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need help on a relgious question?

In the ancient goddess traditions, the Earth was seen as the body of the goddess and as such the Earth was considered sacred. Nature was seen as a living, spiritual force, which is often not the case in the major religious traditions. Do you think that the lack of a feminine aspect to God has helped lead us to our current environmental crisis? Do you think that re-introducing a feminine aspect to religion might help in solving some of the environmental issues we are facing?

By supporting illegal immigrants, are you encouraging more to come into the country?

As liberal as I am on other issues, I find it unbelievable that the US supports illegal immigrants the way they do, especially with regard to birthright citizenship and education.

By supporting illegal immigrants and opening borders are you going to encourage a ton more to come in to the country? What kinds of social, ecomomic and environmental impacts will this have?

Why doesn’t the US do more to improve the situation in the offending countries, rather than just supporting them here?

Why do feminists blame male biology on VAW, when research shows it’s an environmental issue?

It is well know that if you raise a child in a violent environment they’re going to be violent. Yet feminists and some women want to blame testosterone and the evil ‘Y’ chromosome on men’s violence against women and girls.

When women abuse children they do it more than men and also when women abuse kids they abuse/kill boys more.

Seems to me boys are raised with violent mothers more than violent fathers so boys are learning how to hate females.

So why do the VAW radicals think men will stop by acvtually calling us rapists, pimps and murderers? This only teaches us and boys to be violent.

You CANNOT stop half the problem!
Sweet_P – this is from the same website as that thread you linked to and it’s from 2003 to boot so must be worse now:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm03/figure3_6.htm

How much does science aid in the persistence of nonsensical beliefs?

I highly value science as our best means of gaining knowledge, so this is not the issue here. My question is more about the somewhat unique human capacity to override the way evolution ordinarily functions. Technological advancement has taken many previously relevant environmental pressures off of us. It seems to me one of the dangerous consequences of this is that people can hold beliefs that deviate from reality so much that the consequences would previously have been debilitating to life if not deadly.With the social power of many religions waning for instance, we would expect to see these beliefs would have to compete on their own, and ultimately be exposed as the fiction they are simply by not allowing life to flourish. But human advancement has prevented these consequences, and those ideas have no consequences, so they persist. What am I missing here, and how do we deal with it?

Question about New Zealanders, Kiwi attitudes, politics, values and other socieitial issues?

1. Why do New Zealanders feel that Australians are better off when they really aren’t?
2. Why do New Zealanders aspire to have a conservative government?
3. Why are New Zealanders so hostile to such things and liberal ideas such as the Emmissons trading scheme, anti-smacking law and other humanitarian liberal ideas?
4. Why are they so tight-arsed about liberal ideas realating to social and economic issues?
5. Why are they so tight-arsed realting to giving thier taxes to needy people who are unemployed when some are really needy?
6. Why do they feel they must have a tough on crime approach like 3 strikes when they have some of the safest streets in the world compared to larger countries such as Australia (who has even softer laws and a higher crime rate too), Canada, UK and USA?
7. Why do they have such an inferior complex and have a chip on shoulder?
8. Why do they think that Australian Government policies are any better when all they do is cause lots of harm to Australians too?
9. Why are New Zealanders so unpatriotic about their own country and then come to Australia and think it so great and are therefore patriotic about Australia which Australians don’t even go on about?
10. Whats up with the kiwis negative attitudes?
11. Why do New Zealanders constantly think that their government tells them what to do when the similar, if not the same issues with Aussies goverment also tells us what to do therefore making australia also a nanny state?
12. Why do New Zealanders hate the idea of an Anti-Smacking law and water restrictions even though it happens in Australia?
13. Why do New Zealanders feel that they must have the same wages and same tax rates as Australia?
14. Why are average Australians far more liberal than the average New Zealanders about alot of social and economic issues?
15. Why do New Zealanders feel they must have the same strong economy as Australia?
16. It complexes and confuses me why they continue to come here even though we have serious water and environmental problems and can’t sustain our environment with our current population, surely they have no right to come here and whats up with them automatically being accepted as they are kiwis, shouldn’t they have to go through the same immigration procedure as any other immigrant and therefore requiring a visa to live in Australia, not make it an Automatic right, should we cut the string and make them apply like every other immigrant? The opposition was right by cutting australias immigration to like to eventually take only 30,000 instead of 300,000, its too many immigrants australia takes a year?
17. Why are New Zealanders so negative?

Please take the time to comment and opinionate on these issues kiwis.
EDIT:

18. Are New Zealanders just a bunch of ignorant, pig headed, arrogant, un-educated, idiotic and naive bunch of people and realise no matter when you are in this world, there will always be the same problems as at home, if not worse?
EDIT II:

I am sorry if some of this offends, but just currious.

What do you think about Al Gore’s alternative energy plan?

I think we should invest more money for alternative forms of energy, but his plan cannot be justified with today’s gas prices. His plan suggests that developing alternative energy is as urgent as developing the atomic bomb was to end World War II. Nobody knows what the price of gas will be tomorrow and that’s why we shouldn’t listen to Al Gore’s plan.

What are the social benefits of alternative energy?

I’m doing a project on alternative energy for school. We have to identify the environmental, economical and social impacts of small-scale Hydroelectricity, Solar energy and Wind energy and I’m not quite sure what the social benefits are… does anyone have any ideas???

Thank You 🙂

i think i would like to pursue a career in alternative energy, how can i accomplish this?

i am considering majoring in chemical engineering, environmental sciences… or maybe agriculture. i’m not really sure.
ideally i would like a career with a high salary. what should i do to achieve a decent career in alternative energy? i am a sophomore in high school and i’m planning on taking college courses this spring.

Alternative energy?

What has been done in michigan to make or to do anything with alternative energy/renewable energy. PLease help. I can’t find anything on the internet.

Alternative energy?

Which is the best form Alternative energy for the environment and our future?

Vegans: Questions about wearing leather?

Ok I really try not to wear ANY animals at all and my thing is about leather like wheter its handbags or shoes ……
What if its vintage leather from like 1970’s etc. or something still wrong ?
I want to be a true vegan and have my morla and ethics match up and yet i dont want to be stuck wearing things that are not attractive if you know what i mean…….
My style is vintage things as apposed to buying new stuff all the time when you can get real cool clothes just the same from vintage stores and what not…….
What if you were say to travel to Europe ( Paris as an example) and you go shopping at there famed vintage stores and see amazing things you love but then notice how there made out of leather and you stop to think ……
What should you do ?
Im trying my best to be as animal friendly as well as eco friendly as possible from vegan friendly products and being as green as possible but i really need to know where vegans stand on vintage leather
thanks i hope that made sense and didnt sound too rambly…….

I’m looking for some hemp sandals that are like these Ecocross sandals?

I’m looking for some sandals that look like these – http://www.rawganique.com/graphics/footwear/ecocrossM.jpg They are Unisex EcoCross 100% Hemp Sandals. I found them here – http://www.rawganique.com/footwear2.htm But they are all out of my shoe size. I wear a womens size 8 or 8 1/2. The site with these shoes only has womens 6 to 7 sizes. Are there any shoes out there that are like these ones?
I like the big straps on them and the colors. I want something that goes around the back of my foot like these ones do. It’d be cool if they were made out of hemp or something that’s eco friendly, but they don’t have to be.
Thanks for all your help 🙂

I Need Help With These DispoSe Garbage Journal- My English Is Not That Well… ASAP! 10PNTS?

The best way we can dispose of our garbage is by using bags made of natural materials and reusing them to carry our groceries. Reclining any product we can such as paper, metal, glass, plastic and plants materials give us a healthy environment. Using a good alternative is helpful in this cases. Landfill are actually healthy ways to dispose of certain waste products. My building is build with garbage chutes on every floor carefully and tightly we package our trash to dispose them.

I decided last Tuesday to take out those clothes I won’t use anymore in my closet. My house has a closet for extra storage space, something that benefits us greatly because we keep extras stuff though not used now, but in the future. Now we enter spring I need to rid of of those unused clothes I won’t wear anymore for now on In order to have more space and void bad smell in my closet. Before deciding what to do with them I went to the laundry to have them clean and ready to be pack.My coats and jackets always give me a problem since I can’t have them all together tend to smell bad specially when it rain,so are the one that first go out of my closet. If they still usable, then I donate them to any charity home for a good cause instead of throw it away. After I separate my clothes according to their type. I First started with my pants since they are too heavy and use a lot of space in my closet. Most of the time I don’t keep my sweater so I prefer to give them away as they tend to succeed or wasted with time, but those who choose to keep are held in my drawer. The shoes are very hard to keep as are used tend to smell bad all together if plan to give them away. Although shoe boxes are a lot of space I always keep them for this kind of situation.

On friday I always go to the supermarket to buy some food and personal things. I bring own bag to purchase groceries. It’s simple one to reduce resin waste. When I purchased hair color, each package included a container, a brush, gloves manufactured by resin. It’s one time used because I can obtain a same one for net purchase. Buying products with as little packaging as possible, of course from eco–friendly companies save us time, money and space. When came home went to the kitchen. What I first did was to check the refrigerator since there its where my mom put a lot of unused stuff that we tipically have to throw away often. There were two expired meat so I put them together in a newspaper to avoid contamination. Two Water and juicy leave empty to prevent any liquid in the trash. Usually I disposed 5 or 6 can of soda per week. I separate them from the other item in a bag as there are many people who use them to get money to eat or etc. When I took there where a lot of sausage,bean cans, and corn 5 of each, I was suprised since it made me realize how much money we waste on things that most of the time we don’t use.
Sunday was the day to clean my room! I Spent a few hours taking out everything from my drawers, organizing, and throwing out what I no longer needed to dispose any old and unused materials. I opened the window for ventilation, specially my bedroom that is so hot! I always started using my eletric broom to make sure that I don’t leave anything under the bed. Since I work in a retail store I’m always buying new stuff such as clothes, accesories, gum and etc.. I used this kind of days to throw away those that expired or if not need it anymore. I put in a small bag two rings and three watches to dispose them away. My niece have a lot of toys of her in my bedroom. I refuse to throw toys in the trash because it wastes my money and because it’s definitely not good for the environment as it sits in the landfill when it could have been recycled/reused. But I need space in my bedroom and kids are always asking for more. So I had to throw away 3 of them.

Recycling is a truly over-rated way to improve the environment. There is a great underestimation of the available space and capacity of landfill areas, certainly in the US, and probably worldwide as well. There is also no real crisis in our most recycled resources, either aluminum and glass are still cheap to produce, and there are still enough trees around to make paper cheaper from the tree than by recycling.The stuff in the trash gets buried deep in a landfill in an anaerobic environment, and so does not decay. The stuff you toss down the disposal gets ground down and flushed away, where it can go back into the environment.

am i an indie teen girl?

i am love with all things indie but i really want to know if i am truly indie. i only wear skinny jeans, i like to wear my canvas sperry’s or van’s shoes. i wear my hair down all the time or in a braid, i am semi- vegetarian, I LISTEN TO INDIE MUSIC:p, i don’t wear that much make up, my style usually consists of, pacsun, hot topic, mod cloth, journeys, and occasionaly at abercrombie and hollister, oh and i have a pair of moccassins, i am completely eco–friendly, i recycle and plant tons of trees, i do not get so stressed up in anything, and most people describe me as being mellow…

(UK) What would you do if you were to become prime minster? I would:?

•Get the army out of Iraq, Afghanistan and anywhere else there is a war I will stop it which will also save money as well
•Tax the middle class people more and stop footballers and celebs getting paid so much
•If your under 20 bus fare is free all around England but adults will only have to pay 45p, you would only need to pay 50p for tubes and DLR if you are under 20, 70p if you are over 21, 40p if you are old and disabled. + all buses to be double deckers
•For teachers, TA’s, care workers, supporters, people working with disabled children and in old peoples homes, fire men, police, ambulance people, nurses, doctors, GP’s to get paid more, maybe twice as more then they get now.
•Create more jobs for people like opening up more care homes, leisure centres, youth centres, cinemas, arcades (these games places they have in America), shopping centres, factory work and many more things
•University fees to be £900 instead of £9000 so basically make it more cheaper
•Get rid of a lot of illegal and foreign people as there is no space/control the amount of people who gets through to come to England/make boarder secure to stop too much people coming in
•Create more family size homes for people who need it
•Take away VAT and make clothes, shoes, toiletries, electrical and food cheaper.
•Only allow people to get married at the age of 21 (because it’s too young under this age)
•No one under 19 can get pregnant if they do then they should have an abortion or pay a fine, basically no teenage pregnancies because its too young and you need a education and career first before you have kids
•Make England more eco–friendly
•People can have no more then 4 kids as if there are too many people in England then it isn’t good as England would be over crowded in the next 10 years I don’t want that to happen.

what would u do?

i need a topic and a reason for wanting to talk about it?

in world history we are to think about current issues,

“”Some topics you may want consider are the recent election, the economy, foreign relations, education, students rights, environmental issues, etc… These are only a few topics we can discuss.”

thats rite from the blog. can you help i already suggested the presidancy and how Obama will affect us, but thats everyones i want some thing different.

PETROBRAS! Brazilian Oil Company owned by George Soros, Obama got deep water drill permits, but no US corp WHY?

Petrobras got a 2 billion $ loan to deep drill compliments of Obama recently. Now they get to drill in OUR WATERS, while our companies don’t and we will be buying oil from them. Who is president of Brazil right now? A communist revolutionary who did time for her involvement in the Communist movement in Brazil.

Mexico also got a 2 billion $ Loan to deep drill in the Golf. Not sure of the ins and outs, but that’s oil we should be drilling.

We are also just sitting by while China drills off Florida using Cuban permits, taking oil thats closer to the US waters than Cuban. The Chinese are unaccountable to our environmental standards. More chance of spill, no oil in US control which would bring down prices.

How clear does it have to be? We are being sold out. We are being deliberately torn down by an enemy from within.

Doesn’t matter if you’re a Republican, Democrat, or Independent. If you plan to live in this country you should be very concerned.

Also you should be concerned about the media covering this up. I mean politics is one thing, but to cover up a big sell out like this? Something may be rotten in Denmark, and it probably is, but there is no doubt something is stinking to high heaven right here at home.

If we don’t pull our heads out our country will be sold out from under us while we squabble over issues that seem to be planted to smoke screen what is really doing our country grave damage.

If the Republicans were really on the people’s side, they would be yelling bloody murder about this and shutting things down. I was hoping there was someone on our side, but sadly, I don’t think there is. Maybe just the Tea Party, maybe not even all of those.

It’s up to we the people, our government officials are selling us out.
Dyslexia be can fun … GHW Bush is the CEO of Petrobras? Is that true? Any documentation you can point me to? I know he was working with Soros on something, forget the name of it, and Soros paid of GW Bushes debts in hopes of getting some pull with the Bush administration but he ended up really pissed off at GW Bush. I want to know all I can about this, and I want the people to know all about it as well. I don’t think Fox is even giving us all the information. I think were being played!

Duke of Dixie 10 BILLION?!!!!!!!!! Son of a Fucking Bitch! We have to clean house before their is no damned house to clean!
Oops, GHWB is a director you said, not CEO. Would like to see evidence. A lot of dishonest crap is tossed at the Bush’s, but I don’t disbelieve, would just like verification. I don’t trust the Bush’s

Why is climate change considered the most important environmental problem?

Everybody seems to agree that climate change is the most important environmental issue yet no-one seems to be able to answer the question as to why it is so much more important than massive population growth or severely depleted food-stocks and bio-diversity. Even in “An Inconvenient Truth” he says “this is the most important environmental problem on the planet” but never gets round to explaining why he thinks that.

I don’t doubt that it is happening, I work in an industry where it can be plainly seen on a daily basis, but I’m just confused as to why it is considered so much more important than, say, the imminent starvation of the entire planet due to massive over-harvesting of limited resources and the associated destruction of entire eco-systems.

I can’t help get the feeling it is because harvesting of endangered species makes money and stopping it has no economic benefit whereas convincing everyone that they need to buy a new type of car or hot water system and throwing on an associated tax is big business and is going to make countries and companies who jump on the band-wagon literally billions of dollars. I keep feeling conned

Just before you abuse me I’ll re-iterate I BELIEVE CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPPENING AND I’M RELATIVELY CERTAIN IT’S US WHO’S CAUSING IT. That’s not what I’m asking.

Is there an official code of ethics for graphic designers/visual communication professionals?

If so, where might I find it? (I’m particularly interested in the Australian industry code, but US or UK codes will do).

One that covers ethical issues such as environmental responsibility, advertising/promotion of harmful products, visual misrepresentation/embellishment of products, etcetera.

Australian news help?

I am in desperate need of some information on the following from February 2009 to now:

Australian current events
major speeches by Australian leaders
major Australian government policy initiatives
major social, economic or political problems in Australia
Australian government responses to natural disasters
issues related to civil liberties/elections/human rights in Australia
Australia’s major environmental issues
and the depictions of the US in the Australian press

Are there any good news archives where I might find a lot of this information? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Who benefits from a global climate crisis?

“Scientists who use climate change to explain environmental changes improve their chances of getting research grants from foundations, corporations — and U.S. government programs that budget a whopping $6.5 billion for global warming in 2007. They also increase the likelihood of getting headlines and quotes in news stories: “Climate change threatens extinction of rare frogs, scientist says.” Climate disaster skeptics face an uphill battle on grants, headlines, quotes and job security.
* Politicians can curry favor with activists who support re-election campaigns and higher aspirations; transform $14 billion in alternative energy pork into ethical planetary protection; and promote policies that otherwise would raise eyebrows.”

http://www.cdfe.org/global_warming_profits.htm

Does anyone else get the feeling that even if there was an entrepreneur who could become a “Rockefeller of?

alternative energy” and make nice-looking small wind turbines that were quiet, cost effective synchronous inverters, super-affordable solar cells and hybrid cars that could go like hell while still getting 70 mpg, many conservatives would still scoff at alternative energy just because FOX News told them to?

Alternative energy is weak right now. The industry is over-run by wimpy cry-babies who are more interested in soaking up government incentives and university kudos than actually getting anything done. All that’s needed to make alternative energy more viable is one damn good entrepreneur.

Is Al Gore too hypocritical in his own environmental practices to win the Nobel peace prize?

Among having been the deciding vote to alleviate the gas tax when he was VP he also owns 5 homes one of which burned over ten times the average amount of energy for the area, as well as not having alternative energy sources to power them.

Don’t get me wrong I’m a huge environmentalist and if all Gore has done anything he has brought attention to the issue. I just think the spokesman from the environment should practice what he preaches. So giving the award to Al Gore instead of someone truly deserving seems a rather political than earnest move by the part of the Nobel peace prize committee.

“Awarding it to Al Gore cannot be seen as anything other than a political statement. Awarding it to the IPCC is well-founded,” said Bjorn Lomborg, author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071012/ap_on_sc/nobel_peace

Does America’s economy really affect the world?

Here in America, our news talks about how our current economic woes has brought down the markets all over the world. How does our economy affect the people of Australia? Do you feel the American downturn has affected Australia? It was our greedy bankers that made bad loans on real estate, it’s our oil greedy President who hasn’t supported alternative energy. I really don’t understand how this works and was wondering how the people of Australia feel about this statement.

California Solar Company Gets $5 billion contract in China. Is this the new economy?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100109/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_solar_power
Al Gore and Obama both has said that the new US economy will be made up of “Green jobs”.
Now a California company has received a lucrative contract to build a huge solar electric-generating plant in China. Is this the future? Can being a tree-hugging, alternative energy company make billions?

Suggest me some Eco friendly products?

hey folks i need a list of Eco friendly products so give me a list of categorized Eco friendly products

Eco-friendly products?

Whats the benefit of using Eco–friendly products? And whats the importance of recycling?

Eco-Friendly Products….?

Does anyone know what it takes to make a product like this? Does any one know any thing about eco–friendly products like go green? If so what? Any information that you know is helpful…

Want to buy innovative and eco-friendly products from Brazil?

A small yet very conscious Brazilian enterprise seeks business partners around the globe.

What degree,class etc. do you need in order to make eco products and stuff?

i know environmental engineering helps much and so does civil engineering.
I want to know what other things do i need to start making eco friendly products
Im in middle school but i want to start thinking about my future and yes i have straight a’s

where can i find paintings that deal with environmental issues?

i need to find paintings that deal with environmental issues, such as water shortage, im having trouble, please help!!!!!!

what are some of the environmental issues associated with mining?

what are some of the environmental issues associated with mining, especially the river systems. what happens when the taillings and waste from the mines are been dumped in the river systems?

What is Denmark’s position on environmental issues?

What environmental issues are faced by them and what is their stance regarding them?

If humanity is guilty of problems like environmental issues?

Then do hunter-gatherers get some of the blame since they just happen to be of the same species as the people who are directly responsible for problems such as environmental issues?

What environmental issues are there in the community of Eden, NSW?

This is for my geography assessment and i need to know the environmental issues that have or are affecting Eden

Will passage of the healthcare bill with a strong public option and the passage of the alternative energy bill?

that will create alot of jobs in this country be the end of the GOP as we know it? Since they have no vision for the future of this country and no ideas of their own?
JW… I don’t want a one party system either. But right now we have the GOP, the party of the right wing extremists. And, the Democratic party which is just to the right of center. I don’t see those as real choices either.
bbj…. I actually went ot private schools. You’re wrong about the GOP and the Dems. Obviously, you skipped the Comparative political philosophy classes.

Why are 4 regular jobs lost for every 1 green job created?

http://eyeonfreedom.com/index.php/4-jobs-lost-for-every-green-job-created/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EyeOnFreedom+%28Eye+on+Freedom%29&utm_content=Twitter

A study of renewable energy in Scotland shows that for every job created in the alternative energy sector, almost four jobs are lost in the rest of the economy. We’ve seen this movie before.

Not only has the sun set on the British Empire, but the promise of wind apparently is deserting it as well. A new study called “Worth The Candle?” by the consulting firm Verso Economics confirms the experience of Spain and other countries: The creation of “green” jobs destroys other jobs through the diversion of resources and the denial of abundant sources of fossil fuel energy.

The economic candle in the U.K. is being blown out by wind power. The Verso study finds that after the annual diversion of some 330 million British pounds from the rest of the U.K. economy, the result has been the destruction of 3.7 jobs for every “green” job created.

Has Hillary every had an ordinary job with a tough boss kicking her butt every morning?

She doesn’t know what ordinary work, the grind, is like month after month. She lives in a political bubble. Idealistic and out of touch, just like Obama. They don’t know, the imagine. But aren’t they really all out of touch? It doesn’t take long to forget when you make it to the sweet life. How is that any different from the Hollywood crowd. Out of touch and looking at the world through rose colored glasses. More, better, upward, jobs, day care, new cars, alternative energy and wisdom and a kinder, gentler country. Perfect.

Tell me what you guys think of this alternative energy plan..?

If its good please tell me how might i spread the word.. if it suck please be nice.. 🙁

and im not very good with my English grammar..

In my Physic class today my professor talks about energy.. he talk about how human stores their energy in form of fats, how the government built this one Dam (hoover dam) to help stimulate our economy in the great depression, and how we uses the river’s kinetic energy to power Las Vegas… and he talks about how energy is converted or moved and how much it get wasted(efficiency), when we buy gas only 25% of our money is actully being spend… I then stand in front of my Calculus class start seeing a hamster run in my head.. and then i start remembering how the bike machine in our gym uses no electricity, but uses our momentum to turn it self on then it rely on us to keep it on..

So this is my plan…

Why not have our president put up a job program where we get pay for exercising while generating energy…
like have us run on a treadmill as a JOB..

1. we get healthy
2. we get money
3. keep our economy strong
4. energy efficient (instead of wasting money going to gym they pay us)
5. many more advantages that i cant think of at the moment..

My friends told me this is a stupid idea.. and so i just wana see what everyone think.. the only thing i see that is bad about this is ppl might see this as slavery.. but we get pay for it.. so i dont think it matter.. and its a choice..
hm.. well if 1 person can generate that little energy why cant we have ALOT of ppl do it.. iono.. >.< ever since i think about this idea i think running is such a waste

How much is Seven Billion dollars?

Oh, about the amount of dollars we export each year to OPEC…

We need to take the bail out money and invest in alternative energy and create jobs as well as keep dollars, here!
Excuse my typing – Question should read, How much is 700 billion dollars.

How do you become “Eco-Friendly”?

I want to start helping out the environment and other people who are more unfortunate than I am. The only problem is I have no idea where to start. If anyone could recommend some websites to get started that would be awesome. This can include places to buy eco–friendly items, clothes, household tools, office supplies… etc. Or webistes that help people such as freerice.com or simple things you can do at home. I would deeply appreciate it. Thanks!

Where can i buy cute eco-friendly clothes?

i am on a completely green thing right now, but i miss shopping for cute clothes. where can i get good clothes that are ecofriendly?

How can you tell which clothes are eco-friendly?

I want to do better for the environment but when i’m shopping for clothes i can’t tell which are made of Bamboo, organic, recycled and/or hand-dyed?
Any tips?
Serious answers please.

Eco friendly clothes manufactures.?

What are some Eco friendly clothes manufactures? Not just online stores were you buy 1 or 2 things. A place where you can buy Eco friendly clothes in bulk.

Where can I get cheap eco-friendly clothes?

graphic tees, jeans etc… teen clothing

Post debate-A question for swing state and undecided voters?

How will you make your decision for US President?

Suggestions:
-Filter out the gutter rhetoric and lies from both sides.
-Choose who you think is best able to calm and correct the economic crisis.
-Choose who you think will deal most effectively on a global scale.
-Choose who you think is more capable of rebuilding our national image and stature in the world.
-Choose who will work harder to assure our personal freedoms.
-Choose who will be most effective at maintaining our national security both domestically and militarily.
-Choose who is more dedicated to the ecological and environmental issues the world faces.
Best of luck.

Environmental Project Ideas?

Hey! Ok, for a school project in geography we have to create a powerpoint presentation on an environmental issue of our choice. Here are some examples that they gave us:
Deforestation
Over fishing
Pollution
Animal extinction(Choose only one animal)
Oil spills
Urbanization
Mining
and Hurricanes

Ok, if I chose one from there, it would be sharks extinction. But, I want to do something the nobody would choose. It has to answers these questions:
How have humans interacted with the enviroment to create this issue?
Where does this issue occur most often?
Give a specific example of this issue
Give people or groups on both sides of this issue

Any ideas that nobody would think of? It is for a geography project, and if there are some good websites or books for informantion, please say them! P.S.
Do you think hybrids would work? Probably not….. anyway, thanks for the answers ahead of time!

How do you, US citizen feel this opinion?

This is an opinion by Yukio Hatoyama, new prime minister of Japan.

A New Path for Japan

Article Tools Sponsored By By YUKIO HATOYAMA Published: August 26, 2009

TOKYO — In the post-Cold War period, Japan has been continually buffeted by the winds of market fundamentalism in a U.S.-led movement that is more usually called globalization. In the fundamentalist pursuit of capitalism people are treated not as an end but as a means. Consequently, human dignity is lost.

How can we put an end to unrestrained market fundamentalism and financial capitalism, that are void of morals or moderation, in order to protect the finances and livelihoods of our citizens? That is the issue we are now facing.

In these times, we must return to the idea of fraternity — as in the French slogan “liberté, égalité, fraternité” — as a force for moderating the danger inherent within freedom.

Fraternity as I mean it can be described as a principle that aims to adjust to the excesses of the current globalized brand of capitalism and accommodate the local economic practices that have been fostered through our traditions.

The recent economic crisis resulted from a way of thinking based on the idea that American-style free-market economics represents a universal and ideal economic order, and that all countries should modify the traditions and regulations governing their economies in line with global (or rather American) standards.

In Japan, opinion was divided on how far the trend toward globalization should go. Some advocated the active embrace of globalism and leaving everything up to the dictates of the market. Others favored a more reticent approach, believing that efforts should be made to expand the social safety net and protect our traditional economic activities. Since the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2001-2006), the Liberal Democratic Party has stressed the former, while we in the Democratic Party of Japan have tended toward the latter position.

The economic order in any country is built up over long years and reflects the influence of traditions, habits and national lifestyles. But globalism has progressed without any regard for non-economic values, or for environmental issues or problems of resource restriction.

If we look back on the changes in Japanese society since the end of the Cold War, I believe it is no exaggeration to say that the global economy has damaged traditional economic activities and destroyed local communities.

In terms of market theory, people are simply personnel expenses. But in the real world people support the fabric of the local community and are the physical embodiment of its lifestyle, traditions and culture. An individual gains respect as a person by acquiring a job and a role within the local community and being able to maintain his family’s livelihood.

Under the principle of fraternity, we would not implement policies that leave areas relating to human lives and safety — such as agriculture, the environment and medicine — to the mercy of globalism.

Our responsibility as politicians is to refocus our attention on those non-economic values that have been thrown aside by the march of globalism. We must work on policies that regenerate the ties that bring people together, that take greater account of nature and the environment, that rebuild welfare and medical systems, that provide better education and child-rearing support, and that address wealth disparities.

Another national goal that emerges from the concept of fraternity is the creation of an East Asian community. Of course, the Japan-U.S. security pact will continue to be the cornerstone of Japanese diplomatic policy.

But at the same time, we must not forget our identity as a nation located in Asia. I believe that the East Asian region, which is showing increasing vitality, must be recognized as Japan’s basic sphere of being. So we must continue to build frameworks for stable economic cooperation and security across the region.

The financial crisis has suggested to many that the era of U.S. unilateralism may come to an end. It has also raised doubts about the permanence of the dollar as the key global currency.

I also feel that as a result of the failure of the Iraq war and the financial crisis, the era of U.S.-led globalism is coming to an end and that we are moving toward an era of multipolarity. But at present no one country is ready to replace the United States as the dominant country. Nor is there a currency ready to replace the dollar as the world’s key currency. Although the influence of the U.S. is declining, it will remain the world’s leading military and economic power for the next two to three decades.
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