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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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RIGHT THE WRONGS FOUNDATION LLC: WHY DON’T WE SUPPORT THEM EN-MASS?
BLOG HEAVY

Folks, I’ve been real blessed. And I don’t mean what my parents did for me. The last 4 months I’ve had the privilege of sitting with an amazing group of men and women who want nothing more than to give and or give back,  \You see there are people who never had who  refuse not give back. There are also individuals who have had and refuse not to give beyond the scope of their existence.  And in a day and time where the average inner city community member is labeled as greedy, selfishly zealous, or just pure ignorant I’ve been blessed to sit and speak with leaders and visionaries who spend all of their time consumed in one mission: giving back. On April 23rd I was privileged to sit with Javier Saldana of  RIGHT THE WRONGS FOUNDATION LLC.  And this brother was the real deal. RIGHT THE WRONGS FOUNDATION LLC is about giving back and job creation.  It is literally that simple.  Now I can break down their mission statement for 8 pages but it boils down to a sincere driv

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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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Fluoridation chemicals threaten clean water
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The Portland Water Bureau said it will add 1.1 million pounds a year of the fluoridation chemical fluorosilicic acid (FSA) to our drinking water if fluoridation is approved.1 http://saccsivdotcom.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/mallika-sarabhai-dance-to-change-the-world/ Surprising as it sounds, the National Academy of Sciences and even fluoridation promoters acknowledge that FSA is an industrial byproduct from fertilizer manufacturing. 2 3 FSA is a highly acidic and corrosive 4 liquid that is entirely diffe rent than the natural mineral calcium fluoride. FSA is not the pharmaceutical grade fluoride that is found in toothpaste.5 The FDA has flatly dismissed claims6 that fluoride is a “nutrient,“ as promoters claim. Fluoridation chemicals are also known to contain other toxic byproducts of fertilizer production such as arsenic, lead and mercury. The study of “impurities” as the CDC refers to them, shows that 43% of FSA tested contains arsenic, and 2% contains lead.7 Fluoridation proponents say

Paper Recycling
Trash Knight

Paper Paper, which includes everything from packaging to mail, makes up the largest percentage of the municipal solid waste stream at 33 percent. It’s also one of the most recovered materials, as recycling opportunities are often readily available. Find your local recycle solution for paper Everything You Need to Know About Paper Recycling In 2011, 66.8 percent of paper consumed in the United States was recycled. Every ton of paper recycled saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, and if you measure by weight, more paper is recovered for recycling than plastic, aluminum and glass combined. Related articles Guide to Recycling for Schools – How to Initiate And Implement a Waste Reduction Program (recyclereminders.com) Repair Our Environment! Pro’s for Recycling! (proflowers.com) Think Green Thursdays: Recycling Paper Is Important! (hothits957.cbslocal.com) Recycling Information – Turning Waste to Products (fellomycal01.wordpress.com)  

Bird Groups Help Secure Wildlife-Rich Area in Dominican Republic
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American Bird Conservancy, a leading U.S. bird conservation group, and the Sociedad Ornitológica de la Hispaniola (SOH) report that by working with the Ministry of the Environment of the Dominican Republic, they have significantly improved protections for the northern flank of wildlife-rich Sierra de Bahoruco National Park and the Loma Charco Azul Biological Reserve in western Dominican Republic (DR). Home to over 30 endemic bird species and habitat for dozens of migrating bird species, the largely forested area has been a favorite target for illegal tree cutting, squatting, charcoal production, and agricultural expansion. “ABC and SOH have worked very closely with the Dominican Republic’s Environmental Ministry to improve management of the area. Improved patrols and security have led to a significant decrease in the number of illegal charcoal production operations and documented a number of illegal incursions, which led the Ministry to hire additional park guards for the area,” said A

Pilbara beauties …
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Weekends are for fun.
GUMPTION
How many chemicals do I put on my body each day? Let’s count…..
Realize Beauty
Cabochon
Poesy plus Polemics
Are We Ready for Hurricane Season?
Working Harbor Committee
Memorial Day Weekend … let the adventures begin
The Life Scout
Who dwell among earth’s beauties & mysteries
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Are never alone or weary of life ~ rachel carson yosemite national park, CA on sierra club’s daily ray of hopephotographer david cross, nevada city, CA 0.000000 0.000000

Complex Issues in a Twitter World
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With the aid of new tools to communicate, the terrible irony is we do less meaningful communication. With Facebook, Twitter, Texting, PINterest, etc. we now resort to very brief nuggets of communication, which can only scratch the surface of an issue. Even with a picture, which is supposedly worth a thousand words, context is sometimes lost, or worse, misconveyed. Even with emails, many people react to the messenger or only read the tops of emails, meaning the first few paragraphs. And, I should add, I am not even counting the oftentimes mindless back and forth that transpires over these media which give people status reports on their day or how they feel about something that just happened. You may have guessed I am not a Tweeter, but I do text as that is often the best way to communicate with my away-to-college children. So, these media do serve a great purpose. Yet when issues are complex like many of our problems in the world today, if we only rely on this media, much is lost in the

A day at the farm in images …
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«Το αποτύπωμα της ψυχικής υγείας» στη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών>>
Maria Sevastaki's Weblog

Περίπου 70 εικαστικά έργα ασθενών από τη Μονάδα Ψυχοκοινωνικής Αποκατάστασης και Επαγγελματικής Επανένταξης, του Ερευνητικού Πανεπιστημιακού Ινστιτούτου Ψυχικής Υγιεινής (Ε.Π.Ι.Ψ.Υ), εκτίθενται από σήμερα και έως τις 2 Ιουνίου, στο φουαγιέ του θεάτρου της Ανωτάτης Σχολής Καλών Τεχνών. Η έκθεση έχει τίτλο «Το αποτύπωμα της ψυχικής υγείας στην εικαστική Τέχνη» και τα έργα έγιναν από τους ασθενείς με την εποπτεία σπουδαστών της ΑΣΚΤ. Η παραγωγή εικαστικών έργων είναι μια από τις δραστηριότητες των ασθενών στα πλαίσια της αποκατάστασης και επανανένταξής τους. Τα έργα επιλέχθηκαν από το πλούσιο αρχείο της Μονάδας που κάθε χρόνο διοργανώνει εκθέσεις ασθενών.

What Happened to the Elephants of Bouba Ndjida?
The Truth is Where?

From Christina M. Russo,  Mongabay   Waking Times  23rd May 2013.     Find Full Article Here:- Shell casing from bullets used to kill elephants in Bouba Ndjida. Photo courtesy of IFAW. Editor’s Note: This is an incredibly difficult story to look at, as it highlights in graphic detail how poachers are slaughtering the last remaining wild elephants on planet earth. While Americans and Europeans trouble themselves with entertainment, political news and the narratives set up for us by the mainstream media, the assault against nature continues, largely unspoken of. It is a sign of intelligence and higher consciousness to have compassion for all living creatures, and this story needs to be told. We apologize in advance that many of these images are horribly graphic, and we encourage you to please visit Mongabay.com for more info and to support their unsung work.  ‘And also, they were alive when the poachers started to cut off their faces’—Celine Sissler-Bienvenu. A new report released by the

Beer Glasses, not goggles.
Febrewary

As part of the Febrewary party I put out my collection of beer mugs/glasses/boots etc. I don’t really mean to collect them, but I just buy them when I am visiting somewhere, especially when I am visiting a brewery.   Check them out here… the boot is my wife’s favourite. We bought this one after a hike in Bavaria, Germany. We were looking all over for “das boot” for drinking out of and found it on our last day! It is pretty fun to drink out of. Some of the sample beer glasses from various beer festivals. Missing are any plastic glasses… I try to never drink out of a plastic glass.   Biere, Broadhead, Mill Street, Bushwackers, Moosehead Pale Ale, and Vancouver Olympics Beau’s, Vikings (fun story about the Vikings’ mug. I was traveling through the USA with my brother and didn’t have a mug to drink beer out of. So when I went to buy some beer I asked if they had any beer mugs. They only had a Vikings one and it was pretty dust

Save Hawaii – Stop GMOs.
GMO Vacation

This is the English flyer handed out to visitors. Japanese version below. Mahalo for helping protect Hawaii and the entire planet from GMOs! Aloha!

Dealing With Messy Tenants
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Shelter for all, a new mantra in Moore
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By Nova Safo, CNN Follow on Twitter: @Nova_Safo Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) — In the aftermath of the monster tornado in Oklahoma, there’s been a lot of discussion about storm shelters. Tornadoes are common in the area, but few buildings have basements or above-ground shelters. Students at the elementary school that collapsed could only huddle in a hallway as 200-mile-per-hour winds tore apart their building. Seven children died. Now there’s an effort to bring shelters to Oklahoma’s schools, especially in Moore. Mark McBride, who represents Moore in the Oklahoma legislature, has teamed up with other lawmakers to create a fund. The money will go to placing storm shelters inside schools. They’ve already received a $500,000 donation from an Oklahoma-based company. This tornado was an F-5. The top of the scale. The last one of the same magnitude was in 1999. [1:16] “What’s the odds of having two F5 tornadoes in your lifetime? You don’t expect that. A structure like this would withsta