Add your voice (or your picture and message as I did) to the Repower Wall.
What is the Wall? Former Vice President Al Gore explains:
We know that the political will to transition America to a clean energy economy already exists. You are part of it. But now we must make sure our leaders know it too. The Wall will become our collective voice and thus transform the debate into action.
Here is a post about sustainable mass transit on CalFinder Solar. Clean energy and sustainable mass transit. What great ideas!
The Earth is not a Trash Can- But Was It Live?A grenade was dropped into a litter bin in the United Kingdom. Read here. […]
- Will Man Survive?The Vanishing of a Species? by Peter Gretener is about the future of homo sapiens. Will we survive as a species? Peter Gretener wrote most of the book in the 70s. He was a geologist and geophysicist. Since his death, his son Nicholas edited and published the book. Many chapters are undeveloped, but the themes are worth noting. I was amazed at the observation […]
- Great American Clean Up, Week TwoOne of the neighborhoods along Newsom Station Road, Lexington Point, has contacted me about helping to clean up this stretch of road. Hopefully, we’ll have a group clean up on April 17 or April 24. Today, one woman (me) with one bag (in photo) cleaned up the area that is above Beech Creek. The trash eventually washes down into the creek which flows into the […]
- Carbon Neutral BlogA German group has a goal to contribute their part in reducing the carbon footprint by raising awareness of the severe environmental damage caused by carbon emissions. One of their activities is to raise awareness of the carbon emissions resulting from the use of the internet – specifically of blogs. A blog with 15,000 visits a month has a yearly carbon diox […]
- NYU Wants to Reduce Carbon FootprintA news release received today: For Immediate Release: March 12, 2010 Contact: Christopher James 212.998.6876 christopher.james@nyu.edu NYU Releases Climate Action Plan to Reduce Carbon Footprint Aiming for Climate Neutrality by 2040 through Comprehensive Emissions Reduction Strategies New York University today released its Climate Action Plan (CAP), a compre […]
- Can You Move MountainsThis post was sent to me by a faithful reader. It’s an interesting story about destructive coal mining in Tennessee and our lawmakers. […]
- Poplar Creek RoadSome group cleaned up the trash on Poplar Creek Road. They might have been neighbors who live along the road or community service workers working off time for DUIs and other offenses. Anyway I appreciate what these folks did. Unfortunately when I returned on my trip on Poplar Creek Road, someone had thrown out a case of sodas. Why? […]
- One Cool Letter on LitterI love this letter published in the Irish Times: Madam, – If I were a tourist I would feel extremely uncomfortable eating out in a country which is populated by a people so lacking in (environmental) hygiene that they leave their cities, towns and highways strewn with litter on a scale that is nothing short of astonishing. The extent of this problem is massi […]
- Great American Clean Up Week OneWhen I first became active in the Great American Clean Ups three years ago, I learned that not everyone is as enthusiastic about cleaning up someone else’s mess as I am. I’ve made a goal to clean up Newsome Station Road near my home during the next three months whether anyone helps me or not. Today I picked up 70 cans and plastic bottles off the side of the […]
- World Without OilWe saw a promo last night for this upcoming special on the National Geographic channel. Here is the a description of the program: What would our world look like if we ran out of oil? The lifeblood of our high-tech, highly mobile world won’t last forever. Watch one scenario of what happens when one day oil does run out. How might our world change and how woul […]
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Dreams from My Mother
Since my mother died five years ago, I have discovered that I miss her the most in the autumn and during election years. Her birthday is today, and she died on October 10, 2003.
She loved college football, particularly the University of Tennessee. Okay, she loved only Tennessee college football. I remember her listening to the radio on Saturday afternoons to John Ward, broadcasting the Vols. As a child of the television era, I only watched when the Volunteers played on TV, an event that happened in the late 60s or early 70s, one or twice a year. Even when the Vols garnered TV coverage almost every week, Mama continued [...]
What Do Al Gore, Bees and Drought Have in Common?
They are all vying for the Sierra Club Best Green Story of 2007 award. And you can vote for your favorite.