A Voice from the Eastern Door

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  • Cultural Corner

    Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force|Jan 12, 2012

    Continued from last week SECTION II: WHY THE FOUR WINDS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS The Montreal Amendment shall enter into force on 1 January 1999, provided that at least twenty Parties have ratified the Amendment. In the event that this condition has not been fulfilled by that date, the Amendment shall enter into force on the nineteenth day following the date on which twenty Parties have ratified the Amendment. One has to wonder whether or not these international agreements will have a dramatic effect on reducing emissions that impact the Four Winds.... Full story

  • The Four Winds

    The Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force|Jan 5, 2012

    Reprinted from WORDS THAT COME BEFORE ALL ELSE Environmental Philosophies of the Haudenosaunee Continued from Vol. 29 #49 SECTION II: WHY THE FOUR WINDS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS The Four Winds are in trouble because human kind has lost respect for the power of the Four Winds and forgotten their importance to all life. The standard of living that is expected by industrial societies and their associated material goods have been traded for clean, unpol­luted air. In trade for refreshing breaths are toxic materials which are the by-products of the... Full story