North Woods Round River Rendezvous! June 29th – July 6th 2010 (directions HERE) In 2004, after the Down East Round River Rendezvous on Donnell Pond, about a hundred Earth First!ers greeted Governor Baldacci at his house to protest plans to build a liquified natural gas facility. After a long campaign, those plans were defeated, for [...]
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Re-Wild Or Die: Reclaiming a Corporate Resource Colony
On April - 7 - 2010 1 COMMENT
by Meg Gilmartin Maine’s forested lands have historically been owned by multi-national paper and timber corporations, who have always pulled the strings in the state government. Maine’s economy is based upon its history as a resource colony supporting the larger, more developed and more affluent communities of southern New England and beyond. This long history [...]
Wind, Water, Waste, Wood: The fight against the corporate colonization of Maine’s North Woods
On April - 6 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Wind, Water, Waste, Wood The fight against the corporate colonization of the North Woods Bio-region The mountains, the water, the forests, and the energy of our state are under siege by corporate interests. Maine Earth First! is working in solidarity with community organizations on four distinct campaigns, known as the “4 W’s.” Wind: the fight [...]