Peter Rugh is an activist and freelance journalist based in Brooklyn. He is a facilitator for the OWS Environmental Solidarity Working Group. He has written for TruthOut, The Indypendent, Alternet, Nation of Change, Common Dreams and other publications and is correspondent for WagingNonViolence.org. Read Peter's blog at EartoEarth.org. He can be reached via email at this address: peter_rugh@yahoo.com.