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Victory for Activists, Animals & Environment as Proposed LNG Island is Shut Down!
August 29, 2010 in activism, musical arts
After an 18month+ campaign by activists in the Northeast the proposal to build an Liquid Natural Gas terminal and artificial island 13 miles south of Long Beach has been shut down!
In April of 2009 The Sparrow Project partnered with Clean Ocean Action, The Surfrider Foundation, local environmentalists, politicians, and artists in an effort to [...] -
Russell Simmons on Activism, Spirituality & Bold Native
August 20, 2010 in Uncategorized
After hosting the New York premiere of Bold Native, the first fiction film about the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), Russell Simmons sits down to talk about veganism, spirituality and radical activism. On the nine billion animals bred, raised and killed for food annually in the U.S., Simmons says, “Aside from all the suffering we’re [...]
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Calling All Designers! – New Book, Designing For Social Change, Makes Call For Submissions
July 22, 2010 in activism, visual arts
Calling all community-based graphic designers! Author Andrew Shea is looking for projects to feature in his upcoming book. Have you used a graphic design to help a community in need? Do you have insights into this process? If so, visit andrewshea.com/book.html and submit your work.
From the website: “This book will emphasize strategies to help designers [...] -
Bold Native: Like All Revolutionary Films…
July 6, 2010 in activism, visual arts
Review By Danielle Thompson
When Open Road Film’s Denis Hennelly and Casey Suchan set out to make Bold Native they wanted to work in the spirit of revolutionary films like Easy Rider. They succeeded. Bold Native is a feature film on the subject of animal liberation but at its heart, much like Easy Rider, [...] -
Uganda Skate Union Support Shirts & CNN
May 25, 2010 in charity, feature
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The Uganda Skateboard Union in Kitintale Uganda has whittled itself out a little place in the hearts of us here at Sparrow. If you are able to, please consider buying one of these t-shirts we made [...]
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