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Buffalo People 19 y
Buffalos in Montana will be easy targets for newly licensed hunters.
Thanks to Helene, facilitator of GrapevineSanDiego, and ”Living Tree Community Foods” http://www.livingtreecommunity.com for this article
From: Josh Osher and Mike Mease of Buffalo People
America’s last wild buffalo are soon to be become victims of ”sport” hunters. That’s right, the state is going to issue licenses to hunters permitting them to shoot buffalo migrating from Yellowstone National Park onto their traditional habitat in Montana.
Buffalo are accustomed to millions of tourists and are not afraid of people. They will not give ”fair chase” like deer and elk. G ... read more Great Apes Endangered 19 y
The Great Apes face extinction in a generation, according to wildlife experts.
Apes ’extinct in a generation’
By Richard Black BBC News website environment correspondent
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4202734.stm
The great apes are our kin... but we have not treated them with the respect they deserve
Kofi Annan
Some of the great apes - chimps, gorillas, and orangutans - could be extinct in the wild within a human generation, a new assessment concludes.
Human settlement, logging, mining and disease mean that orangutans in parts of Indonesia may lose half of their habitat within five years.
There are now more than 20,000 hum ... read more Aspartame 19 y
Aspartame, one of the most controversial food additives in history. Evidence links this artificial sweetener's use to multiple symptoms mimicing chronic illnesses.
Thanks to Margaret Hampton for this article:
ASPARTAME
Aspartame is the most controversial food additive in history. The most recent evidence, linking it to leukaemia and lymphoma, has added substantial fuel to the ongoing protests of doctors, scientists and consumer groups who allege that this artificial sweetener should never have been released onto the market and that allowing it to remain in the food chain is killing us by degrees.
Author:Pat Thomas
Once upon a time, aspartame was listed by the Pentagon as a biochemical warfare agent. Today it’s an integral part of the ... read more Katrina:Wetlands Restoration 19 y
Protecting coastal communities from the next Hurricane involves restoration of vital wetlands that aborb wind energy and reduce hurricane storm surges. TAKE ACTION to let Congress know that along with funds for rebuilding, funding for restoration of the wetlands is imperative.
Dear All:
Environmental Defense staff and members join millions in mourning the tragedy that has affected so many on the Gulf Coast. Right now, the priority is to help families and communities recover.
As environmental professionals, we are reflecting on how to best protect coastal communities from the next storm. There is much we can do.
New Orleans once had miles of wetlands and barrier islands between it and the Gulf of Mexico to protect it from hurricanes. Scientists tell us that every mile of wetlands and marshes between the gulf and terra firma absorbs wind energy and re ... read more Katrina:Our Chernobyl 19 y
Deena Metzger, author, wisewoman, healer, writes about Hurricane Katrina in an essay calling for Council between elders, wise ones, environmentalists, visionaries and scientists to communicate ideas, hopes, and actions.
Katrina – Our Chernobyl
Deena Metzger
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good. Vaclav Havel
The effects of Katrina are becoming a global tragedy like that of Chernobyl, but may yet become even more tragic and far-flung. The day after Katrina passed through the Gulf States, Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi said slowly and with great deliberat ... read more Save The Arctic Refuge! 19 y
One last chance to save the Arctic Refuge! TAKE ACTION!
A message from Sarah: Help me save the Refuge ! TAKE ACTION! http://ga0.org/campaign/ARA_Hbudget/step1.tcl
Dear All,
While most people will never visit the Arctic Refuge, they value knowing that there are still some treasures too special to be sold to the highest bidder, some places where nature still rules. Having the unbelievable experience of seeing this wild landscape for myself, I can attest that the Arctic Refuge is a very precious jewel.
First setting foot in the Arctic Refuge was humbling -- it was as though I had take ... read more Breast Cancer ACTION! 19 y
Updated News: Two health bills making cosmetics and radiation screening safer for women are up for CA Governor's OK; Silicone Breast Implant ban may be overturned by FDA; USDA OK's Organic label on cosmetics;TAKE ACTION! to help improve women's health!
Support National Research for Women’s Health It’s no secret that every day we are exposed to a toxic soup of chemicals—in products such as plastic food packaging, cosmetics, clothing made from synthetic materials, and other environmental exposures such as auto and industrial emissions. We know that exposure to many of these chemicals can disrupt women’s hormonal functions, which in turn may increase a women’s risk for breast cancer and other serious health problems. But more research i ... read more Last Katrina Blog, I Swear! 19 y
Last blog on Katrina, I swear! I can't help myself--I can only shake my head over this one: Government incompetence--this says it all!
*KATRINA TIMELINE* Comment on the timeline here http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/07/the-katrina-timeline/. *Friday, August 26* **GOV. KATHLEEN BLANCO DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN LOUISIANA** [Office of the Governor http://www.gov.state.la.us/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=973 **GULF COAST STATES REQUEST TROOP ASSISTANCE FROM PENTAGON** At a 9/1 press conference, Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, commander, Joint Task Force on Katrina, said that the Gulf States began the process of requesting additional forces on Friday, 8/26. [DOD http://www.dod.gov/trnscripts/2005/tr20050901-3843.html *Saturday, ... read more Disaster Preparedness 19 y
Disaster Preparedness; Emergency Services Website for Californians
Emergency Services website: Click on ”BE READY” logo: http://www.oes.ca.gov
Los Angeles Times
September 3, 2005
IS CALIFORNIA READY?
Make a plan, now
THE SCENES OF DEVASTATION in New Orleans evoke sadness and compassion everywhere, but in California they also evoke a sense of uncomfortable foreboding. The Santa Monica Freeway — or I-10, which is buried under water 1,900 miles east of Santa Monica — isn’t the only connective tissue between Los Angeles and the Crescent City. Like the people of New Orleans, Californians clustered around L.A. and San Francisco tempt fate on a ... read more URGENT!Safe Water for N.O.!ECO-ACTION ALERT! 19 y
CDC wants to drop BLEACH on the flood waters of New Orleans to prevent disease. Whole Foods has volunteered to pay for and deliver the natural agent EM for an ecologically safe and tested way to purify the flood waters.
TAKE ACTION by e-mailing, phoning, faxing your U.S. Senators and U.S. Representative TODAY and urging them to contact FEMA and other appropriate relief agencies to approve Effective Microorganisms (EM) for water de-contamination in New Orleans.
U.S. Senate: Senators Directory: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
U.S. House of Representatives--Write Your Representative: http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Sample e-mail or Fax:
"Honorable Senator So-and-So:
I am contacting you regarding decontamination of the flood waters in ... read more Racism & Katrina Cont'd 19 y
I stand by my blog "Katrina:Racism? Why do the Poor Always Suffer?"
see original blog: http://curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=309&i=129
I received this comment: "Racism??" by brockleger http://curezone.com/blogs/c/c.asp?d=2497
My Response:
Race to the Bottom:
Slow Katrina evacuation fits pattern of injustice during crises
By Liza Featherstone
08 Sep 2005
Much of the world -- including white America -- has been shocked by the devastation in New Orleans, and by the ongoing failures it has exposed at every possible level of government. Even normally unflappable TV news anchors and politicians have been moved to ... read more Non-OPEC Gasoline 19 y
For anyone interested in purchasing gas from non-OPEC related companies.
WHERE TO BUY YOUR USA-GAS
Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia. Just buy from gas companies that don’t import their oil from the Saudis.
I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies are the best to buy gas from and which major companies import Middle Eastern oil.
These companies import Middle Eastern oil:
Shell........................... 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco......... 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon /Mobil............... 130,082,000 barrels
Marathon/Speedway... 117,740,000 barrels
A ... read more Habitat for Humanity 19 y
Habitat for Humanity is one of my favorite charities. The organization is planning a blitz building of new homes for those who have lost theirs in the Gulf region due to Hurricane Katrina.
September 6, 2005 Los Angeles Times : National News
KATRINA’S AFTERMATH
A Quick Delivery of Homes
Habitat for Humanity will build of thousands of houses for victims of the hurricane.
From Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Habitat for Humanity is laying the groundwork for its largest construction project yet, a blitz build of thousands of homes along the Gulf Coast for people left homeless by Hurricane Katrina.
Operation Home Delivery is expected to start later this month in Jackson, Miss., where volunteers will assemble housing frames and put ... read more I AM Warrior Woman 19 y
I sent my blog "Katrina: Racism?" out as an e-mail and received a reply from someone that basically said "do not send out blame for this disaster. Focus on what went right. Send positive messages out into the world." This irritated me greatly.
I was so irritated, I immediately deleted the e-mail. I was so irritated, I shouted in my car, with the windows rolled up, as I am wont to do when angry, yelling that I did not want to blame, but I wanted accountability for this disaster. I screamed that I am sick of this New Age b.s. of emotion-deny-ers, those who profess to be calm and serene no matter what the situation, those with their Holier-Than-Thou attitudes and their All-Knowing airs. I was so irritated, I could not sleep. I was so irritated, I got up at 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning and wrote the following in my journal:
I will ... read more Katrina:Racism? 19 y
I am angry with our govenment for their slow response to help the people trapped in New Orleans. Could this slow response have anything to do with Institutional Racism?
Why Do the Poor Always Suffer?
This started out as a blog comment to Your Enchanted Gardener’s blog about Hurricane Katrina: http://curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=92&i=711 I’m sharing it with all and inviting comments.
I am feeling lots of anger with our government today--New Orleans was a disaster waiting to happen. The government knew of this powerful storm coming in days before it hit, and many warnings were given in previous years that such a storm of this magnitude would break the levees unless they were shored up. Human destruction of the wetlands and marshes a ... read more CA Delta at Risk 19 y
A natural disaster could cause widespread levee failure in Northern California, flooding cropland and disrupting the water supply.
September 1, 2005 Los Angeles Times, California
Delta Is at Risk, Geologist Warns
By Bettina Boxall, Times Staff Writer
When UC Davis geology professor Jeffrey Mount looks at the images of broken levees and surging floodwaters in New Orleans, he sees the future of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
"There is a natural tendency of Californians to look at what is going on in the Gulf Coast as as foreign to us as the tsunami in Indonesia — ’That’s not something that could ever happen to us.’ — Oh, they couldn’t be more wrong," Mount said Wednes ... read more Seven Wonders 19 y
In these difficult times, this is good to remember...
S even Wonders
THE SEVEN WONDERS
OF THE WORLD
A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present " Seven Wonders of the World ." Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most votes:
1. Egypt ’s Great Pyramids 2. Taj Mahal 3. Grand Canyon 4. Panama Canal 5. Empire State Building 6. St. Peter’s Basilica 7. China ’s Great Wall While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one student had not finished her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having troubl ... read more |