Ignition: What You Can Do to Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement
Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements
Making Development More Sustainable: Sustainomics Framework and Applications
American Heat: Ethical Problems with the United States Response to Global Warming
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Those speaking out and taking action on global warming, making personal change, and working to build an ecologically and economically sustainable future.
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The discussion continues in our online forums: bring your questions, bring your answers, bring yourself. Join us as we work together to chart our path: To the seventh generation. Registration is free and open to all. For more info: www.eco-res.org
ECORES FORUM ISSUES CALL FOR ACTION
“We, an international group of academics and activists, scientists and social justice advocates, government and community leaders, professionals and concerned citizens, assembled on the EcoRes Forum virtual platform in April 2007 to discuss the ethical, political, and socio-cultural aspects of climate change and to forge a common vision and action plan. We hereby commit ourselves to the development and implementation of a climate justice agenda for the 21st century, and we call upon the world's citizens to join with us in this commitment.”
About EcoRes Forum
Based on the principles of equity, sustainability, environmental justice, and ecocentrism, the EcoRes Forum is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the free exchange of information and ideas concerning social, ethical, political, and environmental issues related to climate change via a series of online e-conferences and virtual discussion boards. All programs are offered free of charge to registering participants.
Our web-based dialogue series launched in April 2007 with a two-week debate about whether a societal paradigm shift to ecocentrism* might speed the global climate movement. More than 700 participants from 80+ countries took part in the discussion, which was followed in April 2008 by Environmental (In)Justice: Sources, Symptoms, and Solutions, taking a look at some of the underlying causes of environmental and climate injustices around the world, with participants sharing examples and suggestions on how best to resolve and redress these issues. Based on this series of discussions, members of the Forum have issued the EcoRes Forum Call for Action: Achieving Global Climate Justice in the 21st Century.
By hosting this cross-disciplinary series, the Forum team aspires to building synergistic bridges among activists and academics, scientists and social critics, researchers, journalists, community leaders, and concerned citizens in order to increase our shared understanding and thereby to empower joint efforts on climate justice issues.
Learn more about what we do, why we do it, and how you can help -- visit www.eco-res.org.
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From: www.global-mindshift.org. To change the world, change your mind. Be a part of global community!
* From Wikipedia: "Ecocentrism is a philosophy that recognizes that the ecosphere, rather than any individual organism, is the source and support of all life and as such advises a holistic and eco-centric approach to government, industry, and individual."
Have you checked your carbon footprint? Why does it matter? Check this out:
Who I'd like to meet: Everyone interested in addressing climate change, personally or professionally, by group or individual efforts, voting with ballots, wallets, and pencils. Each effort counts!
Sound like you? Care enough to get involved? Visit our website and join the Forum
Ready to make some personal changes? A few starting points:
Shopping: Bring cloth bags to the market. Buy local, organic products. Make sure everything is minimally packaged!
Change to compact fluorescent bulbs, and learn how to turn light switches OFF. :D
Take shorter showers. Try turning off the water while you soap up, shampoo, or shave, then turn it on to rinse.
Pick at least one night a week to eat meatless. Big change: Go Veggie! (We can recommend some GREAT cook books)
Home improvements: Insulate home and water heaters, change AC filters (better: turn it off!), adjust thermostats on home/water heaters, install low-flow shower heads, replace old appliances with energy efficient ones (try the manual can opener!), switch to double pane windows or a tankless water heater.
Change your mode of transportation: Carpool. Take the train or bus. Bicycle. Walk. (Skip if you like)
If you must drive, be car smart: Inflate your tires and check air pressure monthly, change your filters, don't leave your car idling, reduce how much you drive (group errands), and make sure your next car is fuel efficient or hybrid.
Complete the cycle: Reduce your use and garbage, recycle what you DO use, and buy recycled products whenever possible.
IE: Use only recycled paper (start with the back of your own!)
Air dry your clothes, and wash laundry with minimal water -- on cold, with natural, biodegradable laundry products.
Unplug all your chargers and unused electronics. Turn off computers and TVs -- standby is not eco-friendly.
Use a push mower (bonus: doubles as a non-electric treadmill).
Plant a tree or two (or 100). Make sure they're locally growing, and that rainfall patterns can support them once established. If you live in a dry area, try desert-scaping!
If you have interest in voicing your opinion on areas or states that you feel do not comply with standards of the Agency’s 24-hour fine particle air quality standards, please click here and email your response:
Areas designated nonattainment across the country will be required to take action to improve their air quality. See if your area is one of these areas and please voice your opinion.
You know the people that say utopia isn't possible have already given up. Living sustainably in balance with our environment and food sources will bring us the freedom to live in harmony, and provide the opportunity for all to excel in their efforts, dreams and life path. Utopia is not only possible but it is the very essence that should guide our dreams and vision for ourselves and with each other. It is the horizon we should all strive for everyone and every nation. Anything short of that will lead us astray.
If you know anyone with little ones in the house, or who works with children, please let them know that we have turned our January Book "Parsnip Meets A Snowman" into a short voiced-over film. It's on our myspace page and on youtube.
The book of the month is always available to read free on our own website www. thefoodiesbooks. com but we thought this would be a nice way to reach children who are not yet starting to read.
So if anyone wants to help their child make the connection between weather / seasons and the food they eat, this is a little fun starting point.
Hi there, If you like strawberries, we have a bit of a strawberry theme going on this month. In honour of our book of the month - Strawberry's Surprise - we have a little video about growing strawberries at a Pick Your Own farm. So if you have a minute, do check it out and also our video of the month which is on our myspace page. We also have some very berry stuff happening on our website www.thefoodies.org You can find a chilly berry tart recipe at http://www.thefoodies.org/resources.asp?categoryID=22&resourceID=76 And if you have kids who like strawberries they can do an activity to work out how they grow at http://www.thefoodies.org/resources.asp?categoryID=3&resourceID=3 Best wishes for a sunny strawberry June!
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Congratulations to Olia Tira for winning a Gold Medal (Vocal opera style) and a Bronze Medal (Comtemporary style) at the World Championship of Performing Arts,held in Hollywood/LA/USA,last week.
Thank you for joining our circle of friends. Welcome. - We would like to invite you to visit our website and read about the variety of different free, healthy and life saving solutions, available right now, that we can all take advantage of, to save our one and only home Planet Earth, and to ensure a sustainable green future for all of us, the humankind.
We must keep in mind that, united we stand and prosper, but divided, we have been falling for many, many years. Let us learn how to unite and work together, let us learn how to transform the information offered on our website, into positive and constructive action, in order to solve humanity’s major ecological problems, One Problem, at a time. - Ranking number 1, on top of our list of major manmade environmental problems, obviously is the Global Warming.
Keep in mind that silence solves nothing, it never has, and it never will. Our silence will encourage more environmental devastation, violence and corruption at all levels, all over the world. Our silence will help to defeat and silent the peaceful ethical voices of reason and common sense. - It is our civic duty and moral obligation, to get involved and never be silent, to solve our many problems, by simply casting the light of truth and exposing the source of the problem, followed by enlightening educational measures to solve the problem through a peaceful conflict resolution.
There are only 2 ways of spreading the light of truth and hope, either to be the source of light, truth and hope, The Projector, or be The Mirror, that spreads and reflects the light of truth and hope to others, which one are you? - Next time you see the angelic smile of sweet, innocent little angels, our children, running around, growing up in this world, stop and think for just 1 minute, think about what kind of a polluted Home, we are raising them in, and the Home we are leaving behind for them.
Thank you for visiting Free All Spirits and have a wonderful week! ;) Enjoy the summer but keep your mind on the important things in life! Stop by anytime and take a break from your busy day or night! Read Monday’s interactive Metaphysical Musings blog, and the Thursday blog about various paranormal, spiritual, and religious subjects. Watch out for ghosts and more in the photo section...
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