Monday, September 30, 2013

THOUSANDS OF SONGBIRDS KILLED IN CANADA

7,500 songbirds, possibly including some very endangered birds, were killed in one night by a gas plant in Canada. We need to learn what to do to protect our songbirds, who are rapidly disappearing on the planet. What will life be like when there are no songbirds left to sing to us?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/7-500-songbirds-killed-at-canaport-gas-plant-in-saint-john-1.1857615

Sunday, September 22, 2013

FUKUSHIMA IS POISED TO DESTROY ALL OF US

In this article, Harvey Wasserman addresses the desperate problems of Fukushima, which could wipe us all out, and suggests that a global takeover is necessary NOW to prevent disaster that will permanently poison the Earth. I agree, and wonder that we are not taking to the streets by the millions to force governments to do something.  This is the biggest crisis facing all of u

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/20-1

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

BYE BYE INTERNET FREEDOM

If Verizon gets its way, only companies who pay them big bucks will be available on the internet. If you use Verizon for your cellphone, you might reconsider giving this company any more money:

Read more about Verizon vs. Net Neutrality here

Monday, September 16, 2013

OUR GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO ERADICATE WILD HORSES

Wild horses roam in Wyoming on public land. Half of these herds are in a two-million-acre area of both public and private land.

The BLM wants to decimate the herds in this corridor, getting rid of those "nuisance" wild horses for once and for all so that private corporations may use OUR land for their livestock to graze. This would wipe out half the wild horses in Wyoming!

The Bureau of Land Management seems to have forgotten that the public land in this corridor belongs to the people of the USA, not to private individuals or companies for their own profit. We love our heritage of wild horses. 

Please consider submitting a comment to the BLM and let them know you want to keep the wild horses and permit them to thrive. You can do so via this link:




Saturday, September 14, 2013

Sears, K-Mart, and Land's End contributing to Mother Earth's problems

When you purchasing clothing at K-Mart, Sears or Land's End, did you know that they throw away the plastic hangers your clothes were on? That's right. All the hangers are thrown away after just one use. They are taken to landfills, where they will remain intact for centuries or more. If they eventually degrade, they will only degrade into plastic molecules and the pollution of the earth will be permanent.

Think of the millions of hangars that are used just one time in these stores and then tossed out. Think of the oil it takes to make the plastic to create these hangers. Think of the fuel it takes to haul them away. Think of the space used up in landfills...all because for them it is cheaper than being environmentally responsible.

Doesn't anyone with power in those stores have a conscience?! Who gave them permission to do such horrible things to our earth?

It is tragic that such large stores couldn't attempt to take better care of the planet. Such greedy neglect is unconscionable. It wouldn't take much to create biodegradable hangars made out of cornstarch--this has already been done with everything from mugs to pens--or at the very least, to make hangers recyclable and recycle them.

This is yet one more heart wrenching story of how the greed and hardened hearts of an enormous corporation are wrecking our planet and contaminating our environment, while the public remains oblivious.


Wednesday, September 11, 2013

MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ARE BEING DECIMATED BY PESTICIDES

The population of monarch butterflies is at its lowest point in 20 years--all of them on the planet able to fit now into three football field--because the pesticides used in Canada and the USA have decimated milkweed, its food source.

Milkweed used to grow along fields and in between crops, but no longer. Factory farming permits NOTHING to live in the fields (including our own honeybees) but one crop. This is insanity.

If you live in an area where milkweed grows, please be a good steward of the monarch butterflies and let it thrive.

http://www.americanforests.org/blog/giving-butterflies-a-boost/

Saturday, September 7, 2013

FOOD WE EAT THAT IS BANNED IN OTHER COUNTRIES

You may be surprised when you look at this list of food commonly eaten in the USA but banned in other countries. This list doesn't even include GMO (genetically modified) soy and corn products, also banned in quite a number of other nations, and present in nearly all processed food, even that labeled "natural."

Read the article here