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I’m reading ODE Magazine’s latest issue which is dedicated to the topic of “Silence”. It is brilliant in concept, because it is something that effects us all, but we are rarely aware of the effects that noise has upon us – until it’s turned off! I am blessed, AND cursed with wonderful hearing. [...] Summer is here in Tucson, and although it’s a “dry heat” as the people like to say, it’s hot as hell. When I open my door to go outside it reminds me of opening the door of a pizza oven right in your face! If you’re going outside to exercise, the best time [...] It’s really hard on anyone who’s NOT rich in this country to watch the gas prices and the resulting rise in prices of EVERYTHING that’s related to our petroleum based economy. I hate to see these already rich pigs who are benefitting from their obscene profits make even more money, and not care about the [...] It’s amazing how we all use the phrase: “Throw away” – WHERE is AWAY anyway?? Ecology has the perfect solution: anything that is thrown away biodegrades and becomes food for something else. But humans are the only animals that think that they don’t have to follow the rules of nature: we’re [...] The theme that I’m on lately is noticing the world with new eyes. As I’ve said in a past posting, I’ve become hypersensitized to plastic. So, now I’m taking my camera out with me on walks, in the car (I know I should be riding my bike – but it’s over 100ยบ in [...] Now that I’m hyper-sensitized to plastic and it’s effects (from all the reading I’ve done, including Alan Weisman’s book: “The World Without Us”), it’s hard for me to see the world the same way as I did before I knew the effects of plastic. HOW did we survive before plastic? (that’s sarcasm). [...] The most ubiquitous consumer item on Earth, the lowly plastic bag is an environmental scourge like none other, sapping the life out of our oceans and thwarting our attempts to recycle it. By Katharine Mieszkowski Dr. Richard Bailey, executive director of the institute, is most concerned about the bags that get waterlogged and sink to the bottom. [...] Most of the time we don’t even think about how disposable the objects we use have become. I’m certain that part of the reason has been created by advertising, and business that constantly wants us to BUY BUY and BUY MORE. That means that the things we have must become unfashionable and/or obsolete. [...] Maker of Baby Bottles with BPA to Get Day in Court From the Washington Post: Lawsuit Filed Against Maker of Baby Bottles with BPA By John Christoffersen Associated Press read more Someone sent me this link to a UPI article. China has passed a law to fine retailers for not charging their customers for plastic shopping bags. This would be great if they did that in the US. BEIJING, May 19 (UPI) — Beginning next month, Chinese shoppers will not get free plastic bags under a new [...] |
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