Tag: contest
group name: earthwatch
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April 12, 2007 09:57 PM EDT --
“Recycling doesn’t work”, I hear skeptics say. “There is no global warming problem – it’s all in the minds of tree huggers and politicians with a hidden agenda.” . . . more
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April 10, 2007 12:22 PM EDT --
We are changing ourselves to change the environment. My husband and I are becoming "greener" by really focussing on our health. Arnot's book "The Biology of Success" is our guide . . . more
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April 04, 2007 08:29 PM EDT --
Living in the deep midwest, surburbia, folks tend to be set in their ways. Pollution and air quality are a constant problem here with industry nearby, a major highway running close to town etc.
With . . . more
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April 23, 2007 03:56 AM EDT --
Margaret Mead said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, devoted citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that has". Just what in the world does Margaret Mead's . . . more
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April 30, 2007 02:00 PM EDT --
Native Americans revered the land. They saw themselves as stewards of their environment and treated it with great respect. Contemporary Americans, on the other hand, have chosen . . . more
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April 30, 2007 06:36 AM EDT --
In The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan looks at American culture through the process of tracing four meals back to their source. While traveling in S.E. Asia, I chose food as a medium for . . . more
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April 11, 2007 12:50 PM EDT --
Margaret Mead said "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, devoted citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that has.”
Here is the course these citizens have . . . more
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April 22, 2007 07:20 PM EDT --
The first thing I would do is try to get bike lanes insalled on all city streets and get the city to reward people who ride their bikes to work and anyother time they could to help cut down on pollution.I . . . more
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April 27, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
While my husband and I have made many shifts in our thinking and in our lifestyles to walk more gently on the earth, I have been very disturbed by the construction of destruction which is taking place . . . more
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April 30, 2007 09:58 AM EDT --
One day, on a low-slung white building in my neighborhood, these words were scrawled in huge, black spray-painted letters: You Suck Pigs. In the hollowed-out windows of the building, metal appliance parts . . . more
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April 03, 2007 05:51 PM EDT --
When I worked with Earthwatch at Lake Naivasha Kenya 20 years ago, it changed my preconceptions about how I could help the world. Sure, our work group took population samples of fish in the lake, . . . more
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April 09, 2007 08:21 PM EDT --
It’s 9:45am on a cold, wet weekday. A group of squirmy elementary school children and their longsuffering chaperones hike the one-lane public road to the trailhead. The children carry . . . more
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April 17, 2007 08:14 PM EDT --
I am a registered nurse and I am dedicated to giving excellent, compassionate care to each and every human being I come in contact with each day, including those who have been shunned by our society. . . . more
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April 29, 2007 06:32 PM EDT --
Everyone alive today--politicians, corporate CEOs, teachers, doctors, parents, children, retirees, everyone--will be held responsible by future generations for the state of the environment. In order . . . more
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April 15, 2007 03:06 PM EDT --
Your first aromatic cup of morning java would hardly be possible without a key element in coffee’s growing process. The much-loved bean results from the activity of one of nature’s most . . . more
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April 18, 2007 06:37 PM EDT --
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, devoted citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that has." - Margaret Mead
This quote, as inspirational as it is, is more . . . more
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April 30, 2007 12:16 AM EDT --
Margaret Mead was right, except here in Littleton Colorado we learned that one deranged person can change the world too. Many of us touched by Columbine are trying to tip the balance back to . . . more
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April 04, 2007 02:26 AM EDT --
I believe that Margaret Mead, a brilliant anthropologist, had profound insight into humanity and how we best function. Her quote encapsolates my live experience and excites me when we look to the . . . more
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April 04, 2007 10:55 AM EDT --
"Only when the last tree is cut, only when the last river is polluted, only when the last fish is caught, only then will they realize that you cannot eat money." Cree proverb. Our continent has . . . more
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April 04, 2007 02:21 PM EDT --
We pillage our waters, at what cost?
I am amazed that the fishing practice called “herring roe season” is still active in my part of the world. When advanced . . . more
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