################################################################## aml2.rqst2 ============ "This note is to: thank those of you who have contributed to help reimburse me for the expenses of the project (which I ended up paying for everything that had not been raised at the time);....and, last but importantly, to start off this mailing list by sending a duplicate of an announcement I recently posted..("National Town Meeting") ################################################################## aml6.kc ======= ################################################################## aml.kc.PACH =========== ################################################################## aml9.ltrs =========== CONTENTS:A few remarks, followed by letters from people on this list ################################################################## aml10.nicaupdate ================== Here's an update about (and from) Nicaragua I just received... "From: jonaske@garnet.berkeley.edu (Jon Aske) Sun, 3 Jun 90 14:55 Subject: UNO Threatens University Autonomy ------------------------------------------------------------------ UNO Threatens University Autonomy On Wednesday, May 16, the Nicaraguan universities suddenly entered a state of emergency as the UNO government of President ..... [description of events] ..... As U.S. faculty in Nicaraguan universities, we are carefully ..... Jonathan Buchsbaum Ed Maurer John Lamperti Susan Kinne ..... May 24, 1990" ################################################################## aml11.rainf ============= Loss of Tropical Forests Is Found Much Worse Than Was Thought ================================= By Philip Shabecoff, Special to the New York Times Friday, June 8, 1990 NY Times "WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Tropical forests, which play a vital role in regulating the global climate, are disappearing much more rapidly than previously estimated, an international research group said today. Each year recently, 40 Million to 50 million acres of tropical forest, an area the size of Washington state, has been vanishing.... "The rate of loss, measured in most countries in 1987, was nearly 50 percent greater than the last global estimate, prepared by the United ..... ################################################################## aml12.earthstats ================== EarthStats:Activ-List#12, 6/16/90: Followup to rainforest article... [This is not as long as it looks -- it's mainly charts/tables] Gathered from Scientific American's Special Issue, Sept. '89 ============================================================ "Since the beginning of the 18th century, the planet has lost six million square kilometers of forest -- an area larger than Europe." "...in the past 300 years agricultural and industrial development has doubled the amount of methane in the atmosphere and increased the concentration of carbon dioxide by 25%. The global flows of major [charts about gases' concentrations, now and then, et al, follow] ################################################################## aml13.quotes ============== Below is a collection of quotes. I hope to (1)Expand the list with your help, to become one of many "resources" we can create. ################################################################## aml14.contacts ================ Activist#14: Resources II July 23, 1990 SUMMARY and NOTE: ================ " Below is a fairly large file of information I've compiled and entered over many months. It contains lists of alternative publications, news sources, progressive investment funds, among other categories. I welcome and *seek* your help in expanding (and further organizing it; it still needs re-editing), adding further entries, contact persons, etc; eventually this could become a regular posting to alt.activism, courtesy of the Activists Mailing List... ..... #################################### ######Groups and Organizations###### #################################### ################################################################## aml15.AFSC-catalog ---------------------------------- American Friends Service Committee Peace Education Resource Catalog 1990-1991 ------------------------------------------ I have reproduced below some highlights from AFSC's catalog of publications which I recently received, which is filled with informative publications -ranging from short pamphlets to books to videos- about topics ranging from Central America to disarmament, from Southern Africa, to the Middle East, to "Youth and Militarism". [a dozen or so publications and videos are listed, with descriptions and prices, followed by the address to write to for ordering the items or the (free) catalog] ##################################################################