The Indianapolis One Earth Festival: Diversity, Democracy, the Earth and the Future of Our Children

June 1, 2003  

Mary Fox Olson of the Nuclear Information and Resource Center opened her talk with the idea that she could not think of "a more radical topic than to  assert that there is a future." Her message was not one of doom and cynical apathy but instead a call to action against the threat of nuclear war, and the hazard of nuclear waste.

Mary Olson describes how the end of the cold war has not lessened the risk of nuclear war but has increased it. She describes the how the current administration is making a series of decisions that put our country at risk for both all out nuclear war and to terrorist attacks on nuclear waste sites.

She describes in detail how the plan to move all of the nation's radioactive waste to Nevada accepts six major accidents over its 30 year cycle, accidents that involve the release of radioactive poison on the level of the Chernobyl disaster. Mary Olson describes how communities in Europe have used non-violent direct action to stop dangerous and unpopular disposal of nuclear waste and suggests ways people in Indianapolis should get involved.

The 2nd annual Indianapolis One Earth Festival was held in Garfield Park on May 31 - June 1, 2003.  It was presented by Indy Parks and Common Bonds.

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