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Environmental Awareness
Star-spangled mission to raise funds for victims of Gulf oil spill by Ed Pilkington, The Guardian
 "W
ith more than 6,000 boats and almost 35,000 people already deployed in the Gulf of Mexico, an army of celebrity reinforcements last night hurled themselves at the rescue mission surrounding the Deepwater Horizon
oil
spill...
Proceeds from the event will go to three organisations: United Way, a coalition of charities, to help Gulf coast families with emergency and long-term aid; the National Wildlife Federation, which is cleaning birds and protecting breeding grounds, and the Nature Conservancy, for the recovery of sensitive ecosystems such as salt marshes and oyster reefs."
Jun 22, 2010 - 1:04:40 PM
Environmental Awareness
An Ecological Disaster: Polluting the Waters of Life by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
 "If we are to reclaim a real relationship to life and to our planet, we must listen to the real story that is being told. It is not just a story of a deep well disaster happening in the Gulf. It is about how our present civilization is causing the waters of life to be polluted and how at present we cannot stop it. And this disaster is taking place all around us and also in our own souls. Only if we listen to life will we know how to respond."
Jun 9, 2010 - 10:15:26 AM
Environmental Awareness
Don’t Lose the Plot! (The Garden Plot,That Is) by Karla Diamond
 If you have always wanted a garden but don’t have the space here are some local community gardens that offer plots – many of them free of charge or with a minimal fee. It’s the perfect time to get started and here are some ideas to make it easy.
May 27, 2010 - 11:50:20 AM
Environmental Awareness
Kevin Costner May Hold Key To Oil Spill Cleanup by Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times
 "Costner has invested 15 years and about $24 million in a novel way of sifting oil spills that he began working on while making his own maritime film, "Waterworld," released in 1995...Two decades later, BP and the U.S. Coast Guard plan to test six of his massive, stainless steel centrifugal oil separators next week. Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser welcomed the effort, even as he and Louisiana officials blasted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for delays in approving an emergency plan to build sand "islands" to protect the bayous of his parish."
May 25, 2010 - 8:35:47 AM
Environmental Awareness
New York Times: U.S. Leads New Bid to Phase Out Whale Hunting by John M. Broder
 "The United States is leading an effort by a handful of antiwhaling nations to broker an agreement that would limit and ultimately end whale hunting by
Japan
,
Norway
and
Iceland
, according to people involved with the negotiations.
The compromise deal, which has generated intense controversy within the 88-nation
International Whaling Commission
and among antiwhaling activists, would allow the three whaling countries to continue hunting whales for the next 10 years, although in reduced numbers."
May 4, 2010 - 10:00:39 AM
Animal World
The Cove: Sundance Film Exposes Japanese Dolphin Slaughter in Grisly Footage by Clayton B. Cornell
 "23,000 Dolphins are slaughtered each year in a hidden cove in Taiji, Japan. Each year, the Japanese government covered it up...
The Cove exposes an atrocity of unimaginable brutality. The dolphin slaughter depicted here is committed yearly and without knowledge of the general Japanese public, even though they could be buying highly-toxic mercury-laden dolphin meat disguised as fish from their local supermarkets."
Apr 26, 2010 - 10:00:21 AM
Environmental Awareness
April 22, 2010 Marks the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day! by Dena Marie Kelly
 With worldwide attention being given to the environment and changes occuring to the planet, Earth Day 2010 was a very busy event!
This year marked the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and it wasn't a quiet one...Inside, read about
EarthFair in NYC.
Apr 22, 2010 - 10:00:00 AM
Environmental Awareness
Reclaiming the Ancient Tradition of Tree Wrapping by Jan Johnsen
 "The tradition of wrapping tree trunks or adorning branches of special trees is a visual statement that says, “We honor this tree and respect its vital presence.” It is often done with fiber rope, natural ribbon, or fabric and it is used to highlight unusual trees, as a supplication and/or protective measure.
Tree wrapping has been practiced for thousands of years in countries across the world. In Japan, it has been elevated to an art form and derives from the Japanese Shinto belief that all natural forms are imbued with spirit. "
Apr 8, 2010 - 10:15:18 AM
Environmental Awareness
Chile Earthquake May Have Shortened Earth's Days, According to NASA
 "The massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a NASA scientist said Monday...
The quake, the
seventh strongest earthquake
in recorded history, hit Chile Saturday and should have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds..."
Mar 4, 2010 - 8:07:59 AM
Environmental Awareness
Growing Food in the City by Kim Matthews
 "Urban Agriculture
is the social movement to create space to allow people to grow their own food in or near their city. Some of the produce is marketed, while other projects, such as community gardens, are designed to give participants the opportunity to grow food for their individual needs. The concept is based around the idea that cities are stronger when people are able to feed themselves through their own investment and actions. A garden doesn't grow in isolation, but it is one piece of a larger, interconnected food system."
Jan 21, 2010 - 10:01:07 AM
Environmental Awareness
Local Residents Express Outrage Over Release of Radioactive Steam over Hudson Valley by KatonahGreen
 Two days after the fact, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission learned that an estimated
600,000 gallons of boiling, radioactive water turned to steam and was released over the lower
Hudson Valley
in November, 2009, as a result of a malfunction that caused Westchester County’s Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant to be shut down. Mired in slow response, vague details and insufficient health impact information, residents of Katonah, South Salem and Somers respond with outrage to a report on an investigation into the incident published January 8th in the Daily News.
Jan 12, 2010 - 10:00:52 AM
People
Drew Dellinger: Planetize The Movement
.JPG) Drew Dellinger is a spoken word poet, professor, writer, activist and founder of Poets for Global Justice. He has inspired minds and hearts at hundreds of events in many countries, performing poetry and keynoting on justice, ecology, cosmology, activism, democracy and compassion. Dellinger has shared podiums and stages with luminaries such as Alice Walker, Cornel West,Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,Danny Glover, Ani Difranco, Billy Bragg, Michael Franti, Eve Ensler, Chuck D, Paul Hawken, Van Jones and many others.
Nov 3, 2009 - 6:44:04 AM
Environmental Awareness
Eco-Friendly Theater Opening on Broadway: Henry Miller's Theater Reopens LEED Certified by Lesley Almeida
 "
At Henry Miller’s Theater, they achieved this certification by locally sourcing 25 percent of materials and replacing 45 percent of the foundation’s cement with blast furnace slag, which will
significantly reduce CO2 emissions
. In addition, 85 percent of all demolition debris was recycled, and an under-slab drainage system was installed to capture groundwater and recycle it into the building’s water system."
Jul 17, 2009 - 10:10:51 AM
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