Archives for December 2011

30Yr Study: Organic Farming Outperforms Conventional, Chemical Farming

Dec 23, 2011, blog.friendseat.com | “Based on a 30-year side-by-side trial of conventional and organic farming methods at Pennsylvania’s Rodale Institute, organic farming outperformed conventional farming in every category.”

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A thirty year study finds that organic farming produces more than conventional…”
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McDonald’s Closes All Their Restaurants in Bolivia

Photo: McDonald’s Closes All Their Restaurants in Bolivia:  Fast-food represents the complete opposite of what Bolivians consider a meal should be. To be a good meal, food has to have be prepared with love, dedication, certain hygiene standards and proper cook time.Not to mention that 800 sq miles of forest is being destroyed every year to package their food! http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/latino-daily-news/details/mcdonalds-closes-all-their-restaurants-in-bolivia/12787/What's wrong with McDonald's? (Available in 7 different languages) http://www.mcspotlight.org/case/pretrial/factsheet.html

December 22, 2011, www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com | “Bolivia became the first McDonald’s-free Latin American nation, after struggling for more than a decade to keep their numbers out of ‘the red.’  And that fact is still making news.”

Virginia Bryan shared The Sustainable Culture‘s photo.

…trees saved by McDonald’s closing in Bolivia…
McDonald’s Closes All Their Restaurants in Bolivia: Fast-food represents the complete opposite of what Bolivians consider a meal should be. To be a good meal, food has to have be prepared with love, dedication, certain hygiene standards and proper cook time. Not to mention that 800 sq miles of forest is being destroyed every year to package their food! http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/latino-daily-news/details/mcdonalds-closes-all-their-restaurants-in-bolivia/12787/ What’s wrong with McDonald’s? (Available in 7 different languages) http://www.mcspotlight.org/case/pretrial/factsheet.html

Court Rejects Attempt to Kill Cement Plant Rule

earthjustice.org, Today, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Portland Cement Association’s attempt to kill Clean Air Act standards that will reduce cement plants’ emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants by more than 90 percent and save between 900 and 2,500 American lives every year. December 12, 2011, Jeavonna ChapmanShalahnia RiversongBob Hughes and 3 others like this.  1 share Comments;    Bob Hughes One for the book, Robert Brothers, ‎~ U.S. COURT SUPPORTS CLEAN AIR, rejects industry attempt to kill an important anti-pollution ruling. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Portland Cement Association’s attempt to kill Clean Air Act standards that will reduce cement plants’ emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants by more than 90 percent and save between 900 and 2,500 American lives every year. Thanks to Earthjustice and others!

Corporate role model: Seventh Generation Commits to Reducing Its Water Footprint

Dec 5, 2011, www.seventhgeneration.com | “As a company, Seventh Generation cares deeply about its water footprint. We’re actively working to reduce the amount of water that goes into our products.  This fall, we went one step further and challenged all our employees to take the issue of water conservation to heart. Together, we committed to nearly 500 actions designed to reduce our personal water footprints.”

“Corporate role model: Seventh Generation
Seventh Generation Commits to Reducing Its Water Footprint
Did you know that of all the water in the world, only 3% is fresh? And that less than one third of 1% of this fresh water is available for human use? The rest is frozen in glaciers or polar ice caps, or is deep within the earth beyond our reach. To put it another way, if 100 liters represents the wo…”

On Battle Creek, the rules are working

December 12, 2011, www.redding.com | “The streams in the greater Battle Creek watershed were blocked to salmon and steelhead access in the early 1900s when dams were constructed to provide for flood control, irrigation, and power generation.  Private landowners, government agencies, members of the environmental community, and others have come together to restore some 50 miles of freshwater streams in the Battle Creek watershed.”


Dan Tomascheski is vice president of resources at Sierra Pacific Industries.

The Great Durban Agreement on Climate Change

www.sustainablebusiness.comThe world’s three biggest polluters agreed to participate for the first time.  December 12, 2011, Lisa Ryder and Joao Pugliero like this. 1 share,
Comment by GoodNews FortheEarth, ‎~ A STEP FORWARD, all sides compromise a bit, Kyoto Protocol extended, Green Climate Fund fund launched, negotiations on a legally binding treaty will begin next year. AND ‎~ here’s another story: Global Climate Change Deal Reached in Durban,  www.ens-newswire.com, Environment News Service for the latest environmental news, current issues

Renewable power trumps fossil fuels for first time in power plant investments

www.latimes.com, Renewable energy is surpassing fossil fuels for the first time in new power-plant investments, shaking off financial crisis setbacks and an impasse at the UN global warming talks.  December 5, 2011
 Submitted by Polly Howells,  Comment by Robert Brothers    ‎~ INVESTORS IN NEW POWER-PLANTS GET SMART! this means that people are finally seeing that what is good for the Earth is also a good investment

600 SQUARE MILES to be protected for WOODLAND CARIBOU in Northern Idaho, USA

 www.seattlepi.com, December 2, Julia GominelliAttila MartonVeronica Smith and 11 others like this. 4 shares, Comments:  GoodNews FortheEarth, “thanks to the efforts of the Center for Biodiversity, Defenders of Wildlife, and others”, Tracy Breaux Great job!,  Nahely Sandoval hermoso¡¡¡,  Susan Menanno · wow … now there’s a beauty…I see wisdom in the eyes of the caribou … thanks for the post..

Plastic Bag Bans Spreading Across The United States

 www.huffingtonpost.com, WASHINGTON — Across the country, cities and counties are instituting fees on plastic bags, or even banning them outright, in an effort to prevent pollution and raise revenue for cash-strapped local governments. Four cities in Oregon — Eugene, Corvallis, Newport and Ashland — are considering banni…December 2, 2011, Veronica Smith and Judith Green like this.  Submitted by Sharon Morgan  “Ban them and other unnecessary disposables,”  Comment by GoodNews FortheEarth, ~ GROWING MOVEMENT, TIME TO JUMP ON BOARD! For a full list of the 45 towns in the US with bans, 8 countries with bans, and 8 countries and 2 cities with fees on plastic bags, go here: sites.healthebay.org