3/19/2009
How to Enjoy Your Sprouts
http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/simple-and-tasty-recipes-you-can-make-using-your-homegrown-sprouts/
Please Don't Kill My Bees
http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/value-your-neighborhood-bees-and-fight-colony-collapse-disorder/
Lawyers Urge Bush Be Arrested
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/17/lawyers_group_urges_bush_be_arrested
3/18/2009
Earth Hour, Mar. 28, 8:30
Have you registered your campus, local government,
or other to participate in Earth Hour?
Turn out. Take action. Be part of this historic event.
March 28, 2009, 8:30 pm local time
The World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments
and organizations around the world to turn off their lights for one hour
- Earth Hour - to make a global statement of concern about climate
change and to demonstrate commitment to finding solutions.
So far, 850 cities in the US have signed up to participate but as of
today, only the cities of Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and Lincolnton from
North Carolina are registered participants.
We need other NC organizations to step up! It's easy and all you have to
do is go to www.earthhourus.org and register.
Have you registered your campus, local government, or other to participate in Earth Hour?
Turn out. Take action. Be part of this historic event.
March 28, 2009, 8:30 pm local time
The World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments
and organizations around the world to turn off their lights for one hour
- Earth Hour - to make a global statement of concern about climate
change and to demonstrate commitment to finding solutions.
So far, 850 cities in the US have signed up to participate but as of
today, only the cities of Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and Lincolnton from
North Carolina are registered participants.
We need other NC organizations to step up! It's easy and all you have to
do is go to www.earthhourus.org and register.
Let's fill up that map on the Earth Hour website!
or other to participate in Earth Hour?
Turn out. Take action. Be part of this historic event.
March 28, 2009, 8:30 pm local time
The World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments
and organizations around the world to turn off their lights for one hour
- Earth Hour - to make a global statement of concern about climate
change and to demonstrate commitment to finding solutions.
So far, 850 cities in the US have signed up to participate but as of
today, only the cities of Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and Lincolnton from
North Carolina are registered participants.
We need other NC organizations to step up! It's easy and all you have to
do is go to www.earthhourus.org and register.
Have you registered your campus, local government, or other to participate in Earth Hour?
Turn out. Take action. Be part of this historic event.
March 28, 2009, 8:30 pm local time
The World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments
and organizations around the world to turn off their lights for one hour
- Earth Hour - to make a global statement of concern about climate
change and to demonstrate commitment to finding solutions.
So far, 850 cities in the US have signed up to participate but as of
today, only the cities of Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and Lincolnton from
North Carolina are registered participants.
We need other NC organizations to step up! It's easy and all you have to
do is go to www.earthhourus.org and register.
Let's fill up that map on the Earth Hour website!
Food, Farming Lectures, UNC and Duke
no. 5 in a six part series on food and farming....every other Wed at UNC or Duke... great speakers, see below
The Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, in partnership with the student organizations Farmhand (Duke) and FLO Food (UNC-CH), announce a six-part seminar series discussing food systems. The seminars are supported by the Robertson Collaboration Fund, and organized by Dr. Elizabeth Shay (UNC-CH) and Dr. Deborah Rigling Gallagher (Duke).
The seminars showcase the theory and practice of sustainable agriculture and food production and supply – key elements for sustainable community development and the rapidly evolving sector of sustainable enterprise.
Presentations will be made by leaders in the movement for food systems that are secure, efficient, just, and health-promoting. They will share
The facts about the operations and products of their enterprises
Their motivation for pursuing sustainable models
The barriers they face
Their views on how their industries fit into the local and regional food systems and how they are evolving.
Seminar locations and speakers are subject to change; the conference organizers ask that you please RSVP to ensure you are notified of any changes. Please email foodseminar@gmail.com
Schedule
Education & Outreach
March 18, 2009, 7 pm
Duke University, Von Canon A in the Bryan Center
Disseminating knowledge and building a network committed to constructing more sustainable food systems through education and outreach. Speakers include Robin Kohanowich (Central Carolina Community College’s Sustainable Agriculture program), Dr. Nancy Creamer (NC State University’s Center for Environmental Farming Systems), and Dr. Alice Ammerman (UNC-CH’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention).
Campus Concerns
April 1, 2009, 7 pm
UNC-Chapel Hill, Murphey Hall 116
Bringing socially responsible food production to university campuses and providing healthy food options for students. Speakers include representatives from Bon Appetit vendor, and from UNC-CH and Duke dining services.
The Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, in partnership with the student organizations Farmhand (Duke) and FLO Food (UNC-CH), announce a six-part seminar series discussing food systems. The seminars are supported by the Robertson Collaboration Fund, and organized by Dr. Elizabeth Shay (UNC-CH) and Dr. Deborah Rigling Gallagher (Duke).
The seminars showcase the theory and practice of sustainable agriculture and food production and supply – key elements for sustainable community development and the rapidly evolving sector of sustainable enterprise.
Presentations will be made by leaders in the movement for food systems that are secure, efficient, just, and health-promoting. They will share
The facts about the operations and products of their enterprises
Their motivation for pursuing sustainable models
The barriers they face
Their views on how their industries fit into the local and regional food systems and how they are evolving.
Seminar locations and speakers are subject to change; the conference organizers ask that you please RSVP to ensure you are notified of any changes. Please email foodseminar@gmail.com
Schedule
Education & Outreach
March 18, 2009, 7 pm
Duke University, Von Canon A in the Bryan Center
Disseminating knowledge and building a network committed to constructing more sustainable food systems through education and outreach. Speakers include Robin Kohanowich (Central Carolina Community College’s Sustainable Agriculture program), Dr. Nancy Creamer (NC State University’s Center for Environmental Farming Systems), and Dr. Alice Ammerman (UNC-CH’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention).
Campus Concerns
April 1, 2009, 7 pm
UNC-Chapel Hill, Murphey Hall 116
Bringing socially responsible food production to university campuses and providing healthy food options for students. Speakers include representatives from Bon Appetit vendor, and from UNC-CH and Duke dining services.
Ground-source Heat Pumps
http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/the-3-things-you-need-to-know-about-ground-source-heat-pumps/
Sand-filtered Drinking Water
http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/project-harvest-rainwater-with-sand-filters/ [one thing we have here is SAND]
Easy Compost Bin
http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/build-your-own-compost-bin-from-reused-shipping-pallets/ [or just pile it up and cover with straw or old blanket]
Biodiversity in Pinehurst, Mar. 21
Coping with Critters......Coexisting with Wildlife in Your Yard
Presented by the Pinehurst Conservation Commission, Greenway Wildlife Habitat Committee
Sat., March 21 10:30 AM - Noon
Pinehurst Village Hall, 395 Magnolia Road
This is the second of the GWHC spring backyard habitat workshops to guide homeowners in their efforts to manage pests in their gardens
Paul Tillman, Wildlife Animal Control Agent, will give local homeowners guidance on understanding wild animals and using "best practices" management of unwanted wildlife in their gardens.
Open to the public at no charge. For information call 295-1900.
Presented by the Pinehurst Conservation Commission, Greenway Wildlife Habitat Committee
Sat., March 21 10:30 AM - Noon
Pinehurst Village Hall, 395 Magnolia Road
This is the second of the GWHC spring backyard habitat workshops to guide homeowners in their efforts to manage pests in their gardens
Paul Tillman, Wildlife Animal Control Agent, will give local homeowners guidance on understanding wild animals and using "best practices" management of unwanted wildlife in their gardens.
Open to the public at no charge. For information call 295-1900.
3/17/2009
Obama Outraged, AIG Bonuses
Obama 'outraged' at AIG bonuses
An angry Barack Obama calls for a block on $165m of bonus payouts to executives of ailing US insurance giant AIG.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7945774.stm
An angry Barack Obama calls for a block on $165m of bonus payouts to executives of ailing US insurance giant AIG.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7945774.stm
3/16/2009
No Idling, Please
http://www.utne.com/Environment/Idling-Engines-Are-the-Devils-Workshop.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=iPost
School Lunches Fall Prey, Lobbyists
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Healthy-People-Healthy-Planet/School-Lunches-and-Lobbyists.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=iPost
Factory Farms, Illness
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Natural-Health/Meat-Poultry-Health-Risk.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=iPost
3/15/2009
Cow Flop to Flower Pot
http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/from-cow-flop-to-flowerpot-using-excess-manure-naturally/
3/14/2009
Fermentation Revival
http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/fermenting-culture/15215863
Where DOES our food come from?
Where DOES our food come from?
3/11/2009
Acidic Seas, Extinction
Acidic seas fuel extinction fears
Increasing levels of acidity in oceans could trigger a mass extinction of sea life, a leading scientist warns.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/7936137.stm
Increasing levels of acidity in oceans could trigger a mass extinction of sea life, a leading scientist warns.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/7936137.stm
Interview with Permaculture Co-Founder Mollison
http://www.seedsofchange.com/cutting_edge/interview.asp?UID=2009031102561554
3/10/2009
3/08/2009
Moore County Beekeepers, Mar. 10
The March meeting of the Moore County Beekeepers Association will be held on March 10th at 7pm in the Moore County Agricultural Center in Carthage. Don Hopkins, state apiary inspector supervisor, will discuss "Spring Inspections". Refreshments. All visitors welcome!
3/07/2009
Jon Stewart video re: CNBC
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/05/jon-stewart-eviscerates-c_n_172057.html
3/06/2009
Open House Celebrity Dairy, Mar 7, 8
Come on out and see our baby goats, llamas, pigs, guineas, chickens, and
one peacock this weekend March 7th and 8th from 12-5pm
We will be selling lunch, beverages, free range eggs, and our
award-winning goat cheese.
Check out our website theinn@celebritydairy.com for directions or give us a call at 919-742-5176.
We look forward to seeing you there!!
The Inn at Celebrity Dairy
Phone: 919-742-5176
Email: theinn@celebritydairy.com
Web: www.celebritydairy.com
Directions: www.celebritydairy.com/inn/inn_directions.htm
Photo Album: http://tinyurl.com/4e64n
one peacock this weekend March 7th and 8th from 12-5pm
We will be selling lunch, beverages, free range eggs, and our
award-winning goat cheese.
Check out our website theinn@celebritydairy.com for directions or give us a call at 919-742-5176.
We look forward to seeing you there!!
The Inn at Celebrity Dairy
Phone: 919-742-5176
Email: theinn@celebritydairy.com
Web: www.celebritydairy.com
Directions: www.celebritydairy.com/inn/inn_directions.htm
Photo Album: http://tinyurl.com/4e64n
3/05/2009
3/04/2009
Lobbying Money Trail
"Sold Out": New Report Follows Lobbying Money Trail Behind Deregulation that Helped Cause Financial Crisis
In a new report, Robert Weissman of Multinational Monitor points to twelve deregulatory steps that led to the financial meltdown. It also does an analysis of the amount of money Wall Street poured into Washington in campaign contributions and lobbying over the last ten years. Their answer? A staggering $5.1 billion over the past decade.
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/4/sold_out_new_report_follows_lobbying
In a new report, Robert Weissman of Multinational Monitor points to twelve deregulatory steps that led to the financial meltdown. It also does an analysis of the amount of money Wall Street poured into Washington in campaign contributions and lobbying over the last ten years. Their answer? A staggering $5.1 billion over the past decade.
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/4/sold_out_new_report_follows_lobbying
3/03/2009
War, What Is It Good For
New York Times
March 3, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist
Wars, Endless Wars
By BOB HERBERT
The singer Edwin Starr, who died in 2003, had a big hit in 1970 called “War” in which he asked again and again: “War, what is it good for?”
The U.S. economy is in free fall, the banking system is in a state of complete collapse and Americans all across the country are downsizing their standards of living. The nation as we’ve known it is fading before our very eyes, but we’re still pouring billions of dollars into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with missions we are still unable to define.
Even as the U.S. begins plans to reduce troop commitments in Iraq, it is sending thousands of additional troops into Afghanistan. The strategic purpose of this escalation, as Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged, is not at all clear.
In response to a question on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Mr. Gates said:
“We’re talking to the Europeans, to our allies; we’re bringing in an awful lot of people to get different points of view as we go through this review of what our strategy ought to be. And I often get asked, ‘Well, how long will those 17,000 [additional troops] be there? Will more go in?’ All that depends on the outcome of this strategy review that I hope will be done in a few weeks.”
We invaded Afghanistan more than seven years ago. We have not broken the back of Al Qaeda or the Taliban. We have not captured or killed Osama bin Laden. We don’t even have an escalation strategy, much less an exit strategy. An honest assessment of the situation, taking into account the woefully corrupt and ineffective Afghan government led by the hapless Hamid Karzai, would lead inexorably to such terms as fiasco and quagmire.
Instead of cutting our losses, we appear to be doubling down.
As for Iraq, President Obama announced last week that substantial troop withdrawals will take place over the next year and a half and that U.S. combat operations would cease by the end of August 2010. But, he said, a large contingent of American troops, perhaps as many as 50,000, would still remain in Iraq for a “period of transition.”
That’s a large number of troops, and the cost of keeping them there will be huge. Moreover, I was struck by the following comment from the president: “There will surely be difficult periods and tactical adjustments, but our enemies should be left with no doubt. This plan gives our military the forces and flexibility they need to support our Iraqi partners and to succeed.”
In short, we’re committed to these two conflicts for a good while yet, and there is nothing like an etched-in-stone plan for concluding them. I can easily imagine a scenario in which Afghanistan and Iraq both heat up and the U.S., caught in an extended economic disaster at home, undermines its fragile recovery efforts in the same way that societies have undermined themselves since the dawn of time — with endless warfare.
We’ve already paid a fearful price for these wars. In addition to the many thousands of service members who have been killed or suffered obvious disabling injuries, a study by the RAND Corporation found that some 300,000 are currently suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or depression, and that 320,000 have most likely experienced a traumatic brain injury.
Time magazine has reported that “for the first time in history, a sizable and growing number of U.S. combat troops are taking daily doses of antidepressants to calm nerves strained by repeated and lengthy tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Suicides among soldiers rose in 2008 for the fourth consecutive year, largely because of the stress of combat deployments. It’s believed that 128 soldiers took their own lives last year.
Much of the country can work itself up to a high pitch of outrage because a banker or an automobile executive flies on a private jet. But we’ll send young men and women by the thousands off to repeated excursions through the hell of combat — three tours, four tours or more — without raising so much as a peep of protest.
Lyndon Johnson, despite a booming economy, lost his Great Society to the Vietnam War. He knew what he was risking. He would later tell Doris Kearns Goodwin, “If I left the woman I really loved — the Great Society — in order to get involved with that bitch of a war on the other side of the world, then I would lose everything at home. All my programs... All my dreams...”
The United States is on its knees economically. As President Obama fights for his myriad domestic programs and his dream of an economic recovery, he might benefit from a look over his shoulder at the link between Vietnam and the still-smoldering ruins of Johnson’s presidency.
March 3, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist
Wars, Endless Wars
By BOB HERBERT
The singer Edwin Starr, who died in 2003, had a big hit in 1970 called “War” in which he asked again and again: “War, what is it good for?”
The U.S. economy is in free fall, the banking system is in a state of complete collapse and Americans all across the country are downsizing their standards of living. The nation as we’ve known it is fading before our very eyes, but we’re still pouring billions of dollars into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with missions we are still unable to define.
Even as the U.S. begins plans to reduce troop commitments in Iraq, it is sending thousands of additional troops into Afghanistan. The strategic purpose of this escalation, as Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged, is not at all clear.
In response to a question on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Mr. Gates said:
“We’re talking to the Europeans, to our allies; we’re bringing in an awful lot of people to get different points of view as we go through this review of what our strategy ought to be. And I often get asked, ‘Well, how long will those 17,000 [additional troops] be there? Will more go in?’ All that depends on the outcome of this strategy review that I hope will be done in a few weeks.”
We invaded Afghanistan more than seven years ago. We have not broken the back of Al Qaeda or the Taliban. We have not captured or killed Osama bin Laden. We don’t even have an escalation strategy, much less an exit strategy. An honest assessment of the situation, taking into account the woefully corrupt and ineffective Afghan government led by the hapless Hamid Karzai, would lead inexorably to such terms as fiasco and quagmire.
Instead of cutting our losses, we appear to be doubling down.
As for Iraq, President Obama announced last week that substantial troop withdrawals will take place over the next year and a half and that U.S. combat operations would cease by the end of August 2010. But, he said, a large contingent of American troops, perhaps as many as 50,000, would still remain in Iraq for a “period of transition.”
That’s a large number of troops, and the cost of keeping them there will be huge. Moreover, I was struck by the following comment from the president: “There will surely be difficult periods and tactical adjustments, but our enemies should be left with no doubt. This plan gives our military the forces and flexibility they need to support our Iraqi partners and to succeed.”
In short, we’re committed to these two conflicts for a good while yet, and there is nothing like an etched-in-stone plan for concluding them. I can easily imagine a scenario in which Afghanistan and Iraq both heat up and the U.S., caught in an extended economic disaster at home, undermines its fragile recovery efforts in the same way that societies have undermined themselves since the dawn of time — with endless warfare.
We’ve already paid a fearful price for these wars. In addition to the many thousands of service members who have been killed or suffered obvious disabling injuries, a study by the RAND Corporation found that some 300,000 are currently suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or depression, and that 320,000 have most likely experienced a traumatic brain injury.
Time magazine has reported that “for the first time in history, a sizable and growing number of U.S. combat troops are taking daily doses of antidepressants to calm nerves strained by repeated and lengthy tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Suicides among soldiers rose in 2008 for the fourth consecutive year, largely because of the stress of combat deployments. It’s believed that 128 soldiers took their own lives last year.
Much of the country can work itself up to a high pitch of outrage because a banker or an automobile executive flies on a private jet. But we’ll send young men and women by the thousands off to repeated excursions through the hell of combat — three tours, four tours or more — without raising so much as a peep of protest.
Lyndon Johnson, despite a booming economy, lost his Great Society to the Vietnam War. He knew what he was risking. He would later tell Doris Kearns Goodwin, “If I left the woman I really loved — the Great Society — in order to get involved with that bitch of a war on the other side of the world, then I would lose everything at home. All my programs... All my dreams...”
The United States is on its knees economically. As President Obama fights for his myriad domestic programs and his dream of an economic recovery, he might benefit from a look over his shoulder at the link between Vietnam and the still-smoldering ruins of Johnson’s presidency.
3/01/2009
Cow Disaster
http://animalrights.change.org/blog/view/researchers_even_organically_raised_cows_are_a_climate_bomb
2/22/2009
Beginning Beekeeping Workshop, Carthage,
We will be conducting a two-day beginner's beekeeping workshop March 21 and March 28 from 8am-12 noon at the Agricultural Center in Carthage.
After each classroom session, there will be a hands-on session at a local apiary. Let me know if you would like to help with the class. At the March 28 session, I will give the certified exam to anyone who wishes to take it. For anyone wishing to register for the class, they should contact me at stoole@nc.rr.com (preferred) or at 910-295-6676.
Cost of the course is $20.00.
After each classroom session, there will be a hands-on session at a local apiary. Let me know if you would like to help with the class. At the March 28 session, I will give the certified exam to anyone who wishes to take it. For anyone wishing to register for the class, they should contact me at stoole@nc.rr.com (preferred) or at 910-295-6676.
Cost of the course is $20.00.
2/21/2009
2/20/2009
Job Losses in Mining
Anglo American to cut 9,000 jobs
Mining giant Anglo American is to cut 9,000 jobs, on top of the 10,000 losses already announced at its Anglo Platinum unit. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7900925.stm
Mining giant Anglo American is to cut 9,000 jobs, on top of the 10,000 losses already announced at its Anglo Platinum unit. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7900925.stm
2/19/2009
Beauty and Destruction in Peru, Hewson
ADAM CAVE FINE ART
115-1/2 East Hargett Street, 2nd Floor - Raleigh, NC 27601 - (919) 838-6692
The Peruvian Amazon: Beauty and Destruction
Wednesday, February 25th, 6:30 pm
Take this uncommon opportunity to travel with North Carolina artist David Hewson, far from his Sandhill’s roots, into the remote jungles and villages of Peru. Learn about an obscure but important part of the world and what is happening there in 2009.
The artist has been bearing witness to gross environmental contamination resulting from oil drilling in the jungle; abuses by multi-national corporations that have gone under-reported world-wide.
David will give a slide presentation on his past two years living in Iquitos on the banks of the Amazon; a place where mythological spirits are still part of daily life. Indian legends, shamanistic healing and ancient plant medicines are the inspiration for David's recent artwork now on display in the gallery.
Please RSVP. Seating for this event is limited.
115-1/2 East Hargett Street, 2nd Floor - Raleigh, NC 27601 - (919) 838-6692
The Peruvian Amazon: Beauty and Destruction
Wednesday, February 25th, 6:30 pm
Take this uncommon opportunity to travel with North Carolina artist David Hewson, far from his Sandhill’s roots, into the remote jungles and villages of Peru. Learn about an obscure but important part of the world and what is happening there in 2009.
The artist has been bearing witness to gross environmental contamination resulting from oil drilling in the jungle; abuses by multi-national corporations that have gone under-reported world-wide.
David will give a slide presentation on his past two years living in Iquitos on the banks of the Amazon; a place where mythological spirits are still part of daily life. Indian legends, shamanistic healing and ancient plant medicines are the inspiration for David's recent artwork now on display in the gallery.
Please RSVP. Seating for this event is limited.
2/18/2009
Marchers Blocking MX-US Border
Marchers block Mexico-US border
Hundreds of Mexicans block crossings into the US in protest against the deployment of the army to fight drug traffickers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/7896094.stm
Hundreds of Mexicans block crossings into the US in protest against the deployment of the army to fight drug traffickers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/7896094.stm
2/17/2009
Like It or Not--Shared Housing
http://allalongtheedge.blogspot.com/2009/02/whether-we-like-it-or-not.html
Grassroots Festival, April, Shakori Hills
http://www.shakorihills.org/ will include a sustainability fair also.
Pruning Workshop, Carthage, Feb. 25
Pruning Workshop Now is the best time to get your trees and shrubs ready for spring. On Wednesday, February 25, Extension Agent Taylor Williams, will conduct a workshop and demonstration on how to correctly prune and shape broad leaf evergreens; prune flowering trees and shrubs such as crape myrtles and crab apples to enhance their appearance; and prune fruit trees for maximum yield and life.
2:00pm in the agriculture building, 707 Pinehurst Avenue, Carthage and then move outside for some hands-on pruning. Bring your shears and a notebook. Handouts will be available. For additional information, call the Extension office at 947-3188.
2:00pm in the agriculture building, 707 Pinehurst Avenue, Carthage and then move outside for some hands-on pruning. Bring your shears and a notebook. Handouts will be available. For additional information, call the Extension office at 947-3188.
2/16/2009
Workshop, Insects in the Garden, Feb 28, Pinehurst
Please join us for a workshop on insects in the garden: Hindering Hoodlums & Helping Heroes......Understanding Insects in Your Garden
Presented by the Pinehurst Conservation Commission, Greenway Wildlife Habitat Committee Date: Sat., Feb 28, 2009Time: 10:30 AM - Noon Place: Pinehurst Village Hall, 395 Magnolia Road
This is the first of the GWHC spring backyard workshops to guide homeownersin their efforts to manage insects and wild animals in their gardens. Taylor Williams, Agricultural Agent for the NC Cooperative Extension Service of Moore County, will speak about desirable and undesirable insects.
The next workshop, March 21, will focus on animal control. Open to the public at no charge. For information call 295-1900.
Presented by the Pinehurst Conservation Commission, Greenway Wildlife Habitat Committee Date: Sat., Feb 28, 2009Time: 10:30 AM - Noon Place: Pinehurst Village Hall, 395 Magnolia Road
This is the first of the GWHC spring backyard workshops to guide homeownersin their efforts to manage insects and wild animals in their gardens. Taylor Williams, Agricultural Agent for the NC Cooperative Extension Service of Moore County, will speak about desirable and undesirable insects.
The next workshop, March 21, will focus on animal control. Open to the public at no charge. For information call 295-1900.
Bridge to an Organic Future Forum, Carrboro, April
Bridge to an Organic Future: Opportunities for health and the environment, the 27th National Pesticide Forum, will be held April 3-4, 2009 at the Century Center in Carrboro, NC.
This national environmental conference, convened by Beyond Pesticides and Toxic Free NC, will cover a range of issues affecting NC and the nation including: fair, organic food; pesticides and health; clean water; organic lawns; schools and daycare; and more. Keynote speakers include: Jim Hightower, author and radio commentator; Baldemar Velasquez, president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee; and, Philip and Alice Shabecoff, authors of Poisoned Profits.
Registration and more information online at www.beyondpesticides.org/forum. Carolina Farm Stewardship Association is co-sponsoring this event.
This national environmental conference, convened by Beyond Pesticides and Toxic Free NC, will cover a range of issues affecting NC and the nation including: fair, organic food; pesticides and health; clean water; organic lawns; schools and daycare; and more. Keynote speakers include: Jim Hightower, author and radio commentator; Baldemar Velasquez, president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee; and, Philip and Alice Shabecoff, authors of Poisoned Profits.
Registration and more information online at www.beyondpesticides.org/forum. Carolina Farm Stewardship Association is co-sponsoring this event.
How to Save the Suburbs
http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/rjruppenthal/2009/02/16/how-to-save-the-suburbs/
2/15/2009
Yes, They Could, Yes, They Did
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/opinion/15friedman.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
Global Warming Underestimated
Global warming 'underestimated'
The severity of global warming over the next century will be worse than forecast, a leading climate scientist warns.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/7890988.stm
The severity of global warming over the next century will be worse than forecast, a leading climate scientist warns.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/7890988.stm
2/14/2009
Conservation Insider Bulletin, CCNC
Conservation Insider Bulletin
Published weekly for the Conservation Council of North Carolina
Conservation News to Peruse & Use
Editor: Dan Besse, cib@conservationcouncilnc.org
February 13, 2009
What's green in the stimulus? We may have that answer, plus more news, this week in CIB:
National environmental advocates are praising the reported results of the House-Senate conference committee compromise on the stimulus package, reached surprisingly swiftly this week. As environmentalists had hoped from the start, the huge economy-boosting spending bill includes "game-changing" appropriations for energy efficiency and renewable energy development, and a big fiscal shot for public transit as well.
In the legislative process, it's always dangerous to count one's dollars before the final signature is attached. As a consequence, this week's report comes with the caveat that the proposal must pass final votes in the House and Senate (and get the president's signature, which in this case is assured) before it is truly a done deal. With that caution, however, it appears that we now know the major components of the legislation.
In a statement released 2/12/09, League of Conservation Voters president Gene Karpinski praised the bill's contents, as reported based on conference committee deliberations. He said that it appeared that the conference report "kept the best aspects of the House and Senate versions of the bill. Tens of billions of dollars for clean energy, energy efficiency, public transportation, scientific research and a smart energy grid remain. Tens of billions set to be wasted on coal and other outdated energy sources were removed."
Karpinski also said, "As the first act of a new Congress to promote clean energy and reduce global warming pollution, this bill bodes well for the future."
The positive analysis by Karpinski and other environmental advocates is based on an understanding that the compromise bill retains over $28 billion for a series of major renewable energy and energy efficiency programs and initiatives, plus over $17 billion for rail and other public transit initiatives. Apparently axed during conference negotiations was a Senate proposal to throw $50 billion in loan guarantees at nuclear and coal power development. Again, we'll hold our final judgment until the ink is dry on the president's signature, but if these reports turn out to be accurate, we'll join in pronouncing this to be a green stimulus.
Legislative Watch: House Environmental Committees: Signup for Hot List
House Environmental Committees: Last week we reported on key Senate committee leadership. This week, it's the House's turn. As one might expect from the larger chamber, there are more committees of interest, including some newly created ones. Under Speaker Joe Hackney, there are now eight committees in need of note from an environmental basis:
--Two are Appropriations Subcommittees: Natural and Economic Resources, and Transportation. NER is co-chaired by Reps. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford), Garland Pierce (D-Scotland), and Edith Warren (D-Pitt). Transportation is co-chaired by Reps. Nelson Cole (D-Rockingham) and Grier Martin (D-Wake). This puts two particularly strong environmental legislators (Harrison and Martin) at the head of the two key appropriations subcommittees in the House.
--Six other committees are general subject-area jurisdiction entities: Energy and Energy Efficiency, Environment and Natural Resources, Marine Resources and Aquaculture, Transportation, and Water Resources and Infrastructure. We won't attempt to lay out in this edition a comprehensive listing of the designated leaders, but here are some items of note. Rep. Angela Bryant (D-Nash) is the new chair of Energy, taking over from Pricey Harrison. Rep. Becky Carney (D-Mecklenburg) chairs Transportation—which may be significant in placing a representative of the state's only (so far) county with light rail in legislative transportation leadership. Rep. Cullie Tarleton (D-Watauga) chairs the newly created Water Resources and Infrastructure committee, and Rep. Lucy Allen (D-Franklin) chairs the Environment and Natural Resources committee.
For a complete listing of the chairs, vice chairs, and members of all House committees, you can go to http://projects.newsobserver.com/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/house-committees-2009.pdf and see where your representative sits.
To recap from last week, key Senate chairs are the following: Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources—Bob Atwater (D-Chatham); Transportation—Larry Shaw (D-Cumberland); Energy, Science, and Technology—Katie Dorsett (D-Guilford) and Joe Sam Queen (D-Haywood); Appropriations—Linda Garrou (D-Forsyth), Charlie Albertson (D-Duplin), A.B. Swindell (D-Nash), and Charlie Dannelly (D-Mecklenburg).
Signup for Hot List: CIB recipients—would you also like to receive Hot List, the Conservation Council's periodic email bulletin offering a more extended review of pending state legislation of environmental interest? Hot List comes out every week or two during the state legislative session. If you'd like to be added to that list, please just send an email with "subscribe Hot List" in the subject line to CCNC executive director Carrie Clark at carrie@conservationcouncilnc.org.
Common Agenda Detailed: Community Conservation Assistance Program (CCAP)
This week, we also start a more detailed look at some of the items comprising the "Common Agenda" of citizen environmental groups for this year's General Assembly. FYI, CCNC lobbyist Dan Crawford brings you this summary of the Community Conservation Assistance Program (CCAP):
Contaminated stormwater runoff is the number one cause of impaired surface waters in North Carolina, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Stormwater is rain runoff from developed areas, such as roads, roofs, parking lots and driveways, that pollutes rivers, lakes and streams and triggers flooding in towns and neighborhoods.
The Community Conservation Assistance Program (CCAP) is a voluntary, incentive-based program to install stormwater best management practices on urban, suburban and rural lands. CCAP is administered by the N.C. Division of Soil and Water Conservation, which provides educational, technical and financial assistance to landowners through its network of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Homeowners, businesses, schools, churches and other civic and community groups may be reimbursed up to 75 percent for approved stormwater retrofit projects.
CCAP was created by the General Assembly in 2006 with the support of realtor, homebuilder and environmental organizations, the NC League of Municipalities and the NC Association of County Commissioners. Currently 65 of the 96 Soil and Water Conservation Districts in North Carolina participate in CCAP.
Funding for CCAP will help stimulate the economy by providing new jobs for contractors and landscapers to conduct “public works” projects that retrofit existing sources of stormwater. This green jobs program will result in cleaner rivers, lakes and streams statewide. The Common Agenda this year asks for $3.4 million to support green jobs and water quality through CCAP.
Coast Watch: Salazar Extends Offshore Energy Study
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar this week continued revisiting some of the late Bush blunders, as he turned attention to the 11th-hour Bush Interior Department's effort to crank up offshore drill leasing on a wide front. Instead of simply stopping the process, Salazar extended the public comment period by six months—and expanded its focus to include "offshore energy" options beyond drilling, including offshore wind energy and wave energy. (Offshore wind energy is considered one of the major untapped resources for renewable energy in the United States.)
In announcing the revised public comment plans, Salazar was blunt in his criticism of the Bush initiative, which was published in the Federal Register on the last day of business before Obama's inauguration. Salazar called the Bush proposal "a headlong rush of the worst kind", "a process rigged to force hurried decisions based on bad information", and "a process tilted toward the usual energy players while renewable energy companies and the interests of American consumers and taxpayers were overlooked." (New York Times, 2/10/09.) We can't argue with that assessment.
Administrative Watch: DENR Assistants Named
The N.C. Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) this week announced the rest of its new leadership team under the Perdue Administration and DENR Secretary Dee Freeman. Manley Wilder, previously the DENR assistant secretary for natural resources, has been moved up to chief deputy/chief operating officer. Wilder previously had been director of the N.C. Div. of Soil and Water Conservation, following a 35-year career with the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Filling the position of Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources will be a veteran conservation advocate, David Knight, who will be coming from his current position as director of government relations for the Nature Conservancy. In his new state post, Knight will supervise the DENR divisions and work groups of Soil and Water Conservation, Forest Resources, Marine Fisheries, Parks and Recreation, the Ecosystem Enhancement Program, and Natural Resources Planning and Conservation.
Career state environmental staff person Robin W. Smith will continue as Assistant Secretary for the Environment, which position oversees the divisions of Water Quality, Air Quality, and Coastal Management, among others. Also continuing in their current roles will be Elizabeth Biser, Director of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Diana Kees, Communications Director.
Mary Penny Thompson, DENR's general counsel, will retain that job and take on a dual role as Assistant Secretary of Information Technology.
Published weekly for the Conservation Council of North Carolina
Conservation News to Peruse & Use
Editor: Dan Besse, cib@conservationcouncilnc.org
February 13, 2009
What's green in the stimulus? We may have that answer, plus more news, this week in CIB:
National environmental advocates are praising the reported results of the House-Senate conference committee compromise on the stimulus package, reached surprisingly swiftly this week. As environmentalists had hoped from the start, the huge economy-boosting spending bill includes "game-changing" appropriations for energy efficiency and renewable energy development, and a big fiscal shot for public transit as well.
In the legislative process, it's always dangerous to count one's dollars before the final signature is attached. As a consequence, this week's report comes with the caveat that the proposal must pass final votes in the House and Senate (and get the president's signature, which in this case is assured) before it is truly a done deal. With that caution, however, it appears that we now know the major components of the legislation.
In a statement released 2/12/09, League of Conservation Voters president Gene Karpinski praised the bill's contents, as reported based on conference committee deliberations. He said that it appeared that the conference report "kept the best aspects of the House and Senate versions of the bill. Tens of billions of dollars for clean energy, energy efficiency, public transportation, scientific research and a smart energy grid remain. Tens of billions set to be wasted on coal and other outdated energy sources were removed."
Karpinski also said, "As the first act of a new Congress to promote clean energy and reduce global warming pollution, this bill bodes well for the future."
The positive analysis by Karpinski and other environmental advocates is based on an understanding that the compromise bill retains over $28 billion for a series of major renewable energy and energy efficiency programs and initiatives, plus over $17 billion for rail and other public transit initiatives. Apparently axed during conference negotiations was a Senate proposal to throw $50 billion in loan guarantees at nuclear and coal power development. Again, we'll hold our final judgment until the ink is dry on the president's signature, but if these reports turn out to be accurate, we'll join in pronouncing this to be a green stimulus.
Legislative Watch: House Environmental Committees: Signup for Hot List
House Environmental Committees: Last week we reported on key Senate committee leadership. This week, it's the House's turn. As one might expect from the larger chamber, there are more committees of interest, including some newly created ones. Under Speaker Joe Hackney, there are now eight committees in need of note from an environmental basis:
--Two are Appropriations Subcommittees: Natural and Economic Resources, and Transportation. NER is co-chaired by Reps. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford), Garland Pierce (D-Scotland), and Edith Warren (D-Pitt). Transportation is co-chaired by Reps. Nelson Cole (D-Rockingham) and Grier Martin (D-Wake). This puts two particularly strong environmental legislators (Harrison and Martin) at the head of the two key appropriations subcommittees in the House.
--Six other committees are general subject-area jurisdiction entities: Energy and Energy Efficiency, Environment and Natural Resources, Marine Resources and Aquaculture, Transportation, and Water Resources and Infrastructure. We won't attempt to lay out in this edition a comprehensive listing of the designated leaders, but here are some items of note. Rep. Angela Bryant (D-Nash) is the new chair of Energy, taking over from Pricey Harrison. Rep. Becky Carney (D-Mecklenburg) chairs Transportation—which may be significant in placing a representative of the state's only (so far) county with light rail in legislative transportation leadership. Rep. Cullie Tarleton (D-Watauga) chairs the newly created Water Resources and Infrastructure committee, and Rep. Lucy Allen (D-Franklin) chairs the Environment and Natural Resources committee.
For a complete listing of the chairs, vice chairs, and members of all House committees, you can go to http://projects.newsobserver.com/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/house-committees-2009.pdf and see where your representative sits.
To recap from last week, key Senate chairs are the following: Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources—Bob Atwater (D-Chatham); Transportation—Larry Shaw (D-Cumberland); Energy, Science, and Technology—Katie Dorsett (D-Guilford) and Joe Sam Queen (D-Haywood); Appropriations—Linda Garrou (D-Forsyth), Charlie Albertson (D-Duplin), A.B. Swindell (D-Nash), and Charlie Dannelly (D-Mecklenburg).
Signup for Hot List: CIB recipients—would you also like to receive Hot List, the Conservation Council's periodic email bulletin offering a more extended review of pending state legislation of environmental interest? Hot List comes out every week or two during the state legislative session. If you'd like to be added to that list, please just send an email with "subscribe Hot List" in the subject line to CCNC executive director Carrie Clark at carrie@conservationcouncilnc.org.
Common Agenda Detailed: Community Conservation Assistance Program (CCAP)
This week, we also start a more detailed look at some of the items comprising the "Common Agenda" of citizen environmental groups for this year's General Assembly. FYI, CCNC lobbyist Dan Crawford brings you this summary of the Community Conservation Assistance Program (CCAP):
Contaminated stormwater runoff is the number one cause of impaired surface waters in North Carolina, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Stormwater is rain runoff from developed areas, such as roads, roofs, parking lots and driveways, that pollutes rivers, lakes and streams and triggers flooding in towns and neighborhoods.
The Community Conservation Assistance Program (CCAP) is a voluntary, incentive-based program to install stormwater best management practices on urban, suburban and rural lands. CCAP is administered by the N.C. Division of Soil and Water Conservation, which provides educational, technical and financial assistance to landowners through its network of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Homeowners, businesses, schools, churches and other civic and community groups may be reimbursed up to 75 percent for approved stormwater retrofit projects.
CCAP was created by the General Assembly in 2006 with the support of realtor, homebuilder and environmental organizations, the NC League of Municipalities and the NC Association of County Commissioners. Currently 65 of the 96 Soil and Water Conservation Districts in North Carolina participate in CCAP.
Funding for CCAP will help stimulate the economy by providing new jobs for contractors and landscapers to conduct “public works” projects that retrofit existing sources of stormwater. This green jobs program will result in cleaner rivers, lakes and streams statewide. The Common Agenda this year asks for $3.4 million to support green jobs and water quality through CCAP.
Coast Watch: Salazar Extends Offshore Energy Study
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar this week continued revisiting some of the late Bush blunders, as he turned attention to the 11th-hour Bush Interior Department's effort to crank up offshore drill leasing on a wide front. Instead of simply stopping the process, Salazar extended the public comment period by six months—and expanded its focus to include "offshore energy" options beyond drilling, including offshore wind energy and wave energy. (Offshore wind energy is considered one of the major untapped resources for renewable energy in the United States.)
In announcing the revised public comment plans, Salazar was blunt in his criticism of the Bush initiative, which was published in the Federal Register on the last day of business before Obama's inauguration. Salazar called the Bush proposal "a headlong rush of the worst kind", "a process rigged to force hurried decisions based on bad information", and "a process tilted toward the usual energy players while renewable energy companies and the interests of American consumers and taxpayers were overlooked." (New York Times, 2/10/09.) We can't argue with that assessment.
Administrative Watch: DENR Assistants Named
The N.C. Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) this week announced the rest of its new leadership team under the Perdue Administration and DENR Secretary Dee Freeman. Manley Wilder, previously the DENR assistant secretary for natural resources, has been moved up to chief deputy/chief operating officer. Wilder previously had been director of the N.C. Div. of Soil and Water Conservation, following a 35-year career with the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Filling the position of Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources will be a veteran conservation advocate, David Knight, who will be coming from his current position as director of government relations for the Nature Conservancy. In his new state post, Knight will supervise the DENR divisions and work groups of Soil and Water Conservation, Forest Resources, Marine Fisheries, Parks and Recreation, the Ecosystem Enhancement Program, and Natural Resources Planning and Conservation.
Career state environmental staff person Robin W. Smith will continue as Assistant Secretary for the Environment, which position oversees the divisions of Water Quality, Air Quality, and Coastal Management, among others. Also continuing in their current roles will be Elizabeth Biser, Director of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Diana Kees, Communications Director.
Mary Penny Thompson, DENR's general counsel, will retain that job and take on a dual role as Assistant Secretary of Information Technology.
High Fructose Corn Syrup + Mercury
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/02/14/Most-Common-Source-of-Calories-in-US-is-LOADED-With-Mercury.aspx
Climate Change, CO2
Bleak forecast on fishery stocks
Changing ocean temperatures will force many fish species to migrate towards the poles, hitting fish stocks, scientists warn.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/7887536.stm
CO2 reduction treaties useless'
A new report says that treaties, such as the Kyoto Protocol, which aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, are useless.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/7888994.stm
Changing ocean temperatures will force many fish species to migrate towards the poles, hitting fish stocks, scientists warn.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/7887536.stm
CO2 reduction treaties useless'
A new report says that treaties, such as the Kyoto Protocol, which aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, are useless.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/uk_news/7888994.stm
2/13/2009
2/12/2009
2/11/2009
Sustainable Sandhills Film Series, Feb. 17
Sustainable Sandhills Introduces Free Film Series in Moore County
Sustainable Sandhills is kicking off a free Film Series focused on sustainability-related topics. The desire of Sustainable Sandhills is to heighten public awareness of pressing sustainability issues and to encourage community dialogue following each film.
In anticipation of our upcoming Urban Farm Tour (to be held in Moore and Cumberland Counties on Saturday, April 11th), the first film will look at food-related issues and is titled "Asparagus! Stalking the American Life." It will be shown Tuesday, February 17th, at Sandhills Community College's Dempsey Student Center, upstairs in the Clement Dining Room from 6:30-8:00 PM. A trailer of the film was shown at our Moore County Community Action Team Meeting on January 29th, which sparked the interest of the group and also received several good laughs. This promises to be an educational yet entertaining film.
The Film Series will be held on a bi-monthly schedule, alternating with the Sustainable Sandhills Moore County Community Action Team Meetings. Each film will be aired from 6:30-8:00 PM at the same location, and the 2009 schedule is as follows: February 17th, April 14th, June 16th, August 18th, October 20th, and December 15th.
Bring the family! All ages are invited to attend and it’s FREE!!!. We look forward to seeing you there!
Sustainable Sandhills is kicking off a free Film Series focused on sustainability-related topics. The desire of Sustainable Sandhills is to heighten public awareness of pressing sustainability issues and to encourage community dialogue following each film.
In anticipation of our upcoming Urban Farm Tour (to be held in Moore and Cumberland Counties on Saturday, April 11th), the first film will look at food-related issues and is titled "Asparagus! Stalking the American Life." It will be shown Tuesday, February 17th, at Sandhills Community College's Dempsey Student Center, upstairs in the Clement Dining Room from 6:30-8:00 PM. A trailer of the film was shown at our Moore County Community Action Team Meeting on January 29th, which sparked the interest of the group and also received several good laughs. This promises to be an educational yet entertaining film.
The Film Series will be held on a bi-monthly schedule, alternating with the Sustainable Sandhills Moore County Community Action Team Meetings. Each film will be aired from 6:30-8:00 PM at the same location, and the 2009 schedule is as follows: February 17th, April 14th, June 16th, August 18th, October 20th, and December 15th.
Bring the family! All ages are invited to attend and it’s FREE!!!. We look forward to seeing you there!
Incubator Farm Info
http://allalongtheedge.blogspot.com/2009/02/building-new-farm-incubator-programs.html
2/10/2009
Sustainability Winning Over Naysayers
http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090209/TBW/902060239/1104/Biz
Field to Market Sustainability
http://www.grainnet.com/articles/Keystone_Alliance_Issues_Field_to_Market_Report_on_Ag_Sustainability-70464.html
Battle Hymn Rewritten
From Baptist Peacemaker, January-March, 2009
Battle Hymn of the Republic, Revised
by Doug Norton
My eyes have seen the glory of the providence of God,
In the bounty of the vintage and the beauty of the sod;
In infusing faithful light along each path that we have trod:
God's love goes on and on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
God's love goes on and on.
We have seen God in the star fires and the emptiness of space;
We have felt God at the altar and within a friend’s embrace;
We can read God’s righteous sentence in each loving human face;
God’s grace goes on and on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
God’s grace goes on and on.
God has sounded forth the music to which every heart can beat
In a symphony of living in a harmony complete.
Oh, be swift, my soul, to sing along! Be jubilant, my feet!
God’s truth goes on and on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
God’s truth goes on and on.
In the beauty of the living of a life in Galilee
Comes a glorious glimpse of Godliness for all the world to see.
Just as God’s light shines through Jesus, let us all God’s prism be:
God’s light shines on and on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
God’s light shines on and on.
Doug Norton is a member of Central Baptist Church in Wayne, PA. These lyrics were written in June, 2008
Battle Hymn of the Republic, Revised
by Doug Norton
My eyes have seen the glory of the providence of God,
In the bounty of the vintage and the beauty of the sod;
In infusing faithful light along each path that we have trod:
God's love goes on and on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
God's love goes on and on.
We have seen God in the star fires and the emptiness of space;
We have felt God at the altar and within a friend’s embrace;
We can read God’s righteous sentence in each loving human face;
God’s grace goes on and on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
God’s grace goes on and on.
God has sounded forth the music to which every heart can beat
In a symphony of living in a harmony complete.
Oh, be swift, my soul, to sing along! Be jubilant, my feet!
God’s truth goes on and on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
God’s truth goes on and on.
In the beauty of the living of a life in Galilee
Comes a glorious glimpse of Godliness for all the world to see.
Just as God’s light shines through Jesus, let us all God’s prism be:
God’s light shines on and on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
God’s light shines on and on.
Doug Norton is a member of Central Baptist Church in Wayne, PA. These lyrics were written in June, 2008
Diseases Linked to Soft Drinks
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/02/10/10-Diseases-Linked-To-Soda.aspx
2/09/2009
War on Women
Playwright, V-Day Founder Eve Ensler and Congolese Gynecologist Dr. Denis Mukwege Raise Awareness on War on Women in DRC
Tens of thousands of women have been brutally raped in the DRC as part of an ongoing internal conflict. We speak with playwright and V-Day founder Eve Ensler and Congolese gynecologist Dr. Denis Mukwege, founder of one of the only hospitals that treats victims of rape and mutilation.
Dr. Mukwege has helped over 21,000 women in the past decade and was named "African of the Year" by a Nigerian newspaper last month.
www.democracynow.org/2009/2/9/playwright_v_day_founder_eve_ensler
Tens of thousands of women have been brutally raped in the DRC as part of an ongoing internal conflict. We speak with playwright and V-Day founder Eve Ensler and Congolese gynecologist Dr. Denis Mukwege, founder of one of the only hospitals that treats victims of rape and mutilation.
Dr. Mukwege has helped over 21,000 women in the past decade and was named "African of the Year" by a Nigerian newspaper last month.
www.democracynow.org/2009/2/9/playwright_v_day_founder_eve_ensler
NC Food Folk to Raleigh, Mar. 2, 3
http://allalongtheedge.blogspot.com/2009/02/calling-all-nc-food-folk-to-raleigh.html
2/05/2009
South Central Farm - The Movie
http://allalongtheedge.blogspot.com/2009/02/south-central-farm-movie.html
Integrating Food Production
http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/article.cfm/2009/1/29/Growing-Food-Locally-Integrating-Agriculture-Into-the-Built-Environment/
Concert, Feb. 7, Aberdeen
Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart are at it again with their Gearle Records 2008 releases, “Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart Town Square” and Mark Stuart “Left of Nashville available at shows only.A show not to miss, Stacey and Mark reach back and grab songs of the past, then fast forward to present and into the future. They will be performing from their own new solo releases as well during their tour. Both Stacey and Mark are veteran Dukes, of Steve Earle and the Dukes.
Guitar workshop 3-5 pm Saturday with Mark Stuart, all levels wlecome. Registration due by 5 pm Feb. 5 please. $40., cash or check.
Tickets at the door cash or check, reservations preferred, or on line, credit or debit card. Adults $12. Children under 12, $6.
Guitar workshop 3-5 pm Saturday with Mark Stuart, all levels wlecome. Registration due by 5 pm Feb. 5 please. $40., cash or check.
Tickets at the door cash or check, reservations preferred, or on line, credit or debit card. Adults $12. Children under 12, $6.
2/04/2009
Anyone Can Do It
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Modern-Homesteading/Raising-Chicks.aspx?utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=email
How Not to Screw Up the Stimulus
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/stimulus_package/?r_by=2420-1600844-eDD78gx&rc=paste
Rise and Fall of Empire
http://allalongtheedge.blogspot.com/2009/02/rising-and-falling-of-empire.html
Food Film Series Starts Feb. 17
Sustainable Sandhills Introduces Free Film Series in Moore County
Food - It's What's for Dinner!
Sustainable Sandhills is kicking off a free Film Series in February focused on sustainability-related topics. The desire of Sustainable Sandhills is to heighten public awareness of pressing sustainability issues and to encourage community dialogue following each film.
In anticipation of an upcoming Urban Farm Tour (to be held in Moore and Cumberland Counties on Saturday, April 11th), the first two films will look at food-related issues. The first film is "Asparagus: Stalking the American Life". It will be shown Tuesday, February 17th, at Sandhills Community College's Dempsey Student Center, upstairs in the Clement Dining Room from 6:30-8:00 PM. The second film will be shown April 14th, the week following the Urban Farm Tour.
The Film Series will be held on a bi-monthly schedule, alternating with the Sustainable Sandhills Moore County Community Action Team Meetings. Each film will be aired from 6:30-8:00 PM at the same location, and the 2009 schedule is as follows: February 17th, April 14th, June 16th, August 18th, October 20th, and December 15th.
Bring the family! All ages are invited to attend.
For more information please contact:
Heather Brown, (910) 639-7024, brownh@ctc.com
www.SustainableSandhills.org/MooreCounty
Food - It's What's for Dinner!
Sustainable Sandhills is kicking off a free Film Series in February focused on sustainability-related topics. The desire of Sustainable Sandhills is to heighten public awareness of pressing sustainability issues and to encourage community dialogue following each film.
In anticipation of an upcoming Urban Farm Tour (to be held in Moore and Cumberland Counties on Saturday, April 11th), the first two films will look at food-related issues. The first film is "Asparagus: Stalking the American Life". It will be shown Tuesday, February 17th, at Sandhills Community College's Dempsey Student Center, upstairs in the Clement Dining Room from 6:30-8:00 PM. The second film will be shown April 14th, the week following the Urban Farm Tour.
The Film Series will be held on a bi-monthly schedule, alternating with the Sustainable Sandhills Moore County Community Action Team Meetings. Each film will be aired from 6:30-8:00 PM at the same location, and the 2009 schedule is as follows: February 17th, April 14th, June 16th, August 18th, October 20th, and December 15th.
Bring the family! All ages are invited to attend.
For more information please contact:
Heather Brown, (910) 639-7024, brownh@ctc.com
www.SustainableSandhills.org/MooreCounty
1/29/2009
The Green New Deal, Heinberg
http://globalpublicmedia.com/reality_report_talking_with_richard_heinberg_about_the_green_new_deal
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