CNN will be showing a documentary Saturday, December 13 and Sunday, December 14 at 8pm. It shows about how the increase in human population will have an effect on the natural resources. They discuss what has happened to the Great White Shark, the African elephant, and Mountain Gorillas and the poaching that has affected them. Just a warning: some of the pictures are graphic.
Just a little more information about what is effecting our wonderful planet...
12.11.2008
9.15.2008
Coastal Cleanup Day 9/20
Here is one way to get involved:
Upcoming environmental project- Coastal Cleanup.
There are 6 locations to help clean up Lee County waterways.
The event is scheduled for Saturday, September 20th from 9:00 am until 12 noon. Each site will provide volunteers with garbage bags, data cards, pencils, water, latex gloves and a Coastal Cleanup T-shirt (while supplies last). A volunteer appreciation pizza party will be held at the Fort Myers Beach Elementary School location starting at 11:30.
The Check In Sites are:
Bonita Beach Main Park (Doc's Beach House is providing breakfast and Buffalo Chips and Royal Scoop Ice Cream are providing lunch)
I am going here-*Bowditch Point Park - pizza party
Bunche Beach - pizza party
Fort Myers Beach Elementary School Parking Lot - pizza party
Lover's Key/Carl Johnson Park
Matlacha Community Park
Remember to pack sunscreen, a hat, water shoes, drinking water and snacks.
If you have any other questions or need further information, please call the
Keeping Lee County Beautiful office at 239-334-3488.
Upcoming environmental project- Coastal Cleanup.
There are 6 locations to help clean up Lee County waterways.
The event is scheduled for Saturday, September 20th from 9:00 am until 12 noon. Each site will provide volunteers with garbage bags, data cards, pencils, water, latex gloves and a Coastal Cleanup T-shirt (while supplies last). A volunteer appreciation pizza party will be held at the Fort Myers Beach Elementary School location starting at 11:30.
The Check In Sites are:
Bonita Beach Main Park (Doc's Beach House is providing breakfast and Buffalo Chips and Royal Scoop Ice Cream are providing lunch)
I am going here-*Bowditch Point Park - pizza party
Bunche Beach - pizza party
Fort Myers Beach Elementary School Parking Lot - pizza party
Lover's Key/Carl Johnson Park
Matlacha Community Park
Remember to pack sunscreen, a hat, water shoes, drinking water and snacks.
If you have any other questions or need further information, please call the
Keeping Lee County Beautiful office at 239-334-3488.
9.09.2008
9.03.2008
Short clip on Wolves in Alaska
another look at the VP pick's ideals on animals.
very disturbing.....see for yourself.
https://secure.defenders.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=c406_090308palinwolf
very disturbing.....see for yourself.
https://secure.defenders.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=c406_090308palinwolf
8.29.2008
statement by the president of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
A recent statement I received that I must share. If there was ever any doubt about which candidate will help our environment most, today's choices are crystal clear.
A few hours ago, the news broke that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has been selected by Sen. John McCain as the vice presidential candidate for the Republican ticket.As a Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund supporter, you are no doubt aware of Governor Palin’s dismal record, from her staunch support for special interests and Big Oil to her terrible assault on wolves and other wildlife.
WASHINGTON-- Senator John McCain just announced his choice for running mate: Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. To follow is a statement by Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund.“Senator McCain’s choice for a running mate is beyond belief. By choosing Sarah Palin, McCain has clearly made a decision to continue the Bush legacy of destructive environmental policies.“Sarah Palin, whose husband works for BP (formerly British Petroleum), has repeatedly put special interests first when it comes to the environment. In her scant two years as governor, she has lobbied aggressively to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, pushed for more drilling off of Alaska’s coasts, and put special interests above science. Ms. Palin has made it clear through her actions that she is unwilling to do even as much as the Bush administration to address the impacts of global warming. Her most recent effort has been to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the polar bear from the endangered species list, putting Big Oil before sound science. As unbelievable as this may sound, this actually puts her to the right of the Bush administration. “This is Senator McCain’s first significant choice in building his executive team and it’s a bad one. It has to raise serious doubts in the minds of voters about John McCain’s commitment to conservation, to addressing the impacts of global warming and to ensuring our country ends its dependency on oil.”
The Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund (www.defendersactionfund.org) provides a powerful voice in Washington to Americans who value our conservation heritage. Through grassroots lobbying, issue advocacy and political campaigns, the Action Fund champions those laws and lawmakers that protect wildlife and wild places while working against those that do them harm.
A few hours ago, the news broke that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has been selected by Sen. John McCain as the vice presidential candidate for the Republican ticket.As a Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund supporter, you are no doubt aware of Governor Palin’s dismal record, from her staunch support for special interests and Big Oil to her terrible assault on wolves and other wildlife.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 29, 2008
Shocking Choice by John McCain
Shocking Choice by John McCain
WASHINGTON-- Senator John McCain just announced his choice for running mate: Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. To follow is a statement by Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund.“Senator McCain’s choice for a running mate is beyond belief. By choosing Sarah Palin, McCain has clearly made a decision to continue the Bush legacy of destructive environmental policies.“Sarah Palin, whose husband works for BP (formerly British Petroleum), has repeatedly put special interests first when it comes to the environment. In her scant two years as governor, she has lobbied aggressively to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, pushed for more drilling off of Alaska’s coasts, and put special interests above science. Ms. Palin has made it clear through her actions that she is unwilling to do even as much as the Bush administration to address the impacts of global warming. Her most recent effort has been to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the polar bear from the endangered species list, putting Big Oil before sound science. As unbelievable as this may sound, this actually puts her to the right of the Bush administration. “This is Senator McCain’s first significant choice in building his executive team and it’s a bad one. It has to raise serious doubts in the minds of voters about John McCain’s commitment to conservation, to addressing the impacts of global warming and to ensuring our country ends its dependency on oil.”
The Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund (www.defendersactionfund.org) provides a powerful voice in Washington to Americans who value our conservation heritage. Through grassroots lobbying, issue advocacy and political campaigns, the Action Fund champions those laws and lawmakers that protect wildlife and wild places while working against those that do them harm.
8.13.2008
Introduction
Welcome to going green for Gaia.
After watching a movie called "11th Hour", I was catapulted into action. In the past few years I have felt called to help Mother Earth. I was doing small things here and there, like recycling and picking up trash at the local beach. Since watching this movie, it has raised my awareness to what is really happening in our world.
I know each one of us can make a difference, and if we share those methods with others, then perhaps we can make even more of a difference. In the next generation, our grandchildren will need a place to live and thrive, I don't want to leave them a landfill covered Earth, do you?
~Laurie
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