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I may get flamed for writing this, but I'm very skeptic about all these summit/ conference/ seminiar/ whatever eco-related huge events. I mean, has anyone ever counted how much fecking CO2's been emitted just by holding the event? I don't see the whole point of spending huge amount of jet fuel to...
An Orthodox Statement on the Environmental Crisis “Thine own of Thine own we offer unto Thee” With these words, the Liturgy captures the heart of the Orthodox vision and understanding of our relationship both to creation and creator. Creation- ourselves included – is of God. We do not own...
11 “Green” Things Any Church Community Can Do! Matushka Elizabeth Perdomo “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world, and all that dwell therein.” ~ Psalm 24:1 With energy costs rising daily and consequential scenes of global warming nearly nightly on national news, we...
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession to their character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher and poet (1803-1882) Think about it. That person who is so negative about the world, isn't he also a pessimist about his own future and his place in the world?...
Article: http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2008-06/worlds-10-dirtiest-cities Well I read this over breakfast this morning and thought that was really depressing. And now I need to talk about it tonight because that article has stuck with me the entire day and I think that means it needs a...
Hi. I am new to Vox. My name is Roxanne, and I'm 19 years old. I go to West Virginia University as a full time student. Right now I have the summer off and I'm spending it at home in New Jersey with my family. Recently, I read the book Skinny Bitch and became inspired to be a vegetarian. The two...
Around this idea. Why does product packaging always have to match or be uniform? For more info see Terracycle.
As people used to be wrong about the motion of the sun, so they are still wrong about the motion of the future. The future stands still; it is we who move in infinite space. - Rainer Maria Rilke, German poet (1875-1926) This quote struck me because it turns backwards our thinking about the future....
I just thought this was an insane picture. The truck is almost as big as the house it's parked in front of! Is this really necessary?
A family grows 3/4 of its meals on a tiny urban lot. Meanwhile I have a massive urban lot that I only raise a 6 year old and two dogs on. Anyways, he has some tips. "Anyone can do this, if they have dedication," says Dervaes of his wildly productive garden. "Don't be afraid to start small with...
The other night, when the moon was just full, the beagle and I were on a walk later than usual. Bell suddenly stiffened into a point. A shadow creeping slowly along a neighbor's low wall revealed itself to be---an armadillo. Small, unbelievably humped and armored like a crouching bandit. And so they...
The disappearance of salmon from Pacific Coast waters is due to one primary factor: loss of habitat. The destruction of watersheds by logging, mining, development, aqueducts, agricultural operations, and dams has destroyed one of the world's greatest fisheries. Every stream between Siberia and...
I found this route on Bikely, it looks like a good ride -- 19 km (which is about 12 miles), relatively flat and safe. Since I currently ride 5-1/2 miles each day, this would be a good stretch for me, a longer distance, but not a killer on the knees.
By H. JOSEF HEBERT 28 Apr 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration is undermining the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to determine health dangers of toxic chemicals by letting nonscientists have a bigger — often secret — say, congressional investigators say in a report obtained...
By MATTHEW L. WALD The New York Times Published: May 2, 2008 WASHINGTON — For the first time in 30 years, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new limit for lead concentrations in the air. The agency is under court order to complete a new rule by Sept. 1, because of a lawsuit brought...
Whew! I registered for my ONE class I'm taking this summer. ONE. My tuition is $1100. I have forgotten how they totally nickel and dime students. Granted a few of my add-ons are one-time fees but, still. There were only two classes that I could really take this summer: one boring and one hard. Of...
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Former Beatle Paul McCartney is urging the world to go vegetarian in a bid to fight global warming and is surprised more green groups don't promote it.... A 2006 United Nations report found that cattle-rearing generated more greenhouse gases than transportation.
High in the Himalayas, above this peaceful valley (in Bhutan) where farmers till a patchwork of emerald-green fields, an icy lake fed by melting glaciers waits to become a "tsunami from the sky." The lake is swollen dangerously past normal levels, thanks to the global warming that is causing the...
