Climate Change is Harder on Women
on Nov 18, 2009Women are disproportionately burdened with the impacts of climate change. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) released a new report, State of World Population 2009, that takes a closer look at this imbalance: Girls drop out of school to help their mother...

Pests are Moving North as Earth Warms
on Nov 18, 2009Some unforeseen problems caused by global warming:Almost 2000 jellyfish species have increased in population, expanded their range northward and now appear earlier in the year.Ticks that transmit Lyme disease have spread northward into Canada, once t...

Toxic Lake Viewed from Space
on Nov 12, 2009Berkeley Pit: Butte, MontanaImage credit: NASA In 1955, copper mining in the area expanded with the opening of the Berkeley Pit. The mine took advantage of the existing subterranean drainage and pump network to lower groundwater until 1982, when a ne...

Give Thanks to a Veteran Today
on Nov 11, 2009They Did Their ShareOn Veteran’s Day we honorSoldiers who protect our nation.For their service as our warriors,They deserve our admiration.Some of them were drafted;Some were volunteers;For some it was just yesterday;For some it’s been many years...

Dona Nobis Pacem
on Nov 5, 2009Dona Nobis Pacem is Latin for Grant Us PeaceSee the peace globes, from this year and past years, at the Peace Globe Gallery. Visit Mimi Writes blog to learn about peace globes.This powerful prayer was said by 900 delegates at the Assembly of World R...

Nuclear Power Plants are Not Sustainable
on Nov 5, 2009Art work from chernobyl-international.org/pavel.htmlRead about the bailout at UCS: Nuclear Energy Industry Wish List Would Hurt Taxpayers | Union of Concerned ScientistsExcerpt:. . . the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) . . . released a proposal askin...

Polar Bears : The New Buffalo?
on Oct 30, 2009The polar bear is representative of the 25,000+ mammals living in the Arctic that are or will suffer the ravages of global warming. Over the past 30 years, the Arctic ice cap has shrunk by one million square miles, an area six times the size of Calif...

WWOOF : How Do You Relate to Your Food
on Oct 29, 2009WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. WWOOF is an organization that places people and organic farmers together in a reciprocal arrangement that benefits all involved and the Earth.Have you ever wondered what the big deal is abou...

Loggerhead Turtles Losing Nesting Grounds
on Oct 23, 20092009 was bad year for the Loggerhead TurtleLoggerheads are named for their relatively large heads with powerful jaws for feeding on hard-shelled prey. The top shell is slightly heart-shaped and reddish-brown, while the bottom shell is pale yellow. Th...

Texas : Vote FOR Proposition 9
on Oct 22, 2009When you vote on November 3, 2009, vote FOR Proposition 9. Proposition 9 is the proposed state constitutional amendment that would add the Texas Open Beaches Act, originally enacted in 1959, to the Texas Constitution.We need to strengthen public acc...