The Real Show

The "How Green Is Chicago.org" is sponsoring the Chicago Clean Air and Water Show next Saturday, August 28th. Check out this site for details:

http://howgreenischicago.org/

Isn't great when we, as citizens of this earth, allow space for the truth?

Have you Called your Alderman (person)???

Clean air is everyone's right! Yet, Chicago has one of the highest asthma rates in the country. Chicago's hospitalization rates are twice the national average. Don't settle for polluted air or damage to your health. Contact your alder-person. Here's a sample script to say and to learn more:

http://cleanpowerchicago.org/

What timing!!!

Is it coincidence that the book we're reading is the End of Food and we, the United States, has just had the largest egg recall in U.S. History?

"It's easy to forget just how normal food contamination is....how formidable our microbial rivals are. Beyond their sheer numerical superiority....food-borne pathogens are remarkably equipped, resillent, and highly potent.'

Pg. 179, The End of Food

Air and Water Show-Chicago 2010

Here is a pic of RAN's flotilla at the Air and Water Show.

Protesters also passed out flyers to the crowd informing them of BP's behind the scene tar sands expansion that threatens ecosystems across the U.S. and even Lake Michigan. See previous posts for more information on this environmental time bomb

Climate Refugees

As more and more disturbing news reaches us from Pakistan, it causes me to ponder: What happens after the floods have receeded? How long does it actually take a country to recover? America is still recovering from Hurrican Katrina and the devasting floods of the Plain states, though you wouldn't know it based on the news coverage.

A video entitled, "Climate Refugees" explores an often overlooked component of climate change. The survivors.

Tar Sands

Here is an short clip of a video explaining the inherent environmental damage of the tar sands. Do we want this?

Fact:

"90% of the fresh water used in the oil sands ends up in tailing lakes so toxic that propane cannons and floating scarecrows are used to keep ducks from landing in them."

DeSmogBlog.com

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