Planet Earth: Fact- File and Discussion

souldreamer7 · Mar 31, 2012

Planet Earth

What can one person do to change the way we care for Planet Earth? The answer is: a lot!

The MJJC Legacy Team Project is setting up this thread to make awareness about the
condition of the earth, how we can heal it and how we can encourage others to follow our footsteps.

With some changes we can make sure to continue with what Michael always fought for;
a gentle and blue planet. It is our one and only planet and we have to clean and care for it
to make sure our next generations feel at home as well.

We want to encourage everyone to participate in this thread and start with themselves. <o

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Let us know how exactly you are participating, what news you’ve heard, what projects
need awareness, what you did lately, etc.And most important; don’t hesitate
to share your, with no doubt lovely, ideas.

There’s nothing that can’t be done, if we raise our voice as one.

45 Ways To Heal The Earth

1. Insulate your home.<o

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2. Buy energy-efficient appliances.
3. Buy products that will last.
4. Install storm windows.<o

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5. Close off unused areas in your home from heat and air conditioning.<o

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6. Wear warm clothing and turn down winter heat.<o

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7. Switch to low-wattage or fluorescent light bulbs.<o

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8. Turn off all lights that don't need to be on.<o

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9. Use cold water instead of hot whenever possible.<o

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10. Opt for small-oven or stove-top cooking when preparing small meals.<o

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11. Run dishwashers and clothes washers only when full.<o

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12. Air-dry your laundry when possible.<o

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13. Instead of ironing, hang clothes in the bathroom while showering.<o

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14. Take quick showers instead of baths.<o

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15. Install water-efficient showerheads.<o

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16. Collect rainwater and graywater for gardening use.<o

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17. Explore getting a solar water heater for your home.<o

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18. Learn how to recycle all your household goods<o

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19. Start separating out your newspaper, other paper, glass, aluminum, and food wastes.<o

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20. Encourage your local recycling center or program to start accepting plastic.<o

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21. Encourage friends, neighbors, businesses, local organizations to recycle and sponsor recycling efforts.<o

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22. Use recycled products, especially paper.<o

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23. Bring your own canvas bags to the grocery store.<o

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24. Start a recycling program at your work.<o

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25. Limit or eliminate your use of "disposable" items.<o

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26. Join a car pool or use public transport to commute.<o

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27. Walk or use a bicycle whenever possible.<o

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28. Rent or borrow items that you don't use often.<o

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29. Use natural fiber clothing, bedding and towels.<o

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30. Avoid rainforest products, and inform the supplier or manufacturer of your concerns.<o

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31. Buy locally produced foods; avoid buying foods that must be trucked in from great distances.<o

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32. Read labels. Eat organic or less-processed foods.<o

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33. Start a garden; plant a garden instead of a lawn<o

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34. Talk to friends, relatives, and co-workers about preventing global climate change.<o

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35. Educate children about sustainable living practices.<o

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36. Get involved in local tree-planting programs.<o

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37. Join an environmental organization. If they're not involved with climate change, get them involved.<o

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38. Support work to alleviate poverty. Poverty causes deforestation and other environmental problems.<o

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39. Donate money to environmental organizations.<o

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40. Support electoral candidates who run on environmental platforms.<o

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41. In place of TV and the stereo, spend time reading, writing, drawing, telling stories, making music.<o

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42. Spend time seeing, hearing, and rejoicing in the beauty of the Earth. Feel your love for the Earth. Make serving the Earth your first priority.<o

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43. Think often about the kind of Earth you would like to see for your grandchildren's grandchildren.<o

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44. While doing small things, think big. Think about redesigning cities, restructuring the economy, reconceiving humanity's role on the Earth.<o

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45. Pray, visualize, hope, meditate, dream.

“I think about the generations and they say they want to make
it a better place for our children and our children's children
so that they know it's a better world for them and
I think they can make it a better place”

OUR RAINFOREST

One of the biggest threats this earth is facing is deforestation of the rainforests, without these natural, nutrient rich resources, our planet will soon face a much darker future than what we could ever imagine.

Currently all rainforests are rapidly being destroyed due to human activity. This could globally lead to an environmental disaster. One of the greatest threats to the rainforest is deforestation. Deforestation occurs for many reasons; some of these might be to create new land, build hydro-electricity plants or to sell lumber for profit. Deforestation may have positive effects on man but it has very severe consequences on nature and the world we live in. Deforestation tears apart and destroys animal habitats, the increased soil erosion leads to acres upon acres of Barren land - lacking vegetation and nutrients, landslides and flooding. The machinery used to deforest the rainforest, produces several hundreds if not thousands of Co[SUP]2[/SUP] every year.

Deforestation is rapidly reducing our earth’s biodiversity and risks losing many, many organisms that could be useful in the future. One of the greatest concerns of deforestation is the rate at which it occurs. Currently, over 29 Million acres of forest are being destroyed and cleared every single year. It is predicted that by the year 2050 that all tropical rainforests will have been lost, this cannot happen. Of course, isolated and protected areas such as Amazonia, Costa Rica and Nigeria are exceptions, however this does not mean that something that should be done. Every single minute, up to 20 football field’s worth of forest is being destroyed.

During the years 2000 and 2006, up to 150,000km[SUP]2[/SUP] of Brazilian forest was destroyed. Throughout our earth fragile ecosystem, each animal depends upon another to stay health. If one animal’s habitat is destroyed due to deforestation, this can have dramatic effects on another animal. If worms are no longer found in certain areas due to barren land then Birds will soon disappear or starve, having dramatic effects on that species population which could eventually lead to extinction.

Deforestation not only has detrimental effects on the environment, it also has dramatic effects on us, humans. Trees not only help the hydrological cycle by putting water back into the atmosphere, they also aid in our fight against Global Warming by taking the Carbon Dioxide and transforming it into oxygen. If we allow deforestation to continue, these vital tasks cannot be carried out. The result of this? Less rain, higher temperature and extreme weather across various parts of the globe. Areas in West Africa are suffering from the dramatic effects of deforestation; they face draughts and unbearably high temperatures, all at the hand of deforestation.

So what can we do?

There are many things we can do to prevent this. By just simply recycling, it will reduce the necessity for more Paper and Lumber and in turn slow down the process of Deforestation. Check where you’re materials and paper come from? Many companies are now only using certified renewable forests, all you need to do is check the labels and instead of just grabbing a pack of paper, check where it’s from, see if it’s from a renewable source.

MJJC Legacy Team Project Staff

Together, We Can Make That Change!

How to Start Recycling at Home

New to the world of recycling at home? Then you’ve come to the right place. This is a quick and dirty guide to setting up a home recycling system to make it convenient and easy to divert as much of your waste to recycling centers as possible. And if you’re not yet convinced that recycling’s benefits are worth the effort, read our Recycling Facts article to find out why it’s important to recycle.

Determine what kinds of things you can recycle: Knowing what you can recycle will help you set up an effective home recycling program for you and your family - after all, there’s no use separating film plastics from the rest of your trash if there are no recyclers willing to take it from you!
We’ve got Recycling Guide for every type of trash problem with resources for how to find recyclers in your local area.

How to sort your recyclables: Various recycling programs require that you sort your waste in particular ways. Various colors of glass, for instance, often have to be separated. On the other hand, some municipal recycling programs let you throw paper and apple cores in with dirty diapers and pizza boxes! Once you know how you’ll have to sort your recyclables, you can calculate how many bins you’ll need.

Decide where to locate your recycling station: To decide the ideal location, you should ask yourself what’s more important - a home recycling system that’s easy to access or one that’s hidden away from public view? The answer will help you determine the best location. Whether you want to hide it in a closet or not, for convenience, we recommend having several recycling stations located where you produce the most waste. For instance, you may need a recycling station in these rooms:

•Kitchen: Which is likely where you’ll produce the most garbage from food prep - cans, cardboard, plastics, glass bottles, soda cans, etc. Here you’ll likely want an extra bin for organic waste.
•Home office: For collection of office paper, newspaper, and so on.
•Garage: Where you’ll have old paints, vehicle fuels, cleaning products, and yard waste. The garage is also a good place for hiding your recycling station if you want it out of the way.
•Bathrooms: For collecting containers from personal care products and paper waste.

Measure available space: Take out a tape measure and determine exactly how much space you have for your recycling stations. Don’t leave this step out because you don’t want to bring home bins that don’t fit!

Choose recycling bins: There are many models from which to choose - some more stylish and others more functional. In the process, you may want to change your trash bin as well - the smaller the better to encourage more recycling. Here are some great recycling bin models you could try (make your recycling bins more eco-friendly by choosing those made from recycled plastic!

•Ben the Bin
••Busch System
•Gaiam Folding Recycling Bags
•IKEA
•Mode
•simplehuman
•TRASHY
•UMBRA

If you’re looking for how to start recycling in your condo, apartment, or townhouse complex, check out these resources for multi-family recycling programs:

•Complex Recycling Issues
•Condo and Apartment Recycling
•Home and Apartment Recycling Bins
•Multifamily Recycling - A Golden Opportunity for Solid Waste Reduction
•Recycling and Waste Reduction in Apartment Buildings
•Recycling Handbook - For Superintendants and Property Managers
•Steps to Establish an Effective Apartment Recycling Program

Check Out EcoLife - A Gide To Green Living
EcoLife

-------Together, We Can Heal The Word-------

The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, activated 20 million Americans from all walks of life and is widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement. The passage of the landmark Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act and many other groundbreaking environmental laws soon followed. Growing out of the first Earth Day, Earth Day Network (EDN) works with over 22,000 partners in 192 countries to broaden, diversify and mobilize the environmental movement. More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world

But Earth Day Network does not stop there.

All of EDN’s activities, whether greening schools or promoting green economic policies at home and abroad, inform and energize populations so they will act to secure a healthy future for themselves and their children. With its partner organizations, EDN provides civic engagement opportunities at the local, state, national and global levels. At every turn, EDN works to broaden the definition of "environment" to include all issues that affect our health, our communities and our environment, such as greening deteriorated schools, creating green jobs and investment, and promoting activism to stop air and water pollution.

Over the last 40 years, EDN has executed successful environmental campaigns on issues ranging from climate change and drinking water to voter registration and saving the whale. EDN is a recognized leader in creating civically–oriented innovative programs with partners outside of the environmental movement to tackle new challenges. Our core programs today focus on:

Greening Schools and Promoting Environmental Education In partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council and The Clinton Foundation, EDN’s Green Schools Campaign, aims to green all of America’s K-12 schools within a generation. Green schools save money, conserve energy and water, and foster better-performing, healthier students. EDN’s Educators' Network, used by over 30,000 teachers and administrators nationwide, provides innovative tools and resources to promote civic participation and to develop a sense of environmental responsibility among students of all ages. Together, EDN’s Education and Policy Teams organize federal and state legislative campaigns to green school facilities, improve school food, and enhance environmental education and civic engagement. These include the Healthy Schools Act, No Child Left Inside, the National Civic Education Project, No Idling and the Climate Change Educators’ Grant. EDN is also working internationally to promote green schools and improve environmental education.

Accelerating the Global Green Economy

For years, EDN has created dialogues and conferences engaging civil society, corporate, and government leaders on how to transition from a traditional, fossil fuel-based economy to one based on renewable energy, energy efficiency and other sustainable development principles. Our Global Day of Conversation continues to provide local government leaders with an opportunity to engage with their constituents in a dialogue about renewable energy, sustainability and the green economy. As in 2010, EDN will co-host the Climate Leadership Gala with Sir Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room at the Creating Climate Wealth Conference, convening the world’s most successful green business leaders. EDN’s newest initiative, Women and the Green Economy (WAGE™), is promoting the unique leadership role women bring to advancing green economic and investment policies at the international, national and local levels.

A Billion Acts of Green®

From greening schools to hosting town hall discussions on clean energy investment and green jobs, Earth Day Network leads its network in thousands of Earth Day events and actions worldwide each year. To catalyze global environmental activism, Earth Day Network chose A Billion Acts of Green® as the theme for Earth Day 2011. A Billion Acts of Green® – the largest environmental service campaign in the world – inspires and rewards simple individual acts and larger organizational initiatives that further the goal of measurably reducing carbon emissions and supporting sustainability. The goal is to register one billion actions in advance of the global Earth Summit in Rio in 2012.

This Earth Hour 2012: 8.30pm, Saturday 31 March, celebrate your action for the planet
with the people of world by switching off your lights for an hour, then go beyond the hour.

From its inception as a single-city initiative -- Sydney, Australia - in 2007, Earth Hour has grown into a global symbol of hope and movement for change. Earth Hour 2011 created history as the world's largest ever voluntary action with people, businesses and governments in 135 countries across every continent coming together to celebrate an unambiguous commitment to the one thing that unites us all -- the planet.

onedayonearth.org “One Day On Earth” is the documentary new media project about the amazing diversity, conflict, tragedy, and triumph that occurs in one 24-hour period on this planet . More than a film, “One Day on Earth” is a multi-platform participatory media project. The flagship of this project is a documentary to be released theatrically. Through a creative commons we will establish a community that not only watches but participates.

souldreamer7 MJJC Legacy Team Project Staff

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souldreamer7 · May 17, 2012

Planet Earth - Spoken Word Poem - By: Michael Jackson

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50 Ways to Save the Planet

REDUCE

No styrofoam ~ Be sure to cross styrofoam cups off your shopping list. With the amount of foam cups we use each year, we could circle the earth 436 times.

Buy in bulk Buy products with less packaging or buy in bulk. And always choose paper or cardboard, which biodegrade, over plastic.

Home water filter Instead of loading up on bottled water, install a water filter on your home faucet. That $5 filter will give you 40,000 8-ounce glasses of purified tap water.

Low-flow showerhead ~ Save water by taking shorter showers and installing a low-flow showerhead. Low-flow showerheads can reduce the water flow up to 50 percent.

Low-flow toilet ~ Don't flush money down the toilet. A low-flush toilet uses half the water but still does the job.

Support local farmers ~ On average, your food has traveled 1200 miles just to get to your plate. Shopping at farmers' markets, co-ops and CSAs allows you to buy directly from the people who grow the food. (See 100 mile diet)

Reduce your junk mail ~ An estimated 4 million tons (34 pounds per person) of paper junk mail are sent each year in the U.S. and nearly half of it is never opened. If 100,000 people stopped their junk mail, we could save up to 150,000 trees each year. Make your office green We use so much office paper that we could build a 12-foot-high paper wall from New York to Los Angeles every year. Make your office greener by making double sided copies, sending office memos over e-mail and shredding waste paper for packing material.

Limit your brochures ~ When you consider the number of visitors hosted at popular tourists attractions every year, you can see what a waste of paper one brochure per person really is. Don't take a brochure unless you really need one. Then return it so someone else can use it.

Eliminate pesticides ~ Home gardeners use up to 10 times more toxic chemicals per acre than farmers. Use organic alternatives and beneficial insects instead.

Use natural cleaners ~ Replace chemical cleaners with non-toxic products. Most ingredients can already be found in your kitchen.

Build a greener home ~ Ensure your family's health while living in a beautiful home that sustains the environment.

Switch to solar energy ~ In one day, the sun provides more energy than our population could use in 27 years. Make the switch to sunlight — it doesn't pollute and it's free.

Plant shade trees ~ Shade trees outside your home can reduce the temperature inside by 10 to 20 degrees, and save you $100 to $250 a year in electricity.

Buy a mulching lawnmower ~ To take care of your yard without bagging or burning leaves and lawn clippings, get a mulching lawnmower that spreads the grass clippings back on the lawn, where they decompose and feed the soil.

Share a ride ~ Most cars on U.S. roads carry only one person, leaving enough room in our cars for everyone in western Europe to ride with us. Consider car-pooling and public transportation.

Keep your car tuned ~ Keeping your car in good working condition will not only make your car last longer, it will make it more fuel-efficient.

Drive a hybrid ~ When in the market for a new vehicle, consider buying a hybrid. A hybrid can reduce smog pollution by 90 percent compared with the cleanest vehicles on the road today.

Use compact fluorescent bulbs ~ They last 10 times longer and use only one-fourth of the energy compared to incandescent light bulbs.

Turn ups, turn downs ~ Turn your thermostat down three degrees in the winter and up three degrees in the summer. You can prevent the emission of nearly 1100 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

Use a notebook computer ~ Save energy in your home office by switching to a laptop. Notebook computers are 90 percent more energy-efficient than desktop computers. They run on rechargeable batteries, and have energy-saving features like low-energy display screens and automatic sleep modes.

Get unplugged ~ TVs and VCRs that are turned "off" cost us nearly a billion dollars a year in electricity. Unplugging them is the only way to ensure that they are not using any energy.

Wash in cold water ~ When it comes time to do the laundry, you can cut your energy use and washing costs in half by switching to cold water.

Front-loading dryers ~ You'll save even more money using front-loading dryers.

REUSE

Buy reusable products ~ Every year, we throw away 2 billion disposable razors and blades and we could circle the planet from end to end with the amount of disposable cameras we use yearly. Buy reusable items rather than single-use products.

Reusable coffee filters ~ One cloth filter can replace over 300 paper filters, which means that fewer trees will be cut down.

Clean spills with cloth ~ Twenty-seven million trees a year are destroyed to support our paper towel addiction. Clean up your spills with cotton kitchen towels or old clothes.

Rechargeable batteries ~ We buy 5 billion batteries every year. Trouble is, they're not biodegradable and they're full of toxic heavy metals that could leak into landfills. What's the answer? Rechargeable batteries. Each rechargeable battery can replace between 50 and 300 throwaway batteries.

Reuse greeting cards ~ Even greeting cards can be reused. Cut off the fronts and use them as postcards, or send the fronts to St. Jude's Ranch for Children. The kids re-mount greeting cards and sell them to raise money for college.

RECYCLE

Recycle your cans ~ Every month, we throw away enough aluminum to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet. Recycled, that aluminum would be worth $600 million by year's end.

Look inside the triangle ~ Plastic can only be recycled a limited number of times. Plastics labeled with #1 or #2 are most easily recycled, so look for a number inside the triangle on the bottom of most plastic containers.

Recycle the news ~ Americans throw away 44 million newspapers every day. That's 500,000 trees a week, which is a good reason to recycle your paper or read it online.

Recycle your bicycle ~ Keep your bicycle in shape the way you would your car. When it's time to get rid of it, recycle. You'd be amazed at what is being made out of recycled bicycle parts.

LIVE HEALTHILY

Use glass instead of plastic ~ Especially for short-term food storage. Plastic packaging leaves chemical residues on foods stored or heated in it.

Clean the air with indoor plants ~ The air in the average home is far more dangerous than the air outside. Open your windows or clean the air with plants that eliminate airborne toxins.

Walk or bike ~ Twenty-five percent of all car trips are less than a mile long. So get in gear and get some pollution-free exercise.

Wet, not dry cleaning ~ As for dry cleaning — red alert. Clothes are doused with a cancer-causing chemical called "perchloroethylene." Look for a wet cleaner instead. These companies use delicate soaps, liquid carbon dioxide or silicone to wash your clothes.

Buy organic food ~ Organic foods are grown without pesticides and chemical fertilizers — a healthier option not only for you, but also the planet.

Hold on to your balloons ~ At children's parties, don't let mylar balloons fly away. They can end up in a lake or ocean, where a sea animal might choke on them.

Eat fish carefully ~ Sea life around the globe is being threatened by everything from pollution to over-fishing. We are quickly running out of seafood in general and in the process, destroying the ecosystem in which they live. Choose your seafood responsibly. Excellent choices: mahi mahi, Pacific cod.

Plant a school garden ~ By planting a garden, students can learn about the connection between what they eat and where it comes from, while getting hands-on experience in planting, digging and cultivating.

GIVE

Buy carbon offsets ~ Air traffic is a prime contributor to global warming so, when you fly, give some money to a company that invests in projects to reduce carbon dioxide — like planting trees.

Go on a service vacation ~ Take a vacation that's good for you and the environment. These volunteer vacations are offered at unique destinations around the world. You can help maintain trails, remove invasive plants, and even assist with wildlife habitat preservation.

Donate with a credit card ~ You can also donate money to charity simply by using your credit card when you shop. Select service organizations have agreements with credit card companies where each time you use that card, a small donation goes to their organization at no charge to you.

Donate old paint cans ~ Most paints contain metals that are hazardous to the environment when thrown away. Donate your leftover paint to your local theater company instead. Your neighborhood recycling center can also suggest drop-off points.

Donate your car to charity ~ Your car doesn't even have to be running and part of the proceeds will benefit the cause of your choice.

Donate your cell phone ~ Cell phone technology changes so rapidly that it's hard to keep up. But what do you do with your old phone? Don't throw your old cell phones away and don't let them sit in the bottom of your junk drawer at home. Here's the best thing to do with an unused cell phone: donate it.

Donate your computer ~ Giving away your old computer can do a lot of good, too. Not only does it keep potentially hazardous materials out of landfills, it also puts a computer in the hands of someone who needs it.

Green Investments ~ Here's a way to make a difference, and maybe make some money, too. Invest in socially responsible funds and companies. These investments perform as well, if not better than alternative investment options.
Spread the word ~ You've altered your house, your car and your lifestyle. Think you're finished? Well you're not... because there's still one more thing that you can do: Spread the word.

100 Mile Diet ~ When the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically travelled at least 1,500 miles. Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon lived for a year on food produced within 100 miles of their home. Could you?

The Sources:

fineliving.com

http://www.matessa.org/~mike/50ways.htm

~ MJJC Legacy Team Project Staff

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Plant A Tree In Honour Of Michael

Plant A Tree in Honour of Michael Jackson is official initiative We took on in 2009-2011.
We plan to revamp this project and reach out to our members to help cure Mother Earth.

We have came a long way together with this wonderful gift to Mother Earth. There's plenty of time to plant your tree in honour of Michael Jackson. Our Mother Earth needs all the trees she can get and she will return the favor with nice clean oxygen to help fuel our lungs and beautiful shade during our season's sunny days. Let's help replace all the trees that have been taken away. Give alittle from your heart . :heart:

As Michael fans we know how strongly Michael felt about the planet, its environment and its people and the MJJC Legacy Project have established a Michael Jackson Memorial Fund with the Nature Conservancy in support of the their Plant A Billion Trees project.

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"I respect the secrets & magic of nature. That's why it makes me so angry to see these things that are happening,you know? That every second I hear that the size of a football field is torn down in the Amazon. That kind of stuff really bothers me. That's why I write these kinds of songs,you know? To give some sense of awareness & awaking and hope to people. I love the Planet. I love Trees. I have this thing for trees and the colors & changing of leaves. I love it! I respect those kind of things."
~Michael Jackson

MJ TinkerBell · May 17, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Earth Hour - Planet Earth

:wild::heart::woohoo:

souldreamer7 · May 19, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Earth Hour - Planet Earth

Yes. :yes:
Now everyone can view everything about Planet Earth in one thread. :clap:

MJJC Legacy Team Project will keep this thread up-to-date - So we will be able to help out our home.

*Update* Check-Out the Monthly Updates in Posts #1 and #2 also, New Sections added-in monthly.
L.O.V.E. to All. :heart:

souldreamer7
MJJC Legacy Team Project Staff

MJ TinkerBell said:
:wild::heart::woohoo:

MJ TinkerBell · May 20, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

:dancin: :agree: :bow: :wild:

Go MJ LEGACY TEAM !!

:dancin: :agree: :bow: :wild:

Daryll748 · May 20, 2012

WOW COOL tips... :clap:

I already do a lot of "earth" friendly stuff... Maybe easier if you live 'alone' as then you have no one 'nagging' about the change you make for a better earth...

I REFUSE to buy a car that 'pollutes' ... If I want a car, it has to be an 'electric' one...
I do NOT own a TV any more... That's not only a save in electricity and TV license but also 'mind pollution' you wipe out...
I have a PC with an "energy saving star" ... I fully 'plug' it out at night even my net is 'plugged' out...
I do NOT have a washing machine... I do my washing every 14 days at the 'launderette'

I do NOT own a dryer... All my clothes are 'air dried'
I do NOT even own an iron... I DO have clean clothes...

I only heat the places I live in... Which are only 2 out of the 5 places I 'rent' in my flat... I don't 'crank' up the heating... It has a 'night' stand at 16 ° C and if it's 'colder' than 18 outside... I just 'crank' it to 17° c... and during the day, I'm cosy with 18/20 °C

I chose to make my 'living spaces' in the two 'bedrooms' to SAVE on heating... My windows are 'fixed' with 'carton' to keep out as much 'wind' as possible and I have 'thick' curtains to keep the room 'warm' then the heating doesn't have to 'crank' all day...
The owner installed an 'energy saving' gas system...

I do NOT eat ready meals like frozen food or microwave food

I do NOT 'over consummate' and only buy what I need to eat and drink... in that way, you 'decrease' the garbage you put out too...

I do NOT use my deep freeze any more... I got a fridge for juice and yoghurt and the rest is fresh stuff...

If I clean... It's with NATURAL products and I use only 1,5 L instead of the usual 10 liters peeps use to clean their floors...
I do the dishes with 'ECO' detergent...

Oh, I do NOT own a vaccuum cleaner too... I clean my carpets with a brush and my floors with a mopping system...

WOW, look at this list; didn't know I was doing this all ...

MJ TinkerBell · May 27, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

ray::heart:

ray:

andrea72 · May 28, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

It is important to pick up litter (well for me personally it is) and the nature guardians do not like it
when we litter. Also, many light workers are not aware that we can gain karma from not recycling.

I am doing a talk this Friday on recycling and i shall be highlighting the above

MJ TinkerBell · May 28, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

:clapping::bow::agree::clapping:

Thanks for coming by and seeing us, I think you are an amazing Light Worker and very happy you will spread this information forward for others !! Please stay tuned as we will be Posting more information on this very important subject Michael wanted US all to do for the Planet , the World for our Children ray::heart:ray:

andrea72 said:

It is important to pick up litter (well for me personally it is) and the nature guardians do not like it
when we litter. Also, many light workers are not aware that we can gain karma from not recycling.

I am doing a talk this Friday on recycling and i shall be highlighting the above

Click to expand...

andrea72 · May 29, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

MJ Tinkerbell thankyou for your kind words

Love & Light, from Andrea xxx.

andrea72 · Jun 8, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

I did my talk on recycling last Friday and it went very well. 7 people turned up
(but 2 couldn't stay for long and had to leave). The talk lasted for almost an
hour. I got my points across and gave each person a handout on recycling.
I read out Michael's poem, Planet Earth. At end of the talk, we all did a balloon
release, putting wishes on the balloons for our planet.

MJ TinkerBell · Jun 9, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

:ciao: WoW !! :wild: Thank-you Andrea72 you have really done your part for the World, the planet and your community :flowers:
I ray: you will do this again, and again and that you spread your infectious and refreshing enthusiasm for generations to come :clapping:ray::bow:

andrea72 said:
I did my talk on recycling last Friday and it went very well. 7 people turned up
(but 2 couldn't stay for long and had to leave). The talk lasted for almost an
hour. I got my points across and gave each person a handout on recycling.
I read out Michael's poem, Planet Earth. At end of the talk, we all did a balloon
release, putting wishes on the balloons for our planet.

Daryll748 · Jun 9, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

andrea72 said:
It is important to pick up litter (well for me personally it is) and the nature guardians do not like it
when we litter. Also, many light workers are not aware that we can gain karma from not recycling.

I am doing a talk this Friday on recycling and i shall be highlighting the above

Andrea72 you really put me on an idea again :clapping:

In 2009, I only drank 'soda stream' that is a syrup soda in different flavours and you only add water to it... It's a COOL 'recycling' plan as you don't NEED to buy already made soda and you're NOT left with all those cans and bottles...
WHY did I ever quit that plan? Oh, the grocery store I go to don't sell them any more so I have to check where else they sell them

souldreamer7 · Jun 9, 2012

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Daryll748 said:
Andrea72 you really put me on an idea again :clapping:

In 2009, I only drank 'soda stream' that is a syrup soda in different flavours and you only add water to it... It's a COOL 'recycling' plan as you don't NEED to buy already made soda and you're NOT left with all those cans and bottles...
WHY did I ever quit that plan? Oh, the grocery store I go to don't sell them any more so I have to check where else they sell them

Hi, That's a really good and cool ideal! Thanks for sharing that.
I know how you mean about finding great things and then the place 'runs' out of it. I hope that they re-stock it or you are able to find another place close to you. Take care!

:heart:
souldreamer7

Daryll748 · Jun 9, 2012

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souldreamer7 said:
Hi, That's a really good and cool ideal! Thanks for sharing that.
I know how you mean about finding great things and then the place 'runs' out of it. I hope that they re-stock it or you are able to find another place close to you. Take care!

:heart:
souldreamer7

Yep, I 'googled' it

and found several stores that still sell them... PHEW...
I used to drink it when I was at work... You can bring the soda along in 'sturdy' plastic bottles of 1L and NOW I see they have gone to 20 different flavours yet... WOW... Till, you've tried them all :tease:
Besides, I don't like to stock up on soda but I NEED to drink a lot of fluid so :smilerolleyes:

MIST · Jun 10, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

THE REAL COSTS OF BEEF:
ENVIRONMENTAL
DEVASTATION
Cattle and beef production is a primary threat to the global environment. It is a major contributor to deforestation, soil erosion and desertification, water scarcity, water pollution, depletion of fossil fuels, global warming, and loss of biodiversity.

Deforestation
Cattle ranching is a primary cause of deforestation in Latin America. Since 1960, more than one quarter of all Central. American forests have been razed to make pasture for cattle. Nearly 70 percent of deforested land in Panama and Costa Pica is now pasture.1
Some 40,000 square miles of Amazon forest were cleared for cattle ranching and other commercial development between 1966 and 1983. Brazil estimates that 38 percent of its rain forest was destroyed for cattle pasture.2

Just one quarter-pound hamburger imported from Latin America requires the clearing of 6 square yards of rain forest and the destruction of 165 pounds of living matter including 20 to 30 different plant species, 100 insect species, and dozens of bird, mammal, and reptile species. 3

Soil Erosion and Desertification
Cattle production is turning productive land into barren desert in the American West and throughout the world. Soil erosion and desertification is caused directly by cattle and other livestock overgrazing. Overcultivation of the land, improper irrigation techniques, and deforestation are also principal causes of erosion and desertification, and cattle production is a primary factor in each case.
Cattle degrade the land by stripping vegetation and compacting the earth. Each animal foraging on the open range eats 900 pounds of vegetation every month. Their powerful hoofs trample vegetation and crush the soil with an impact of 24 pounds per square inch.4

As much as 85 percent of U.S. western rangeland, nearly 685 million acres, is being degraded by overgrazing and other problems, according to a 1991 United Nations report. The study estimates that 430 million acres in the American West is suffering a 25 to 50 percent yield reduction, largely because of overgrazing.5

The United States has lost one third of its topsoil. An estimated six of the seven billion tons of eroded soil is directly attributable to grazing and unsustainable methods of producing feed crops for cattle and other livestock.6

Each pound of feedlot steak costs about 35 pounds of eroded American topsoil, according to the Worldwatch Institute.7

Water Scarcity
Nearly half of the total amount of water used annually in the U. S. goes to grow feed and provide drinking water for cattle and other livestock. Producing a pound of grain-fed steak requires the use of hundreds of gallons of water. Producing a pound of beef protein often requires up to fifteen times more water than producing an equivalent amount of plant protein.8

U.S. fresh water reserves have declined precipitously as a result of excess water use for cattle and other livestock. U.S. water shortages, especially in the West, have now reached critical levels. Overdrafts now exceed replenishments by 25 percent.9

The great Ogallala aquifer, one of the world's largest fresh water reserves, is already half depleted in Kansas, Texas, and New Mexico. In California. where 42 percent of irrigation water is used for feed or livestock production, water tables have dropped so low that in some areas the earth is sinking under the vacuum. Some U.S. reservoirs and aquifers are now at their lowest levels since the end of the last Ice Age.11

Water Pollution
Organic waste from cattle and other livestock, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and agricultural salts and sediments are the primary non-point source of water pollution in the U.S.11

Cattle produce nearly 1 billion tons of organic waste each year. The average feedlot steer produces more than 47 pounds ofmanure every twenty-four hours. Nearly 500,000 pounds of manure are produced daily on a standard 10,000- head feedlot. This is the rough equivalent of what a city of 110,000 would produce in human waste. There are 42,000 feedlots in 13 U.S. states.12
Depletion of Fossil Fuels
Intensive animal agriculture uses a dis proportionate amount of fossil fuels. Supplying the world with a typical American meat-based diet would deplete all world oil reserves in just a few years.13

It now takes the equivalent of a gallon of gasoline to produce a pound of grainfed beef in the United States. The annual beef consumption of an average American family of four requires more than 260 gallons of fuel and releases 2.5 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, as much as the average car over a six month period.14

Global Warming
Cattle and beef production is a significant factor in the emission of three of the four global warming gases -- carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane.15

Much of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere is directly attributable to beef production: burning forests to make way for cattle pasture and burning massive tracts of agricultural waste from cattle feed crops. When the fifty-five square feet of rain forest needed to produce one quarter-pound hamburger is burned for pasture, 500 pounds of CO2 is released into the atmosphere.16
CO2 is also generated by the fuel used in the highly mechanized agricultural production of feed crops for cattle and other livestock. With 70 percent of all U.S. grain production now used for livestock feed, the CO2 emitted as a direct result is significant.17

Petrochemical fertilizers used to produce feed crops for grain-fed cattle release nitrous oxide, another greenhouse gas. Worldwide, the use of fertilizers has increased dramatically from 14 million tons in 1950 to 143 million tons in 1989. Nitrous oxide now accounts for 6 percent of the global warming effect.18

Cattle emit methane, another greenhouse gas, through belching and flatulation. Scientists estimate that more than 500 million tons of methane are released each year and that the world's 1.3 billion cattle and other ruminant livestock emit approximately 60 million tons or 12 percent of the total from all sources. Methane is a serious problem because one methane molecule traps 25 times as much solar heat as a molecule of CO2.19

Loss of Biodiversity
U.S. cattle production has caused a significant loss of biodiversity on both public and private lands. More plant species in the U.S. have been eliminated or threatened by livestock grazing than by any other cause, according to the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO).20

Riparian zones -- the narrow strips of land that run alongside rivers and streams where most of the range flora and fauna are concentrated -- have been the hardest hit by cattle grazing. More than 90 percent of the original riparian zones of Arizona and New Mexico are gone, according to the Arizona State Park Department. Colorado and Idaho have also been hard hit. The GAO reports that "poorly managed livestock grazing is the major cause of degraded riparian habitat on federal rangelands."21

Unable to compete with cattle for food, wild animals are disappearing from the rangs. Pronghorn have decreased from 15 million a century ago to less than 271,000 today. Bighorn sheep, once numbering over 2 million, are now less than 20,000. The elk population has plummeted from 2 million to less than 455,000.22

The government has worked with ranchers to make cattle grazing the predominant use of Western public lands. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has long favored ranching over other uses. BLM sprays herbicides over large tracts of range eliminating vegetation eaten by wild animals and replacing it with monocultures of grasses favored by cattle.23

Under pressure from ranchers, the U.S. government exterminates tens of thousands of predator and "nuisance" animals each year. In 1989, a partial list of animals killed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal Damage Control Program included 86,502 coyotes, 7,158 foxes, 236 black bears, 1,220 bobcats, and 80 wolves. In 1988, 4.6 million birds, 9,000 beavers, 76,000 coyotes, 5,000 raccoons, 300 black bears, and 200 mountain lions, among others, were killed. Some 400 pet dogs and 100 cats were also inadvertently killed. Extermination methods used include poisoning, shooting, gassing, and burning animals in their dens.24

The predator "control" program cost American taxpayers $29.4 million in 1990 -- more than the amount of losses caused by wild animals.25

Tens of thousands of wild horses and burros have been rounded up by the federal government because ranchers claim they compete with their cattle for forage. The horses and burros are held in corrals, costing taxpayers millions of dollars per year. Many wild horses have ended up at slaughterhouses.
For several years, cattle ranchers have blocked efforts to re-introduce the wolf, an endangered species, into the wild, as required by the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/reports/beyond.html#3
http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/images/dairyrunoff.jpg

There are problems in Africa and Australia too with soil erosion and desertification etc because there are/have been too much cattles

souldreamer7 · Jun 12, 2012

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Hi. MIST :waving:
Thank you for sharing this information. This is very close to my heart :heart: and the Staff of MJJC Legacy Team Project. I know all MJJC member care deeply about Our planet and what is happening in it.

With L.O.V.E.
:heart:
souldreamer7

MJ TinkerBell · Jun 12, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

:clapping::group::agree:

MIST said:
THE REAL COSTS OF BEEF:
ENVIRONMENTAL
DEVASTATION
Cattle and beef production is a primary threat to the global environment. It is a major contributor to deforestation, soil erosion and desertification, water scarcity, water pollution, depletion of fossil fuels, global warming, and loss of biodiversity.

Deforestation
Cattle ranching is a primary cause of deforestation in Latin America. Since 1960, more than one quarter of all Central. American forests have been razed to make pasture for cattle. Nearly 70 percent of deforested land in Panama and Costa Pica is now pasture.1
Some 40,000 square miles of Amazon forest were cleared for cattle ranching and other commercial development between 1966 and 1983. Brazil estimates that 38 percent of its rain forest was destroyed for cattle pasture.2

Just one quarter-pound hamburger imported from Latin America requires the clearing of 6 square yards of rain forest and the destruction of 165 pounds of living matter including 20 to 30 different plant species, 100 insect species, and dozens of bird, mammal, and reptile species. 3

Soil Erosion and Desertification
Cattle production is turning productive land into barren desert in the American West and throughout the world. Soil erosion and desertification is caused directly by cattle and other livestock overgrazing. Overcultivation of the land, improper irrigation techniques, and deforestation are also principal causes of erosion and desertification, and cattle production is a primary factor in each case.
Cattle degrade the land by stripping vegetation and compacting the earth. Each animal foraging on the open range eats 900 pounds of vegetation every month. Their powerful hoofs trample vegetation and crush the soil with an impact of 24 pounds per square inch.4

As much as 85 percent of U.S. western rangeland, nearly 685 million acres, is being degraded by overgrazing and other problems, according to a 1991 United Nations report. The study estimates that 430 million acres in the American West is suffering a 25 to 50 percent yield reduction, largely because of overgrazing.5

The United States has lost one third of its topsoil. An estimated six of the seven billion tons of eroded soil is directly attributable to grazing and unsustainable methods of producing feed crops for cattle and other livestock.6

Each pound of feedlot steak costs about 35 pounds of eroded American topsoil, according to the Worldwatch Institute.7

Water Scarcity
Nearly half of the total amount of water used annually in the U. S. goes to grow feed and provide drinking water for cattle and other livestock. Producing a pound of grain-fed steak requires the use of hundreds of gallons of water. Producing a pound of beef protein often requires up to fifteen times more water than producing an equivalent amount of plant protein.8

U.S. fresh water reserves have declined precipitously as a result of excess water use for cattle and other livestock. U.S. water shortages, especially in the West, have now reached critical levels. Overdrafts now exceed replenishments by 25 percent.9

The great Ogallala aquifer, one of the world's largest fresh water reserves, is already half depleted in Kansas, Texas, and New Mexico. In California. where 42 percent of irrigation water is used for feed or livestock production, water tables have dropped so low that in some areas the earth is sinking under the vacuum. Some U.S. reservoirs and aquifers are now at their lowest levels since the end of the last Ice Age.11

Water Pollution
Organic waste from cattle and other livestock, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and agricultural salts and sediments are the primary non-point source of water pollution in the U.S.11

Cattle produce nearly 1 billion tons of organic waste each year. The average feedlot steer produces more than 47 pounds ofmanure every twenty-four hours. Nearly 500,000 pounds of manure are produced daily on a standard 10,000- head feedlot. This is the rough equivalent of what a city of 110,000 would produce in human waste. There are 42,000 feedlots in 13 U.S. states.12
Depletion of Fossil Fuels
Intensive animal agriculture uses a dis proportionate amount of fossil fuels. Supplying the world with a typical American meat-based diet would deplete all world oil reserves in just a few years.13

It now takes the equivalent of a gallon of gasoline to produce a pound of grainfed beef in the United States. The annual beef consumption of an average American family of four requires more than 260 gallons of fuel and releases 2.5 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, as much as the average car over a six month period.14

Global Warming
Cattle and beef production is a significant factor in the emission of three of the four global warming gases -- carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane.15

Much of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere is directly attributable to beef production: burning forests to make way for cattle pasture and burning massive tracts of agricultural waste from cattle feed crops. When the fifty-five square feet of rain forest needed to produce one quarter-pound hamburger is burned for pasture, 500 pounds of CO2 is released into the atmosphere.16
CO2 is also generated by the fuel used in the highly mechanized agricultural production of feed crops for cattle and other livestock. With 70 percent of all U.S. grain production now used for livestock feed, the CO2 emitted as a direct result is significant.17

Petrochemical fertilizers used to produce feed crops for grain-fed cattle release nitrous oxide, another greenhouse gas. Worldwide, the use of fertilizers has increased dramatically from 14 million tons in 1950 to 143 million tons in 1989. Nitrous oxide now accounts for 6 percent of the global warming effect.18

Cattle emit methane, another greenhouse gas, through belching and flatulation. Scientists estimate that more than 500 million tons of methane are released each year and that the world's 1.3 billion cattle and other ruminant livestock emit approximately 60 million tons or 12 percent of the total from all sources. Methane is a serious problem because one methane molecule traps 25 times as much solar heat as a molecule of CO2.19

Loss of Biodiversity
U.S. cattle production has caused a significant loss of biodiversity on both public and private lands. More plant species in the U.S. have been eliminated or threatened by livestock grazing than by any other cause, according to the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO).20

Riparian zones -- the narrow strips of land that run alongside rivers and streams where most of the range flora and fauna are concentrated -- have been the hardest hit by cattle grazing. More than 90 percent of the original riparian zones of Arizona and New Mexico are gone, according to the Arizona State Park Department. Colorado and Idaho have also been hard hit. The GAO reports that "poorly managed livestock grazing is the major cause of degraded riparian habitat on federal rangelands."21

Unable to compete with cattle for food, wild animals are disappearing from the rangs. Pronghorn have decreased from 15 million a century ago to less than 271,000 today. Bighorn sheep, once numbering over 2 million, are now less than 20,000. The elk population has plummeted from 2 million to less than 455,000.22

The government has worked with ranchers to make cattle grazing the predominant use of Western public lands. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has long favored ranching over other uses. BLM sprays herbicides over large tracts of range eliminating vegetation eaten by wild animals and replacing it with monocultures of grasses favored by cattle.23

Under pressure from ranchers, the U.S. government exterminates tens of thousands of predator and "nuisance" animals each year. In 1989, a partial list of animals killed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal Damage Control Program included 86,502 coyotes, 7,158 foxes, 236 black bears, 1,220 bobcats, and 80 wolves. In 1988, 4.6 million birds, 9,000 beavers, 76,000 coyotes, 5,000 raccoons, 300 black bears, and 200 mountain lions, among others, were killed. Some 400 pet dogs and 100 cats were also inadvertently killed. Extermination methods used include poisoning, shooting, gassing, and burning animals in their dens.24

The predator "control" program cost American taxpayers $29.4 million in 1990 -- more than the amount of losses caused by wild animals.25

Tens of thousands of wild horses and burros have been rounded up by the federal government because ranchers claim they compete with their cattle for forage. The horses and burros are held in corrals, costing taxpayers millions of dollars per year. Many wild horses have ended up at slaughterhouses.
For several years, cattle ranchers have blocked efforts to re-introduce the wolf, an endangered species, into the wild, as required by the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/reports/beyond.html#3
http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/images/dairyrunoff.jpg

There are problems in Africa and Australia too with soil erosion and desertification etc because there are/have been too much cattles

windy09 · Jun 12, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Earth Hour - Planet Earth

You guys this is all really great information and initiatives. MIST, thank you for posting your article. It's just heart wrenching to know what we are doing to our planet. :no:

MJ TinkerBell · Jun 13, 2012

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How Wind Power Works

It's hard sometimes to imagine air as a fluid. It just seems so ... invisible. But air is a fluid like any other except that its particles are in gas form instead of liquid. And when air moves quickly, in the form of wind, those particles are moving quickly. Motion means kinetic energy, which can be captured, just like the energy in moving water can be captured by the turbine in a hydroelectric dam. In the case of a wind-electric turbine, the turbine blades are designed to capture the kinetic energy in wind. The rest is nearly identical to a hydroelectric setup: When the turbine blades capture wind energy and start moving, they spin a shaft that leads from the hub of the rotor to a generator. The generator turns that rotational energy into electricity. At its essence, generating electricity from the wind is all about transferring energy from one medium to another.

Wind power all starts with the sun. When the sun heats up a certain area of land, the air around that land mass absorbs some of that heat. At a certain temperature, that hotter air begins to rise very quickly because a given volume of hot air is lighter than an equal volume of cooler air. Faster-moving (hotter) air particles exert more pressure than slower-moving particles, so it takes fewer of them to maintain the normal air pressure at a given elevation (see How Hot Air Balloons Work to learn more about air temperature and pressure). When that lighter hot air suddenly rises, cooler air flows quickly in to fill the gap the hot air leaves behind. That air rushing in to fill the gap is wind.

If you place an object like a rotor blade in the path of that wind, the wind will push on it, transferring some of its own energy of motion to the blade. This is how a wind turbine captures energy from the wind. The same thing happens with a sail boat. When moving air pushes on the barrier of the sail, it causes the boat to move. The wind has transferred its own energy of motion to the sailboat.

Wind Facts

Believing in the power of the Wind. Why wind is right – right now

Canada’s electricity system is at a crossroads. Demand is rising and many power plants are approaching retirement. We need more power, and concerns over climate change, air pollution and acid rain damage mean we have to look at cleaner ways to generate it.

Wind is an obvious part of the solution. Wind is quick to install and produces no air pollution or greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. In fact, in light of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which warns that in order to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change, we need to get global emissions to peak and start to decline before 2020, wind energy may well be the best solution right now. “In this critical period between now and the end of the next decade, we are really it on the supply side and that is a pretty large responsibility,” says Steve Sawyer, the secretary-general of the Global Wind Energy Council.

What are our choices? Nuclear power has no emissions, but for the technology just to maintain its current market share, 150-180 new plants will need to be built between now and 2020. The complexities around getting those facilities permitted and constructed make it unlikely.

Clean coal is an option being pursued by power companies around the world, but commercialization of the technology is still years away. The Canadian Clean Power Coalition estimated that the earliest it can get a planned 500 MW demonstration plant operating is 2015.

New large hydro is a possibility; it faces long planning horizons and fierce public opposition to the environmental devastation caused by flooding huge tracts of land. Small run-of-river hydro facilities have fewer impacts, but are becoming increasingly difficult to access. Natural gas generating plants are easy to build, flexible to operate and produce fewer emissions than coal, but dwindling supplies and uncertainty over what fuel prices will be next year, much less 20 years down the road, make it a risky choice. Other renewable energy technologies, like solar power and ocean energy, are not yet mature enough to make a substantial contribution over the short term.

Capturing the wind for a cool planet

The modern wind turbine was built to adapt to all kinds of wind and weather conditions. Turbines can even be installed on water; they don’t need to be just on land.

Wind turbines generally consist of large blades mounted on tall towers attached to a horizontal shaft. As the wind blows, these blades cause the shaft to turn. The shaft is attached to a generator located inside the head, or “nacelle” of the turbine, which generates electricity. Cables carry this electrical current to transmission lines that then carry it to homes and businesses. Modern turbines rotate quite slowly, at an average speed of between 18 to 20 revolutions per minute.

Maintenance issues are also much smaller on a wind farm. At some conventional power plants, the entire plant may have to be shut down for repairs whereas at a wind farm, maintenance takes place one turbine at a time. This has led to availability factors (referring to the percent of time that a turbine is available to capture the wind) of 98% – much higher than conventional forms of energy production.

Wind Power is Reliable

The wind turbines that you see today are the result of decades of research and development. Thanks to these efforts, modern turbines are highly efficient and a typical unit alone can generate enough electricity to power over 500 homes. The science of wind turbine placement has advanced a great deal, too – nowadays, the output of a wind farm can be predicted accurately well before a shovel hits the ground.

As long as there is wind, there will be wind power

With good placement, a modern wind turbine will typically produce electricity 70 percent of the time. Enhanced technology and design improvements have also played a part in increasing the reliability of wind power allowing turbines to generate electricity in all but the most extreme weather conditions.

But what happens when the wind isn’t blowing? Here it is important to remember that the wind never stops blowing everywhere at once. Experience from around the world has shown that a large number of wind turbines spread over a wide geographic area will actually produce a consistent amount of power. And the use of advanced wind and weather forecasting tools helps to make wind energy more predictable and more reliable than ever before.

Wind Energy for Everyone

Large-scale wind generation provides power to your local utility grid, just like other conventional forms of generation like coal, nuclear, hydro or natural gas. When they are clustered together in a wind farm, turbines can even produce power for thousands of distant homes and businesses.

Small-scale wind turbines can provide on-site power to a home, farm or business. Any additional electricity that is generated beyond the user’s needs can be fed into the local electrical grid. For more information on small-scale wind generation visit our section on Small-scale Wind Energy.

Wind energy is generating clean electricity, new jobs and economic development opportunities in communities across the country. While wind energy has enjoyed growing success in many countries for several decades, it is a relatively new contributor to the power system here in Canada. As such, it is natural for people to ask questions. As a responsible industry, we are committed to ensuring Canadians have the most up-to-date factual information on wind energy.

Read up on Dr. David Suzuki's article on wind power in Canada :*
The Answer is Blowing in the Wind.
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/Resources/SuzukiArticle.pdf

Health Fact Sheet
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/canwea-factsheet-health-v5.pdf

Property Values Fact Sheet
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/canwea-factsheet-property-v6.pdf

Pricing Fact Sheet
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/canwea-factsheet-pricing-v8.pdf

Wind by the numbers
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/canwea-factsheet-economic-web.pdf

Nova Scotia at a Glance
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/canwea-factsheet-NS-e-final.pdf

Get the facts on wind energy. Take a look at these fact sheets—you’ll be amazed at the power of the wind.

1. An Introduction to Wind Power
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/1_introduction.pdf

2. Wind Technology
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/2_technology.pdf

3. Wind Power is Reliable
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/3_reliability.pdf

4. Planning a wind farm
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/4_planning.pdf

5. Environmental Benefits
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/5_environment.pdf

6. Wildlife - Birds, bats and wind energy
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/6_wildlife.pdf

7. Visual and sound - The sights and sounds of wind
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/7_visual_sound.pdf

8. Turbines and land use - The win/win of wind energy
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/8_land_use.pdf

9. The wind Energy Industry - The business of wind
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/9_industry.pdf

10. Building a Wind Farm - Making wind energy a reality
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/10_building.pdf

11. Consumer Benefits - Wind energy benefits you
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/11_consumers.pdf

12. Community Benefits
http://www.canwea.ca/images/uploads/File/NRCan_-_Fact_Sheets/12_community.pdf

The Sources:

http://www.canwea.ca/wind-energy/index_e.php

http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/engineer/facts/03-047.htm

www.smallwindenergy.ca

souldreamer7 · Jun 13, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

:waving:
This is great! The information here is so helpful to myself. I hope everyone can take a part of this informative thread and put it to use to help our Planet Earth. :flowers:
souldreamer7

MJ TinkerBell · Jun 13, 2012

50 Ways to Conserve Energy

Here is a list of 50 simple things that everyone can do in order to fight against and reduce the Global Warming phenomenon: some of them are at no cost, some other require a little investment but can help you save a lot of money, in the middle-long term!

Replace a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl) ~ CFLs use 60% less energy than a regular bulb. This simple switch will save about 300 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

Install a programmable thermostat ~ Programmable thermostats will automatically lower the heat or air conditioning at night and raise them again in the morning. They can save you $100 a year on your energy bill.

Move your thermostat down 2° in winter and up 2° in summer ~ Almost half of the energy we use in our homes goes to heating and cooling. You could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment. The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy has more tips for saving energy on heating and cooling.

Clean or replace filters on your furnace and air conditioner ~ Cleaning a dirty air filter can save 350 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

Choose energy efficient appliances when making new purchases ~ Look for the Energy Star label on new appliances to choose the most efficient models available.

Do not leave appliances on standby ~ Use the “on/off” function on the machine itself. A TV set that’s switched on for 3 hours a day (the average time Europeans spend watching TV) and in standby mode during the remaining 21 hours uses about 40% of its energy in standby mode.

Wrap your water heater in an insulation blanket ~ You’ll save 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple action. You can save another 550 pounds per year by setting the thermostat no higher than 50°C.

Move your fridge and freezer ~ Placing them next to the cooker or boiler consumes much more energy than if they were standing on their own. For example, if you put them in a hot cellar room where the room temperature is 30-35ºC, energy use is almost double and causes an extra 160kg of CO2 emissions for fridges per year and 320kg for freezers.

Defrost old fridges and freezers regularly ~ Even better is to replace them with newer models, which all have automatic defrost cycles and are generally up to two times more energy-efficient than their predecessors.

Don’t let heat escape from your house over a long period ~ When airing your house, open the windows for only a few minutes. If you leave a small opening all day long, the energy needed to keep it warm inside during six cold months (10ºC or less outside temperature) would result in almost 1 ton of CO2 emissions.

Replace your old single-glazed windows with double-glazing ~ This requires a bit of upfront investment, but will halve the energy lost through windows and pay off in the long term. If you go for the best the market has to offer (wooden-framed double-glazed units with low-emission glass and filled with argon gas), you can even save more than 70% of the energy lost.

Get a home energy audit ~ Many utilities offer free home energy audits to find where your home is poorly insulated or energy inefficient. You can save up to 30% off your energy bill and 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Energy Star can help you find an energy specialist.

Cover your pots while cooking ~ Doing so can save a lot of the energy needed for preparing the dish. Even better are pressure cookers and steamers: they can save around 70%!

Use the washing machine or dishwasher only when they are full ~ If you need to use it when it is half full, then use the half-load or economy setting. There is also no need to set the temperatures high. Nowadays detergents are so efficient that they get your clothes and dishes clean at low temperatures.

Take a shower instead of a bath ~ A shower takes up to four times less energy than a bath. To maximise the energy saving, avoid power showers and use low-flow showerheads, which are cheap and provide the same comfort.

Use less hot water ~ It takes a lot of energy to heat water. You can use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (350 pounds of carbon dioxide saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year) instead of hot.

Use a clothesline instead of a dryer whenever possible ~ You can save 700 pounds of carbon dioxide when you air dry your clothes for 6 months out of the year.

Insulate and weatherize your home ~ Properly insulating your walls and ceilings can save 25% of your home heating bill and 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Caulking and weather-stripping can save another 1,700 pounds per year. Energy Efficient has more information on how to better insulate your home.

Be sure you’re recycling at home ~ You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide a year by recycling half of the waste your household generates. Earth 911 can help you find recycling resources in your area.

Recycle your organic waste ~ Around 3% of the greenhouse gas emissions through the methane is released by decomposing bio-degradable waste. By recycling organic waste or composting it if you have a garden, you can help eliminate this problem! Just make sure that you compost it properly, so it decomposes with sufficient oxygen, otherwise your compost will cause methane emissions and smell foul.

Buy intelligently ~ One bottle of 1.5l requires less energy and produces less waste than three bottles of 0.5l. As well, buy recycled paper products: it takes less 70 to 90% less energy to make recycled paper and it prevents the loss of forests worldwide.

Choose products that come with little packaging and buy refills when you can ~ You will also cut down on waste production and energy use!

Reuse your shopping bag ~ When shopping, it saves energy and waste to use a reusable bag instead of accepting a disposable one in each shop. Waste not only discharges CO2 and methane into the atmosphere, it can also pollute the air, groundwater and soil.

Reduce waste ~ Most products we buy cause greenhouse gas emissions in one or another way, e.g. during production and distribution. By taking your lunch in a reusable lunch box instead of a disposable one, you save the energy needed to produce new lunch boxes.

Plant a tree ~ A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10 to 15%. The Arbor Day Foundation has information on planting and provides trees you can plant with membership.

Switch to green power ~ In many areas, you can switch to energy generated by clean, renewable sources such as wind and solar. The Green Power Network is a good place to start to figure out what’s available in your area.

Buy locally grown and produced foods ~ The average meal in the United States travels 1,200 miles from the farm to your plate. Buying locally will save fuel and keep money in your community.

Buy fresh foods instead of frozen ~ Frozen food uses 10 times more energy to produce.

Seek out and support local farmers markets ~ They reduce the amount of energy required to grow and transport the food to you by one fifth. You can find a farmer’s market in your area at the USDA website.

Buy organic foods as much as possible ~ Organic soils capture and store carbon dioxide at much higher levels than soils from conventional farms. If we grew all of our corn and soybeans organically, we’d remove 580 billion pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere!

Eat less meat ~ Methane is the second most significant greenhouse gas and cows are one of the greatest methane emitters. Their grassy diet and multiple stomachs cause them to produce methane, which they exhale with every breath.

Reduce the number of miles you drive by walking, biking, carpooling or taking mass transit wherever possible ~ Avoiding just 10 miles of driving every week would eliminate about 500 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year! Look for transit options in your area.

Start a carpool with your coworkers or classmates ~ Sharing a ride with someone just 2 days a week will reduce your carbon dioxide emissions by 1,590 pounds a year. eRideShare.com runs a free national service connecting commuters and travelers.

Don’t leave an empty roof rack on your car ~ This can increase fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 10% due to wind resistance and the extra weight – removing it is a better idea.

Keep your car tuned up ~ Regular maintenance helps improve fuel efficiency and reduces emissions. When just 1% of car owners properly maintain their cars, nearly a billion pounds of carbon dioxide are kept out of the atmosphere.

Drive carefully and do not waste fuel ~ You can reduce CO2 emissions by readjusting your driving style. Choose proper gears, do not abuse the gas pedal, use the engine brake instead of the pedal brake when possible and turn off your engine when your vehicle is motionless for more than one minute. By readjusting your driving style you can save money on both fuel and car maintenance.

Check your tires weekly to make sure they’re properly inflated ~ Proper inflation can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Since every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, every increase in fuel efficiency makes a difference!

When it is time for a new car, choose a more fuel efficient vehicle ~ You can save 3,000 pounds of carbon dioxide every year if your new car gets only 3 miles per gallon more than your current one. You can get up to 60 miles per gallon with a hybrid!

Try car sharing ~ Need a car but don’t want to buy one? Community car sharing organizations provide access to a car and your membership fee covers gas, maintenance and insurance. Many companies – such as Flexcar – offer low emission or hybrid cars too!

Try telecommuting from home ~ Telecommuting can help you drastically reduce the number of miles you drive every week.

Fly less ~ Air travel produces large amounts of emissions so reducing how much you fly by even one or two trips a year can reduce your emissions significantly. You can also offset your air travel by investing in renewable energy projects.

Encourage your school or business to reduce emissions ~ You can extend your positive influence on global warming well beyond your home by actively encouraging other to take action.

Encourage the switch to renewable energy ~ Successfully combating global warming requires a national transition to renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass. These technologies are ready to be deployed more widely but there are regulatory barriers impeding them.

Consider the impact of your investments ~ If you invest your money, you should consider the impact that your investments and savings will have on global warming. Check out Ceres to can learn more about how to ensure your money is being invested in companies, products and projects that address issues related to climate change.

Make your city cool ~ Cities and states around the country have taken action to stop global warming by passing innovative transportation and energy saving legislation. 194 cities nationwide representing over 40 million people have made this pledge as part of the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. Find out how to make your city a cool city.

Tell Congress to act ~ The McCain Lieberman Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act would set a firm limit on carbon dioxide emissions and then use free market incentives to lower costs, promote efficiency and spur innovation. Tell your representative to support it.

Make sure your voice is heard! ~ Americans must have a stronger commitment from their government in order to stop global warming and implement solutions and such a commitment won’t come without a dramatic increase in citizen lobbying for new laws with teeth. Get the facts about U.S. politicians and candidates at Project Vote Smart and The League of Conservation Voters. Make sure your voice is heard by voting!

The Source:
http://lightbulbs.org/50-ways-to-conserve-energy

andrea72 · Jun 13, 2012

MIST;3654042 said:
THE REAL COSTS OF BEEF:
ENVIRONMENTAL
DEVASTATION
Cattle and beef production is a primary threat to the global environment. It is a major contributor to deforestation, soil erosion and desertification, water scarcity, water pollution, depletion of fossil fuels, global warming, and loss of biodiversity.

Deforestation
Cattle ranching is a primary cause of deforestation in Latin America. Since 1960, more than one quarter of all Central. American forests have been razed to make pasture for cattle. Nearly 70 percent of deforested land in Panama and Costa Pica is now pasture.1
Some 40,000 square miles of Amazon forest were cleared for cattle ranching and other commercial development between 1966 and 1983. Brazil estimates that 38 percent of its rain forest was destroyed for cattle pasture.2

Just one quarter-pound hamburger imported from Latin America requires the clearing of 6 square yards of rain forest and the destruction of 165 pounds of living matter including 20 to 30 different plant species, 100 insect species, and dozens of bird, mammal, and reptile species. 3

Soil Erosion and Desertification
Cattle production is turning productive land into barren desert in the American West and throughout the world. Soil erosion and desertification is caused directly by cattle and other livestock overgrazing. Overcultivation of the land, improper irrigation techniques, and deforestation are also principal causes of erosion and desertification, and cattle production is a primary factor in each case.
Cattle degrade the land by stripping vegetation and compacting the earth. Each animal foraging on the open range eats 900 pounds of vegetation every month. Their powerful hoofs trample vegetation and crush the soil with an impact of 24 pounds per square inch.4

As much as 85 percent of U.S. western rangeland, nearly 685 million acres, is being degraded by overgrazing and other problems, according to a 1991 United Nations report. The study estimates that 430 million acres in the American West is suffering a 25 to 50 percent yield reduction, largely because of overgrazing.5

The United States has lost one third of its topsoil. An estimated six of the seven billion tons of eroded soil is directly attributable to grazing and unsustainable methods of producing feed crops for cattle and other livestock.6

Each pound of feedlot steak costs about 35 pounds of eroded American topsoil, according to the Worldwatch Institute.7

Water Scarcity
Nearly half of the total amount of water used annually in the U. S. goes to grow feed and provide drinking water for cattle and other livestock. Producing a pound of grain-fed steak requires the use of hundreds of gallons of water. Producing a pound of beef protein often requires up to fifteen times more water than producing an equivalent amount of plant protein.8

U.S. fresh water reserves have declined precipitously as a result of excess water use for cattle and other livestock. U.S. water shortages, especially in the West, have now reached critical levels. Overdrafts now exceed replenishments by 25 percent.9

The great Ogallala aquifer, one of the world's largest fresh water reserves, is already half depleted in Kansas, Texas, and New Mexico. In California. where 42 percent of irrigation water is used for feed or livestock production, water tables have dropped so low that in some areas the earth is sinking under the vacuum. Some U.S. reservoirs and aquifers are now at their lowest levels since the end of the last Ice Age.11

Water Pollution
Organic waste from cattle and other livestock, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and agricultural salts and sediments are the primary non-point source of water pollution in the U.S.11

Cattle produce nearly 1 billion tons of organic waste each year. The average feedlot steer produces more than 47 pounds ofmanure every twenty-four hours. Nearly 500,000 pounds of manure are produced daily on a standard 10,000- head feedlot. This is the rough equivalent of what a city of 110,000 would produce in human waste. There are 42,000 feedlots in 13 U.S. states.12
Depletion of Fossil Fuels
Intensive animal agriculture uses a dis proportionate amount of fossil fuels. Supplying the world with a typical American meat-based diet would deplete all world oil reserves in just a few years.13

It now takes the equivalent of a gallon of gasoline to produce a pound of grainfed beef in the United States. The annual beef consumption of an average American family of four requires more than 260 gallons of fuel and releases 2.5 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, as much as the average car over a six month period.14

Global Warming
Cattle and beef production is a significant factor in the emission of three of the four global warming gases -- carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane.15

Much of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere is directly attributable to beef production: burning forests to make way for cattle pasture and burning massive tracts of agricultural waste from cattle feed crops. When the fifty-five square feet of rain forest needed to produce one quarter-pound hamburger is burned for pasture, 500 pounds of CO2 is released into the atmosphere.16
CO2 is also generated by the fuel used in the highly mechanized agricultural production of feed crops for cattle and other livestock. With 70 percent of all U.S. grain production now used for livestock feed, the CO2 emitted as a direct result is significant.17

Petrochemical fertilizers used to produce feed crops for grain-fed cattle release nitrous oxide, another greenhouse gas. Worldwide, the use of fertilizers has increased dramatically from 14 million tons in 1950 to 143 million tons in 1989. Nitrous oxide now accounts for 6 percent of the global warming effect.18

Cattle emit methane, another greenhouse gas, through belching and flatulation. Scientists estimate that more than 500 million tons of methane are released each year and that the world's 1.3 billion cattle and other ruminant livestock emit approximately 60 million tons or 12 percent of the total from all sources. Methane is a serious problem because one methane molecule traps 25 times as much solar heat as a molecule of CO2.19

Loss of Biodiversity
U.S. cattle production has caused a significant loss of biodiversity on both public and private lands. More plant species in the U.S. have been eliminated or threatened by livestock grazing than by any other cause, according to the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO).20

Riparian zones -- the narrow strips of land that run alongside rivers and streams where most of the range flora and fauna are concentrated -- have been the hardest hit by cattle grazing. More than 90 percent of the original riparian zones of Arizona and New Mexico are gone, according to the Arizona State Park Department. Colorado and Idaho have also been hard hit. The GAO reports that "poorly managed livestock grazing is the major cause of degraded riparian habitat on federal rangelands."21

Unable to compete with cattle for food, wild animals are disappearing from the rangs. Pronghorn have decreased from 15 million a century ago to less than 271,000 today. Bighorn sheep, once numbering over 2 million, are now less than 20,000. The elk population has plummeted from 2 million to less than 455,000.22

The government has worked with ranchers to make cattle grazing the predominant use of Western public lands. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has long favored ranching over other uses. BLM sprays herbicides over large tracts of range eliminating vegetation eaten by wild animals and replacing it with monocultures of grasses favored by cattle.23

Under pressure from ranchers, the U.S. government exterminates tens of thousands of predator and "nuisance" animals each year. In 1989, a partial list of animals killed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal Damage Control Program included 86,502 coyotes, 7,158 foxes, 236 black bears, 1,220 bobcats, and 80 wolves. In 1988, 4.6 million birds, 9,000 beavers, 76,000 coyotes, 5,000 raccoons, 300 black bears, and 200 mountain lions, among others, were killed. Some 400 pet dogs and 100 cats were also inadvertently killed. Extermination methods used include poisoning, shooting, gassing, and burning animals in their dens.24

The predator "control" program cost American taxpayers $29.4 million in 1990 -- more than the amount of losses caused by wild animals.25

Tens of thousands of wild horses and burros have been rounded up by the federal government because ranchers claim they compete with their cattle for forage. The horses and burros are held in corrals, costing taxpayers millions of dollars per year. Many wild horses have ended up at slaughterhouses.
For several years, cattle ranchers have blocked efforts to re-introduce the wolf, an endangered species, into the wild, as required by the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/reports/beyond.html#3
http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/images/dairyrunoff.jpg

There are problems in Africa and Australia too with soil erosion and desertification etc because there are/have been too much cattles

Hi with reference to what you have said about beef, i would like to share this email with you all. It is
an email from Greenpeace about beef:

Dear Friends

In February you helped Sarah and I, investigate which supermarkets were sourcing beef from Brazilian
slaughterhouses responsible for rainforest destruction. Last week the consequences of your research
ended up in the Telegraph, the Guardian and the Independent.

Volunteers in the UK then checked supermarkets and found serial numbers on more than 100 tins of
beef chunks, mince and corned beef….. (Telegraph 6/6/12)

On Friday Tesco announced they are cutting contracts with JBS over deforestation, following moves from
Asda, Sainsbury’s, Princes and other supermarkets – Sarah’s been hard at work behind the scenes,
well-armed with the results of your investigations.

We had planned a range of other tactics to put Tesco’s in the spotlight, but this time the evidence and
the investigation work that went into the campaign did the trick all by itself. So we’d both really like to
say a huge thank-you for your time and effort, you’ve really made a difference.

Finally we’re going to continue our work in Brazil, and internationally to persuade JBS – the biggest meat
and leather company in the world – to end its role in deforestation. Supermarkets like Tesco’s cancelling
contracts continues to add to the pressure and your efforts have helped make this happen.

Thank you

Richard Martin
Sarah Shoraka

Greenpeace UK

andrea72 · Jun 13, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

I took part in Greenpeace's Corned Beef campaign and they got very got results with
this campaign

souldreamer7 · Jun 15, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

andrea72 said:
I took part in Greenpeace's Corned Beef campaign and they got very got results with
this campaign

They got good results? Great. We have to take care of our planet as Michael tried to remind us it's are only home. :hug:

MJ TinkerBell · Jun 23, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

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From The Secret to you, here is Planet Earth - our home.

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Daryll748 · Jun 23, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

Just wanna ADD here that I 'kicked off' the ECO project of less 'cans and bottles' that pollute the beautiful earth... :clapping:
Though, it's Plan B cause the "Soda stream" syrup has 'artificial' flavours which is NOT healthy for your heart...
So, I switched over to Natural flavour syrup of Teisseire... The ONLY thing I buy is Evian water in HUGE bottles now...
THANK YOU for the INSPIRATION :angel:

MJ TinkerBell · Jun 23, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

:ciao: Daz-Delightful :clapping:

I love it, what exactly is this ECO Project :wild: wow sounds amazing I am so proud of you :dancin:

Daryll748 said:
Just wanna ADD here that I 'kicked off' the ECO project of less 'cans and bottles' that pollute the beautiful earth... :clapping:
Though, it's Plan B cause the "Soda stream" syrup has 'artificial' flavours which is NOT healthy for your heart...
So, I switched over to Natural flavour syrup of Teisseire... The ONLY thing I buy is Evian water in HUGE bottles now...
THANK YOU for the INSPIRATION :angel:

Daryll748 · Jun 23, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

MJ TinkerBell said:
:ciao: Daz-Delightful :clapping:

I love it, what exactly is this ECO Project :wild: wow sounds amazing I am so proud of you :dancin:

Thank you Tink :angel:

Well, On Tuesday I 'schedule' my cleaning and on that day, I also do "garbage control" :cheeky: I know 'fancy' name for saying... I make sure all the 'garbage' is sorted so I can put it outside to 'collect' and once again I was fed up I had another FULL bag of cans and bottles... I had read this thread and a light blinked on...

Long story to exactly just say that the "ECO project" is NO MORE soda and juice cans :tease:

ONLY water bottles in 1,5L and syrup cans which give you 18 servings/ can

I'll post piccies later...

:better:Daz

MJ TinkerBell · Jun 24, 2012

Re: MJJC Legacy Team Project: Planet Earth

:ciao: Daz-Delightful :group:

You ARE the spark of inspiration I want to see in the World ! :wild::clapping:
:bow: Can't wait for the PICCIES :dancin::woohoo:

Daryll748 said:
Thank you Tink :angel:

Well, On Tuesday I 'schedule' my cleaning and on that day, I also do "garbage control" :cheeky: I know 'fancy' name for saying... I make sure all the 'garbage' is sorted so I can put it outside to 'collect' and once again I was fed up I had another FULL bag of cans and bottles... I had read this thread and a light blinked on...

Long story to exactly just say that the "ECO project" is NO MORE soda and juice cans :tease:

ONLY water bottles in 1,5L and syrup cans which give you 18 servings/ can

I'll post piccies later...

:better:Daz

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