Nuclear Guardianship is a citizen commitment to present and future generations to keep radioactive materials out of the biosphere. Recognizing the extreme damage these materials inflict on all life-forms and their genetic codes, Nuclear Guardianship requires:
- interim containment of radioactive materials in accessible, monitored storage, so that leaks can be repaired, and future technologies for reducing and containing their radioactivity can be applied;
- stringent limits on transport of radioactive materials, to avoid contaminating new sites, and to minimize spills and accidents;
- cessation of the production of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy;
- transmission to future generations of the knowledge necessary for their self-protection and ongoing guardianship through time.
The Nuclear Guardianship Project is a citizens' educational effort aimed at developing the political, technical and moral understandings required for the responsible care of radioactive materials.
The
Novozybkov Project dramatizes the courage, commitment and care that arise in response to a nuclear accident in this case the Chernobyl disaster.
Other resources:
- "BELLA" A play collectively written in Ontario, Canada, beginning with an idea from Skye Faris; Based on the work of Joanna Macy and friends, posted 2009
- "What it does to the human mind" by Joanna for Nuclear Free Future Awards, 2008
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A poem by Chelsea Collonge: Ode to my DNA
- Nuclear Weaponry (DU)
- Atomenergiechronik, eine Uebung
(nuclear energy, a learning ritual)
- People's Policy on Radioactive Waste
- Nuclear Energy: no solution to climate change
The Bush administration and the nuclear industry are using global warming as a smokescreen for construction of more nuclear power stations. In contrast to their misleading claims, scientific and citizen studies have long shown that nuclear power generation results in substantial greenhouse gas emissions. It also is the least economical and least safe alternative to fossil fuels. See these excellent current reports:
Nuclear Issues:
www.earthislandprojects.org/project/
Center for Safe Energy: Active in former Soviet Union
www.Globalzero.org
Campaign for a world without nuclear weapons
www.ieer.org
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
www.richtervideos.com/TheLastAtomicBomb
The Last Atomic Bomb (movie)
www.mayorsforpeace.org
City-based campaign against nuclear proliferation
www.mothersforpeace.org
Citizen group monitoring Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant
www.nevadadesertexperience.org
Faith-based resistance to nuclear weapons and war-making at the Nevada Test Site
www.nonukes.org
Hosts library of nuclear guardianship materials
www.wagingpeace.org
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
www.nirs.org
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
www.trivalleycares.org
Citizen watch dog group monitoring Lawrence
Livermore Nuclear Laboratory
and US weapons complex
www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/dnp
United Nations nuclear education program
www.wslfweb.org
Western States Legal Foundation: analyzes U.S. nuclear weapons programs and policies
