Thursday, August 24, 2006

My Pic of Mountain Goats Looks Like Fleas on a Mountainside

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We really wanted to see mountain goats at Mt. Baker in Washington - beautiful shaggy white animals, leaping on impossibly steep and narrow r...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Foie Gras from Force-fed Geese is Banned in Chicago

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On Tuesday, Chicago became the first city in the nation to outlaw foie gras - the fattened livers of geese and ducks. The city council banne...

Waves of change, rivers of doubt: Global water issues

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Water... it's the source of all life. 70 percent of the planet is covered in it, and more than half of your body is made up of it. We us...
Thursday, August 17, 2006

Best Place in the World to Spot Orcas from Shore

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The best place in the world for spotting killer whales (Orcas) from shore is the western coast of San Juan Island, Washington. Or so say the...
Friday, August 11, 2006

We Saw One Humpback Whale: The Good and Bad on Whale-Watching

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fluke of humpback whale; photo courtesy of National Marine Fisheries Service www.nmfs.noaa.gov/.../ humpbackfluke_hi_nms.jpg We wanted to se...
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Fell Off Cliff While Seeking Seals, Whales, other Marine Mammals

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photo courtesy of http://imagesource.allposters.com I fell off a cliff last week and broke my arm. Okay, I didn't really fall off a cl...
Thursday, July 27, 2006

Women Rising VIII: International Changemakers

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Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. Listen to the p...
Friday, July 21, 2006

A Cat Trap Stops House Cat Predation of Birds and Small Animals

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adult bullfrog MY YARD FROGS Over the years, we've put up with three neighborhood cats hunting in our yard. The cat next door cleaned a...
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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Corn ethanol, super fuel or hype

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Corn is one of those all around workhorse crops, which we are able to grow successfully under a variety of circumstances over a wide range o...
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Saturday, July 15, 2006

People Taking Power with a Grassroots Fuel

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Filtering waste vegetable oil Photo courtesy of No End Press at www.noendpress.com/caleb/biodiesel/images/l21.jpg Events in Middle East Fa...
Saturday, July 08, 2006

Is It 2008 Yet? Bush Still Says Global Warming Uncertain

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photo courtesy of www.mindfully.org Best bumper sticker spotted this week: "Is it 2008 yet?" I read in the NY Times this morning...
Friday, June 30, 2006

Review of the Documentary "Kilowatt Ours" by Jeff Barrie

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image courtesy of www.peaceproject.com "Kilowatt Ours" knocked my socks off. It's a testament to the power of documentaries to...
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Prisoners at the pump

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With the current price of gas, I sure am glad I live on a farm and don't have to drive anywhere most days. As far as cars go, there'...
Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Three Gorges Dam

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Earlier this month the cofferdams designed to temporarily hold back the rising waters of the Yangtse River were removed and China's grea...
Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth Is the Most Important Movie I've Ever Seen

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I was blown away by Al Gore's new movie, An Inconvenient Truth. It's the most important movie I've ever seen. Forget Hillary or ...
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