Happy World Environment Day!

HAPPY WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY!!!

Love the Earth, she’s the only planet we have!

Good news about the Environment, for once!

Good news about the Environment for Green Grove Thursday…

read all about greenhouses gas emissions that are lower than in 1990 at http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/avantgo/68792

Quote for the day…the web of life

Here’s a nifty quote I just found…..

“This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.”- Chief Seattle, Native American.

The Earth is our Mother, we all live on Her!

Earth from space, ain’t she beautiful?

A bit of the history of Earth Day from our friends at Care2.com: “Unlike the first Earth Day in 1970, the 20th anniversary in 1990 became a huge event thanks in part to greater television and radio coverage and a multimillion dollar budget. More than 200 million people in 141 countries participated helping to lift environmental issues onto the world stage. Earth Day 1990 helped pave the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.”

May your joys be many,
may you soak in the light,
may the flowers in your garden bloom,
sweet and bright.

Happy Earth Day!
Diane T. and furfamily

Earth Day events…get OUT and join the fun!

Today is Green Grove Thursday….

For Earth Day (which is technically on Monday 22nd), many cities will host fun events for the whole family. Here’s a link to check some out in your area: http://content.sierraclub.org/earthday/

31 Days of Notable Women-Katie Fehrenbacher, women in green economic development

Katie Fehrenbacher,  Senior Writer,  Greentech Editor,  GigaOm

Fehrenbacher has been a reporter covering technology for close to a decade, and has covered green technology for the past five years.  She is a Senior Writer and Features Editor for GigaOM. Previously she was a reporter for Red Herring, an editor at Engadget and a reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun.

Source: http://pro.gigaom.com/members/katiefehren/profile

Women’s History Month….Celebrating 31 Days of Notable Women- Kathryn Alsegaf

Huzzah for the Women in Green Economic Development!

Meet Kathryn Alsegaf, Associate Director, Internal Sustainability, Deloitte

Kathryn Ayan Alsegaf is Associate Director of Internal Sustainability for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited.  Her responsibilities include oversight and advancement of internal environmental sustainability objectives.  Alsegaf holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Virginia.

Source: http://www.greenbiz.com/event-speaker/46238/44209

Get the Frack Out of the Arctic!

Green Grove Thursday….Action day!

Sign a petition to keep Big Oil companies from drilling in the Arctic! The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) points out that “After announcing plans to drill in the Arctic last summer, Shell has proven — through a series of accidents and mishaps — just how impossible it is to function safely in the severe conditions of this remote region. Just this month, a Shell drilling rig ran aground, again demonstrating that Big Oil cannot be trusted to drill in one of the last pristine wild places left on the planet. “

Sign the petition here: https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2955&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=587ioyees2.app305a

GOOD NEWS about JOBS and the environment

One of the biggest worldwide problems in the environment today is the scarcity of clean water supply, something that affects every living being on this planet. The good news is that the Water for Jobs website reports that an investment of 1 billion dollars will create 28,500 sustainable jobs per year and rebuild our water infrastructure. For more info on this exciting development, go to: http://www.waterforjobs.org/?zbrandid=434&zidType=CH&zid=6972207&zsubscriberId=331685936&zbdom=http://www.informz.net

Killing for sport is….

“Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow-creatures is amusing in itself.”- James A. Froude, Brittish historian.