Confirmed by scientists that GM corn and other foods cause heath problems.
A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health
Males are clearly more sensitive than female animals to show physiological disturbances when fed NK 603. This is not observed for all three GM maize varieties. Moreover, most effects appear to be dose-dependent since 83% of male effects emerge only at the 33% feeding level (15/18), the highest GM maize concentration in the diet (Table (Table1).1). The maximal mean differences are observed in male kidney parameters.
Urine phosphorus, for instance, is importantly disturbed in a dose-dependent manner and at both 5 and 14 week periods of feeding and hence reproducible over time. The significant effect at this level does not appear to be a false positive result (week 5, 33%, adjusted p<0.003 for FDR calculated according to Benjamini and Yekutieli), considering that all parameters were not independent. Comparable results were also obtained for relative lymphocyte and neutrophil differences (all for males, week 14, 33%, adjusted p<0.005).
Among 18 GM maize-related effects versus controls, 11 show that groups of reference and control animals are similar in these cases (Table (Table1,1, framed values). However 6 GM-linked effects are also significant versus all reference groups (Table (Table1,1, double framed values). At week 5, these relative maximal effects concern a diminution of blood and increase of urine creatinine clearance, and then a diminution of blood urea nitrogen. This is not observed at week 14 (Fig. (Fig.3a,b).3a,b). Even so, the kidney parameters measured are clearly the most reactive in both sexes; 52% of significant effects are noticed at this level, but kidney parameters represent only 31% of those measured in total. We also observe that ion concentrations are enhanced in urine of male GM fed rats. Besides this, crude and relative liver weights are also affected at the end of the maximal (33%) GM maize feeding level as well as that of the heart which for corresponding parameters to a comparable extent, showed up to an 11% weight increase. Variations in females are far less frequent (5/23), with no clear significant differences except for urine phosphorus (major relative difference versus controls) and blood potassium (versus all groups).
Full Article:
A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
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Individuals enter fukushima nuclear no-go zone to feed/rescue dogs_Tsuna...
http://youtu.be/cwPONXhkCps
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Saturday, April 23, 2011
Earth Day 2011 - April 22 - Relaxing Music Video by J Michele Bodine & B...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIxxE7Ctn3k
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Lily the Black Bear, Hope and Faith - April 20, 2011
Youtube link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPji85I6FMc
Lily, Hope and Faith have been at the same bed tree for a week. The bears are restricting activities to the immediate area. During the researcher's visit, bear tracks were seen around the general area, including Faith's.
In this video we watch as the little one slowly wakes up from her nap. Faith is still a small cub, but she is healthy, strong, and playful.
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Lynn Rogers, Ph.D., regarded by many as the "Jane Goodall" of black bears, has spent over 44 years learning about wildlife and sharing his information with the public. Using airplanes, vehicles and snowshoes, he has radio-tracked over 100 bears in the vast forests of northeastern Minnesota, studying some for as long as 22 years.
Lily is a wild black bear who is part of Dr. Rogers' long-term study of black bear ecology and behavior at the Wildlife Research Institute. On January 8, 2010, Dr. Rogers installed a live video camera in Lily's winter den near Ely, Minnesota, so the public could share in the birth and care of her cub.
Dr. Rogers, along with his research associate Sue Mansfield, and tens of thousands from around the world watched on the Internet, spending a sleepless night as bouts of labor continued for 21 hours and 39 minutes. Finally, on January 22 at 11:38 AM CST, Lily made some contortions, looked under her, and began the intense, sweet grunts that mothers make only to their cubs. A loud squawk from a single female cub made it definite. Lily tucked her head under her chest to care for and breathe on the cub to warm her. This was the first time the birth of a wild black bear has been viewed live on the Internet.
Lily and Hope are proving to be the best ambassadors for bears we know. The number of fans have increased to over 200,000 (over 128,000 on Facebook alone). They learned about bears from the bears themselves. They saw an animal far different from the ferocious image of the media. They want to share their knowledge and have become a force for bears.
The interest in Lily and Hope was unexpected and much appreciated by all who truly know bears. Hundreds of classrooms began each day watching the Lily Den Cam and then going on to include Lily and Hope in lessons throughout the day. People who watched from their homes discussed these bears online and became friends, all bonded by their love of these bears.
Last summer, Lily unexpectedly went into estrus, temporarily abandoning Hope to mate. They reunited and are denning together once again, as mother and yearling should. However, this year, Lily entered the den pregnant and had two new cubs along with Hope.
Visit http://www.bear.org and http://www.bearstudy.org to learn more about the research and the bears who are part of it.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Rock the House 2011 Auction for Compass House Buffalo NY
Compass House is the only center in Buffalo for runaway and homeless teens. The monies raised go for food, clothing, counseling and training for them.
Absolute Goo has raised more than $65,000 through this annual auction thanks to the generosity of the Goo Goo Dolls, other artists, Goo fans, and businesses who have donated items to previous auctions. We're hoping to have the best fundraising year yet, and we can't do that without your help!Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Radiation surges above 4's fuel pool | The Japan Times Online
Radiation has risen to high levels above the spent-fuel pool at reactor No. 4 and its temperature is rising, the nuclear safety agency said Wednesday, indicating the fuel rods have been further damaged and are emitting radioactive substances.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Five U.S. nuclear reactors in earthquake zones - USATODAY.com
At least five U.S. nuclear reactors are located in earthquake-prone seismic zones, potentially exposing them to the forces that damaged the Fukushima plant in Japan, a new analysis shows.
They appear in an analysis by the mapping and geographic data firm ESRI Inc., based in Redlands, Calif. The online map, the first of its kind to let the public ....The at-risk reactors are the Diablo Canyon Power Plant and San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California; the South Texas Project near the Gulf Coast; the Waterford Steam Electric Station in Louisiana and the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant in North Carolina.
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Five U.S. nuclear reactors in earthquake zones - USATODAY.com
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Naval sonar exercises linked to whale strandings, according to new report
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Group Pans UBC's Plans to Exchange Endangered Sea Turtles with UK Aquarium - UBC, Vancouver, animal rights
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VANCOUVER, BC – Today, Stop UBC Animal Research expressed serious concerns about a deal UBC was brokering over seven endangered green sea turtles currently housed at the university. According to a Postmedia news report, “A United Kingdom-based entertainment group, which operates more than 30 aquariums in European countries as well as Sea Life Minnesota, has offered to take UBC's young turtles in exchange for old or injured turtles reaching the end of their lives.” The news report also noted UBC planned to carry out invasive and ultimately “terminal” experiments on the new arrivals from Britain. Stop UBC Animal Research said it could not support such an arrangement because it would “trade one life for another” and cause stress and trauma for the turtles shipped from abroad.
“While we are encouraged UBC wants to find homes for the seven endangered sea turtles, we cannot support any deal that trades one life for another,” said Brian Vincent of Stop UBC Animal Research.
“While we are encouraged UBC wants to find homes for the seven endangered sea turtles, we cannot support any deal that trades one life for another,” said Brian Vincent of Stop UBC Animal Research.
Last week, a UBC insider tipped off the Vancouver-based animal advocacy group about the university’s plans to kill the highly imperiled turtles. That story was featured on the front page of the Vancouver Sun, picked up by international media, and gained world-wide attention. Stop UBC Animal Research launched a vigorous campaign – that....
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Campbell Hall Kids Help Feed the Hungry - North Hollywood-Toluca Lake, CA Patch
On a blazingly sunny afternoon last week, in the parking lot of Temple Beth Hillel, about 30 third-graders from Campbell Hall School set about packing 100 food bags for the North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry, a charity Patch has reported on many times.
This day was the culmination of a weeklong, schoolwide food drive, during which the kids collected nearly 800 pounds of groceries.
The students were from the school's Roots and Shoots troop, the Earth Savers.
“We’ve done a food drive every year,” said Jan Weiss, co-leader of the Earth Savers. “Our group…started in first grade. So this group of 8- and 9-year-olds have been very busy the last three years.”
Roots and Shoots is the youth program of the Jane Goodall Institute, with thousands of members all over the world. The organization is devoted to doing community service, preserving the environment and learning about animals.
The dedicated activists in the Earth Savers troop participate every week in a project designed to make the world a better place.READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE:
Campbell Hall Kids Help Feed the Hungry - North Hollywood-Toluca Lake, CA Patch
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
URGENT--ACTION-NEEDED-BY-6PM-ON-2-22-TO-BAN-THE-SALE-OF-FUR-IN-WEST-HOLLYWOOD
Greetings!
URGENT: Action is Needed by 6pm on 2/22 to Ban the Sale of Fur in West Hollywood!
Last Chance for Animals has been working with fellow animal advocates on the
Fur-Free WeHo Campaign. There have been four rallies now, all held on Saturday's in West Hollywood. The success of this campaign is undeniable; support from the city and it's lawmakers is pouring in. However, there is a West Hollywood Council Member, Lindsey Horvath, who opposes this campaign.
Council Member Horvath is instead trying to put forth an item on the city council's agenda to have West Hollywood become the first city to implement the Truth in Fur Labeling Act, which was signed into federal law in December 2010. The Truth in Fur Labeling Act closed a loophole which let clothing garments priced under $150 go unlabeled as to whether it was faux for or animal fur. What Horvath is doing is wasting tax payers money and trying to appease the fur industry with a piece of legislation that is worthless. The Truth in Fur Labeling Act will go into affect on March 18, 2011 no matter what, that is fact! While Last Chance for Animals supports the new Federal Truth in Fur labeling Act, it's distressing to hear that Ms. Horvath would consider promoting the sale of fur, however labeled, as "Animal-Friendly", it is not. Clearly skinning an animal alive cannot ever be considered humane or "animal-friendly". Ms. Horvath needs to be encouraged to join others on the West Hollywood City Council to ban the sale of fur! It is disappointing that in response to an invitation to help end the cruelty of the fur trade that Ms. Horvath has decided to spend city resources to promote the fur trade rather then end it.
Ms. Horvath stated that her item on the agenda (2.S.) is a "proactive way to protect animals while helping our business community come into compliance with this law". All Horvath is doing is wasting time and hindering Fur-Free WeHo's Campaign to BAN the sale of fur in the city entirely. Her proposed item would do nothing to protect animals, it would only protects furriers. Council Member Horvath is the lone voice on the city council not to support a ban on fur in the city. Last Chance for Animals cannot stand by and let her claim to protect animals by shielding furriers from prosecution under the new Federal Law.
Tell the City Council NOT to Support the Cruel Fur Trade.
Ban the Sale of Fur- Period!
PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL BEFORE 6pm on 2/22!
- Call (323) 848-6400 and ask for Council member Lindsey Horvath's office. Politely inform her it's NOT OK to skin animals alive for their fur! Ask her to support the BAN on the sale of fur in West Hollywood.
- Email Tom West- West Hollywood City Clerk for distribution to all council offices
twest@weho.org subject line: NO on 2.S.
- And/or email the Council Members directly
jheilman@weho.org Mayor John Heilman
Jduran@weho.org John Duran
aland@weho.org Abbe Land
jprang@weho.org Jeff Prang
lhorvath@weho.org Lindsey Horvath
For the Animals,
Campaigns Department
Last Chance for Animals
Campaigns@LCAnimal.org
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Saving Forests Worldwide ... For Life
A forest is a community of trees. Through reforestation and afforestation, together we can restore and restock areas of forests and woodlands.
Plant It Together! Planet Together! A Global Effort ...
For people, animals, and our earth.
Recently I posted the 'Save Our Forests' Petition - by 38 Degrees and after I received so many inquiries from people asking how to join in petitions of from other countries - so many inquiries I realized this was an issue, so I wrote the 38 Degrees team requesting more information. Their response letter is below.
Soon people will be able to join in a petition campaign for any location in the world, from anywhere, and support in the resolution of that issue.. I think global efforts are needed for solutions to many of the important environmental and health issues in the world.
Let's save forests worldwide. By doing so we'll be ensuring the health and protection of many generations of people and animals to come.
Below is the response letter from 38 Degrees. And, ...I just heard the Save Our Forests campaign was a success, another victory for earth!
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Re: Your message to 38 Degrees
Victory! Government to scrap plans to sell our forests
Thanks again to Martin and the 39 Degrees team!
Its a great time now for change, with the internet people cam already (in many ways) unite-globally in online actions and efforts to help people, animal and earth...Eventually, there will be less walls, then people will truly be able to work together to solve worldwide problems, from anywhere .. for any place, for anyone.
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Get Involved!
SAVE FORESTS WORLDWIDE ...
SAVE EARTH!
A forest (also called a wood, woodland, wold, weald, holt, frith, or firth) is an area with a high density of trees. There are many definitions for forest, based on the various criteria.
These plant communities cover approximately 9.4% of the Earth's surface (or 30% of total land area), though they once covered much more (about 50% of total land area),
in many different regions and function as habitats for organisms, hydrologic flow modulators, and soil conservers, constituting one of the most important aspects of the Earth's biosphere. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest)
Anthropogenic factors that can affect forests include logging, urban sprawl, human-caused forest fires, acid rain, invasive species, and the slash and burn practices of swidden agriculture or shifting cultivation. The loss and re-growth of forest leads to a distinction between two broad types of forest, primary or old-growth forest and secondary forest. There are also many natural factors that can cause changes in forests over time including forest fires, insects, diseases, weather, competition between species, etc. In 1997, the World Resources Institute recorded that only 20% of the world's original forests remained in large intact tracts of undisturbed forest.[8] More than 75% of these intact forests lie in three countries - the Boreal forests of Russia and Canada and the rainforest of Brazil. In 2006 this information on intact forests was updated using latest available satellite imagery. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest)
I LOVE FORESTS AND WOODLANDS
Reforestation is the restocking of existing forests and woodlands which have been depleted, an effect of deforestation. Reforestation can be used to improve the quality of human life by soaking up pollution and dust from the air, rebuild natural habitats and ecosystems, mitigate global warming since forests facilitate biosequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and harvest for resources, particularly timber.
The term reforestation is similar to afforestation, the process of restoring and recreating areas of woodlands or forests that may have existed long ago but were deforested or otherwise removed at some point in the past.
Plant It Together! Planet Together! A Global Effort ...
For people, animals, and our earth.
Recently I posted the 'Save Our Forests' Petition - by 38 Degrees and after I received so many inquiries from people asking how to join in petitions of from other countries - so many inquiries I realized this was an issue, so I wrote the 38 Degrees team requesting more information. Their response letter is below.
Soon people will be able to join in a petition campaign for any location in the world, from anywhere, and support in the resolution of that issue.. I think global efforts are needed for solutions to many of the important environmental and health issues in the world.
Let's save forests worldwide. By doing so we'll be ensuring the health and protection of many generations of people and animals to come.
Spiny forest at Ifaty, Madagascar, featuring various Adansonia (baobab) species, Alluaudia procera (Madagascar ocotillo) and other vegetation.
Trees on a mountain in northern Utah during early autumn.
Below is the response letter from 38 Degrees. And, ...I just heard the Save Our Forests campaign was a success, another victory for earth!
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Re: Your message to 38 Degrees
"Dear Natalie,
Unfortunately, we can only take names from those that are based in the UK at this time.
However, you obviously feel very passionately about this, so I would recommend you and others in your situation contact your UK-based friends and family, and ask them to sign up to our campaign, to get your voice heard.
If you are interested in campaigning at a global level, Avaaz (http://avaaz.org/) is a global organisation based on similar principles to 38 Degrees.
Unfortunately, we can only take names from those that are based in the UK at this time.
However, you obviously feel very passionately about this, so I would recommend you and others in your situation contact your UK-based friends and family, and ask them to sign up to our campaign, to get your voice heard.
If you are interested in campaigning at a global level, Avaaz (http://avaaz.org/) is a global organisation based on similar principles to 38 Degrees.
Thanks for taking the time to get in touch,
Martin and the 38degrees team."
Victory! Government to scrap plans to sell our forests
"Over half a million of us should feel very proud of what we’ve achieved together. Let’s keep watching but also celebrate what we’ve done!"
Thanks again to Martin and the 39 Degrees team!
Its a great time now for change, with the internet people cam already (in many ways) unite-globally in online actions and efforts to help people, animal and earth...Eventually, there will be less walls, then people will truly be able to work together to solve worldwide problems, from anywhere .. for any place, for anyone.
.......................................................................................................................................
Get Involved!
SAVE FORESTS WORLDWIDE ...
SAVE EARTH!
A forest (also called a wood, woodland, wold, weald, holt, frith, or firth) is an area with a high density of trees. There are many definitions for forest, based on the various criteria.
These plant communities cover approximately 9.4% of the Earth's surface (or 30% of total land area), though they once covered much more (about 50% of total land area),
in many different regions and function as habitats for organisms, hydrologic flow modulators, and soil conservers, constituting one of the most important aspects of the Earth's biosphere. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest)
Anthropogenic factors that can affect forests include logging, urban sprawl, human-caused forest fires, acid rain, invasive species, and the slash and burn practices of swidden agriculture or shifting cultivation. The loss and re-growth of forest leads to a distinction between two broad types of forest, primary or old-growth forest and secondary forest. There are also many natural factors that can cause changes in forests over time including forest fires, insects, diseases, weather, competition between species, etc. In 1997, the World Resources Institute recorded that only 20% of the world's original forests remained in large intact tracts of undisturbed forest.[8] More than 75% of these intact forests lie in three countries - the Boreal forests of Russia and Canada and the rainforest of Brazil. In 2006 this information on intact forests was updated using latest available satellite imagery. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest)
I LOVE FORESTS AND WOODLANDS
Reforestation is the restocking of existing forests and woodlands which have been depleted, an effect of deforestation. Reforestation can be used to improve the quality of human life by soaking up pollution and dust from the air, rebuild natural habitats and ecosystems, mitigate global warming since forests facilitate biosequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and harvest for resources, particularly timber.
The term reforestation is similar to afforestation, the process of restoring and recreating areas of woodlands or forests that may have existed long ago but were deforested or otherwise removed at some point in the past.
Mixed deciduous forest in Stara Planina, Serbia.
Forest near Rajgir, Bihar, India
Rainforest in Tasmania's Hellyer Gorge.
A conifer forest in the Swiss Alps (National Park).
Swiss National Park
Swiss National Park
Saturday, February 19, 2011
VIDEO: A Thank-You Message from Captain Watson - Sea Shepherd
VIDEO: A Thank-You Message From Captain Watson
A Thank-You Message from Captain Watson - Sea Shepherd
42 secs ago
| A Thank-You Message from Captain Watson Thank-you. We did it!
From both a medium- and long-term perspective, Japan should improve its protection of marine resources to a level meeting international standards. Japan has come under mounting criticism from the international community not only over its whaling program but also over tuna fishing. In order to avoid unjustifiable criticism from overseas, Japan should improve its whole policy on marine resource protection.
-- The Mainichi Daily News
February 19, 2011
Today we celebrate with you a victory for the oceans! Sea Shepherd has turned the tide and provoked a debate in Japan about whaling.
Five years ago the average Japanese citizen gave little thought to Japan's whaling program in the Southern Ocean. Nor did they think much about the slaughter of the dolphins in Taiji or the fact that Japanese demand for bluefin tuna has brought this species to the brink of extinction.
Sea Shepherd has changed all that through years of patient, focused, and determined actions to defend marine species from plankton to the great whales...
A Thank-You Message from Captain Watson - Sea Shepherd
Whales Weep Not! - Sea Shepherd
Whales Weep Not!
It’s Time for the Whaling Industry to Weep Instead
Let’s Abolish Whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary Forever
"There's no way we can outrun the Sea Shepherd boats!" – Fishery’s Agency Officials
Officials of the Fisheries Agency’s Far Seas Fisheries Division quoted a phone call from the Nisshin Maru in the Antarctic Ocean on February 11th. The 8,044-ton Nisshin Maru is the mother ship of the research whaling fleet.
The largest newspaper in Japan had the courage to say what must be said in Japan – whaling is over in the Southern Ocean! It is a pathetic dying industry on the life support system of government subsidies – a glorified welfare operation that has no place in the world of the 21st Century. It’s time to retire the harpoons and to bring peace to the Southern Ocean.
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Whales Weep Not! - Sea Shepherd
Friday, February 18, 2011
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Enjoy a living Christmas tree you then plant and enjoy for years - Diggin' In - dailypress.com
Enjoy a living Christmas tree you then plant and enjoy for years
If you landscape needs a nice evergreen tree, consider purchasing a balled-and burlap tree you decorate indoors for about five days, then plant outdoors for years of enjoyment ... and holiday lights in the landscape.
Trees you can use for this purpose and purchase at garden centers in Hampton Roads include cypress, arborvitae and the native eastern red cedar (pictured here).
Keep in mind that living trees are very heavy and bulky, according ot the National Christmas Tree Association. A 6-foot-tall tree balled and burlapped can weight as much as 250 pounds.
The tree should be stored in an unheated, sheltered area such as a garage or porch, out of the wind and sun. Do not expose the tree to freezing temperatures at any time.
The tree will need adequate water. The root ball or soil should be kept slightly damp but not flooded. Wrap the root ball of a balled tree in plastic or place in a tub while it is in the house.
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Enjoy a living Christmas tree you then plant and enjoy for years - Diggin' In - dailypress.com
Sunday, November 28, 2010
International Anti-Fur Coalition -
International Anti-Fur Coalition -
International Anti-Fur Coalition -
WORLDWIDE FUR FREE FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 26, 2010
International Anti-Fur Coalition -
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Solar Highways
Solar Highways
Solar Roadways proposes to pave roads with solar panels that you can drive on - an intelligent pavement that generates power and pays for itself. (VIDEO)
Solar Roadways proposes to pave roads with solar panels that you can drive on - an intelligent pavement that generates power and pays for itself. (VIDEO)
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Solar Highways
Solar Highways
Solar Roadways proposes to pave roads with solar panels that you can drive on - an intelligent pavement that generates power and pays for itself. (VIDEO)
Solar Roadways proposes to pave roads with solar panels that you can drive on - an intelligent pavement that generates power and pays for itself. (VIDEO)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Wildlife beyond boundaries: The clue lies in corridors - The Economic Times
The elephants stood at the stream's edge. As the adults drank in measured trunkfuls, calves gambolled in the water. Just above them, on the slope, a large sambar stag emerged silently from the undergrowth. From a cluster of trees above came the scolding call of a giant squirrel, as a troop of Nilgiri langur foraged in the canopy.
Just as we were slipping into a reverie, imagining ourselves in pristine wilderness, a woman called loudly to her children playing nearby as she washed clothes outside a neat row of houses, a mere hundred metres upslope of the elephants.
This vignette, from the Anamalai Hills of southern India, is not all that unusual. Across large parts of our country, a wide range of species still occur outside the confines of wildlife reserves, and even in the middle of busy, human-dominated landscapes. This is possible because a variety of natural and human-modified habitats - forest fragments, coffee plantations, orchards, paddy fields, marshes and lakes – still exist outside our reserves. These habitats may offer permanent residence for smaller creatures, whereas larger species may use them as passageways to move between wildlife reserves.
But the size, location and status of these habitats that lie outside reserves often belie their importance to the survival of endangered animals. This is so for many reasons.
Firstly, our wildlife reserves, crafted more by circumstance than by design, look like islands when seen on a map. But not long ago, wild animals occupied vast unbroken stretches of habitat – the Western Ghats that run across five states is a good example – and have evolved to move and migrate across such large landscapes.
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Wildlife beyond boundaries: The clue lies in corridors - The Economic Times
Just as we were slipping into a reverie, imagining ourselves in pristine wilderness, a woman called loudly to her children playing nearby as she washed clothes outside a neat row of houses, a mere hundred metres upslope of the elephants.
This vignette, from the Anamalai Hills of southern India, is not all that unusual. Across large parts of our country, a wide range of species still occur outside the confines of wildlife reserves, and even in the middle of busy, human-dominated landscapes. This is possible because a variety of natural and human-modified habitats - forest fragments, coffee plantations, orchards, paddy fields, marshes and lakes – still exist outside our reserves. These habitats may offer permanent residence for smaller creatures, whereas larger species may use them as passageways to move between wildlife reserves.
But the size, location and status of these habitats that lie outside reserves often belie their importance to the survival of endangered animals. This is so for many reasons.
Firstly, our wildlife reserves, crafted more by circumstance than by design, look like islands when seen on a map. But not long ago, wild animals occupied vast unbroken stretches of habitat – the Western Ghats that run across five states is a good example – and have evolved to move and migrate across such large landscapes.
Read the full article :
Wildlife beyond boundaries: The clue lies in corridors - The Economic Times
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Watch Out for Wildlife Awareness Week - Defenders of Wildlife
September 12, 2010- September 18, 2010
Nationwide
Every year Defenders of Wildlife organizes and promotes Watch Out for Wildlife Awareness Week, a week designated to raise public awareness of the serious obstacles facing the nation's wildlife due to its transportation infrastructure – both by roadway deaths and through habitat fragmentation.
Transportation infrastructure, though vital, cuts through the habitat of wildlife populations and creates the danger of wildlife-vehicle collisions. Each year in the US more than 200 people are killed in collisions with deer, elk and other wildlife; more than 1.5 million animals are estimated to be hit on roads; and the cost of property damage caused by collisions surpasses $1 billion. For some wild populations, roadkill added to other threats such as habitat loss, fragmentation, climate change and invasive species, is severely reducing their viability.
The main goal of Watch Out for Wildlife Awareness Week is to reduce risks of collision for the benefit of people and wildlife.
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Watch Out for Wildlife Awareness Week - Defenders of Wildlife
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Giant blue plankton mass seen from space
Satellites have photographed an electric blue mass of plankton almost as big as Ireland drifting in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Giant blue plankton mass seen from space
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Giant blue plankton mass seen from space
Saturday, August 7, 2010
ALERT : DO NOT ADOPT ANIMALS TO THIS MAN!
HUGE DNA ALERT...CONNECTICUT...PLS CROSS POST FAR AND WIDE...
This is urgent - Jay Baldwin, animal abuser - Please cross post!!!!!
Please cross post to all shelters, ACOs and anyone doing adoptions! He will torture and kill any animal he gets his hands on. He sometimes has a woman helping him. It is best to check driver's licenses to verify identity.
Subject: Do Not Adopt!!!!
I work at an animal shelter in northwest CT. Today we had to keep all our doors locked and check people (license, etc) before they entered our shelter and keep the security camera on at all times. There is a man called Jay Baldwin who just got out of jail on Thursday and on Friday he stopped at a local vet and tried to get an animal from them. They recommended our shelter and another local one (not knowing his reputation, he is known for animal abuse). Our director alerted the police who kept an eye on us and will continue to do so. He may even break into a building to get an animal.
Jay Baldwin is in his 50s, tanned and likes to wear hats. He will pay an adoption fee to get the animal and can even get violent and take the animal if thwarted. He may also send friends in to get the animal. He will use other names. So it this makes it hard to tell who he is. Hopefully adoption screening will help keep animals from him.
Please let other shelters you know of know this.
First Names: Jay
Last Name: Baldwin
City/State: Derby, CT
Posting: This guy was charged with 10 counts of animal cruelty in Derby, CT Superior Court.He is 59 years old, tall and pot belly heavy, bald and a very smooth talker.He is prohibited from having any pets now and anyone who knows of him trying to adopt a pet should contact Ansonia Police directly at:203 734 1651.
Please cross post to all shelters, ACOs and anyone doing adoptions! He will torture and kill any animal he gets his hands on. He sometimes has a woman helping him. It is best to check driver's licenses to verify identity.
Subject: Do Not Adopt!!!!
I work at an animal shelter in northwest CT. Today we had to keep all our doors locked and check people (license, etc) before they entered our shelter and keep the security camera on at all times. There is a man called Jay Baldwin who just got out of jail on Thursday and on Friday he stopped at a local vet and tried to get an animal from them. They recommended our shelter and another local one (not knowing his reputation, he is known for animal abuse). Our director alerted the police who kept an eye on us and will continue to do so. He may even break into a building to get an animal.
Jay Baldwin is in his 50s, tanned and likes to wear hats. He will pay an adoption fee to get the animal and can even get violent and take the animal if thwarted. He may also send friends in to get the animal. He will use other names. So it this makes it hard to tell who he is. Hopefully adoption screening will help keep animals from him.
Please let other shelters you know of know this.
First Names: Jay
Last Name: Baldwin
City/State: Derby, CT
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Breaking news: The progressive Delaware Companion Animal Protection Act
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The State of Delaware has just passed the most forward-moving animal companion law in the country. The law, initiated by the non-profit No Kill shelter Faithful Friends, in Wilmington, Delaware, modeled itself after the No Kill Advocacy Center’s Companion Animal Protection Act, notes the No Kill Advocacy Center, which initially reported the recent ratification of the law.
The Delaware Companion Animal Protection Act will insist upon collaboration between shelters and rescue groups. Thus, a shelter will be unable to kill an animal if a rescue group is willing to save that animal’s life. It also makes illegal “convenience killing,” mandating that shelters can no longer euthanize an animal if there are cages available or if the animal can share a cage or kennel with another one.
Breaking news: The progressive Delaware Companion Animal Protection Act
Monday, July 26, 2010
BBC News - Secret trade in illegal rare species
Skulls of hundreds of exotic animals and birds were found in Alan Dudley's house From his semi-detached house in a quiet Coventry suburb, Alan Dudley played a small part in a huge global trade in endangered species.
It is a trade that is pushing many species to the edge of extinction, and the National Wildlife Crime Unit says there are clear indications it is on the increase.
When investigators raided Dudley's home they found the skulls of hundreds of exotic animals and birds in an upstairs room.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Chemical Index | Simple Steps
Wonder whether the chemical used in your pet's flea collar is safe? Or if that sweet smell from a new shower curtain is of concern? Use our searchable Chemical Index to learn about chemicals commonly used in everyday products, find out what the health concerns and sources of exposure are, and how to stay safe.
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ENTJ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- This article is about the Myers-Briggs personality type. For the Socionics ENTj, see Logical Intuitive Extrovert.
ENTJ (extraversion, intuition, thinking, judgment) is an abbreviation used in the publications of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to refer to one of sixteen personality types.[1] The MBTI assessment was developed from the work of prominent psychiatrist Carl G. Jung in his book Psychological Types, which proposed a psychological typology based on his theories of cognitive functions.
From Jung's work, others developed psychological typologies. Jungian personality assessments include the MBTI assessment, developed by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs, and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, developed by David Keirsey. Keirsey referred to ENTJs as Fieldmarshals, one of the four types belonging to the temperament he called the Rationals.
ENTJs are among the rarest of types, accounting for about 2–5% of those who are formally tested.[2][3] They tend to be self-driven, motivating, energetic, assertive, confident, and competitive. They generally take a big-picture view and build a long-term strategy.Read more:
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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Friday, June 4, 2010
About the KHSfoster's Blog
I am posting this to tell everyone about the KSHfoster's Blog. (Not affiliated with us or this blog) but a very helpful site for homeless pets in Kansas. The KHSfoster's Blog is about all of the animals who are at the Kansas Humane Society in need of a loving forever home, and awaiting adoption at the shelter or in foster care. Shelters need more people to be a foster home for animals...time and space are precious. All about the fosters who care for animals from the KHS - all animals are in need of loving forever home.
Please adopt an animal from your local animal shelter. Don't shop from a breeder.
Below is a posting from the KHSfoster's Blog
Please adopt an animal from your local animal shelter. Don't shop from a breeder.
Below is a posting from the KHSfoster's Blog
Sunday, May 30, 2010
HelpingAnimals.com // Help An Animal // Factsheets // The AKC and Dog Breeders: Partners in Crime
If you’ve decided to welcome a dog into your family, you may be considering buying a puppy from a breeder. While many potential canine guardians have heard about the horrors of puppy mills and “backyard breeders,” they mistakenly think that buying a puppy from a so-called responsible breeder is acceptable. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Why Breeding Dogs Is Killing Dogs
Approximately 6 to 8 million animals are handled by animal shelters in the United States each year. Some are reclaimed or adopted, but nearly 4 million unwanted dogs and cats are left with nowhere to go.(1) Animal shelters cannot humanely house and support all these animals until they die of natural causes—the animals would be forced to live for years, lonely and stressed, in cramped cages or kennels. And other animals would have to be turned away because there would be no room for them.
Read the full article here:
HelpingAnimals.com // Help An Animal // Factsheets // The AKC and Dog Breeders: Partners in Crime
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Ohio Dairy Farm Investigation | Mercy For Animals
Ohio Dairy Farm Investigation | Mercy For Animals
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Chilling undercover footage recorded during a new Mercy For Animals investigation exposes dairy farm workers sadistically abusing cows and young calves.
Captured on hidden camera, the shocking scenes of abuse reveal a culture of cruelty at Conklin Dairy Farms in Plain City, Ohio.
During a four-week investigation between April and May, MFA's investigator documented farm workers:
Immediately upon completion of the investigation, Mercy For Animals contacted the City Prosecutor's Office of Marysville regarding the ongoing pattern of abuse at Conklin Dairy Farms. MFA is pushing for employees of the facility to be criminally prosecuted for violating Ohio's animal cruelty laws.
The deplorable conditions uncovered at Conklin Dairy Farms highlight the reality that animal agriculture is incapable of self-regulation and that meaningful federal and state laws must be implemented and strengthened to prevent egregious cruelty to farmed animals.
Although many of the abuses documented at Conklin Dairy Farms are sadistic in nature, numerous MFA undercover investigations at dairy farms, pig farms, egg farms, hatcheries and slaughterhouses have revealed that violence and abuse to farmed animals – whether malicious or institutionalized – runs rampant nationwide.
Compassionate consumers can end their direct financial support of farmed animal abuse by rejecting dairy, and other animal products, and adopting a vegan diet.
Source: Mercy For Animals
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Chilling undercover footage recorded during a new Mercy For Animals investigation exposes dairy farm workers sadistically abusing cows and young calves.
Captured on hidden camera, the shocking scenes of abuse reveal a culture of cruelty at Conklin Dairy Farms in Plain City, Ohio.
During a four-week investigation between April and May, MFA's investigator documented farm workers:
- Violently punching young calves in the face, body slamming them to the ground, and pulling and throwing them by their ears
- Routinely using pitchforks to stab cows in the face, legs and stomach
- Kicking "downed" cows (those too injured to stand) in the face and neck – abuse carried out and encouraged by the farm's owner
- Maliciously beating restrained cows in the face with crowbars – some attacks involving over 40 blows to the head
- Twisting cows' tails until the bones snapped
- Punching cows' udders
- Bragging about stabbing, dragging, shooting, breaking bones, and beating cows and calves to death
Immediately upon completion of the investigation, Mercy For Animals contacted the City Prosecutor's Office of Marysville regarding the ongoing pattern of abuse at Conklin Dairy Farms. MFA is pushing for employees of the facility to be criminally prosecuted for violating Ohio's animal cruelty laws.
The deplorable conditions uncovered at Conklin Dairy Farms highlight the reality that animal agriculture is incapable of self-regulation and that meaningful federal and state laws must be implemented and strengthened to prevent egregious cruelty to farmed animals.
Although many of the abuses documented at Conklin Dairy Farms are sadistic in nature, numerous MFA undercover investigations at dairy farms, pig farms, egg farms, hatcheries and slaughterhouses have revealed that violence and abuse to farmed animals – whether malicious or institutionalized – runs rampant nationwide.
Compassionate consumers can end their direct financial support of farmed animal abuse by rejecting dairy, and other animal products, and adopting a vegan diet.
Source: Mercy For Animals
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Save Our Shores Targets Plastic Pollution - Santa Cruz News
A leatherback sea turtle feasts on a jellyfish. Photo courtesy of http://www.seaturtles.org
Although we don’t have to worry about a massive oil leak erupting in our immediate backyards, local waters do not go unharmed by the consequences of petroleum production. Save Our Shores—formed in 1978 to voice community opposition to offshore drilling—continues to fight against one of the unfortunate impacts of global oil dependence: plastic pollution.
Save Our Shores reports that 151,699 plastic pieces and 18,296 plastic bags have been collected from the local shores since 2007. Fortunately, says SOS executive director Laura Kasa, Santa Cruz is at the forefront of coastal communities enacting change. A ban (...)Read the full article -->
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Starving Artists to Help Starving Animals! | KansasCity.com Press Release Central
Picassos for Pets
Starving local artists to help starving animals!
Starving local artists to help starving animals!
On Sunday June 6th, from 2 to 5pm, HELP Humane Society is hosting their inaugural Picassos for Pets; an art auction and margarita fundraiser at the Ritz Charles in Overland Park. The afternoon promises to provide entertainment for art and animal lovers of all ages. There will be a silent auction featuring works in all media, from paintings to fiber, as well as information booths related to animal products and services. The works of art have been donated solely by local artists and volunteers of the no-kill shelter. Proceeds will go towards building a new, larger building to allow for the rescue of more cats and dogs.
READ MORE:
http://pressreleases.kcstar.com/?q=node/33637
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Hair soaks up oil spills
matteroftrust — April 02, 2010 — You shampoo because hair collects oil. That means it can collect petroleum oil spills too. Over 300,000 pounds of hair are cut each day in the US and not to mention all the clippings from pet groomers.
We hope you'll enjoy this little film about our charity's "Oil Spill Hair Mats Program"
http://www.MatterOfTrust.org
Our thanks to Phil McCrory, hair mat inventor
http://www.smartgrow.us
The music is "Via Con Me" by Paolo Conte
Seal photo courtesy of http://www.deusexmalcontent.com/
We hope you'll enjoy this little film about our charity's "Oil Spill Hair Mats Program"
http://www.MatterOfTrust.org
Our thanks to Phil McCrory, hair mat inventor
http://www.smartgrow.us
The music is "Via Con Me" by Paolo Conte
Seal photo courtesy of http://www.deusexmalcontent.com/
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
E.U. Push on Animal Welfare May Open New Trade Front With U.S. - NYTimes.com
BRUSSELS — One of the first things the European Union’s new health and consumer affairs commissioner did after taking office was to approve the planting of a genetically modified potato in Europe — riling environmentalists but giving hope to U.S. officials that an end to a long trade dispute over biotech crops might be in sight.
But John Dalli, who began his first official visit to Washington on Monday, may open a new, potentially disruptive front: animal welfare.
In an interview ahead of the trip, Mr. Dalli said he planned to tell his American counterparts that he intended to propose a new law on animal welfare.
(by James Kanter - NY Times - Published April 26, 2010)
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/business/global/27dalli.html?pagewanted=1&src=busln
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Photographer of endangered wildlife in race against time, apathy - CNN.com
Washington (CNN) -- Joel Sartore's photograph of gentle
The
(See more portraits and read the full article at cnn.com)
Sartore, who has worked for the
Bryn is one of dozens of animals profiled in a new book, "Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species," by the award-winning photographer.
Sartore, a Nebraska native, traveled the country to get glimpses of 69 species -- red wolves, Hawaiian orchids, hellbenders (a prehistoric-looking salamander), and sea turtles -- all now or once hanging on the verge of extinction.
As the United States celebrated Earth Day on Thursday, Sartore talked with CNN recently about his passion for raising awareness about preserving the variety of animal and
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Early Animal Rights Poem Discovered: A Mouse's Plea : NPR
He was just an ordinary mouse, nothing special. He lived, very briefly, 237 years ago, in the laboratory of a great chemist, Joseph Priestley. Here he sits, in his cage.
A painting of a forlorn mouse in jail
Benjamin Arthur
There were lots of mice in Priestley's lab. He had made his reputation as one of the first scientists to identify oxygen. He studied mice to figure out what happens inside animals as they breathe. This meant he regularly opened them to examine lungs, veins, arteries, to see that blood changed color when it moved through lungs. And since tuberculosis -- or "consumption" -- was the scourge of that era, lung research seemed like a valuable thing to do.
But animals didn't last long in Priestley's lab, especially mice. So many died that his lab assistant, a young woman named Anna Barbauld, decided that Priestley should give his lab animals a little more respect. It was, after all, 1773, just a few years before Lexington, Concord and the Declaration of Independence. On both sides of the Atlantic, "inalienable rights" were a rallying cry, and Anna, a young wife and poet, decided to write a protest poem. She called it "The Mouse's Petition to Dr. Priestley, Found in the Trap where he had been Confined all Night."
Early Animal Rights Poem Discovered: A Mouse's Plea : NPR
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Sea Shepherd Whale Defense Campaign Saves 528 Whales - Sea Shepherd
Sea Shepherd News
The Japanese whaling fleet set out for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary with a permit issued by the
Intervention by the three ships of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society prevented them from taking that number. Sea Shepherd crewmembers were successful in cutting that kill quota by more than half. Their success at saving the humpbacks was 100%, and their success at saving fin whales was 98%.
Of the fifty humpback whales that were targeted, they did not take a single one.
Of the fifty fin whales that were targeted, they managed to kill only one.
Of the 935 targeted Minke whales, they killed 506.
In total, the illegal Japanese whalers murdered 507 whales.
Sea Shepherd successfully saved 528 whales- our biggest impact on the whale quota to date.
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http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-100412-1.html
Saturday, April 10, 2010
MIT researchers create super efficient 'origami' solar panels | MNN - Mother Nature Network
"This was a fully 'bio-inspired' idea," said researcher Jeffrey Grossman, a theoretical physicist at MIT. "I was hiking up at Lake Tahoe in California and noticing the shapes of trees, and wondering, 'Why do they have a given shape over another?'"
Friday, April 9, 2010
EcoATM Aims to Decrease E-Waste | Recycling for Charities
The green movement is here and there are efforts on all fronts to make sure it not only stays around but continues to grow. The ideas and creativity behind the Green movement have showed that everyone has the capabilities to recycle. Although, it may be on different levels some more intense than others, the opportunity to recycle now may find you instead of you having to look for it. That is exactly the case in Omaha , Nebraska where the new EcoATM has made its way on to the scene.
The Nebraska Furniture Mart is the first location to install the EcoAtm, and is serving as a test study for a possible advance in a future release. EcoATM is a San Diego start up company that used to be known as Remobile. The have developed a self-service kiosk, also known as EcoATM which is focused on decreasing the amount of e-waste in the environment along with promoting an easy and convenient way to recycle oldcell phones . The e-cycling stations inspects all cell phones and assigns them an up to date secondary market value and then provides an in store payment. If the phone has no monetary value the consumer can assign it to the recycling bin and off it goes.
EcoATM has declared the Nebrasksa machine an instant success, since its September 21st start up date. The success comes on two fronts both with the number of cell phones recycled and the amount of trade up purchases. On the very first day the station received 23 phones to be recycled and on the second day paid out over $100 for recycled phones it received.
EcoATM has big plans ahead of them, planning on installing kiosks across the nation. By setting up stations in San Diego,Texas , Washington State, and Vermont in this quarter alone. EcoATM also has plans for a massive roll out of the machines to happen in the second quarter of next year. Eventually the machines will be able to recognize other devices such as MP3 players, digital cameras, notebooks, printers, and storage devices.
The machines use a camera based system to assess the condition of the cell phones. The cameras are able to detect signs ofwear and tear from a cracked screen to missing keys and to determine the value of the device. The question that may arise here, is can a machine inspect the device with the same accuracy as a human? This question is still up in the air but nonetheless with the success of the EcoATM in Nebraska there will be many more stations to test that question.
With technology becoming a friend of the Green movement, there will be more innovating approaches to protect the planet. The EcoATM is just one of many new ideas that have arisen to attack the overwhelming amount of e-waste that is being released into the environment.
http://www.recyclingforcharities.com/blog/?p=60
The Nebraska Furniture Mart is the first location to install the EcoAtm, and is serving as a test study for a possible advance in a future release. EcoATM is a San Diego start up company that used to be known as Remobile. The have developed a self-service kiosk, also known as EcoATM which is focused on decreasing the amount of e-waste in the environment along with promoting an easy and convenient way to recycle old
EcoATM has declared the Nebrasksa machine an instant success, since its September 21st start up date. The success comes on two fronts both with the number of cell phones recycled and the amount of trade up purchases. On the very first day the station received 23 phones to be recycled and on the second day paid out over $100 for recycled phones it received.
EcoATM has big plans ahead of them, planning on installing kiosks across the nation. By setting up stations in San Diego,
The machines use a camera based system to assess the condition of the cell phones. The cameras are able to detect signs of
With technology becoming a friend of the Green movement, there will be more innovating approaches to protect the planet. The EcoATM is just one of many new ideas that have arisen to attack the overwhelming amount of e-waste that is being released into the environment.
http://www.recyclingforcharities.com/blog/?p=60
Friday, April 2, 2010
Grieving Kettleman City mothers tackle a toxic waste dump - Los Angeles Times
Each had miscarried or given birth to a child with birth defects. Their pain gave them strength to fight for justice.
March 30, 2010|By Louis Sahagun
Reporting from Kettleman City, Calif. — On a rainy afternoon in a cramped trailer, the five homemakers listened as state officials with clipboards asked personal questions: Did they or their husbands smoke, drink or take illicit drugs? Had they been exposed to pesticides or other toxic substances in the United States or Mexico? Do their families have histories of birth defects?
March 30, 2010|By Louis Sahagun
Reporting from Kettleman City, Calif. — On a rainy afternoon in a cramped trailer, the five homemakers listened as state officials with clipboards asked personal questions: Did they or their husbands smoke, drink or take illicit drugs? Had they been exposed to pesticides or other toxic substances in the United States or Mexico? Do their families have histories of birth defects?
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESOURCES
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Start tracking toxics in your community with this list of onlines resources, books, research, data, documents, and links to organizations.
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Start tracking toxics in your community with this list of onlines resources, books, research, data, documents, and links to organizations.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Women ONE2ONE | Home
Women build communities. They educate and advocate. They create change. Many women living in the poorest parts of the planet are making progress against enormous odds. But their progress can be accelerated if we stand together as ONE. To halt the spread of malaria and HIV. To protect mothers. To put millions of kids in school. To create more women entrepreneurs.
Yet despite this an estimated 70% of people living in extreme poverty are women.
But study after study has shown that by empowering women we can help bring communities out of poverty and transform the lives of millions. Each woman is powerful on her own, but joined together we can go beyond.
Will you join us?
Yet despite this an estimated 70% of people living in extreme poverty are women.
But study after study has shown that by empowering women we can help bring communities out of poverty and transform the lives of millions. Each woman is powerful on her own, but joined together we can go beyond.
Will you join us?
Saturday, March 20, 2010
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House Bill 70 - NITRO'S LAW passes the House and moves to the Senate for consideration.
59-36 in favor of HB 70 NITRO'S LAW.
59-36 in favor of HB 70 NITRO'S LAW.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Witness for Wildlife - A Volunteer Citizen Naturalist Community | Home
Witness for Wildlife (W4W) is a citizen naturalist community dedicated to chronicling and protecting North America's wildlife corridors. The public debut of the full program is set for later this Spring. At that time the site will include a host of features including:
* access to corridor and wildlife information, maps and stories via the Corridor Commons initiative
* sponsored conservation trips in wildlife corridors across North America
* citizen naturalists generated wildlife corridor field observations, reports and stories
* training and grassroots networking opportunities
* and much more
Be one of the first to get involved and help protect wildlife and their corridors. Join the W4W Citizen Naturalist community today!
W4W is a program of Freedom to Roam which is a non-profit initiative that brings together people, organizations and businesses to enhance and protect wildlife corridors and landscape connectivity in North America.
What are Wildlife Corridors?
Wildlife corridors are pathways that allow regular travel, seasonal migration or population dispersal of different species. Without intact, healthy corridors, species are unable to migrate, move, find food, reproduce or effectively adapt to a warming planet, habitat fragmentation or human development. As corridors disappear, so do wildlife.
* access to corridor and wildlife information, maps and stories via the Corridor Commons initiative
* sponsored conservation trips in wildlife corridors across North America
* citizen naturalists generated wildlife corridor field observations, reports and stories
* training and grassroots networking opportunities
* and much more
Be one of the first to get involved and help protect wildlife and their corridors. Join the W4W Citizen Naturalist community today!
W4W is a program of Freedom to Roam which is a non-profit initiative that brings together people, organizations and businesses to enhance and protect wildlife corridors and landscape connectivity in North America.
What are Wildlife Corridors?
Wildlife corridors are pathways that allow regular travel, seasonal migration or population dispersal of different species. Without intact, healthy corridors, species are unable to migrate, move, find food, reproduce or effectively adapt to a warming planet, habitat fragmentation or human development. As corridors disappear, so do wildlife.
Vital Ground - Vital Ground protects prime grizzly habitat in northern Idaho
Missoula-based land trust acquires third parcel at Bismark Meadows
Missoula, MT - The Vital Ground Foundation announced today that it has acquired 57 acres of crucial grizzly bear habitat at North Idaho’s Bismark Meadows. Located just west of Priest Lake, Bismark Meadows is an 1,100-acre complex of meadows and wetlands that features a dramatic array of rare flora and fauna. It supports several endangered plant species and provides habitat for moose, elk, deer, black bear, wolves, lynx, westslope cutthroat trout, and eagles, as well as the threatened Selkirk Mountains grizzly population. The project area lies within the Selkirk Grizzly Bear Recovery Zone as delineated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Missoula, MT - The Vital Ground Foundation announced today that it has acquired 57 acres of crucial grizzly bear habitat at North Idaho’s Bismark Meadows. Located just west of Priest Lake, Bismark Meadows is an 1,100-acre complex of meadows and wetlands that features a dramatic array of rare flora and fauna. It supports several endangered plant species and provides habitat for moose, elk, deer, black bear, wolves, lynx, westslope cutthroat trout, and eagles, as well as the threatened Selkirk Mountains grizzly population. The project area lies within the Selkirk Grizzly Bear Recovery Zone as delineated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Musicians Rock the Boat for Sea Shepherd
In 1978, the first Sea Shepherd vessel hunted down and rammed the 'Sierra', a notorious pirate whaling ship, in a Portuguese harbor. Since then, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has conducted hundreds of missions, practicing full-contact ocean conservation, and even landing a starring role in the T.V. show 'Whale Wars'.
Bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, accustomed to making their own waves, seem to vibe with Sea Shepherd's brand of activist marine mayhem. After 25 years of supporting the group, Anthony Kiedis and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers were awarded Sea Shepherd's first 'Rock the Boat' award, in 2007. Trash McSweeney, lead singer for Australian art-rock band The Red Paintings, finds a kindred spirit in Sea Shepherd's maverick Captain Paul Watson, and the likes of Mick Jagger and Rick Rubin have been seen at Sea Shepherd galas.
According to Sea Shepherd:
Music is a powerful media and it is an essential tool for increasing awareness and raising support. We all have the power to change the world in so many different ways and musicians are blessed with the ability to convey messages powerfully with great emotion.
On August 12, Modest Mouse released a music video for King Rat", a track off their new album, No One's First, And You're Next. Proceeds from the download of the music video on iTunes the first month of its release will be donated to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to support their ocean conservation campaigns.
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Planetwize - Global Headlines
Bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, accustomed to making their own waves, seem to vibe with Sea Shepherd's brand of activist marine mayhem. After 25 years of supporting the group, Anthony Kiedis and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers were awarded Sea Shepherd's first 'Rock the Boat' award, in 2007. Trash McSweeney, lead singer for Australian art-rock band The Red Paintings, finds a kindred spirit in Sea Shepherd's maverick Captain Paul Watson, and the likes of Mick Jagger and Rick Rubin have been seen at Sea Shepherd galas.
According to Sea Shepherd:
Music is a powerful media and it is an essential tool for increasing awareness and raising support. We all have the power to change the world in so many different ways and musicians are blessed with the ability to convey messages powerfully with great emotion.
On August 12, Modest Mouse released a music video for King Rat", a track off their new album, No One's First, And You're Next. Proceeds from the download of the music video on iTunes the first month of its release will be donated to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to support their ocean conservation campaigns.
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Planetwize - Global Headlines
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner: Does International Women's Day Matter in the U.S.?
A friend called me today, sharing her delight that her 10-year-old daughter came down to breakfast and wished her a "Happy International Women's Day!" We marveled that her daughter knew about this important day without her mom telling her for the first time, and shared some happy thoughts about our strong, growing, young daughters.
Then the conversation turned: We simultaneously realized that both of our daughters think of InternationalWoman's Day as something we celebrate for women in other countries, not our own.
We wondered, why?
Read the full article: Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner: Does International Women's Day Matter in the U.S.?
Then the conversation turned: We simultaneously realized that both of our daughters think of International
We wondered, why?
Read the full article: Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner: Does International Women's Day Matter in the U.S.?
Monday, March 8, 2010
The Cove wins an Oscar for Best Documentary, read an important message from Ric O'barry
Save Japan Dolphins: The Cove Wins the Oscar!
Monday, March 8, 2010
The Cove Wins the Oscar!
All Eyes Turn To JapanAn Important Message from Ric O'Barry and the Save Japan Dolphins Campaign:
Without your support, this would never have happened. So, even though I wasn't able to thank you all at the podium, I thank you all now.
But this has never been about winning awards. Our job is to end the slaughter and stop the poisoning. And now our work in Japan begins anew. We must focus like a laser on getting The Cove and our message to the Japanese people.
But there are threats on the horizon. Officials in Japan are threatening repercussions against university and community groups that dare to show The Cove. Dolphin-killing fishermen's unions are threatening lawsuits against theaters that show the film. There are even some signs that I could face arrest in Japan, even though I've broken no laws whatsoever.
We wont give in to this pressure. Instead, I am making plans to spend months in Japan with our Save Japan Dolphins Team. I want to be wherever we can find an audience. Our message will particularly resonate with young people, to whom we need to reach out with the dangers of mercury-contaminated dolphin meat and the slaughter of dolphins they love as much as we do.
If you can help me, it will make a world of difference.
DONATE NOW:
The Oscar telecast is the most-watched TV show in Japan! And they, and more than a billion other viewers, saw The Cove movie win!
But now I also need your help in sending a clear message to Japan's Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety, that the sale of mercury-laden dolphin meat must end now: Sign and send the petition at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/4/ban-the-sale-of-dolphin-meat
We need help in promoting the Japanese version of The Cove in the next weeks before The Cove opens at Japanese theaters. We need help for travel, video promotion, website outreach, legal defense, and screening The Cove outside of theaters in libraries, universities, and town halls in Japan.
Japan has 126 million people; only 600 have seen The Cove so far. Those who saw it were shocked and dismayed that this slaughter was happening in their country. We need to enlist their help and the help of millions of their fellow citizens to stop the Japanese government from issuing 23,000 permits annually to slaughter dolphins. We need to seize on the momentum now to pursue an end to the slaughter, once and for all!
Will you help us get the truth out?
DONATE NOW:
Thank you for your generous support of our efforts!
Ric O'Barry
Campaign Director
Save Japan Dolphins Campaign
P.S. The Save Japan Dolphins Campaign and Earth Island Institute do not get any funds from The Cove movie sales. (Those funds go to the OPS, which made the film, and their investors to reimburse them for their considerable costs in making The Cove.)
P.P.S. If you think there is any possibility that you might be able to come over to Taiji on September 1st to celebrate the beauty of Taiji and let them know that the killing of dolphins shouldn't start again, please note that on the comment field on the donation form.
DONATE NOW:
Save Japan Dolphins Coalition: Earth Island Institute, Animal Welfare Institute, Elsa Nature Conservancy of Japan, In Defense of Animals,
Campaign Whale of the UK, and OceanCare of Switzerland
www.SaveJapanDolphins.org
Save Japan Dolphins: The Cove Wins the Oscar!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Special Challenge to Help HeartReach Animal Society
Hi Natalie, Since December, our special challenges have meant tens of thousands of dollars for the organizations listed at iGive, groups just like HeartReach Animal Society. These challenges are our response to the tough economic times. We're tremendously pleased that they're working, so we've put together another 24 hour / $5,000 challenge. It requires your participation, but it is free and definitely easy. We'll give HeartReach Animal Society a dollar for each person who joins iGive using the special link below and visits one store via iGive between noon Wednesday, February 24, 2010 (Chicago time) and noon Thursday, the next day. Here's where you come in. Send your friends, family, and colleagues the following link in an e-mail, tweet it, do a Facebook posting, put up posters, shout from mountain tops (you know the drill) and let them know you think HeartReach Animal Society is pretty cool and deserves their support, especially since it's free! You can even just forward this e-mail. The only way HeartReach Animal Society will get new supporters and that free $1 (or more) is if you invite them. This is the link: http://www.igive.com/welcome/warm_reg_promo.cfm?m=446563 5,000 new members, $5,000. No purchase necessary. That's 5,000 new members for all causes, not just yours, and it's only for 24 hours, so it's a bit of race. It can turn into more than a dollar, much more ... if these new members search or buy something at an iGive store they'll earn much-needed money for HeartReach Animal Society. Right now, we're donating a special bonus of $5 for that first purchase plus the usual percentage. Active iGive members raise an average of over $40 per year for their cause. The details: - Offer active between 12:00 p.m. February 24, 2010 and 11:59 a.m., February 25, 2010 (Chicago time). - New members only (never have been an iGive member previously). All the normal rules of membership, searching, and purchasing apply, our site has the details. - Once we've given away $5,000 in total, the offer ends. - The special link and visiting a store via iGive are necessary.
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