http://herochan.com/post/15778865581/xmen
and I found these …. those.
Category: green
Subject: President Obama and Monsanto
Dear Friend,
President Obama’s USDA recently issued a decision to allow the planting of Monsanto’s genetically modified (GMO) alfalfa. It is highly likely that the uncontrolled spread of engineered genes from GMO plants will put the organic dairy and beef industry in peril.
The fight against GMOs is a long one, but now is not the time to back down. We need to hold President Obama accountable for his decisions, and let him know that we won’t stop fighting until he stands up for farmers and eaters, and not Monsanto and Big Ag.
Sign the petition today and tell him you won’t back down:
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/obama_monsanto/?r_by=16433-2808602-fPGCdtx&rc=paste2
Like this:
- If you eat meat, add one meatless meal a week. Meat costs a lot at the store-and it’s even more expensive when you consider the related environmental and health costs.
Like this:
this is NOT an advert or a promotion of one company over another, just an FYI!
Sprint Nextel Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday they will sell a $49.99 “eco-conscious” phone with a casing of biodegradable plastic made partly from corn.
Several manufacturers have made “green” phones, but they have generally been bare-bones devices, like Motorola Inc.’s Renew, carried by T-Mobile USA. Nokia Corp.’s Evolve is also a simple, low-end phone and lacks the backing of a U.S. carrier.
The new Samsung Reclaim is a more fully featured phone, sporting a slide-out alphabetic keyboard, e-mail and Web access, a camera and GPS navigation. The phone goes on sale Aug. 16.
The plastic of the casing is 40 percent corn-based. The phone’s charger lights up when the phone is fully charged, to remind the owner to unplug it to save electricity.
David Owens, Sprint Nextel Corp.’s director of product marketing, said the company is paying more than the usual amount of subsidies to Samsung to bring the price down to $49.99 for customers signing two-year contracts.
“We took a big step to put it under the $50 price because that’s where we know there’s a lot of volume,” he said.
The price applies after a $50 mail-in rebate.
Glass food storage containers are healthier than plastic ones, but that doesn’t mean you need to buy something specific for the job. Just reuse jars from peanut butter, mayonnaise, jam and other food items. If you happen to have plastic takeout containers at home, you should try to find a use for those too! (They’re great for sorting and storing hardware or craft supplies.) If you just won’t give up on disposable sandwich or freezer bags, consider extending their life span by washing and drying them out between uses
Hey, pasty office done: Set up your workspace to maximise natural light. Make sure there aren’t any filing cabinets or bookcases blocking windows, and keep the blinds wide open all day long, except perhaps in the hot part of summer, when natural light may contribute to too-warm rooms.
Take that mid-summer outing to the zoo up a notch: Zoos and nonprofit organisations like the World Animal Foundation and the Audubon Nature Institute offer the opportunity to “adopt” wild animals, from alligators to zebras and everything in between. Your money goes toward preserving nature and your recipient gets a warm and fuzzy (or scaly, or feathery) feeling.
thought I posted these “killer” pics I took this morning. The sun fighting with the clouds…alas, they did not post. Well, a few hrs later and they appear. I wonder if it had anything to do with the size of the image. I don’t know.
Let’s shift gears a bit… Hey, passion, let’s chat about that for a bit. I am not talking romantic passion, but if you want to add that aspect — who am I to stop ya?
humm, brb….
Passion (from the Latin verb patior, meaning to suffer or to endure, also related to compatible) is an emotion applied to a very strong feeling about a person or thing. Passion is an intense emotion compelling feeling, enthusiasm, or desire for something. The term is also often applied to a lively or eager interest in or admiration for a proposal, cause, or activity or love.
What makes one passionate about one thing and not another?
Do passions, like fashion, ebb and flow with the tide?
Can passion be stunted?
humm, a Triumvirate – I like that. Yessss, Loreleila I like that!
Well, humm I do not like serifs!
Finally, another ….. i am not “feeling” this colour.
I wanted to break this up a bit…add a green tip…
Ventilate! Remember to open your windows early and often – even in the winter – to improve air quality, which is especially important to homes with young children. Forget air purifiers. They require energy to run and generally aren’t designed to remove gaseous pollutants; some ozone-generating purifiers may even produce undesirable gasses like formaldehyde. So put on a hat and scarf and let the breeze in. Plants help, too, sucking up carbon dioxide and spitting out sweet oxygen. get going: www.checnet.org/healthehouse/home/home.asp
humm, what else?
Ethanol: An alternative fuel made from corn in the US and sugarcane in Brazil. Ethanol is somewhat contreversial when its net effect on the environment is taken into account, as a lot of energy is required to fertilize, grow, harvest and process its components, with CO2 emissions associated in every step.
On sunny days, dry your laundry outdoors. Sunlight is a great natural disinfectant and it’s especially good for brightening whites. (Dry darks and bright colours in the shade) If you don’t have a clothesline or don’t want to look at one all of the time, rig up a temporary version. And if you’re a city-dweller without a yard, place a collapsible drying rack on your balcony or patio, or simply near an open window.
