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    The Green Party of New York State regained automatic ballot status by getting over 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. Look for us soon on your voter registration form and your ballot.

    Gaining ballot status enables the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more single-payer candidates, more anti-fracking candidates, and more sustainable energy candidates.

    The last time that the Green Party of New York State had ballot status it set the record for running the most Green candidates of any state.

    The Green Party is an alternative party to the Democrats and Republicans. The four pillars of the Green Party are: Nonviolence/Peace; Grassroots Democracy; Social and Economic Justice; and Ecological Wisdom.

    If you are interested in getting involved in the Green Party of Suffolk,you can call 631-351-5763 or email info@gpsuffolk.org

    You can enroll in the Green Party by checking the box marked "Green Party" on the voter registration form and writing in the word "Green" on the line next to it. Click here to find a voter registration form.

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Please visit Peace Couple for great new ideas about compassionate shopping

Posted on November 13, 2011 by kwilder

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ About The Star Graphics Above: You can find more details about these stars, plus great compassionate shopping links, over at our other website: Peace Couple. Excerpt from the Peace Couple post are below:

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World Health Organization Recommends POPs Exposure Minimization Effort for Protection of All Children

Posted on October 24, 2011 by kwilder

“We are on the threshold of establishing new paradigms for public health protection that will bring an end to careless chemical use by corporations.”-Donald L. Hassig How can you help address these issues with your family? In your community? By lobbying politicians? There are harmful and cancer-causing chemicals which travel through the air and through [...]

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Information on Persistent Organic Pollutants PLUS press conference about POPs and NY State government

Posted on October 20, 2011 by kwilder

Persistent Organic Pollutants are chemical substances that appear in the air, and in animal fat. POPs is a nickname for these harmful pollutants. Cancer Action New York studies the problem of POPs. The organization attempts to get various layers of government to acknowledge the reality of POPs,  to take logical steps to reduce POPs, and [...]

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PeaceSmiths of Long Island endorses Occupy Wall Street

Posted on October 13, 2011 by kwilder

PeaceSmiths is a decades-strong, Long Island activist group, which works on issues of peace, justice, and the environment. PeaceSmiths released the following message today, October 13, 2011: A Message from PeaceSmiths, Inc. about Occupy Wall Street PeaceSmiths supports Occupy Wall Street in New York City. Our organization stands for peace, justice, and the environment. We [...]

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Green Party blasts Obama & GOP capitulation to corporate lobbyists on Tar Sands & axing EPA smog regs

Posted on September 6, 2011 by wilderside

Green Party promotes Green New Deal: real action to curb global warming and end oil addiction, create new jobs in energy conservation, alternate energy development, and public transportation Green Party leaders strongly criticized President Obama’s recent decisions on the controversial tar sands pipeline and EPA smog regulations, calling his support for the Keystone XL Pipeline [...]

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‘Native America Calling’ Digs into the Tar Sands! “What’s really important?” 706 Arrested Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline (via 47whitebuffalo’s Blog)

Posted on September 4, 2011 by wilderside

Native America Calling covered the Tar Sands Protests on Tuesday, August 3o. You can listen to the entire program online at http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/ Features Environmental Activist Clayton Thomas-Muller (Cree) and other callers. It’s a GREAT radio program! Listen and learn what Indigenous People are saying about the environmental and health costs. NCA Host Harlan McKosato asks: [...]

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50% of the World will not have Clean Water by 2030

Posted on August 21, 2011 by wilderside

Access to water is a problem many are already facing. Significant water scarcities already exist in some regions of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development  OECD and in many non-OECD countries and with a growing world population, it is projected that almost half of the world’s population, or almost 4 billion people, will be living [...]

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Tim DeChristopher’s Court Speech: ‘This Is What Patriotism Looks Like’ (via Food Freedom)

Posted on July 28, 2011 by wilderside

April 2012 Update: Tim DeChristopher was put in isolation, and now seems to be let out of isolation. Story at The L Magazine: here. _____________________________ Tim DeChristopher, whose act of civil disobedience stopped the illegal auction of oil and gas leases on thousands of acres of public land, was sentenced yesterday to two years in [...]

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Food Sovereignty Principles (via Food Freedom)

Posted on July 25, 2011 by wilderside

Presented by Farm Together Now and National Family Farm Coalition Produced by Daniel Tucker, supported by the Headlands Center for the Arts Hat tip NextWorldTV … Read More via Food Freedom

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Peace Couple News: Kate and the other Duchess wear re-used jewelry

Posted on July 25, 2011 by kwilder

The full story, and a close-up of the ring are at the Peace Couple website: here. In the corporate media, you can find a lot of stories about the fact that Prince William has gifted Duchess Catherine with blue earrings which once belonged to her mother-in-law, Princess Diana. These earrings match Princess Diana’s sapphire and [...]

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LI Dem Electeds Support Nuclear Power

Posted on July 24, 2011 by wilderside

IW:  No, this headline is not a throwback from 30 years ago.  Thought I can still remember  1980′s Assemblyman Pat Halpin (D) telling my Mom he supported Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant.  She told him he was crazy.  The other time I remember my Mom disagreeing with him was when he asked her to support Koch [...]

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Are we actually recycling? (via thegreenschoolhouseseries)

Posted on July 22, 2011 by wilderside

Recycling – we all know it’s important, so why don’t more of us do it?  If you’re green-minded and have recycling bins at home, that’s one thing, but if you’re on the go and unable to find an appropriate receptacle, it’s pretty likely your plastic bottle will end up in the trash against your better [...]

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The Food that Helps You to Detox Pesticides (via Food Freedom)

Posted on July 21, 2011 by wilderside

By Dr Joseph Mercola A study took a look at microorganisms in the degradation of the organophosphorus insecticide chlorpyrifos during kimchi fermentation. During the fermentation of kimchi, the insecticide degraded rapidly until day 3, and had degraded completely by day 9. Four lactic acid bacteria were identified as being responsible for the effect. According to [...]

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Air pollution can lead to brain damage and depression

Posted on July 6, 2011 by kwilder

(excerpt from) The Telegraph UK Pollution can lead to brain damage and depression warn scientists Long term exposure to air pollution could damage the brain and lead to learning and memory problems and even depression, new research has revealed.

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