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At the heart of democracy and citizenship are ordinary people joined through action. This group links people taking direct action in Earth causes for inspiration, support and solidarity.

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Jeanette McDermott

Save the Moon Bears ~ SET THEM FREE 1 Reply

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The Gardener's Edge in Living Democracy course

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Greg Loftus Comment by Greg Loftus on February 13, 2009 at 7:04pm
The biggest issue for Canadians at the moment is the threat to the Navigatable Waterways Protectiobn Act. The romoaval of the enviromental protections brought into play by the NWPA will cause huge consequences to our waterways in the near future. Please visit www.waterkeeper.ca and www.ispeakforcanadianrivers.com and inform yourselves as to what could happen in the Very near future.
gary silvett Comment by gary silvett on February 7, 2009 at 8:27pm
Jeanette I like this page I read all the links and i will try to add more also I got you on my blog, on Rainbow warrior.ning Gary
Jeanette McDermott Comment by Jeanette McDermott on February 4, 2009 at 8:36am
After reading the story on bear bile farming, some ecopaparazzi members have taken action, and I wanted to share the news.

Maryse bought the book Freedom Moon to share with children in Japan, where the Moon Bear also lives.

Chris is developing a strategy for getting the Canadian media to run a story and figuring out a way to reach the Chinese market segment in her community to make them aware of bear bile farming.

Camila is presenting bear bile info to her TCM healing community and asking the healing community to help end bear bile farming. She is also writing letters to key people and organizations to help end bear farming.

Several ecopaparazzi members said they would run the story on their other social networks and link back to ecopaparazzi.

I created a permanent site for the bear bile story so people have a reference point as we continue discussing and strategizing ways to end this horrible practice.

In addition, GreenMuze ran my story on bear bile farming on its main page.

To each of you, I say thank you for taking action after reading the story. We can all make a difference!
Jeanette McDermott Comment by Jeanette McDermott on December 3, 2008 at 11:22pm
I have an idea for saving the world. Let's cross pollinate across all eco and peace social networks. If each of us joined every green/peace site, then we could begin to pull people together by the tens of thousands to coalesce ideas and plan Earth Healing and World Peace projects and activities together. So far I'm on 10 peace networks and about 50 green social networks, including the one I created, called ecopaparazzi. It would be incredible if we all joined forces across all of these like-minded websites and really began working together to take action. There is strength in numbers -- all we have to do is join together in support and solidarity and work together! Does anybody else think we could make a difference by banning together to make a huge impact on conservation and world peace? What better time to start than now? There's no time like the present for taking action!
Jeanette McDermott Comment by Jeanette McDermott on October 25, 2008 at 7:43am
One thing we can all do to promote our causes and rally others behind them is to put on our personal profile page badges, petition drive buttons, logos, hyperlinks, click here to save the world buttons, anything you've got that will heighten awareness about our cause and help the rest of us help you save the natural treasures of your bioregion. So feel free to design your personal page however you want to, including anything that promotes your environmental cause and links us to it. When our personal pages start getting real exciting and dynamic members will be stopping in to visit us (like any good neighbor would) to see how they can help us achieve our goals. I'm getting ready to add click here buttons for my favorite Save a Charity activity. Like click here to save the rainforest, click here to end poverty, etc. Lady Venus is the one who inspired me when I visited her page this morning and saw all those Save the World buttons. So anyway, use your imagination and think about what you can do on your page to tell us about your environmental causes and lead us to action to help you.
Graeme Mills Comment by Graeme Mills on October 9, 2008 at 10:39am
I'll try and contact the farmer but he's really difficult to catch. The story is that the breed of sheep he farms are a long established breed and they have evolved to tolerate if not thrive on English moorland weather - really cold winters. Our recent winters have been warmer and wetter and this has affected their breeding. Farmers also seem to notice these changes before everyone else, I guess because on a day to day basis they are working with nature. I would think farmers in Costa Rica will be noticing equivalent impacts.
Jeanette McDermott Comment by Jeanette McDermott on October 9, 2008 at 10:29am
There is always a tremendous impact, which often leads to direct action, when we can bring issues straight to the heart through local connections. People are also called to action when an issue affects their bottom line -- money, like the grass cutting issue. I would like to know more from the farmer with the sheep. I'm wondering if this story has been told yet. If so, we could link to it. If not, maybe a short interview with him or some quotes would be possible. What do you think?
Graeme Mills Comment by Graeme Mills on October 9, 2008 at 10:22am
I'm always fascinated in day to day stories about the environment. For some inn the UK polar bears can seem so far away and the rain forest something seen on the TV. I was talking to a farmer who's breed of sheep are struggling with climate change and local councils who are having to pay more for grass cutting because grass is now growing all season long. If we can show that all these impacts from melting ice caps to sheep on the sheep moors of Durham are connected we may progress opinion even further.
 

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Jeanette McDermott Greg Loftus Lucy Greer Burton Graeme Mills jim lehmann Ms. Di aka EcoChallenger Diana Akua Howling Moon Cake gary silvett
 
 

Eco photos show the beauty and destruction of Mother Earth. Pictures sound the alarm; wake us up; and motivate us toward activism.

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The Indianapolis Prize is the largest individual monetary award for animal species conservation in the world and is given as an unrestricted gift to the chosen honoree by the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation.

The award is not designed to be a quiet, academic, scientist-focused event, but instead an energetic and spectacular celebration of conservation victories. The goal is to inspire the general public to start caring about conservation, and to place heroes, who live in tents in danger of both wild beasts and poachers, on the pedestal that we usually reserve for sports and entertainment stars.

The recent East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress held in Manila, Philippines, concluded with the signing of the Agreement Recognizing the Legal Personality of Partnerships in the Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia. This Agreement creates a fully-fledged international body to work for sustainable development of the region’s coastal and marine areas.

With both acknowledged and possible calamities as compelling and urgent
catalysts, Raincoast Conservation is advocating for British Columbia's first fully protected salmon runs. The move is an effort to save the grizzly bear species.

This bold and ambitious proposal runs contrary to the historical underpinnings of salmon management, as fisheries managers have always assumed that salmon exist exclusively for human consumption.

According to Raincoast, it is a matter of competition, and the odds are stacked against carnivores in these coastal salmon forests.

TAKE ACTION!

Become part of the Backyard Revolution and landscape for wildlife.

Replace your lawn with native shrubs, flowers and trees. Plant a butterfly garden, and put in a pond. You'll benefit from the beauty and tranquility of your yard, and wildlife will benefit from the food and water sources that you provide.

Need some guidance? Read the book Bringing Nature Home.

Half of all animal species will be extinct in our lifetime, unless emissions peak by 2020. Cut greenhouse gas emissions by reducing your energy consumption, learning more about climate change and getting active in community efforts to heal the Earth. Become part of the solution.

Feed the hungry.
Save indigenous people.
Stand up for workers' rights.

Be kind to animals.
Stop factory farms.
Save 100 animals every year.

End deforestation for grazing.
Save an acre of trees.
End grazing on public lands.

Tell USDA 'Wildlife Services'
to stop killing wildlife for
corporate ranchers' profits.

Stop wars for resources.
Help end corporate rule.
Live your conscience.

Save our oceans.
Stop the #1 polluter of water.
Support a sustainable planet.

Think outside yourself.
Live compassionately.
Stop the violence.

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LEARN!

Within these eco portals are key people and organizations that are working to heal Mother Earth.

Organic Consumers Association

Smithsonian Zoogoer archives

Download the Educator's Guide to Biodiversity and engage in dialogue about teaching youth about our wondrous Mother Earth.

The IUCN Red List is a key conservation tool. Download the pdf to learn more.

"The longer we wait, the more expensive it will be to prevent future extinctions," says Dr Jane Smart, Head of IUCN's Species Programme. "We now know what species are threatened, what the threats are and where we have no more excuses to watch from the sidelines." Learn more about bears on the IUCN Red List of Threatened and Endangered Species.

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