~ Earth Day ~ save the planet.

Happy Earth Day. hope you get the chance to get out and spread the word on saving the planet.
Plant a garden, save some nature, recycle. Take a walk. it is a beautiful world out there.

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The Future of food legislation

I am a firm supporter of organics and organic milk. I see no reason to feed my children hormone and antibiotic soaked products that only benefit the factory farmer’s need to produce more product.
I want to make sure that I know what is in the food that I feed to my family.
Laws [...]

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I am just one person in our family of man…

http://www.earthhourkids.org/
http://www.physorg.com/news156627581.html
http://www.lettherebenight.com/earthhour.html

Today my little Brownie and I are going to plant seedlings for the community Garden and our Cub Scout is picking up and delivering donated Food to the Food Pantry.
I am just one person, a mommy. Everything I teach my children they will pass on. My husband is just one person [...]

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Green Party news~

I enjoyed reading this from dear Ms. McKinney. She is on the hero’s journey (Joseph Campbell) and She is only getting better/stronger with every passing day. Read up on Green News and her thoughts on the new administration,
http://www.gp.org/cynthia/index.shtml
 Commentary from Cynthia McKinney March 2, 2009
 Ruminations on President Obama’s Tenure Thus Far and “Acceptable Punditry” I have [...]

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Mr. Splashy Pants, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and wtf are we doing to our world?

First let me just say it is not just Japan, Iceland and Norway. The USA has some nasty business going on too and if you have time and the inclination, write a letter a poem, a blog post, paint a painting, make a quilt, a cake or just a ruckuss. This cannot happen on our [...]

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Intelligent design and the Fur will Fly….

In my Inbox –
When PETA and caring members helped convince Donna Karan to permanently remove fur from her collection, thousands of rabbits were saved from being confined in tiny cages and stripped of their skin—sometimes while still alive.
With your help, we can expand the fight against fur and save many more animals’ lives. [...]

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The great Audubon Backyard Bird Count Feb13-16th !!

http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/

Today starts the annual winter bird count in North America – if you have never done this – it is wonderful and fun. If you have kids – you will not want to miss this chance to participate in a live counting of birds by backyard birders. Go to the above link for more information. [...]

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March 8th International Women’s Day – plan ahead.

http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp
There is a saying that goes – “Educate a man and you educate an individual. Educate a woman and you educate a community. For women become mothers and raise children who will in turn change for the better their worlds.”
I believe that men too can have a great impact on their children but there really [...]

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Everyone can save the planet.

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Imbolc or CANDLEMAS or Là Fhèill Brìghde – The Tide and the wheel turns.

It was sunny and bright today and lovely. Our own sort of Groundhog Day to see if there will be more weeks of bitter winter. My children played for hours out in the snow swinging and doing the recycling. Waking the world of our sleeping gardens with their giggles and whispers. Throwing snowballs at each [...]

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