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More than 45 years ago, pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” helping spawn the modern environmental movement. People responded on a massive scale, realizing that our innovations and actions have a profound effect on the world around us — and because it’s the only world we have, keeping it clean and happy is probably a good idea. Not longer after, Earth Day was born.

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Precious Moments~ Make Each One Count.
Dreamwalker's Sanctuary

Every disaster around the world makes us think how fragile we are. Each Life lost is a precious gem that has enriched our Earth and our lives. Every soul upon their path contributing to the Web of our existence. And still we ask that age old Question of WHY? Why is life seemingly cut short, Why do such disasters occur? Why do our loved ones suffer? Why are such tragedies occurring around our globe. Not only now in the recent Storm of Oklahoma, but in the many storms that man makes around our globe as he takes up arms against his own species in war.. not to mention all the other atrocities that happen to Man and beast. Events such as the one we have seen in Oklahoma and others around our world such as the Tsunami’s, the Hurricanes, and Earthquakes around our globe, show us just how small mankind is in the face of Nature, and how in the Blink of an Eye all we held dear could be swept away.  Below is part of a personal poem I wrote some years ago, I have adapted for this post, you can fin

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Things That Can’t Be Rushed
Shawndra Miller

Those of us who are bathed in technology much of our lives, that is to say most of the Western world by now, have grown accustomed to having everything happen in a hurry. Speed is the ultimate. Efficiency is king. I am prone to this, feeling impatient with the rate of change. Even in gardening, I value a relatively quick turnaround: Plant a bunch of lettuce seedlings, and a month later I can be snipping salad from my own raised bed. But some things take time, and move in a crooked line, and require great patience to see results. Photographer: Kessner Photography I’m reminded of this when I visit a farmer friend who lives in my neighborhood. Her family farm is called Artesian Farm. It’s in the next county over, where Anna and her farm partners raise grassfed beef. When she talks about farming, she thinks in terms of decades. For example, the process of transitioning the farm to organic—which her parents wanted to do long before there was any infrastructure of support—has barely be

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Taylor McCoy of Chandler Selected for Peace Corps Environment Assignment in Benin
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Taylor McCoy of Chandler Selected for Peace Corps Assignment in Benin Peace Corps Volunteer Profile: Name: Taylor McCoy Age: 23 Hometown: Chandler, Ariz. Current City: Chandler Alma Mater: Barry University, Marine Biology, 2013 Country of Service: Benin Assignment: Environmental Action Advisor Departure: June 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON May 23, 2013 — Taylor McCoy, 23, of Chandler, Ariz. has been accepted into the Peace Corps. McCoy will be departing for Benin in June 2013 to begin pre-service training as a Environmental Action Advisor Peace Corps volunteer. McCoy says she was motivated to join the Peace Corps because, “growing up we can develop misconceptions of places and people, but just because we are unaware of the reality, doesn’t mean we should allow ourselves to remain blind. My motivation for becoming a Peace Corps Volunteer stems from my adamant belief that, to learn about the world, you must experience it. The Peace Corps is a chance for me to collabora

Cultivating culture is year-round project, not just three weeks
Inside Croydon
The only screen they’ll need is sunscreen
Philanthropist
PLOS ONE: Trends in Amphibian Occupancy in the United States
In Frog Pond Holler
How the MTA Hired Us All For A Dollar Per MetroCard
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Bike Month in May
JAX2025 On Target
Illegal Logging and its Negative Effects
Deakin SciComm
To What Do We Aspire?
Nordlysettler
The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude – $375
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All About Neonicotiniods
BEE AWARE

Neonicotiniods are the primary suspect in the investigation for the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder. The next several blog entries will discuss the investigation and the evidence. This blog entry will introduce neonicotiniods. Neonicotinoiods were welcomed as a ground-breaking class of insectides when they were first marketed in 1991 by Bayer A.G. By 1995 they were the top selling insecticide in the world and generated $360B in annual sales.[i] The most common neonicotinoids in use are imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam. Neonicotinoids are acetylcholine agonists related chemically to nicotine. Acetylcholine is the most common neurotransmitter in the body and is found in both the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). In the CNS, acetylcholine plays a major role in our sensory perceptions, making us more alert and sharpening our attention to details. In the PNS, acetylcholine plays a major role in muscle activation.[ii]  As an acetylcholine agon

HOUSE APPROVES KEYSTONE: OBAMA BYPASS
Burst Updates

Fox: “House Republicans pushed through a bill Wednesday to bypass the president to speed approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. Democrats criticized the legislation as a blatant attempt to allow a foreign company to avoid environmental review. The bill was approved, 241-175, largely along party lines. Republicans said the measure was needed to ensure that the long-delayed pipeline, first proposed in 2008, is built.” Rep Grijalva lashed out at the effort defining it as a “reckless attempt to avoid environmental review.” A few days ago BBC wrote about the slowdown in global warming: “Since 1998, there has been an unexplained ‘standstill’ in the heating of the Earth’s atmosphere.” It did not get warmer over the past 15 years. . FOX: House approves Keystone pipeline bill BBC: Climate Slowdown Means Extreme Rates of Warming ‘Not As Likely’ . .

Rocky Flats Nuclear Guardianship Project Seeks Applicants for Part-time Communications Coordinator
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ANNOUNCEMENT: The Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center’s Rocky Flats Nuclear Guardianship Project is hiring a quarter-time Communications Coordinator. Background:  The Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center’s Rocky Flats Nuclear Guardianship project (RFNG) is embarking on a campaign to prevent the Jefferson Parkway from being built on the edge of the site of the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility, on ground contaminated with plutonium. RFNG’s overall purpose is to create a culture of nuclear guardianship in the Denver metro area. We acknowledge that because highly toxic plutonium is already in the environment in and around the former Rocky Flats facility, we humans now and in the future need to protect local residents and visitors from exposure to this contamination insofar as possible. In addition to preventing the construction of the “plutonium parkway” RFNG is committed to keeping the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge closed to the public, and to re

Looking out for those early guests to North Devon
northdevonfarms

The first warm days of spring bring early bookings and the smiling faces of returning visitors to North Devon Farms accommodation providers.  How we welcome these return bookings, reassuring us that we are doing something well and the beautiful countryside is a natural magnetic attractant.   Before unpacking visitors sit down and relax enjoying a welcome cream tea. They tell of their journey: where they stopped, traffic jams, where they got lost, sat nav induced detours down deep lanes – this all adds to the euphoria of arriving safe and sound at a familiar the North Devon farm of their choice and looking just as beautiful as it did last year.  Another welcome visitor, that holiday makers like to hear at this time of year has a much more arduous journey from Africa and announces its arrival with the evocative call of ‘ CUCKOO’ the herald of spring.  Cuckoos are declining nationally at a rate of 60% over the last twenty years but are managing to hold their own here in Devon. To help und

Volcanic activity worldwide 23 May 2013: Stromboli, Santa María / Santiaguito, Pacaya, Fuego, Popoc…
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Stromboli (Eolian Islands, Italy): Explosive activity at Stromboli is currently at normal to moderately high levels, but the magma column has obviously dropped considerably compared to previous weeks, as there are no longer lava overflows. We observed the volcano during the past days and found a total of 8 active vents in the crater terrace, out of which 4 were showing their typical different strombolian activity: In the NW crater area, two adjacient vents often erupted simultaneously. One was ejecting dense jets of incandescent gas, almost no ash and only few incandescent tephra that formed candle-like fountains reaching 100-200 m height, and accompanied by loud jet-engine like noises. The other one erupted silent, dense low ash plumes and glowing material to 50-100 m. Eruptions occurred every 20-30 minutes on average. Two vents in the central crater area were constantly glowing and ejecting pulsating steam puffs, but did not erupt. The tall, breached hornito at the northern crater ri

Hawaii May Be Prosecuted For Wildlife Deaths
Natural History Wanderings

media release from the American Bird Conservancy Hawai’i May Face Federal Prosecution Over Bird and Other Wildlife DeathsLight Pollution from Certain Street Lights Causing Fatal Attraction Newell’s Shearwater by Jim Denny, kauaibirds.com (Washington, D.C., May 22, 2013) The Federal Government has warned the State of Hawai’i that it should either enter a plea agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) or face criminal prosecution, including possible jail time, in connection with the deaths of a large number of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters and other wildlife caused by the continued use of certain street lights that are attracting the wildlife and ultimately causing their deaths. According to a January 2013 state government memo from Deputy Attorney General Laura Kim, on December 20, 2012, the DOJ notified the Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT) of a multi-year investigation of DOT lights that are causing unlawful take (killing) of birds protected under the Migrato

A wake
Priests, Kings, & Nomads

And I saw the sky’s lower levels and the clouds resembling futuristic shapes of coffee stains While the cobblestones got slippery and reflected all the panic And I imagined the road tearing open and trucks with cattle falling in the new abyss For all that was green and flourishing did not get caught in the vortex And I tried to look for shelter in the trees while lightning hit the streets and the sewers spit fire But everyone was excluded from purity and the adrenaline left our bodies And I recognized many a lost bird conquering the heavens above with sparkles of joy in their beady eyes Fly and run and fly and run and away away away they were but we had no such luck Julie was with me and Michael was with me and William was with me and we were in different places while we held on to our disbeliefs together And I stared in the eyes of babies and children who looked amused in their bewilderedness as they took destruction for evolution And the elderly grinned because they knew and I

“Elizabeth’s Secret Garden” by Elizabeth Mann
Conserve It Forward
DISASTER Diary – 23 May 2013
Fire Earth

OKC Mega Tornado Destroyed or Damaged 13,000 Homes The mega tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs on Monday has   destroyed or damaged as many as 13,000 homes and caused about $2 billion in damage, officials have  said. FIRE-EARTH models show that about 50,000 people have been displaced as a result of the twister. The deadly Moore tornado was EF5, according to NWS: Rating: EF5 Peak Winds: 200 – 210 mph (338 km/h) Path Length: 17 miles Maximum Width: 1.3 miles Begin Time: 2:45pm CDT Begin Location: 4.4 miles west of Newcastle End Time: 3:35 pm CDT End Location: 4.8 miles east of Moore -oOo- Other Global Disasters/ Significant Events Rioting Spreads in Stockholm, Sweden Rioting in Swedish capital continued for a fourth night, with at least one large building, reported to be a a restaurant, and 4 dozen cars torched by the rioters described by police as  a “mixture of every kind of people.” The rioting began in the deprived suburb of Husby on Sunday, several day