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Friday
OIL SPILL -Not so funny joke!
OIL SPILL -Not so funny joke!
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Thursday
MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA - A main avenue is empty of private cars on A Day Without Cars
MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA - A main avenue is empty of private cars on A Day Without Cars seen from a bridge decorated with a statue of a pedestrian in Medellin, Colombia. The Day Without Cars marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. AP Photo/Luis Benavides.
Día sin coches, Colombia, Feliz Día de la Tierra
God, Earth Day and a Scientist Dare
God, Earth Day and a scientist dare
April 22, 2010
Surgeon/Scientist Issues New “Find Where He Signed” ChallengeInPlainSightTheBook.com
Dallas—April 20, 2010—God underwrites and sponsors Earth Day every day and signs his work. On Earth Day’s 40th anniversary, Dr. Charley Gordon, brain surgeon, scientist, and author of the new book In Plain Sight issues the nation’s first annual Earth Day challenge to “Find Where He Signed.” In Plain Sight is a 40-day return to wonder as Dr. Gordon—using photos and essays—helps readers develop eyes to recognize scientific miracles of creation. Winners will be announced May 19 at InPlainSightTheBook.com. Entries may be individual or group/class and are judged for originality, ingenuity, presentation, and explanation. More details on the website. All ages (particularly in teams) are urged to compete.
A signature is defined as evidence in nature of clear intelligence, humor, beauty, natural laws, or unlikely but obvious match-ups. In Plain Sight’s 40 examples include:
1. Match-up: Galaxies and hurricanes, seen from above, show the same coil.
2. Humor: 1) The cerebellum, the fist-sized structure at the brain’s base, in a salad bar, would be mistaken for cauliflower. 2) Chickens.
3. Beauty: A magnificent sunset or a full-circle rainbow has been known to stop traffic. Why is that? Why do humans brake for beauty?
4. Natural principles: The Golden Ratio, the swirl in shells and roses, shows up also in galaxies and grains of sand. Coincidence?
5. Clear intelligence: Unlike every other substance, water’s solid form (ice) is lighter than its coldest liquid form. Except for this, oceans would be frozen solid, killing all life.
“You have to listen for a cricket before you can pick out a cricket’s voice in the night chorus. You have to look in order to find,” Dr. Gordon said. “Since I began to notice creation’s astounding ‘rules’ and evidence of a Great Artist, examples jump out.” And the “Find Where He Signs” challenge is on.
Dr. Gordon’s In Plain Sight gives 40 examples—with photos—from personal exploration: evidence of intelligence, humor, and artistry throughout the universe. Groups, skeptics, science classes, and churches praise In Plain Sight for opening them to God through nature and science.
Deadline for entries is May 10—winners announced May 19. In Plain Sight is available on Amazon.com.
Earth Day 2010: a history of four decades of environmental campaigning
Feliz Día de la Tierra
This year is the 40th anniversary of the annual Earth Day, which raises awareness about environmental issues. Here is a brief history.
The pictures have been taken over the last 60 years all over the world and include the 1968 image of Earthrise taken from the spaceship Apollo and a portrait of the naturalist Jane Goodall being greeted by a chimpanzee.
The images will be auctioned at Christie's to raise money for the 40th annual Earth Day, to raise awareness of the fragility and beauty of the natural environment. The money raised will go towards environmental groups.
The International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) asked more than 100 experts and editors to submit nominations for images they considered to be “the best,” in the last 100 years of photography.
Images chosen include a black-and-white American landscape taken by the father of nature photography Ansel Adams in 1942 and underwater images of a southern right whale and a thresher shark caught in a fishing net by acclaimed sea life photographer Brian Skerry.
The 'dancing' polar bears are actually play fighting during one of the largest gatherings of the species on Earth in Hudson Bay, Canada before dispersing for the winter. The tortoises in the Galapagos Islands are one of the rarest sites in modern times, after the species was almost wiped out elsewhere. While the photographer had to wait for days by a water hole in Botswana to capture bull elephants at dusk.
Justin Black, ILCP Executive Director, said it was difficult to choose the 40 final images.
“It was no easy task, selecting just forty images from the incredible nominations submitted to us by some of the world’s greatest nature photographers, but it was a tremendous honour for the ILCP to be asked to take the lead on this challenging project," he said.
Split Rock and Cloud, Eastern Sierra, California, 1976 Photo: Galen Rowell/Mountain Light
Wednesday
It's these Initiatives that make a difference!
Toronto, Ontario, April 2010– Parkers Custom Clothing Care is offering yet another opportunity for customers to be eco-friendly, with their new reusable shirt bag program. Parkers is proud to announce that they have just replaced their plastic folded shirt bags with a reusable fabric version as part of their multi-phase plan to become increasingly environmentally friendly and raise consumer awareness in Toronto.
Tuesday
James Cameron (Avatar) Celebrates Earth Day
Friday
The Beauty of Wind Power
Clouds form in the wake of Denmark's Horns Rev windfarm – one of the world's largest at sea
A maintenance boat works on the new Burbo Bank off-shore windfarm in the mouth of the River Mersey, Liverpool. The farm comprises 25 turbines and is capable of generating up to 90MW of electricity – enough for approximately 80,000 homes
Wind turbines and sheep mingle atop the hills of Manawatu, Tararua in New Zealand. This windfarm provides enough electricity to meet the needs of 145,000 households
Fehmarn Island in north Germany, where wind turbines accompany a traditional, agricultural landscape
A new concept for wind turbines – the Offshore Aerogenerator NOVA (Novel Offshore Vertical Axis). Nova intends to have 1GW of these off-shore vertical axis turbines installed off the UK by 2020
Mangrove possible Extinction!
Mangroves at Baie D'Ambodi-Vahibe, Madagascar. More than one in six mangrove species worldwide are in danger of extinction due to coastal development and other factors, according to the first-ever global assessment on the conservation status of mangroves carried out by the Global Marine Species Assessment
Wednesday
International Show Of Peace Concert -Oct. 2010 Beijing
What is the International Show of Peace Concert?
The International Show of Peace Concert will be the first ever global peace concert featuring celebrities, musicians and world leaders in an effort to reach out and communicate to the rest of the world how we can all join together on the road toward peace and a more sustainable and cleaner environment. “The Show of Peace” in Oct, 2010, live from Beijing, China, will be broadcast worldwide through both television and new media to a potential audience of over two billion people. The concert will honor Peace and Harmony as well as the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day with support for green initiatives.
PEACE = GREEN + NO WAR + WATER + FOOD + HEALTH + EDUCATION
PEACE = GREEN + NO WAR + WATER + FOOD + HEALTH + EDUCATION
Clinton Foundation’s “Take Initiative” Earth Day campaign by visiting
About the Clinton Foundation’s
“Take Initiative”
Earth Day campaign
The William J. Clinton Foundation addresses global problems, including climate change and sustainable growth and development, through the Foundation’s Clinton Climate Initiative, the Clinton-Hunter Development Initiative, and through the Clinton Global Initiative. They focus on increasing efficiency in cities, catalyzing the large-scale supply of clean energy, and working to stop deforestation. You can learn more about the Clinton Foundation’s “Take Initiative” Earth Day campaign by visitingclintonfoundation.org/earthday
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