A View From The Rubble
Gulf Oil Spill reaches shore...
If you're so inclined, you may sign this petition to my baby's daddy telling him to back the F off of our coasts (through the Sierra Club).
And if you'd like to Volunteer for the Oil Spill Recovery, you may do so here.
Can we please be done fucking shit up?
Please?
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Coast Guard will start burning some Gulf slick oil
China ship 'gouged two-mile scar' in Great Barrier Reef
A 2nd garbage patch: Plastic soup seen in Atlantic
If you're so inclined, please sign: Protect Our Oceans From Offshore Drilling
And if you're so inclined, please sign: Tell EPA to Set Strong Limits on Water Pollution!
And one more... Just because someone's gettin' silly and being a fucker: Sign the petition and tell the President to keep his promise to save the whales.
25 Wasteful Things You Can Live Without
We LIVE here. And up until recently (historically speaking), oil and plastic (made from petroleum products) had nothing to do with living.
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So... If you'll allow me to pontificate (as if you haven't already), what if...
Heaven WAS Earth?
Four Things You Can Do Right Now To Celebrate Mother Earth (via "Environmental Defense Fund")
1) Climate: There is no environmental issue more urgent than climate change. And the Senate is poised to bring up new legislation as early as next week, giving us perhaps our last, best hope to solve the climate crisis.
Please take action now: Tell your Senators to support a strong climate and energy bill.
2) Health: America's toxic chemical standards are outdated and weak. Of more than 80,000 chemicals that have entered the market, only about 200 have been required to be tested. Every American alive today, including newborn babies, has hundreds of these chemicals flowing through our bloodstreams.
Please take action now: Tell your members of Congress to support stronger toxic chemicals standards.
3) Oceans: America's fisheries are in trouble – Overfishing, wasteful bycatch and other threats are pushing our fisheries to the brink and endangering our marine ecosystems. But an innovative fishery management tool called catch shares offers hope.
Please take action now: Tell your members of Congress to support funding for new catch shares.
4) Wildlife: Thanks to hard-won conservation funding in the 2008 Farm Bill, ranchers, farmers and other private landowners can be rewarded for helping protect America's endangered wildlife. But a new Senate proposal would cut these critical conservation resources.
Please take action now: Tell your Senators to protect conservation initiatives in the Farm Bill.
And if you just don't know what else to do? How about planting a tree...
It'll give us a place to hang out. And we can be ourselves...
How You Live Matters.
*** Earth Day: No more burning rivers, but new threats
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Ahh... the 80's. We could probably just sum up that decade with the excess of hair. And maybe brooches. Okay, and maybe cinched, pegged jeans.
As much as Will and I love George Michael, the scene where he's wearing the fur-lined hat and a face full of make-up is just awesome. Like a big ole dramatic snow queen.
So again... LOVE the song and his airy voice. But, the comments take it.
mamzelledalton wrote, "Merry Christmas from... a Canadian in France? Happy holidays, world! :)"
And eurovsamerik, "Merry X-mas from Lithuania ;]"
Kevintjez (no relation) wrote, "Merry christmas from the Netherlands :)"
hristinaish, "Merry Christmas from Bulgaria!!! :)"
And there were more, from Poland, Finland and Holland, Hong Kong and Taiwan and Singapore. They were from Hungary, Slovakia and Austria. From Greece and ChongQing, Spain and Qatar. And from Norway and Romania, Iceland and Ireland.
In fact, there were 14,657 more comments and counting.
They were from everywhere...
And being the sap that I am, it got me. How we're all on this beautiful blue marble hanging out there together. All siblings, not really that far removed, with this gorgeous mother. And of course, without her, there would be no gift of life. We would be nothing. There would be no ground beneath our feet, no air for breath, no water for thirst, no trees for shelter and warmth, and no friends or family or loving animal companions to hug for comfort. There would be no humor for laughter and no music to dance to. There would be nothing. As far as nothing could be.
I know you know all of this... I can only speak for myself when I say that sometimes I just forget how truly, truly profound it all is. So, speaking of gifts...
We're all in this package together. Everyday of the year, every year of our lives... So, Happy Today, my brothers and sisters from all over the globe. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy Today.
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