green law!!!
greening the law office!!!
http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202444368106&Opposites_Attract

for architects, builders, lawyers esp in the new orleans
re zoning, LEED cert
legal issues
hooray
green law
yale
lewis and clark

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

sustainability digital texts thru password-protected digital files
no impact man
transport
water chapter

presentations:
pacific salmon dies after it spawns
chinook king
altantic salmon can spawn multiple times
salmon stats
commercial overfishing
habitat destruction
runoff industrial and agricultural
commercial and sport fishing salmon
banned

salmon rescue package to help the families suffering from species extinction
nothing for the salmon
seals and sharks
food source
cultural
chinook salmon totem pole
inuit salmon dance

commercial farming
wild salmon born in a hatchery---they are farmed salmon
delta, san joaquin, sacramento river
source for all the land irrigation on the way to san fran

fishing fees pay for preservation
PFMC

pacific fisheries management counsel
diversion of water does not coincide with fish patterns

scott clapson from southern oregon:
klamath
remove dams
water fm desert to wet
goes thru old salmon plants

protected fish
food chain problems
warming, other effects, problems
water pollution

seals sharks will be affected
sustainable
dept of fishing
stable levels
MPA
marine protective areas

fishing is controlled
licenses
water
balance the system

90% halibut gone in the world

hurts the native americans, as we divert water from their path
ggoogle search
bioaccumulation salmon
delicious PCBS
mercury
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=bioaccumulation+salmon
pubmed and epa stats

allowable parts per million
water from the city
new law can only water mon thurs
before 9 after 4pm
250 ticket
lawn water waste

3000 estates for the lawn

native plants require less care
CSA
community supported agriculture

documentary
rights to see the garden about the south central farmers
scottclapson@gmail.com

organics up near bakersfield
15$ for a huge box of  organic veggies
30% fuel to move water  in SO CAL

lowflow showerhead
waterfall activates the brain
why long shower?
reduce

april 12 waterless carwash---
greywater
april 13 sustainability fair

water used for coal
44% coal energy LA

hopi and navajo
displaced
displaced again for coal mine
now they have no water

beyond coal campaign with sierra club
social justice issue as well
BPA free
metal bottles
company lost credibility

stainless steel
consumptive ideas

Thursday, 11 March 2010

biocide
wiley encyclopedia enviro pollu and cleanup
meyers

androgenic

DDT-nervous system effect

Fungicide chlorinated benzenes

organolead
more danger to life than inorganic lead re absorption

plankton
nekton

litter marine debris

chemical weapons convention

leaking underground fuel site
polymer gel barrier---oil spill containments

ultrviolet sensors

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

doing searches for enviro law
finding some great schools
http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/alpha/e/environmentallaw.html
international resource database

need to look up chemicals for presentation on 4/20

ideas
bioaccumulation as concept
and precursor to Prop 65

prop 65's modern interp
connect science to the law

huge ground that  needs to be covered here

heterocyclic amines--national cancer institute, tokyo study, london study
acrylamide--discovery, atty gen attempted regulation

pthalates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pthalate
and their regulation---dvd box, toy recall
cadmium in acrylic dentures

kids toys plastic
plastics and heat and cold

styrofoam and a municipal regulation approach and how LA is behind the times

plastics and endocrine disruption

kinds of plastic
#
are any safer

nurdles
fish food absorbtion/marination

pesticide runoff in water supply affects organic food supply

chemistry of food--aminos, b vit deficiency and hallucinatory toxic breakdown

lead
paint, pipes, regulation

lead particulate in leaded bus fuel in oregon re-retrofit too expensive

bleach
chlorox attempts to suck in sierra co.  see nation article
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100322/hari/2

statuatory reg
FIFRA
EPA created took over USDA lawsuits when pesticides designated human food issue prior to 1970

transdermal absorption
nanoparticles---sunscreen
waves of marketing
trends
paraben free

PCB
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychlorinated_biphenyl

greenwashing as PR
actionable
off-gassing and VOCs

ewaste and toxic mining in terms of colonialistic racist health damage
amnesty international reports

fish extinction

harm to environment from CDS

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

sustainable works orientation week one

E-waste drive during sustainability weeks
company recycling
april 12 waterless carwash---
workshop---then tues sustainabilty fair

tesla sportscars coming during earth week
and screening of who killed the electric car?

E-waste
5 cents per pound
computers printers phones toner entertainment devices
phones
adapters

40th anniversary
earth day

sustainability conference with giovanna imbesi
district coordinator for sustainabilty class
so excited

regarding discussion structure encouraging discussion facilitation and participation.

new green jobs---LEED certifications
scott: "planned obsolescence"
on breast cancer beauty products, chemicals
and salons---career transitions
internship with architect

way bldg faces det by LEED principles
new lifsci building LEED cert.
want to propose real estate with duffy extra credit

giovanna:
internet changes everything
learn and share
students updating
http://www.sustainableworks.blogspot.com/

here i want to compile links resources
on special topics bioaccumulation via google books and other sources
for reference

thrilled the new life sci bldg has internet

realize law building is separated by a digital divide

wish i could bambuser the workshop, but IT LACC is pro-firewall
even to the detriment of sharing sustainability with a larger audience . . .
hope to address this tomorrow at the ASO meeting at the faculty center 3pm Wednesday with craig west, expert and advocate for disability access

giovanna will check with district and
another student mentioned LACCTV
exciting!
check luis flores's remarkable
tech (copy and paste--->)
http://207.62.63.99/TrainingVideos/TrainingVideos.html

sustainable business council
http://www.sustainablebc.org/
green chefs april 1

want to bring enviro law book to class
and international law hornbook

discuss: greenwashing article in the daily journal
http://wflc.org/inthenews/forestcertnews/2.10.10DailyJournal
and new waves of enviro law
the wrong kind of green by jahann hari
excellent
on today's democracy now.

human rights abuses at copenhagen
heal the bay

fill up link list with bioaccumulation etc
google books
closed portals

snippets
limited previews
many tabs
and make case for free open access
to critical data

heterocyclic amines
PCBS
acrylamide
EPA
FIFRA
citizen suits
hari thesis---non profit stewardship council cert industry bought greenwash
ESA
whether dolphin has standing

scott sends me here
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/
upon discussion
http://www.safecosmetics.org/


also service re food not bombs---make announcement
http://www.foodnotbombs.net/
at
http://www.aglago.org/
sundays in silver lake