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.
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
Today is Green Grove Thursday….Posted in biodiversity, Breaking News, charity/activism, electric cars, energy efficiency, environment, Free Stuff, fun stuff, general interest, green living, Nature/ the Earth, organic living, recycling, renewable energy
Tagged Earth Day, Earth Day events 2013, fun stuff to do, green activities, Green Grove Thursday, green living
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.
Posted in 31 Days of Notable Women, environment, general interest, green jobs, renewable energy, women in business, women in green economic development, women writers, Women's History
Tagged 31 Days of Notable Women, green jobs, renewable energy, women in green economic development, women writers, Womens History Month
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
According to an article in Mother Earth News, “it costs only $1 for today’s all-electric vehicles to travel the same distance as a similar-sized gasoline car would on a gallon of fuel.”
To read more nifty tips about EV’s (electric vehicles), check out the rest of the article at: http://www.motherearthnews.com/green-transportation/ten-things-electric-vehicles-zwfz1212zhar.aspx?newsletter=1&utm_content=12.21.12+GEGH&utm_campaign=2012+GEGH&utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=email
Their free online magazine is greener than ever!
I’ve written an unusual science fiction novel “Anti-Vigilante and The Rips in Time”. Creating my own world, peoples and language, the book is a “preventable vision of the future” with its hooks deep into renewable energy and the impending World Water Wars. The science in my book utilizes ocean energy and photovoltaics to power their daily world. People from the past become the Gods of the Future as they appear through the Rips in Time.
You can find “Anti-Vigilante and the Rips in Time” at Amazon.com today, just follow this link: http://www.amazon.com/Anti-Vigilante-Rips-Time-Diane-Tegarden/dp/0974536911/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350751953&sr=1-2&keywords=Anti-Vigilante
Posted in book talk, environment, general interest, ocean energy, On Writing, renewable energy, science fiction, solar power, Water issues, women writers
Tagged amazon.com, Anti-Vigilante and the Rips in Time, Diane Tegarden, ocean energy, OTEC, renewable energy, Sci-fi, science fiction, World Water Wars
Torrefaction: Torrefaction is the roasting of wood or other biomass to create a product that (1) has increased energy density; (2) has characteristics that make it easy to handle and transport; and (3) is practical to co-fire in existing coal plants.
If you’d like to read more about torrefaction, here’s an interesting article: http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2010/Torrefaction_of_wood_pellets_offers_substitute_to_coal
Green Grove Thursday…thinking of going back to school? GO GREEN!
The College of Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) offers online certificate courses in New and Renewable Energy Sources. Apply here:
http://www.cees-edu.org/new-and-renewable-energy-sources.php
Posted in biofuels, education, energy efficiency, energy storage, environment, general interest, geothermal energy, green jobs, hydropower, ocean energy, recycling, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
Tagged education, environment, green education, Green Grove Thursday, renewable energy, sustainability
Green Grove Thursday’s renewable energy news….read about how Canada is moving to use tidal power to create clean, green energy from the ocean!
http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=1a782e66-0807-4f32-ab7c-88ea3976a7af
