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A Day Without Plastic?

Mon, 3 Sep 2007 23:05:25 -0700

On September 15th, join more than a half a million volunteers around the world who will hit the beaches and shores of the ocean, lakes and rivers and make them cleaner. Take 15 seconds and sign up at: www.coastalcleanup.org Our ocean is becoming a place full of plastic as every minute we throw away more than a million oil-based plastic bags, consume mountains of plastic bottles and heaps of singl

Beyond GREED and FEAR...

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:13:03 -0700

...are Hope and Love. Not to be underestimated in this time of evolution and revolution.

LIVE BLUE: Emotion + Reason for our Ocean

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:11:39 -0700

Lots of conversations I’ve had recently hinge around the apparent need to pit emotion against reason. My academic and capitalist friends promote the later and my activist friends, through their words, actions and body language, the former. I hear professors guiding their students to beware the pitfalls of advocacy and to employ unbiased science. And business-minded, invisible-hand worshipers i

Delicate

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:00:33 -0700

I keep coming back to the word "delicate" for some reason. The Earth in all it's evolving robust complexity really isn't delicate at all--as Oren Lyons eloquently and powerfully points out in the film 11th Hour: “If we choose to eradicate ourselves from this earth, by whatever means, the earth goes nowhere. And in time, it will regenerate, and all the lakes will be pristine. The rivers, the

Poem: Bridge hut

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:33:09 -0700

Bridge hut I’ve built a high little hut At the nape of the Golden Gate (atop the grandest red tower) With windows to the east and west, A bookshelf to the south, and a door. There’s a jug of water On the small bedside table, A coarse rug for my boots, And a peg for my raincoat. The walls are northern driftwood, The roof is tin with moss, And the iron stove keeps Me warm when the fog rolls below

Another reason why SHRIMPSUCK.org

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:59:21 -0700

92 percent of shrimp eaten in the United States is imported; last year, 8 percent of it, about 151 million pounds, came from China Don’t eat it. U.S. proposal to allow chicken imports from China raises health concerns By Diedtra Henderson The Boston Globe Wednesday, May 9, 2007 WASHINGTON: In China, some farmers try to maximize the output from their small plots by flooding produce with unappr

Blue Man Group on Ocean Warming: LIVEBLUE!

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:45:46 -0700

Blue Man Group has created a video piece that focuses on taking aim at one of our planet's most serious problems, ocean warming. You can watch and share the video entitled to "Earth to Humanity." Visit stopglobalwarming.org to find out more about how you can help save the Earth. Watch the Blue Man Group video featured on “Earth To America!” HERE

Trees: W.S. Merwin

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:09:46 -0700

 Trees   I am looking at trees they may be one of the things I will miss most from the earth though many of the ones I have seen already I cannot remember and though I seldom embrace the ones I see and have never been able to speak with one I listen to them tenderly their names have never touched them they have stood round my sleep and when it was forbidden to climb them they have carried me in th

Live Earth? > > > > LIVE BLUE! (and unplugged)

Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:18:17 -0700

Al has a big, big show this weekend. A global network of rock and roll concerts sure to put the cool back into Global Warming and the sexy back into Climate Change. The Al Gore--Live Earth shows are getting attention and making some noise. There are the critics: “Oh, Al! stop being so Hollywood.” or “You know, all those amps use a LOT of energy.” or “Al’s just running for president...of the WO

Stopoceanwarming.org: Skinny gray whales

Fri, 6 Jul 2007 16:36:43 -0700

I’ve been getting reports, seems like daily, from colleagues working in all corners of the ocean about warming-related changes leading to hungry ocean wildlife. Whales, seabirds, polar bears, seals, and on... I’ve written and said this before, but here it is again: climate change is an ocean issue. We’ll see the impacts of global warming FIRST in the ocean. We are seeing it now. These animals