A journey of discovery on the L.A. River
An expedition along a muddy stretch of the waterway offers a glimpse into the potential recreational and environmental jewel running through the city.
Category: Life
Oil is a poison to the wetlands!
Marsh grasses along the Louisiana coast have been blackened by the BP oil spill. (Reuters / July 28, 2010) Oil-damaged wetlands may just have to wait it out! Cleanup efforts often seem futile, and some biologists suggest simply letting nature take its course. By Alana Semuels and Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times August 1, [...]
Aug 01, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
‘NYC govt., USDA quietly captured 250-400 Prospect Park geese…’
Outrage Builds Over Extermination of Hundreds of Geese from Major City Park in New York The NYC govt. and the USDA quietly captured 250-400 Prospect Park geese and carted them off to gas them, needless deaths that won’t prevent plane crashes. By Deanna Zandt, AlterNet Posted on July 16, 2010, Printed on July 16, 2010 [...]
Jul 18, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Investigative Power of Oil Spill Commission Blocked
June 30, 2010
Jul 05, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Oil-threatened estuary is key to life in the gulf
Oil-threatened estuary is key to life in the gulf Shrimp, crab, oysters, gators, birds, snakes, people – all have ties to Louisiana’s Barataria Bay. The Bald Cypress Swamp of Barataria Preserve, which is more biologically diverse than the Everglades and serves as a nursery and breeding ground for the gulf’s shrimp, crab, oyster and fish. [...]
Jun 12, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
“…as many as 40,000 barrels of oil have been flowing daily…”
Gulf oil spill figures may be double earlier estimates Richard Simon, Betina Boxall and Margot Roosevelt June 11, 2010 Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles Government scientists said Thursday that as many as 40,000 barrels of oil have been flowing daily from the blown-out BP well, doubling earlier estimates and greatly expanding the scope of [...]
Jun 11, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
“It’s not a leak, it’s a volcano spewing oil”
Amateur Video Of Gulf Oil Slick – Worse Than BP Admits Video is from Alabama resident John Wathen as a volunteer pilot flew him over the area where the oil rig sank. Officials have stopped guessing at the amount of oil leaking although some speculate it may be closer to 1 million gallons per day. [...]
May 14, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Gulf Coast Cataclysm
The Visionary Activist – All Oil is Spilled – Gulf Coast Cataclysm: Convening the Council of Reverent Ingenuity to animate our cultural leadership response to the Gulf Coast obscene oil cataclysm Caroline Casey welcomes Dune Lankard, Atabaskan Eyak from Copper River Delta in Alaska, conservation economies derived from long-term unresolved impacts of Exxon Valdez disaster. [...]
All Creative Work Is Derivative
A 1 minute meme on derivative art. >> a must see in full screen<< less then 3 minutes All Creative Work Is Derivative, by Nina Paley Message: All Creative Work is Derivative. Why: Copyright control extends not just to verbatim copies, but to “derivative works.” This has led to censorship on a grand scale. For example, [...]
May 04, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
A Celebration of Abundance..! Earth Day !
William McDonough and Co. are THE leaders in a much better design for long term health of our Planet. Through working in corporate world they have had a major impact on creating recyclable technology and eco-friendly work places that use bio-and techno feedback loops were waste is either eliminated or significantly reduced, increasing profits and [...]
Apr 22, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Happy Earth Day !
Ron Cobb’s 1969 Ecology Flag Earth Day is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment. It was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in held on April 22, 1970. Many communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues. The first Earth Week [...]
Apr 22, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Pneumonia and Vitamin D
Vitamin D Council 4/13/2010 Dear Dr. Cannell: My 71 year old mother is in the hospital diagnosed with Pseudomonas pneumonia. Because she also has COPD along with years of prednisone use, her doctors have given her only a 5% chance of survival. The hospital is against patients taking any supplements without doctors orders (they kind [...]
Apr 13, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Replacing Coal with Solar Takes Less Space and Less Energy!
Don Blankenship’s – Massey Coal, subject of the book “Coal River”, is the operator of a “cut and fill” mining operation in West Virginia, where the Clean Water Act’s protections for “blue line” seasonal streams are ignored by mountaintop removal — with the debris and toxic waste dumped into valleys, blue line streams, and toxic [...]
Apr 10, 2010 | 4 comments | View Post
…litre of cola a day could reduce male fertility
Drinking a litre of cola a day could reduce male fertility Men who drink about a litre or more of cola every day could be causing harm to their sperm, a study claims. By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent Published: 5:57PM BST 01 Apr 2010 On average, these men’s sperm counts were almost 30 per cent lower [...]
Apr 02, 2010 | 5 comments | View Post
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