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Going Green

My Going Green pages - My attempt tp be environmentally conciseness...

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Welcome to My Totally Random collection of Going Green stuff
click to show or hide section and learn more about the Bower bird to the left

A satin Bower bird (male) above

TOTALLY random stuff I've collected on the web and doesn't have a place in the jazz guitar, ukulele or main publishing pages on the site.

I remember seeing a this bird on TV years ago. And, it stuck with me. Some of the strangest things get into ones's long term memory. Good for Trivial Pursuit but not much more.

Just like the Bower bird that collects a variety of objects like shells, leaves, flowers, feathers, stones, berries, and even discarded plastic items. A bower's U-shaped nest, a structure of sticks and leaves can include hundreds of these objects. The bird will spend hours carefully sorting and arranging his collection, with each thing in a specific place.

All of this to attract the female Bower bird. The things we do!!!

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Misc. Goodies and Information for Going Green

Totally random "green" goodies that haven't found a place elsewhere on the sites

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The Antarctic Sun
National Science Foundation
Office of Polar Programs
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 755, Arlington, VA 22230
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(from their site)The Antarctic Sun, part of the U.S. Antarctic Program, is funded by the National Science Foundation (contract number PRSS-0000373).  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

The Antarctic Sun is produced by the U.S. Antarctic Program’s prime contractor, Raytheon Polar Services Company (RPSC).

American Bamboo Society
315 S Coast Highway 101 Ste U
PMB 212
Encinitas, CA 92024-3555

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Bamboo is the strongest and fastest growing plant on the planet

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Bamboo has been used for Erosion Control and Water Treatment, Toys, Floors, Food, Paper, Traditional Chinese Medicine and much more...

Bamboo is the main food of the Giant Panda; it makes up 99% of the Panda's diet.

(from the American Bamboo Society's Web site ) - Bamboo is just grass, but it varies in height from dwarf, one foot (30 cm) plants to giant timber bamboos that can grow to over 100 feet (30 m). It grows in many different climates, from jungles to high on mountainsides. Bamboos are further classified by the types of roots they have. Some, called runners, spread exuberantly, and others are classified as clumpers, which slowly expand from the original planting. There are also varieties of root systems that are a mixture of these types. Generally, the tropical bamboos tend to be clumpers and the temperate bamboos tend to be runners.

Common Dreams
PO Box 443
Portland, Maine 04112-0443
Phone: (207) 775-0488
Fax: (207) 775-0489

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Politicians like to say that government should be run more like a business. Americans, perhaps thinking of thrifty hometown mom-and-pop small businesses, nod in a collective "Amen."

Unfortunately, the Washington of today took its cue not from a 1950’s community-based small business but rather a 1990’s-style corporate raider.

Like the absentee corporate managers who care only about the bottom line in the next earnings report, our political system looks no further than yesterday’s poll and the next election cycle. Cut back on investments in the future in order to make the short-term ledger/next election look a little better. Put off the big problems for someone down the road to clean up. Slash benefits to the workers while the CEO’s get massive bonuses. Corporations pollute our air with toxic emissions; politicians pollute our airwaves with toxic "wedge issues."

Washington is awash in money. There are 90,000 lobbyists and 60,000 lawyers working the system for the benefit of their clients.

It’s pretty clear why short-term politics beats out the long-term common good.

What shall we do?

Will we continue down the path of cynical and shortsighted policies? A path that plays to our fears and divides our communities? Or, will we begin organizing Americans to think big and use our national imagination to create a roadmap for a better future?"

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(from their site) - I's been said that dreams are our roadmaps to the future. If so, where are we headed? Common Dreams is a national non-profit citizens' organization working to bring progressive Americans together to promote progressive visions for America's future. We are committed to being on the cutting-edge of using the internet as a political organizing tool - and creating new models for internet activism.

Al Gore

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Gore and U.N. Panel Win Peace Prize

Praising “their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change,” the Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, reports Walter Gibbs and Sarah Lyall (New York Times ). [Oct 12, 2007]

Former Vice President Al Gore is cofounder and Chairman of Generation Investment Management, a firm that is focused on a new approach to Sustainable Investing.

Green Party of the United States
PO Box 57065
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-319-7191 • 202-319-7192
Toll Free: 866-41GREEN
Fax: 202-319-7193

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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Ralph Nader (link to Ralph Nader 2008 site ) announced his decision to run for President on NBC's Meet the Press with Tim Russert.

Here is a link to the announcement: www.draftnader.org

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(from their site) - The Green Party of the United States is a federation of state Green Parties.  Committed to environmentalism, non-violence, social justice and grassroots organizing, Greens are renewing democracy without the support of corporate donors.  Greens provide real solutions for real problems.  Whether the issue is universal health care, corporate globalization, alternative energy, election reform or decent, living wages for workers, Greens have the courage and independence necessary to take on the powerful corporate interests.  The Federal Elections Commission recognizes the Green Party of the United States as the official Green Party National Committee.  We are partners with the European Federation of Green Parties and the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas.

Polar Bears International
105 Morris Street
Suite 188
Sebastopol, CA 95472

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(from their site) - Polar Bears International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the worldwide conservation of the polar bear. Our primary goals are to:

  • Conserve the world's polar bears through research and education
  • Serve as a central educational resource on polar bears worldwide
  • Promote teamwork and encourage constructive dialogue
  • Build an organization that is international in scope.

James Randi Educational Foundation
201 S.E. 12th St.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316-1815
phone: 954 467 1112
fax: 954 467 1660

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“We may disagree with Randi on certain points, but we ignore him at our peril.” - Carl Sagan

  • James Randi exposes Uri Geller and Peter Popoff

    (Posted to YouTube by RationalResponse) James Randi is a leader in the skeptical community who has been debunking paranormal and supernatural claims for most of his life. A magician himself James Randi is excellent at exposing the frauds that make up the paranormal and psychic communities. He offers a one million prize to anyone who can prove a paranormal claim scientifically and to this day nobody has won the money. Sylvia Browne has been ducking him for quite some time.

More information available on company's web site.

Renewable Choice Energy
2500 55th Street
Suite 210
Boulder CO 80301
(303) 468-0405
(877) 810-8670 (Toll Free)

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(from their site) Renewable Choice is a national leader in providing wind energy credits to organizations and individuals around the country. The company's sole mission is to provide opportunities to help move our society toward a more sustainable future. Renewable Choice is an employee-owned company, headquarted at the foothills of the Rockies in Boulder, Colorado.

Dr. Michael Shermer
C/O the Skeptics Society
PO Box 338
Altadena, CA 91001
626.794.3119 (telephone)
626.794.1301 (fax)
mshermer@skeptic.com

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Artist Info click here to view more info

Here are a few great YouTube videos:

(from artist's site) Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the Executive Director of the Skeptics Society, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, the host of the Skeptics Distinguished Science Lecture Series at Caltech, and Adjunct Professor of Economics at Claremont Graduate University.

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design)
Ted Conference LLC
55 Vandam Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212.346.9333
Fax: 212.227.6397

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(from their site ) TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

TerraPass Inc.
568 Howard St., 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
USA
Toll Free: (877) 210-9581
Direct: (415) 692-3411
International: +1 415 692 3411

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Ever wished you could do something about global warming?

(from their site) It might seem there's nothing you can do about global warming. The problem is just too big.

George W. Bush Crawford House

 

George W. Bush's Crawford Texas House

The Prairie Chapel Ranch ranch home owned by George W. Bush in Crawford, Texas, was designed by Austin architect David Heymann, an associate dean for undergraduate programs at the University of Texas School of Architecture. As the Chicago Tribune described the house in a 2001 article below:

Published on Sunday, April 29, 2001 in the Chicago Tribune
Bush Loves Ecology -- At Home
by Rob Sullivan

The 4,000-square-foot house is a model of environmental rectitude.

Geothermal heat pumps located in a central closet circulate water through pipes buried 300 feet deep in the ground where the temperature is a constant 67 degrees; the water heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. Systems such as the one in this "eco-friendly" dwelling use about 25% of the electricity that traditional heating and cooling systems utilize.

A 25,000-gallon underground cistern collects rainwater gathered from roof runs; wastewater from sinks, toilets and showers goes into underground purifying tanks and is also funneled into the cistern. The water from the cistern is used to irrigate the landscaping surrounding the four-bedroom home. Plants and flowers native to the high prairie area blend the structure into the surrounding ecosystem.

No, this is not the home of some eccentrically wealthy eco-freak trying to shame his fellow citizens into following the pristineness of his self-righteous example. And no, it is not the wilderness retreat of the Sierra Club or the Natural Resources Defense Council, a haven where tree-huggers plot political strategy.

This is President George W. Bush's "Texas White House" outside the small town of Crawford.

Yes, the same George W. who believes arsenic and drinking water might not be such a bad combo, the same man who reneged on his campaign promise to lower carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, the same man who is doing everything in his power to fling open the Alaskan Natural Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

How does the President reconcile an eco-friendly abode for his own family with his persistent stand against anything that smacks of an environmentally friendly agenda for the nation as a whole? The answer to that perplexing question is a real mystery.

Perhaps sound ecological practices are only for those who can afford them: as a self-proclaimed strict constructionist of the U.S. Constitution, Bush must be aware that clean air and clean water are not guaranteed in that glorious document. Perhaps in Bush's Brave New Corporate World, clean natural resources are merely commodities in a free-market economy: if you can pay for them, fine; if not, tough. The rest of us will just have to put up with more toxic dumps and more public lands being turned over to logging, mining and oil companies.

According to David Heymann, the house's architect and associate dean of the University of Texas architecture department, Heymann designed the house so that "every room has a relationship with something in the landscape that's different from the room next door. Each of the rooms feels like a slightly different place."

In a USA Today interview, Heymann said, "There's a great grove of oak trees to the west that protects it from the late afternoon sun. Then there is a view out to the north looking at hills, and to the east out over a lake, and the view to the south . . . out to beautiful hills."

I suppose in George W.'s architectural world only the rich and powerful have views; vistas that the public owns as part of its shared heritage are up for lease and sale.

Heymann also termed the house "stunningly small." Really? Would it be stunningly small for a single mother in South Central Los Angeles? How stunningly small would it be for an immigrant Latino family in San Antonio Maybe in the rarified heights where second homes are the norm, 4,000 square feet is small and on a stunning scale as well, but in Main Street America that much elbow room is pretty big for the first and only home.

But then most of us can't reconcile what might at first glance appear to be inherently irreconcilable. Maybe some day, like our noble president, we will be able to make that kind of staggering mental feat. That is, if we ever stop misunderestimating ourselves.

Rob Sullivan is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles.

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