From the January 2008 issue of B Magazine: Beauty & Beyond, January Reminders section, page 10, an article on adding volunteering to your list of resolutions for this year:
VOLUNTEERING: WHY IT CHANGES THE WORLD
By Linda Matarasso
Most of you have already made a list of resolutions for 2008. Is volunteering your time on the list? If [...]
Posts Tagged ‘environment’
Volunteer and Change the World
Posted in New Year's resolutions, changing the world, giving back, take action, volunteering, what you can do, tagged change the world, charities, contribute your time, environment, financial contributions, giving back to the community, human rights, international relief, New Year's resolutions, poverty, volunteer, women's issues on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bali Climate Change Agreement – Yippee!
Posted in Canada, Kyoto agreement, United Nations, United States, climate change, climate science, climate scientists, concensus, global warming, post-Kyoto, tagged David Suzuki Foundation, global warming, environment, climate change, Canada, science, climate science, climate scientists, UN climate conference, Bali, Bali road map, Bali blog, U.S., Russian, international pressure, consensus on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I guess that Avaaz petition I signed (along with 100,000 Canadians) and the stern emails I sent John Baird, the Environment Minister, and Stephen Harper, Prime Minister, must have worked (ha, ha, ha), as Canadian (and U.S. and Russia) stopped blocking the progress of a UN agreement after pressure from other countries (oh, and me, [...]
The Problem With Christmas: Some Solutions
Posted in Christian, Christmas, Grinch, affection, companionship, consumerism, consumption, economy, environment, holiday season, material possessions, nature, respect, serving others, status, stuff, tagged , affection, Christmas, companionship, consumerism, consumption, economy, environment, green, Grinch, material possessions, nature, respect, serving others, status, stuff on December 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From AlterNet: Headlines Newsletter, December 4th, 2007, Environment section, an article by Bill McKibben, the writer of The End of Nature, Hundred Dollar Holiday, Maybe One: A Case for Smaller Families, Hope: Human and Wild, etc., (http://www.billmckibben.com/books.html.
THE PROBLEM WITH CHRISTMAS
By Bill McKibben, Grist Magazine. Posted December 4, 2007.
It has long since become too busy, too [...]
10 Ways To Be Environmentally Responsible
Posted in Energuide, biking, chemical cleaners, environment, environmental charity, fuel-efficient vehicle, green, green living, home energy use, locally grown food, meat-free, organic food, pesticides, plant trees, public transit, renewable energy, solar power, take action, walking, what you can do, wind power, tagged biking, carbon absorption, earth, Energuide, energy efficiency, environment, environmental charity, fuel-efficient vehicle, green, green living, locally grown food, meat-free, non-toxic cleaners, organic food, planet, plant trees, public transit, renewable energy, solar power, walking, wind power, world on November 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
These suggestions about being environmentally responsible are from an Earth Day Canada brochure for Earth Day 2007. When you make green changes, mention the changes to your relatives, friends and co-workers. People may not make changes the first time they hear you are making a change, but you will be surprised in the long run [...]
Summary of Climate Change Report
Posted in IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Synthesis Report, United Nations, adaptation, carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, climate science, climate scientists, coastal flooding, droughts, economic growth, environment, extinction, extreme weather, floods, glaciers, global economy, global warming, green, greenhouse gas emissions, heat waves, heavy rains, mitigation, prophecy, salination, science, sea levels, species loss, take action, tropical storms, water salination, water shortages, tagged global warming, environment, carbon emissions, climate change, IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2007, United Nations, UN, science, climate science, climate scientists, scientists, adaptation, mitigation, sea levels, extinction, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, water shortages, river flooding, coastal flooding, heat waves, extreme weather, drought, wildfires, salination, global economic growth, global economy, water salination, , prophecy on November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
From the StopGlobalWarming.org website, http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_read.asp?id=6385211172007 , here is a brief summary of the “Synthesis Report” from the International Panel on Climate Change’s Climate Change 2007 report. It is a scary prophecy of what we can expect if we do nothing. So we all need to start doing our bit — now.
The three other sections of [...]
Synthetic Chemicals In Our Bodies: Buyers Beware
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biomonitoring, bisphenol-A, body burden, body burden studies, consumer activism, endocrine disrupters, environment, estrogens, flame retardants, hormone disrupters, manufactured goods, natural hormones, PBDEs, phthalate syndrome, phthalates, plastics, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, reduced sperm counts, reproductive organs, sex changes, sperm counts, synthetic chemicals on November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here is an article from the Daily Green, November 9, 2007, about a study done finding synthetic chemicals in our bodies (http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/body-burden-47110904).
Although this was a U.S. study, similar Canadian studies have shown that we are also contaminated. Until the U.S. and Canadian governments (and others who haven’t acted already) stop harmful synthetic products showing up [...]
Greening Schools
Posted in climate change, environment, global warming, green, green activism, saving energy, take action, what you can do, tagged activism, carbon neutral, climate change, David Suzuki, earth, education, energy efficiency, environment, Friends of the Earth, global warming, green, greenhouse gas emissions, idling, planet, schools, take action, what you can do, world on November 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Five Steps to Go Green At School
If you’ve got kids in school, you have an ideal place to combat climate change and the harsh effects it has on the developing world.
According to Statistics Canada, nearly 5.3 million children spend a good chunk of each weekday in public schools across Canada. Imagine the positive environmental impact [...]
Mystery of Vanishing Honeybees: You Can Help
Posted in Canada, United States, agriculture, bee garden, beekeepers, buy local, colony collapse, flowering food crops, honeybees, monoculture farming, organic food, organic gardening, pesticides, pollination, tagged , agriculture, bee garden, bee hives, beekeepers, buy local, Canada, colony collapse disorder, environment, flowering food crops, honeybees, monoculture farming, nature, organic food, organic gardening, pathogens, pesticides, pollination, United States on November 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have read several articles about the problem of disappearing honeybees and colony collapse disorder or other suggested reasons for the problem. But the article below is the first one I have seen which provides some suggestions about what you can do to help.
HONEYBEE DISAPPEARANCE THREATENS FOOD CROPS: 5 WAYS TO HELP
by Rachel Brand
If ever [...]
