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 | Climate Change Shows That the Birds Know Nest | | | August 27, 2008, 6:01 pm | visits: 10 | | Imagine your wedding anniversary or your birthday falling a week earlier this year than it did forty years ago This was the example that Mark Avery, the RSPB's conservation director, gave to the BBC's Today programme this morning to highlight the significance of a new report showing that many of the UK's garden birds, from Robins to Chaffinches, are laying their first egg of the year a full week earlier than they traditional have done | |
| UK's Waterway System Under Fire | | | August 27, 2008, 5:08 pm | visits: 6 | | Foreign invaders are undertaking a siege of Britain's waterways, leaving respectable domestic species reeling beneath their imported terror In an attempt to raise awareness about the problem of non-domestic species in the waterway system British Waterways- the people in charge of maintaining the country's waterway system - have produced a list of the twelve animals and plants that, the agency says, pose the greatest threat to our native fish, water plants, towpaths and very way of life | |
| The Expansion of Heathrow Airport and Its Effect on the Environment | | | August 27, 2008, 4:57 pm | visits: 5 | | In 2005 those in charge at Heathrow Airport officially published a report that detailed plans for a third runway and a sixth terminal, and in 2007, the transport secretary of the time Ruth Kelly ratified the proposals, setting out in more specific terms how the project aims would be achieved
The announcements were met with strong dissent | |
| Brazil And The Road To Fossil Fuel Independence | | | August 27, 2008, 12:36 pm | visits: 5 | | In the world today, Brazil is the one country that has already taken major steps to greatly reduce their dependence on foreign oil During the 1973 oil crisis, the Brazilian Government at the time decided to implement their "National Alcohol Program", better known in Brazil as "Proalcool" | |
| Support Your Local Leading Independent Electricity Supplier | | | August 27, 2008, 11:57 am | visits: 2 | | It seems that less and less consumers feel as strongly as they once did about supporting their local stores, fearing that the national supermarket chains are becoming all too powerful and could eventually dictate what and where we buy
Especially during the current credit crunch, selecting outlets where the cheapest items can be found means people are literally putting their money where their mouths are and this is most likely to be in the national chains who can still command the cheapest prices | |
| Try Someone Else's Shoes For Size: Experience Another Lifestyle | | | August 27, 2008, 5:15 am | visits: 7 | | The Journal of Mundane Behaviour is a scholarly sociology journal devoted to everyday behaviour and experiences, devoted to the study of the "unmarked" - those aspects of our everyday lives that typically go unnoticed by us, both as academics and as everyday individuals", ie | |
| Can Carbon Dioxide Reduction in the Air Cause Famine? | | | August 26, 2008, 10:57 pm | visits: 4 | | Carbon dioxide, believe it or not, is the life giving force on Earth Nature depends on the basic chemical reaction of combustion: Carbon plus Oxygen to make Carbon dioxide for giving energy to all forms of life on the planet | |
| What's Old is New Again: The Magic of Metal Recycling | | | August 25, 2008, 8:36 pm | visits: 10 | | Americans use 100 million steel cans and 200 million aluminum beverages cans every day, according to the National Energy Education Development Project Without metal recycling, the country might be afloat in metal | |
| The Types of Steel: A Brief Guide | | | August 25, 2008, 8:29 pm | visits: 4 | | Given its importance in infrastructure and manufacturing—worldwide demand for it keeps increasing—steel is a crucial part of everyday life (For example: A given car will be sixty-six percent steel | |
| Earth Day Inspires Global Change | | | August 25, 2008, 7:43 pm | visits: 4 | | Since 1970, Earth Day has inspired and challenged millions from Tokyo to Togo to Toledo This past spring, millions were galvanized for a Call to Climate, the 2008 Earth Day global warming action theme | |
| A History of Industrial Recycling | | | August 25, 2008, 7:29 pm | visits: 4 | | The word "recycling" makes many think of the little blue bins where we place our old cereal boxes, empty soda cans, and unneeded paper But recycling actually takes many other forms: for example, the form of a golf course built on a landfill; a piece of modern art made from old tin cans; or World War II-era rubber recycling which helped the war effort | |
| Health Care: What Adventurous Employers Are Doing | | | August 25, 2008, 7:22 pm | visits: 4 | | Health care costs are an issue that every business faces—from the smallest nonprofit to the corner family-owned drug store to major corporations A new trend is taking shape in which employers take the initiative in encouraging employees to "own" their health | |
| The Senior Stigma: Does it Apply to You? | | | August 23, 2008, 4:36 pm | visits: 16 | | An article in the local newspaper, "Director hopes to fight senior stigma" documents the declining attendance at a local senior center because older people don't want to be labeled "seniors" Imagine that | |
| Blossom Goodchild And The Federation Of Light | | | August 23, 2008, 2:22 pm | visits: 6 | | Blossom Goodchild is a Direct Voice Channel for an Ancient Indian Energy called 'White Cloud' and has over the last few years compiled White Clouds teachings into 3 fantastic books full of love and inspiration
It is Blossom's 4th book, 'The Bridge,' that had me burning the candle at both ends, engrossed in the messages that were being conveyed by 'The Divine Oneness' and 'The Federation of Light' | |
| Hydroponics Produces Power For People and Greenhouse | | | August 23, 2008, 1:50 am | visits: 9 | | While many business owners would not care for the idea of a power plant being built next door to their company, Great Northern Hydroponics saw instead an exciting opportunity The company, located 25 miles southeast of Windsor, operates a 50-acre greenhouse where more than 2 | |
| Program Helps Teens Become "Street Smart" | | | August 23, 2008, 1:43 am | visits: 6 | | Underage drinking presents crucial public health issues The drug of choice among children and adolescents, the abuse of alcohol is associated with the deaths of approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 annually as a result of motor vehicle crashes, unintentional injuries, and homicides and suicides, according to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Underage Drinking Research Initiative (NIAAA) | |
| Guild Plays Key Role in Supporting Work of St. John Hospital and Medical Center | | | August 23, 2008, 1:22 am | visits: 8 | | Comprised of seven hospitals plus more than 125 medical facilities in southeast Michigan, St John Health touches thousands of lives in southeast Michigan through services such as heart, cancer, obstetrics, neurosciences, orthopedics, physical rehabilitation, surgery, and emergency and urgent care, to name a few | |
| Beverage Distributor Continues Tradition of Support For MDA | | | August 23, 2008, 1:15 am | visits: 7 | | For nearly 60 years, the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has worked to defeat neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive services, and far-reaching professional and public health education MDA was founded in 1950 and awarded its first research grant to Dr | |
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