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Christopher Stewart Comment by Christopher Stewart on February 15, 2009 at 6:57pm
If you're into social media, you might want to check out what Brian Campbell is up to these days :

http://thesocialmediasource.com/social-media-mania/prepare

Best wishes,
Chris
Jeanette McDermott Comment by Jeanette McDermott on January 22, 2009 at 10:23pm
Great post, NaTasha. You've given me some new sites to research, and I'm always up for that so I can learn who's taking what eco action where.
NaTasha Shastan Bertrand Comment by NaTasha Shastan Bertrand on January 18, 2009 at 2:39am
Hi everyone, have you heard of this:

The Prince's Rainforests Project Award.
Set up in October 2007 by HRH The Prince of Wales, The Prince’s Rainforests Project recognises the global role played by the forests in both promoting and mitigating climate change, and the acute pressure put on the rainforests by the worldwide rises in commodity prices and soaring global demand for beef, soya and palm oil. There is a growing awareness of the need to urgently protect the world’s rainforests, their people, and their resources. It is into this space that HRH The Prince of Wales has stepped with The Prince’s Rainforests Project. "The task is to review, develop and propose practical mechanisms that acknowledge the true value of the eco-system services provided by the world’s remaining rainforests. These solutions need to provide credible incentives to host nations, and to local communities, and must out-compete the drivers of rainforest destruction.” – HRH The Prince of Wales

The Sony World Photography Awards, in keeping with its central theme on "Focus Earth" are delighted to launch the "PRP Award" in conjunction with The Prince’s Rainforests Project and Sony.

These awards are part of Sony’s wide reaching eco activities programme.

Best to all,
NSB
Jeanette McDermott Comment by Jeanette McDermott on January 16, 2009 at 6:35am
Here's what the social medial landscape looks like when seen as an infographic. It's pretty interesting to see it this way.


Top Social Media Sites (ranked by unique worldwide visitors November, 2008; comScore)

1. Blogger (222 million)
2. Facebook (200 million)
3. MySpace (126 million)
4. Wordpress (114 million)
5. Windows Live Spaces (87 million)
6. Yahoo Geocities (69 million)
7. Flickr (64 million)
8. hi5 (58 million)
9. Orkut (46 million)
10. Six Apart (46 million)
11. Baidu Space (40 million)
12. Friendster (31 million)
13. 56.com (29 million)
14. Webs.com (24 million)
15. Bebo (24 million)
16. Scribd (23 million)
17. Lycos Tripod (23 million)
18. Tagged (22 million)
19. imeem (22 million)
20. Netlog (21 million)
Lucy Greer Burton Comment by Lucy Greer Burton on October 26, 2008 at 6:53am
Hello Rebecca and Friends:
It is nice to meet each of you and hear of your work. It can be lonely as a visionary when those around you are not tuned in to the issues of life on planet earth at the grand or mini scale. So it is heartening that Jeanette has gotten us together. She is amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing and so are you. I am a gardener and community educator mostly on the ground in location, right now in San Antonio. I gardened first in Washington State, and then in Oregon. Now have learned the cycles and seasons in San Antonio, very different. Thanks and talk to you more soon. We are producing a DVD of our class, The Gardener's Edge in Living Democracy. It is about concrete gardening methods, water conservation, and personal reflection on our role as Earth stewards. My most treasured dream is that we can reorganize our cities and towns into walkable communities. I think it would help us have real community again, if by walking mostly, we pass our neighbors each day and say hello. Zooming by in the car keeps us distanced in many ways. Still we can sure get around to more people that way, if when we arrive we truly connect. May all beings, human and other than human, be blessed.
Jeanette McDermott Comment by Jeanette McDermott on October 25, 2008 at 7:38am
These badges would be really cool on your personal profile page. They help identify the causes you are part of and give others more opportunity to chat with you about them. So by all means, feel free to design your personal page however you want to, including your logos, petition drive hyperlinks, click here to save the forest buttons, anything you've got that will help us help you save the natural treasures of your bioregion. If we know the need, as a network of Earth healers we can help.
Ilyes Comment by Ilyes on October 24, 2008 at 10:21pm
Young people are most powerful as co-owners in our own development process. That's why TakingITGlobal is focused on encouraging involvement. By leveraging the power of social networks and digital media, we've created a tool for learning, collaboration, dialogue and action that is completely interactive.

Our flagship program, TakingITGlobal.org, has become the most popular online community for young people interested in connecting across cultures and making a difference. Hundreds of thousands of people visit the site each month to share their unique knowledge, perspectives and experiences.

Throughout all of our online and offline programming, TakingITGlobal aims to:

* Strengthen the capacity of young people as leaders and citizens
* Foster cross-cultural dialogue and understanding
* Increase awareness and involvement in global issues

Sign up with http://www.takingitglobal.org/ and start making a difference !
Jeanette McDermott Comment by Jeanette McDermott on October 21, 2008 at 11:57am
If you have photos, please upload them so we can experience what goes on there in Brazil.
Jeanette McDermott Comment by Jeanette McDermott on October 21, 2008 at 6:14am
Is there a website we can visit to learn more? Or can you give us more information? What attitudes were changed? And how did the people work together to change the attitudes? I am always interested in learning how people in communities work together to bring about change. And I would like to know more about the work you talk about here. I googled Villa Lage but nothing came up other than real estate announcements.
 

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Jeanette McDermott NaTasha Shastan Bertrand Christopher Stewart Sherry Robinson Ms. Di aka EcoChallenger Diana Ilyes Rebecca Gerendasy Lucy Greer Burton Susan
 
 

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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ECO KUDOS

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.

Click here to read informative articles each month.

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