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Save Redwoods: All Californians 18 y
Remember to Vote Tuesday November 7! ALL CALIFORNIANS: Vote to Save the Redwoods!
Remember to Vote Tuesday November 7
What You Can Do:
Become informed: www.yeson84.com www.noprop90.com
Vote: YES on 84 NO on 90
Help spread the word: Forward this email with a personal note to friends and family in California
Dear Californian Redwood Enthusiasts, Only in California can you walk among a grove of ancient redwoods, following a trail to the bank of a mighty river as it flows to the coast. As Californians, we have a responsibility to preserve these forests, streams, and breathtaking coastline for future generations. On November 7th, California vo ... read more Super-Size Enviro Toll 18 y
The growing U.S. population, now at 300 million, combined with U.S. consumerism puts a huge strain on the world's natural resources, and the "Baby-boomers" are the biggest consumers.
300 Million Americans Will Take Great Environmental Toll, Report Warns
Kelly Hearn
for National Geographic News
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/10/061016-population_2.html
October 16, 2006
One U.S. demographer says it will be a Hispanic baby boy born in Los Angeles to a Mexican immigrant mother on Tuesday, October 17.
But regardless of whether this prediction proves to be right, someone in the coming days will tip the U.S. population to 300 million people, a demographic milestone with heavy environmental fallout.
A recent study by the Conn ... read more Dangerous Dryer Sheets 18 y
I received a story about how dryer sheets leave a residue on your dryer lint filter and potentially cause fires. There's a simple solution: stop using dryer sheets! The same toxic chemicals that coat your lint filter coat your clothes as well! Read on:
" You’ve been programmed to use them since the day your parents forced you to start doing your own laundry. Put the clothes in the dryer, then toss in one of those springtime-fresh fabric sheets to make them come out all soft and static-free. Sounds so cuddly! But you’re actually coating your clothes in a chemical cocktail, says advice maven Umbra Fisk, who suggests some alternatives." http://grist.org/article/dryer-sheets/
"...the contents of mainstream dryer sheets can indeed be rather toxic. Unfortunately, we don’t actually ... read more Video:Hugs to YOU! 18 y
Check out this great music video!
I cried when I watched this, it is so sweet! Blessings, Liora Leah
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
visit the page Beautiful Bird Sounds 18 y
Beautiful Bird Sounds--click on the link below to listen. Please help save their forest habitat
BOREAL BIRDS IN FLIGHT
Autumn is here -- and scores of migrating songbirds are paying visits to our backyards, parks and wetlands as they make their way to milder climates from their nesting grounds in Canada’s boreal forest.
Listen to their calls and find out where they’ll be spending the winter months.
click on link to listen; if this does not work, then go to:
http://www.savebiogems.org/bi ... read more Water=MiddleEast Peace! 18 y
With fears for the environment growing and the price of fossil fuels rising, a team of Israeli researchers working in Israel and the US is working on a new emission-free method to run your car - with water.
Put Water in Your Gas Tank and Create Peace in the Middle East!
Dr. Tareq Abu-Hamed in the Clore Garden of Science at the Weizmann Institute with young visitors from his village.
Water may seem like an unlikely source of fuel, but in fact it is full of hydrogen - a gas that many experts believe can be used in future to power internal combustion engines and generate electricity. The only problem with hydrogen, however, is that production of the flamma ... read more Paved Paradise 18 y
Remember this one from the '70's? Still relevant today...check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_dr2RaNMI&mode=related&search=
Big Yellow Taxi
by Joni Mitchell
1970’s animated music video
some of the lyrics:
They paved paradise,
put up a parking lot...
They took all the trees,
put ’em in a tree museum
and they charged the people
a dollar and a half
just to see ’em
Don’t it always seem to go
that you don’t know what you’ve got
’till it’s gone...
They paved paradise,
put up a parking lot...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_dr2RaNMI&mode=related&search= read more Audio:Wolf Howls 18 y
In Memory of Akasha, wolf-dog extraordinaire
Click on "Quick Time" under each wolf category to hear the howling! (RealPlayer doesn’t work well) Enjoy! From Nova on-line: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wolves/howl.html
What’s in a Howl?
by Fred H. Harrington Professor of Ethology Mount Saint Vincent University, Nova Scotia Ask anyone about wolf vocalizations and the howl invariably springs to mind. Even though wolves bark, woof, whine, whimper, yelp, growl, snarl and moan a lot more often than they howl, it is howling that defines the wolf, and fascinates us. So why do wolves howl? The center of a wolf’s uni ... read more PHOTOS:Baby Eagles 18 y
These awesome pictures were taken recently near Comox, BC, Canada. Unfortunately no one knows who the photographer was. This is something few humans will ever be privileged to see.
Grizzly Webcam! 18 y
Watch the world's largest gathering of brown bears on a live webcam as grizzlies in Alaska fish for salmon on the run!
Live Grizzly Bear Cam! http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/wildcamgrizzlies/wildcam.html
sponsored by National Geographic visit the page Photo:FireRainbow 18 y
Fantastic photo of cloud-rainbow!
sent to me by Valerie Eagle Heart
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THIS IS A FIRE RAINBOW -
THE RAREST OF ALL NATURALLY OCCURRING ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA.
THE PICTURE WAS CAPTURED THIS WEEK ON THE IDAHO/WASHINGTON BORDER. THE EVENT LASTED ABOUT 1 HOUR.
CLOUDS HAVE TO BE CIRRUS, AT LEAST 20K FEET IN THE AIR, WITH JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF ICE CRYSTALS AND THE SUN HAS TO HIT THE CLOUDS AT PRECISELY 58 DEGREES.
read more Joke: Genesis 18 y
Everything we need for healthy eating is provided for us...
UNDERSTANDING GENESIS
In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth and populated
the Earth with broccoli, cauliflower and spinach, green and yellow and
red vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and
healthy lives.
Then using God’s great gifts, Satan created Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream
and Krispy Creme Donuts. And Satan said, ”You want chocolate with
that?” And Man said, ”Yes!” and Woman said, ”and as long as you’re at
it, add some sprinkles.” And they gained 10 pounds. And Satan smiled.
And God created the healthful yogurt that Woman might kee ... read more Woman's Life Saved! 18 y
I posted "Save Woman's Life" requesting Curezoner's sign an on-line petition to save the life of Nazanin, a young Iranian woman sentenced to death for defending herself against rape. Her death sentence has been overturned! She remains in prison, and there is still work to be done! READ ON for follow-up information!
Background Information: Save Woman’s Life http://curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=309&i=329
http://save.nazanin.googlepages.com/news
http://save.nazanin.googlepages.com/home
Preparing fund for Nazanin
July 7:
Canadian Senator, Rod Zimmer and Liberal MP Belinda Stronach are helping set up an international fund to help pay for Nazanin Fatehi’s legal costs and campaign costs. It should be set up by next week.
Nazanin’s new trial will take place in August
July 2:
As previously written, Nazanin’s death sentence was overturned by the Iranian head of Judiciary, and the case was s ... read more Photos:Hawaiian Refuge 18 y
Bush designates 140,000 square miles off the coast of Hawaii as a National Monument, protecting more than 7,000 marine species and fragile coral reefs.
White spotted hermit crab in a conch shell Red pencil urchin found among the more than 7,000 species in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve
Photos from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: http://www.hawaiireef.noaa.gov/
More Photos: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2644b.htm June 15, 2006 — President George W. Bush today created the world’s largest marine conservation area off the coast of the northern Hawaiian Islands in order to permanently protect the area’s pristine coral reefs and unique marine species. The President used his auth ... read more Joke:Energy Efficient 18 y
Even us "greenies" need to laugh at ourselves once in a while!
Subject: Blonde Lady Buys New Windows!
Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with those expensive double-pane energy-efficient kind.
Yesterday, I got a call from the contractor who installed them. He was complaining that the windows had been installed a whole year ago and I hadn’t paid for them yet.
Hellloooo? Now just because I’m blonde doesn’t mean that I am automatically stupid. So I told him just exactly what his fast-talking sales guy had told ME last year... namely, that in just ONE YEAR these windows would pay for themselves! Helllooooo”? (I told him). ”It ... read more Andes Glacier Melt 18 y
The glaciers of the spectacular Andes mountains of Peru, home to the ancient Incan civilization, are melting due to global warming.
Melting Andes Glacier Photo from South Bay Mobilization
http://www.southbaymobilization.org/newsroom/earth/articles/03.1009.MeltingGl...
The World Is Hot
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN , Op-Ed Columnist, New York Times, 23 June 2006
Machu Picchu, Peru
For Peru, global warming is not just ”an inconvenient truth.”
It’s a daily reality, particularly for the residents in the spectacular Urubamba River Valley, the birthplace of Incan civilization. Watching the sun rise from atop the Incan ruins at Machu Picchu, you can look around 360 degrees and see Andean mountains everywhere. The hi ... read more BioCompostables 18 y
BioCompostable products are those made from renewable resources such as sugarcane, corn, potato and soy. They are being used for food packaging, replacing disposable paper products and other throw-aways such as petroleum-based styrofoam and plastics
" 64 billion paper and 73 billion styrofoam & plastic cups and plates were thrown away in 2003 in the USA"
Bioplastics - Corn & Potato Starch Products
Sugar Cane Fiber (Bagasse) Products
100% Biodegradable & Compostable
Plates, bowls, cups, take-out containers, trays, trash/kitchen bags, cutlery, drinking straws....
Made from Sugar Cane Fiber, Corn & Potato Starch
Check out this great website! World Centric is non-profit organization working to reduce economic injustice and environmental degradation th ... read more |