Archive for the 'Animal' Category

World’s tallest man saves dolphins in China

Herdsman, 7′ 9″, uses long arms to pull plastic from creatures’ stomachs
Here’s a nice example of acting locally that has a global effect.
Hopefully poeple will figure out a that Dolphins (and other sea life) eat plastic and our garbage, so it is best to keep it out of the oceans.

Environmental films draw thousands in Washington

What did you do when you saw “March of the Penguins“?
Did you leave your empty bucket of popcorn on your movie seat and discuss what a touching movie it was? Or did you put the DVD back into its case and feel good that you were some how a part of nature in a way […]

The Impotance of Eating Local Produce, etc

In a recent article on Yahoo!, entitled “Brazilian farming will doom 40 percent of Amazon” revealed that, “Destruction of the forest would also have big repercussions on regional and global weather systems, which are linked to the heat and precipitation cycles of the vast Amazon region”.
Global weather systems boys and girls.
We all have to […]

How to be organic … a little help

www.theorganicreport.org

Spending on environment yields big returns: report

When will Business 101 include a chapter on environmental responsibility and the economic impact of destroying the environment? Maybe this is a start…
Read the entire article while it lasts on Yahoo,
Spending on environment yields big returns: report
Below are excerpts…
OSLO (Reuters) - Spending to protect the environment, from coral reefs to forests, can bring big […]

Monsanto and what they have to say about your food

I stumbled across this today. Big business, government officials, GMO, etc.
In order for the FDA to determine if Monsanto’s growth hormones were safe or not, Monsanto was required to submit a scientific report on that topic. Margaret Miller, one of Monsanto’s researchers put the report together. Shortly before the report submission, Miller left Monsanto and […]

Who owns organic/natural foods companies?

Mergers in the Food Industry - Updated June 16, 2004
Know who you are giving your money to. For example:
Odwalla Juice and Fresh Samantha (juice) are owned by Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola prohibits unionizing: WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire — Edgar Paez, of the Colombian trade union Sinaltrainal, was joined on Monday by Teamster representatives, the AFL- CIO, members of […]

Global warming will increase world hunger-U.N.

It’s really amazing as to what comes and goes on Yahoo. They will post stories on Michael Jackson and a woman who ran away to Vegas because she got cold feet, but articles like the below will disappear faster than you can say, “where’d the rainforest go?”
Many scientists fear rising temperatures, blamed mainly on heat-trapping […]

Bush Pushes for Dirty, I mean, ?¢‚Ǩ?ìClear Skies?¢‚Ǩ? Legislation

If you would like to see how Bush is really meeting this obligation, read the Bush Record from the NRDC. That should clear the air. Ba-dum-bum.

Kelp! Kelp!

…a great article about giant kelp that details the importance of the critters in the world