Tomorrow (7.7.07) is Live Earth Day. Don't forget the Honk & Wave to End Global Warming tomorrow at the corner of U.S. 41 and 301 at noon. And don't forget that there will be a screening of the Live Earth Concert in Sarasota at the Ringling Art House at 6:30 p.m. Details at http://www.political.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=38053 . It's a big day. Hope you can participate.

 BEAUTIFUL PROSPECT FOR FLORIDA : GREEN LEADERSHIP

Governor Charlie Crist is convening the Serve to Preserve Florida Summit on Global Climate Change. This historic event will take place at Intercontinental Miami Hotel on July 12-13, 2007 and the Governor invites you to participate in shaping Florida 's environmental future. Keynote speakers include California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (founder and president of the Waterkeeper Alliance, an international grassroots advocacy organization) and Theodore Roosevelt IV (chair of the Pew Center for Global Climate Change, a co-vice chair of the Alliance for Climate Protection, a member of the Governing Council of the Wilderness Society, and a Trustee for the American Museum of Natural History, The World Resources Institute, and a Trustee of Trout Unlimited, former board member & chair of the League of Conservation Voters). For information on how to register:

http://www.myfloridaclimate.com/
Contributed by Nina Powers
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TRUTH OVER NONSENSE

That false choice between jobs and environment? We're over it.

Union Heavy Embraces Green Energy as Crucial Vision for the Future

By Joan Hamilton, Sierra Magazine. Posted July 6, 2007.

A new alliance is forming between the labor and environmental movements, beginning with United Steelworkers president Leo Gerard.

"We need to put an end to the lies, the myths, the hysteria, that say you can have either a clean environment or good jobs," [United Steelworkers president Leo ] Gerard says. "You can have both, or you have neither."

http://www.alternet.org/environment/55926/

Consider subscribing to AlterNet's Environmental news. It's free, it's independent, it's paperless.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/

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GETTING THE TRUE SCOOP ON SOLAR POSSIBILITIES FOR YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS

Grist's Umbra offers a great column with many hot links to information on solar power:

http://www.grist.org/advice/ask/2007/06/11/volt/index.html?source=weekly
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OVERVIEW OF SOME BEAUTIFUL GREEN BUILDING POSSIBILITIES
Mother Earth Living is a doorway to lots of resources:
http://www.motherearthliving.com/issues/motherearthliving/feature/green_home/44-1.html

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BEAUTIFUL TRANSFORMATION: LAWNICIDE

My lawn is dead now. Long live the native shrubs, perennials, and fruit trees. For instructions on the inexpensive newspaper mulch method, see:
http://www.motherearthliving.com/issues/motherearthliving/organic_gardening/use-newspaper-mulch_442-1.html

What has this to do with climate change? All those lawnmowers except the push type and all those weed whackers are burning either fossil fuels or electricity from fossil fuels and nuclear plants. They use dirty little motors, too. Those inorganic fertilizers depend on fossil fuels for manufacture and transport. The water that lawns suck up would be better used for irrigating local food crops or native plants that provide habitat to preserve biodiversity. Hence. Less lawn is more lovely for all beings, including us.
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PARIS , CITY OF LOVE AND BICYCLES — truly wise metropolitan transport policy

From Grist.org

City of Paris to begin bike-sharing program
Ah, Paris . The sex tape! The jail time! Wait, wait ... wrong Paris . Ahem. The croissants! The berets! The phallic tower! And now: the free bikes! By mid-July, 10,648 bicycles will show up in 750 stations across The City of Love, allowing riders to pick them up and drop them off at a different destination. By 2008, the city hopes to provide nearly twice that many two-wheeled transports. A pre-paid card or credit card will unlock a bicycle from a station; a 30-minute ride is free, and every additional half-hour costs one euro, or about $1.33. Riders can also rent bikes weekly for five euros, or yearly for a ridiculously low 29 euros. "We hope car use will diminish and that people will opt to take a bicycle or the bus," says a City Hall spokes-Parisian. Some are concerned about safety -- France does not require bike helmets -- but the program has been effective in other European cities. And what's to worry about? It's just like the Tour de France, minus the doping.

straight to the source: Planet Ark, Reuters, Alexandra Steigrad, 14 Jun 2007
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TRUTH IS, REGULATION WILL NOT BE ENOUGH: PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN ENERGY ALTERNATIVES AS A VIABLE POLITICAL SOLUTION

Here is a thoughtful analysis you will enjoy if you worry that even a carbon tax won't save us.
     

How We Can Survive the Age of Energy Anxiety

By Peter Teague, Jeff Navin, The American Prospect
There is a way to attract a sustainable majority of Americans who will enact, and then defend, comprehensive policies to solve the climate crisis.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/55838/?page=4

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GOOD GREASE!

From Grist.org:

McDonald's to power U.K. delivery fleet with its own grease
Proving once again that everything's cooler in Europe, McDonald's has announced that it will run all its U.K. delivery vehicles on biodiesel -- from its own greasy grills! The chain will convert the 155-lorry fleet to a mix of 85 percent fry grease and 15 percent rapeseed oil by next year, and says the switch will cut its U.K. carbon emissions 75 percent. Mickey D's has already made a similar move in Austria , and is apparently drumming up other plans around packaging and recycling. All this comes on the heels of the late June news that the fast-food giant will buy milk from organic dairies, and a summer push to sell healthier meals to kids. The biodiesel initiative "is a great example of how businesses can work together to help the environment," said Matthew Howe, senior vice president, in what has to be the most nondescript sound bite ever. We prefer Chief Supply Chain Officer Francesca DeBiase, who said European operations serve as an "early warning system" for the U.S. Dum dum DUM.

Straight to the source: The Telegraph, Harry Wallop, 02 Jul 2007

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GOOD TIMELESS GUIDANCE

In simple terms, what does karma mean? It means that whatever we do, with our body, speech, or mind, will have a corresponding result. Each action, even the smallest, is pregnant with its consequences. It is said by the masters that even a little poison can cause death, and even a tiny seed can become a huge tree.
                     --Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and  Dying
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Lea Hall

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