June 22, 2008
Interview with Co-Leader of NZ Greens & Editorial: Modern Eugenics and Genocide in the Name of Freedom
Standard Podcast [15:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadIn this first of a new a new series of Prism Webcast News interviews Tremane Barr speaks with Dr. Russell Norman the male co-leader of the New Zealand Green Party. The topics covered in part 1 include how Dr. Norman (originally from Australia) came to be the Greens co-leader and his opinion on the substance [...]
December 16, 2007
Human Cloning, Tasers & Bali Kyoto Agreement Assessment
Is Human Reproductive Cloning Inevitable? [17:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Margaret Taylor of Amnesty International NZ [4:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Marie Dyhberg the spokesperson for Campaign Against The Taser [14:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Bali Kyoto Agreement Assessment with Cindy Baxter of Greenpeace [9:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadHuman Cloning, Tasers & Bali Kyoto Agreement Assessment
1. Is Human Reproductive Cloning Inevitable?
The United Nations recently put out a discussion paper entitled “Is Human Reproductive Cloning Inevitable: Future Options for UN Governance“. In it the authors evaluate the responses of the United Nations to the questions of human cloning governance. The difference between reproductive human [...]
December 1, 2007
Friends of the Earth on UN Bali Kyoto Protocol Meeting and Editorial on the October 15th Police Raids
Friends of the Earth on UN Bali Global Warming Meeting [17:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadOn the 3rd to 14th of�December, the thirteenth annual negotiating conference for members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will take place on the Indonesian island of Bali.� Friends of the Earth International have recently said that “The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt [...]
November 18, 2007
Organic Milk Proven to Boost Health & Organic Air Freight Standards
Peter Melchett of UK Soil Association on Organic Milk and Air Freight Standards [18:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadA newly published scientific study shows that the incidence of eczema in infants fed on organic dairy products, and whose mothers also consumed organic dairy products, is 36% lower than in children who consume conventional dairy products. Whilst there is a significant body of evidence showing that organic food contains higher levels of beneficial nutrients [...]
November 4, 2007
Full Podcast - UNEP Global Environment Outlook-4, Eugenie Sage, Ecoexpo and EU Organics Research
Interviews on GEO-4, Eugenie Sage, Ecoexpo and EU Organics Research [45:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThis edition of prism webcast news has a strong focus on sustainability going from the united nations global environment outlook report to the election of Eugenie Sage to the Canterbury Regional Council and an upcoming Ecoexpo promoting sustainability in Christchurch and to finish off with a look at the European Unions Quality Low Input Food [...]
October 21, 2007
Terrorism in NZ and World War III - Interviews with those on the front line
Paul Buchannan on Human Rights and Terrorism [26:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Christchurch Home Invasions by Police and Protests [6:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Bush & World War III [18:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadIn this edition of Prism Webcast News the issues raised from the police actions against activists is dealt with along with the problem of George W. Bush wanting to start World War III. This editions interviews are with:
Security intelligence academic Paul Buchannan on terrorism and human rights in relation to the use of terrorism laws [...]
October 7, 2007
Dangerous Electromagnetic Fields, Nutritional Erosion, Clone Labelling & Stuffed & Starved
Bioinitiative Report [12:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Food Nutrient Erosion [15:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download California Cloned Food Labelling [4:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Stuffed and Starved Interview with Raj Patel [16:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadInterviews in this edition of Prism Webcast News:
Dangers from Electromagnetic Fields
Food Nutrient Erosion
Cloned Animals Labelling in California
Stuffed & Starved - Markets Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System
1. The Dangers from Electromagnetic Fields
In a recent report the BioInitiative Working Group have warned that daily exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) is likely [...]
September 23, 2007
NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENTS EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME AND THE FAO PROMOTES ORGANICS
FAO Supports Organics [12:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Greenpeace ETS Analysis [13:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Green Party ETS Analysis [13:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadFAO Promotes Organic Agriculture
Greenpeace NZ on Emissions Trading Scheme
Green Party Analysis of ETS
FAO Promotes Organic Agriculture
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) have recently come out in favour of organic agriculture. Its report Organic Agriculture and Food Security explicitly states that organic agriculture can address local and global food security challenges. Organic farming is [...]
September 10, 2007
GLOBESITY, APEC, GLOBAL WARMING AND XENOTRANSPLANTATION - Full Podcast
Globesity, APEC, Global Warming and Xenotransplantaation [61:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadAPEC has come up the Sydney Declaration, but done very little else to deal with global warming except to put weasel words on a piece of paper.
Globesity - a new book on how there needs to be a radical change in approach to our personal health, fitness, and society to deal with global warming and [...]
August 26, 2007
Organics Aotearoa New Zealand National Conference, 1080 Debate & Global Warming Individual Interviews
Brendan Hoare OANZ Interview [20:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Steffan Browning OANZ Interview [11:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Forest and Bird 1080 interview [11:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Soil and Health on 1080 [9:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Hot Topic Book on Global Warming [26:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadNZ NATIONAL ORGANICS CONFERENCE
THE 1080 DEBATE
HOT TOPIC - GLOBAL WARMING FROM A NZ PERSPECTIVE
NZ NATIONAL ORGANICS CONFERENCE
Brendan Hoare is a World Board Member of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), as well as a Senior Academic in the School of Natural Science, UNITEC New Zealand, and a founding director of the Journal of [...]
ORGANICS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL CONFERENCE, 1080 DEBATE & GLOBAL WARMING
NZ NATIONAL ORGANICS CONFERENCE
THE 1080 DEBATE
HOT TOPIC - GLOBAL WARMING FROM A NZ PERSPECTIVE
NZ NATIONAL ORGANICS CONFERENCE
Brendan Hoare is a World Board Member of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), as well as a Senior Academic in the School of Natural Science, UNITEC New Zealand, and a founding director of the Journal of [...]
August 12, 2007
Organics, River Conservation, GE Free, Human Rights & the Dangers of Aspartame - Prism News Podcast
Organics, Environment, GE Free, Human Rights and Health [56:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Organic breast milk research [4:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Gowan river protected [3:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download GE high lysine corn [9:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Olympics and human rights [7:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThis Prism Webcast News Bulletin:
Organic Dairy and Meat Improves Quality of Mothers’ Breast Milk
The NZ Gowan river protection a win for water conservation
FSANZ Approves of GE animal food into human food chain regardless of safety doubts
The Olympics countdown - one year left to fulfil human rights promises made by the Chinese Communist Party
And a Special guest [...]
July 29, 2007
Prism News Bulletin - Organics can Feed the World & NZ National Organics Conference
Organics Bulletin July 2007 [42:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Organics can feed the world [13:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Interview with Retired Editor of Organic NZ [17:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download NZ National Organics Conference [11:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadTHIS PRISM WEBCAST NEWS BULLETIN COVERS:
How organics can feed the world and the research that has been done to back this claim up.
An interview with the recently retired editor of ORGANIC NZ Allan Baddock on his time at the magazine and the state of organics in NZ at the moment.
Lastly an interview with Holger Kahl [...]
July 1, 2007
The Last Oil Shock - Special Guest Interview With David Strahan On Peak Oil
SPECIAL GUEST INTERVIEW WITH DAVID STRAHAN ON
“THE LAST OIL SHOCK”
David Strahan recently released his new book called “The Last Oil Shock”, which deals with the issue of peak oil. I first heard about it when I saw him on the TV3 show Campbell Live where John Campbell asked him in brief about the topic of [...]
Prism News Bulletin - Colony Collapse Disorder and Forest and Bird AGM Issues
Prism Bulletin-Colony Collapse Disorder and Forest and Bird ACM [38:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder [14:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Forest and Bird AGM Issues with Dr Peter Maddison [22:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download1st week of July 2007 Prism Webcast News Bulletin
GE Free NZ and the Save Happy Valley Coalition take legal action
The Mystery of the Disappearing Honeybees
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand hold their Annual General Meeting
Local News
In local news GE free NZ recently filed papers with the High Court [...]
June 17, 2007
Prism News - G8 Global Warming, Carbon Credits and A Silent Chemical Pandemic
Full Bulletin - G8 Fallout, Carbon Credits and A Chemical Pandemic [34:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download G8 Fallout - Greenpeace [9:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Carbon Credits [3:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download A Silent Pandemic - Chemical Pollution [20:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadTHIS WEEK IN PRISM WEBCAST NEWS
GLOBAL WARMING FALLOUT FROM THE G8 MEETING
THE SAVE HAPPY VALLEY COALITION SELL CARBON CREDITS
AND A PANDEMIC IN THE MAKING FROM CHEMICALS THAT ARE DAMAGING CHILDRENS BRAIN FUNCTION - A SPECIAL GUEST INTERVIEW WITH DR PHILIPPE GRANDJEAN
Greenpeace on G8 Fallout from G8 Meeting
In international news - the G8 summit [...]
June 5, 2007
PRISM WEBCAST NEWS BULLETIN PROFILE
Full News Bulletin [51:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Reaction To ERMA Decision [18:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Spy in Save Happy Valley Coalition [8:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Quantum Jazz and the Tao of Biology [23:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download1. Response to ERMA Decision to Approve GE Field Trial
In late May the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) gave approval for a 10 year field trial of genetically engineered Bt Brassicas by Crop & Food NZ. Claire Bleakely President for GE Free NZ and Steffan Browning spokesperson for the Soil & Health association are interviewed [...]
May 25, 2007
Budget 2007 and Global Warming
Full Bulletin Buget 2007 and Global Warming [45:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Vanessa Atkinson Greenpeace NZ [4:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Steffan Browning Soil and Health NZ [14:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Steve Shallhorn CEO Greenpeace Australia [6:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Kevin Hackwell Forest and Bird NZ [13:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Jon Carapiet GE Free NZ [6:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadIn this bulletin of Prism Webcast News Budget 2007 and Global Warming Special
•· Vanessa Atkinson of Greenpeace New Zealand on global warming and the New Zealand budget.
•· Steffan Browning spokesperson for the Soil & Health association on organics in the budget and its relation to global warming and sustainability.
•· Steve Shallhorn CEO for Greenpeace Australia on what happened in [...]
May 8, 2007
Prism Webcast News 2nd Week of May 2007
News - Save Happy Valley, GE Free NZ and Water Wars - Thirst [38:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThis week in Prism News:
Save Happy Valley Coalition protestors appear in court. Interview with spokesperson Graham Jury.
In America a Federal judge ordered the first-ever halt to the planting of a commercialized genetically-engineered crop.
New research on the possible effects of pesticides on children’s intellectual development has been released.
GE Free NZ highlights a Report on the Risks [...]
April 16, 2007
Interview on ERMA GE Brassica Hearing in Christchurch
Welcome to this Prism Webcast News special extended interview with Claire Bleakly the president of GE Free NZ and Steffan Browning spokesperson for the Soil and Health association of NZ.
In this interview we discuss the recent Environmantal Risk Management Authority (ERMA) hearing on Crop & Foods application to field trial the agricultural performance, over 10 [...]
March 25, 2007
Audio Interviews - Anti-Slavery Bicentennary, GE Humans and Lester Browns Corn to Ethanol Concerns
Lester Brown Corn to Ethanol Concerns and Alternatives: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Lester Brown Corn to Ethanol Questions and Answers: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Anti-Slavery 200th Anniversary with Beth Herzfeld: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download British Government Propose to Allow Genetic Engineering of Human Embryos: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadAnti-Slavery International Bicentennary
As part of its Bicentenary campaign, Anti-Slavery International is calling for measures that will address the Slave Trade’s legacies and make ending contemporary slavery, which affects at least 12 million people worldwide today, a priority.
They claim that the legacies of the Transatlantic Slave Trade reverberate today in terms of racism and discrimination against [...]
March 16, 2007
Genetically Engineered High Lysine Corn Poses Human Health Risk
Dr Jack Heinemann on GE Corn & FSANZ Part 1: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Dr Jack Heinemann on GE Corn & FSANZ Part 2: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadDr Jack Heinemann of the Canterbury University’s Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety in an interview with Tremane Barr from Prism Webcast News expresses his concerns over Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) approving a genetically engineered (GE) high lysine corn (HLC) for human consumption.
The Monsanto genetically engineered high lysine corn was made primarily for [...]
March 8, 2007
Friends of the Earth Europe Interview on EU Energy Summit
At the annual EU Spring Summit coming up on March 8th and 9th, European Union Heads of States will finalise the details of the “European Council Action Plan (2007-2009) - Energy Policy for Europe”. However, Friends of the Earth Europe has continued to warn that the plan does not go far enough to fight climate [...]
Solid Energy Satirical Report by Save Happy Valley Coalition
The Save Happy Valley Coalition released a satirical report last week about Solid Energy the New Zealand governments owned coal company highlighting what they say is the hypocrisy of both solid Energy and the government when it comes to digging up and polluting more of the “100% Pure” NZ environment to fuel coal fired powered stations [...]
March 6, 2007
Ghost Prisoner - Human Rights Abuses by American Government
Human Rights Watch in a report last week said that the US government should account for all the missing detainees once held by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in their secret prisons.
The 50-page report entitled, “Ghost Prisoner: Two Years in Secret CIA Detention,” contains a detailed description of a secret CIA prison from a Palestinian [...]
Russian GE Potato Research Finds Health Hazards
In the late 1990’s Monsanto commissioned the Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Sciences to conduct some feeding studies involving genetically engineered potatoes being feed to rats. Something dodgy showed up in these feeding studies, but the Institute refused to release all the information into the public domain and presented a ‘doctored’ version [...]