Happy Earth Day!!

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!! APRIL 22, 2006

Hello everybody!

It’s been a while since my last blog posting. I just found out that today is Earth Day! I was kinda wondering why I’ve been seeing so many things on global warming recently. About a couple of weeks ago, I’ve come across two printed materials covering global warming. Then today, I was browsing online and I saw Earth Day photos which showed signs of global warming and the different steps being taken by different countries to counteract this threat.

One of the printed material I came across mentioning global warming was Vanity Fair’s Special Green Issue. I’m still reading it and so far it’s okay. One of the main articles in the magazine was written by Al Gore and his main focus was more on the inspirational/philosophical/political side of global warming. There was not a lot of information regarding how we can help reduce global warming in the article however, Vanity Fair did include a portrait of various people who are contributing to this movement. Links to websites that will provide information on global warming are also mentioned in the portraits.  If you are not into buying the magazine, I’ve included below the list of the links:

1) www.gocarbonzero.org - talks about Go Zero, a program that helps individuals and businesses measure how much they contribute to greenhouse gases and provides them with an easy way to do something about it.

2) www.treehugger.com - i’m not trying to turn everyone into a tree-hugger but if you would like information on alternatives to your way of living, you can check this out. I know it will take me a while before I get on board the waterless washing machine!! I haven’t really thoroughly explored this site yet so feel free to let me know about what you guys think.

3) www.stopglobalwarming.org - this one is about a non-political group looking to pressure Washington into taking decisive actions. For everyone living in the States, you guys might want to check it out.

4) www.idealbite.com - this one is about organic products from your average daily foods to denim that hug your buns….

5) www.grist.org - focuses on weightier matters: the battle over a wind farm off Cape Cod: the bad deal chickens get; mountaintop-removal mining in Appalachia; plans to produce methane from dog shit in San Francisco for use in natural-gas systems

6) www.earthday.net - provides information on how we can, in our own little way, contribute to reducing green house gases. We don’t have to buy hybrid cars, we just have to be mindful of our car’s efficiency when we drive them. When you go this website, I recommend taking the "Ecological Footprint Quiz" cause it estimates how much productive land and water you need to support what you use and what you discard. After answering 15 easy questions you’ll be able to compare your Ecological Footprint to what other people use and to what is available on this planet.

All information, except for earthday.net was obtained from Vanity Fair’s Special Green Issue.

That’s it for me folks. Have a Happy Earth Day today!!

ps. if you do buy the magazine, check out the article "While Washington Slept" - it features photos of how Washington will look like if and when water levels rise due to the melting of the polar ice caps.

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