tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154849912943218342024-03-14T03:17:51.714-07:00Greening VancouverPaige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.comBlogger285125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-64314640477320311952016-05-27T08:43:00.001-07:002016-05-27T08:43:40.893-07:00R20 Regions of Climate Action and Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Partner to Accelerate Climate Change Solutions<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xGBKSN8PmJexhd_00IYueH_D_qzj6I24fJSjiMifhgD8Ej3Yw0JU0cAP386Bne7iOgkzbTpm70AKnzmPUaChO3kX5oLxUS1t4xIK7A-_WzDt5VWTj69PiHZRgMalYMyMLGdPIx5n6Ym8/s1600/Schwarzenegger%252BDicaprio-720895.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xGBKSN8PmJexhd_00IYueH_D_qzj6I24fJSjiMifhgD8Ej3Yw0JU0cAP386Bne7iOgkzbTpm70AKnzmPUaChO3kX5oLxUS1t4xIK7A-_WzDt5VWTj69PiHZRgMalYMyMLGdPIx5n6Ym8/s320/Schwarzenegger%252BDicaprio-720895.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6289394728145830434" /></a></p><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><em><font color="#666666">Supports Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's call to increase investment in climate projects</font></em></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"><strong>GENEVA and LOS ANGELES - 26 May, 2016</strong> - Following the April signing of the Paris Agreement, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001BklbIy3wwY2XIT1t-kpccbTAvoQblQ3A3Z1ogQm1BhFjA-UA7BVt62PgG97Cm56UsNoUM5iN6WBzSONmYwbH_JowHKmMbV3O-bEQ9aATSUlCTxFEKpRxzxxgtQUmJWJLM_c3FpvduF5HIPN2Xz6IvdhxX_1K2Y6fntnTGjpPKwg=&c=76Qluc-IyKr0mnO3SJWyyVOP4k5AFeyJJhfZiXghmfVtr60B-ba05A==&ch=dKmRTkHkQ9qBFcKf8k0O-EH3sDsKzZQbhlpMFimBPhOVMHm3uw6kxA==" shape="rect" alt="http://www.regions20.org" target="_blank">R20 Regions of Climate Action</a> "R20" and <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001BklbIy3wwY2XIT1t-kpccbTAvoQblQ3A3Z1ogQm1BhFjA-UA7BVt60k43HEYrQT1mU0Hz0MjdvpirEljUwNjvK-uIYnHV4M8CCZuoSxP8cBb0h0MP4pNizvmb7uQzvLQ3ALTesY0m82-29clp7vlUUN8rGMP3DefIUX0DsCrsMc=&c=76Qluc-IyKr0mnO3SJWyyVOP4k5AFeyJJhfZiXghmfVtr60B-ba05A==&ch=dKmRTkHkQ9qBFcKf8k0O-EH3sDsKzZQbhlpMFimBPhOVMHm3uw6kxA==" shape="rect" alt="http://leonardodicaprio.org" target="_blank">Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation</a> "LDF" announced the formation of a new partnership to rapidly identify and fund projects that address the urgency of climate change.</font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4" color="#666666">Financially supported by LDF under a new $650,000 grant, this partnership allows R20 to rapidly identify renewable energy, energy efficiency and waste management initiatives that have the potential to bring positive environmental and social benefits to communities across the globe, and ultimately reduce carbon emissions. Under this framework, R20 will develop and construct these projects, as well as measure and report on their impact.</font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">Together, R20 and LDF are following the mission of the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001BklbIy3wwY2XIT1t-kpccbTAvoQblQ3A3Z1ogQm1BhFjA-UA7BVt60k43HEYrQT1VIvlqnN1myaIJdI4pCaRtMHvN-L4526wbYefS3nYfakc1xQVhw5hY9pWAp2isZCjkFviE5NqX6UQVvcd1NUfgTqBJ-JPqia1Xx5br2pPH6izw--Wn7L-_w==&c=76Qluc-IyKr0mnO3SJWyyVOP4k5AFeyJJhfZiXghmfVtr60B-ba05A==&ch=dKmRTkHkQ9qBFcKf8k0O-EH3sDsKzZQbhlpMFimBPhOVMHm3uw6kxA==" shape="rect" alt="http://www.citiesclimatefinance.org" target="_blank">Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance</a>"CCFLA," which was launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2014 to encourage investment in low-emission, climate resilient infrastructure in cities, and to close the investment gap in climate friendly projects in urban areas over 15 years.</font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">"I commend LDF and R20 for supporting the goals of the CCFLA. Partnerships like this one strengthen the effort to unlock billions of dollars of private investment in projects that will urgently address climate change," said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "I thank them for their commitment to our environment, and to the future of humanity."</font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">"The Paris Agreement was an important first step for reducing global carbon emissions, but there is more that must be done to accomplish this important goal. Our partnership with R20 is a signal that it is also the responsibility of private organizations to take up the charge of accelerating the adoption of climate-saving technologies, worldwide," said Leonardo DiCaprio, Chairman of Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. "We call on others to follow our lead because our planet is quickly running out of time."</font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">R20 was founded to support governments and communities in the identification, preparation and financing of green projects to lower greenhouse gas emissions and help the world transition to a green economy.</font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">"R20 and LDF share an unwavering commitment to taking bold action on climate change by supporting proven solutions that will impact real change for our planet," said Christophe Nuttall, Executive Director of R20. "With the support of our partners at LDF, we will help set a model for CCFLA members, governments and organizations to take action to develop their own climate solutions in all parts of the globe."</font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">R20 was named the Secretariat for the CCFLA in partnership with World Fund for Cities (FMDV), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in January 2016.</font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div align="center" style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:center"><font color="#666666"># # #</font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><font color="#666666">About R20 Regions of Climate Action</font></strong></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">R20 Regions of Climate Action is a non-profit organization founded in 2010 by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and other global leaders in cooperation with the United Nations.</font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">R20 is a coalition of partners led by regional governments that work to promote and implement projects that are designed to produce local economic and environmental benefits in the form of reduced energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions; strong local economies; improved public health; and new green jobs. These local actions can help the world achieve our shared global environmental and economic goals.</font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">For more information visit <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001BklbIy3wwY2XIT1t-kpccbTAvoQblQ3A3Z1ogQm1BhFjA-UA7BVt62PgG97Cm56UsNoUM5iN6WBzSONmYwbH_JowHKmMbV3O-bEQ9aATSUlCTxFEKpRxzxxgtQUmJWJLM_c3FpvduF5HIPN2Xz6IvdhxX_1K2Y6fntnTGjpPKwg=&c=76Qluc-IyKr0mnO3SJWyyVOP4k5AFeyJJhfZiXghmfVtr60B-ba05A==&ch=dKmRTkHkQ9qBFcKf8k0O-EH3sDsKzZQbhlpMFimBPhOVMHm3uw6kxA==" shape="rect" alt="http://www.regions20.org" target="_blank">www.regions20.org</a> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><font color="#666666">About Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation</font></strong></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">Since 1998, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation ("LDF") has been on a mission to protect the Earth's last wild places, implementing solutions that restore balance to threatened ecosystems, and ensure the long-term health and wellbeing of all its inhabitants.</font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">Through grant making, public campaigns and media initiatives, LDF brings attention and needed funding to three areas: protecting biodiversity, ocean & forest conservation, and climate change. The Foundation works in close collaboration with a broad network of environmental leaders and experts, effective organizations, and committed philanthropists to identify and support innovative, results-driven projects in the world's most wild and threatened ecosystems. Currently LDF supports over 70 high-impact projects in more than 40 countries around the world. </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">For more information visit: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001BklbIy3wwY2XIT1t-kpccbTAvoQblQ3A3Z1ogQm1BhFjA-UA7BVt60k43HEYrQT1mU0Hz0MjdvpirEljUwNjvK-uIYnHV4M8CCZuoSxP8cBb0h0MP4pNizvmb7uQzvLQ3ALTesY0m82-29clp7vlUUN8rGMP3DefIUX0DsCrsMc=&c=76Qluc-IyKr0mnO3SJWyyVOP4k5AFeyJJhfZiXghmfVtr60B-ba05A==&ch=dKmRTkHkQ9qBFcKf8k0O-EH3sDsKzZQbhlpMFimBPhOVMHm3uw6kxA==" shape="rect" alt="http://leonardodicaprio.org" target="_blank">www.leonardodicaprio.org</a>. </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"> </font></div><div style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation is a component fund of the California Community Foundation.</font></div><a href="http://www.twitter.com/paige_donner" style="font-size:small"><font color="#666666"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"></font></a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/paige_donner"><b><font size="4" color="#666666">@Paige_donner</font></b></a></div> </div> Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-5611684641684348952015-12-08T02:50:00.001-08:002015-12-08T02:50:40.756-08:00COP21: Gov. Schwarzenegger Addresses The Negotiators<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><i><img src="http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=b1e201ef-8e14-49d0-86e5-d2039ec154f5&a=1103596296763&d=1123112898307&r=3&o=http://ui.constantcontact.com/images/p1x1.gif&c=20156030-5eb9-11e4-a538-d4ae528ecd49&ch=204aa100-5eb9-11e4-a5e4-d4ae528ecd49" height="1" width="1" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">re-posted from Press Release</i><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div align="center"> <table style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:14px" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"> <table style="background:transparent" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"> <table style="width:640px" border="0" width="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0px" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-bottom:14px;height:1px;line-height:1px" height="1" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block;" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table style="width:640px" border="0" width="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:1px;background-color:rgb(223,223,223)" bgcolor="#dfdfdf" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"> <table style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0px" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"> <table style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="color:rgb(118,181,190);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:32px" valign="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VNA4yzSkW213fOLXZ1dUNIT9L-e48DclhpWtrMn3dCGfguve4PSFNr3kDRu4V-92YEeyFiVEm3iLTLBJspjlw9uHRPsGIju5xIj0af3bWvtHjUeAOtrD9MdJvot0z3oiwXmy8qytcV39Hm-SCacDic5Sk93oqG9W5Vk0Z1Gxbrg=&c=NoSNicPjMlDW3HrjdmFzVWq2_v2SE-t_eQ41cJ72v_q-KvSAG2POOg==&ch=RDSi9omisjqB0szOm8TkSTWun3IJ7aReOFN7WLvdQNyJRerLXXhINw==" shape="rect" alt="http://regions20.org" target="_blank"><img style="display: block;" vspace="0" name="1517e52e38761943_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.242" border="0" hspace="0" width="169" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/b3a1773f001/5bfc80fa-b1ad-4c75-aa19-b4a4ecaa9dcf.png" align="left"></a></div> </td><td style="padding:32px 32px 32px 0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)" valign="center" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="right"> <div>December 7, 2015</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0px" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0px;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-bottom:9px;height:1px;line-height:1px;background-color:rgb(204,204,204)" height="1" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block;" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0px" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"> <a name="1517e52e38761943_LETTER.BLOCK6"></a><table style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 32px 18px;color:rgb(0,0,0)" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div><br> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img style="display: block; margin-right: 0px;" height="354" vspace="5" border="0" name="1517e52e38761943_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.358" hspace="10" width="472" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/b3a1773f001/9aa686d8-66d3-4e48-996e-ad9bf7cf8312.jpg" align="right"> </span><div style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>COP21: Schwarzenegger addresses the </span><span style="font-size:14pt">UN climate deal negotiators</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><span> </span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span>Monday December 7, 2015. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger addressed the negotiators today at the UNFCCC Paris Climate Conference during a session on cities and regional climate action. </span><span>Schwarzenegger, an ardent advocate for the empowerment of subnational governments in tackling climate change, emphasized the crucial role that cities and regions play in advancing the low-carbon economy. </span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span> </span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span>"<strong>No matter what you (negotiators) do, do not forget the power of subnational governments. 70 percent of emissions can be controlled with state and local policies. Cities and states hold tremendous power and we must never forget it</strong>," said Mr. Schwarzenegger.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span> </span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span>Recognizing subnational action in the climate deal will ensure that local governments are given the support they need to implement their climate change mitigation plans, and that national emissions targets are met. According to <a style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(255,0,0);text-decoration:underline" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VNA4yzSkW213fOLXZ1dUNIT9L-e48DclhpWtrMn3dCGfguve4PSFNhjbIOh3kgvcfBiuQ-pfvRhSRgm0vlCL0rExPrj-HV6xSKrkdV-8KG6bh0m9CHUg8KdAurJTscBTFGhx0yzTBDq12jO1FheAzcVS11EUMYVycirqt5q0nrx43KMmA40YqhW10h6JqRmq5hrs2_CBfy4=&c=NoSNicPjMlDW3HrjdmFzVWq2_v2SE-t_eQ41cJ72v_q-KvSAG2POOg==&ch=RDSi9omisjqB0szOm8TkSTWun3IJ7aReOFN7WLvdQNyJRerLXXhINw==" shape="rect" alt="http://regions20.org/images/ScalingUp.pdf" target="_blank">Scaling Up: Local to Global Climate Action</a>, a new report released at COP21<span>:</span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">"Rajasthan's installed solar capacity is the largest among all the states in India, accounting for more than one-quarter of the country's total. If Rajasthan's rate of solar energy expansion were scaled to the national level, India's carbon dioxide emissions would decrease by approximately 19 percent of the nation's total carbon dioxide emissions in 2012."</span></div><br></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0px" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0px;height:1px;line-height:1px" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-bottom:0px;height:1px;line-height:1px;background-color:rgb(211,221,222)" height="1" bgcolor="#d3ddde" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block;" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0px" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"> <a name="1517e52e38761943_LETTER.BLOCK12"></a><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="color:rgb(69,69,69);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:8px 32px 9px" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"><img height="268" vspace="5" border="0" name="1517e52e38761943_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.353" hspace="5" width="472" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/b3a1773f001/1a269889-e6ef-41ea-8a4a-e0ca2807b325.jpg" align="right" style="margin-right: 0px;"><div><span> <div><a shape="rect"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(255,0,0)">Egis and R20 sign a partnership agreement for sustainable waste management</span><br></a><br></div> <div style="font-size:11pt">Saturday 5 December, 2015. Paris. R20 has signed an agreement with the international consulting and engineering firm, Egis, a branch of the Caisse des Depots, to create a Pre-Investment Fund (PIF) for waste management projects. The Fund will support the different actors of sustainable waste management (national and local governments, industry and investors) in their decision-making processes necessary to implementing infrastructure projects. </div> <div style="font-size:11pt"><br></div> <div style="font-size:11pt">The signing took place in the presence of Christophe Nuttall, Executive Director of R20; Terry Tammimen, Strategic Advisor to the R20; Pierre-René Lemas, CEO of Caisse des Dépôts; Nicolas Jachiet, CEO of Egis; and Craig Cogut, CEO of Pegasus Capital Advisors (a US-based private equity firm). In parallel with the COP 21 agreement, this partnership focuses on developing "Waste to Energy" projects in emerging countries. The pre-investment funds will enable Egis and R20 to bring to maturity the waste management market in emerging and developing countries. <a style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(255,0,0);text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VNA4yzSkW213fOLXZ1dUNIT9L-e48DclhpWtrMn3dCGfguve4PSFNu6gT5CC3KdRtJ1hpSVUp7Lu1IeF-bpWLJX-AAO5iuZYTUna1xkTJeXXSMn_TZrEWDiQje2irmlG9uc1MA3WU1KtI1BdN6DK_zx2Ywkj1fQOIit_tWmjMksV7mp4V3OWPD_J4GE0yGJ8YJAVqqynY_j0gFZdoPQftQiHRq0u-BGeFo6O3qePZKdML7BdtACJQ1b8GB_Hzc41wpIMHqYtR35dbsWMILPzBhzbs998LnQjxTV6Aa9_VSc=&c=NoSNicPjMlDW3HrjdmFzVWq2_v2SE-t_eQ41cJ72v_q-KvSAG2POOg==&ch=RDSi9omisjqB0szOm8TkSTWun3IJ7aReOFN7WLvdQNyJRerLXXhINw==" alt="http://regions20.org/about/news/222-egis-and-r20-sign-a-partnership-agreement-for-sustainable-waste-management" target="_blank">Read more.</a> </div> </span></div><div><br> <br></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0px" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0px;height:1px;line-height:1px" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-bottom:0px;height:1px;line-height:1px;background-color:rgb(211,221,222)" height="1" bgcolor="#d3ddde" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block;" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <a name="1517e52e38761943_LETTER.BLOCK14"></a><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="color:rgb(69,69,69);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:8px 32px 9px" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div><br> <img style="display: block; margin-right: 25px;" height="296" vspace="5" border="0" name="1517e52e38761943_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.357" hspace="10" width="380" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/b3a1773f001/8fd1a825-2fdd-4c6d-9d19-26e99c0fab89.png" align="right"><div style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span>Schwarzenegger talks climate communications at Sciences Po</span></div><div><span> </span></div><div style="font-size:11pt"><span>Monday December 7, 2015. In a bold address to the faculty and students of Sciences Po, France's leading political science institute, Gov. Schwarzenegger called on climate communicators to shift awareness raising efforts away from spelling future doomsday scenarios, to present-day dangers that are affecting humanity now. </span></div><div style="font-size:11pt"><span> </span></div><div style="font-size:11pt"><span>"We are wired through thousands of years of evolution to focus on the here and now on survival. Our over-use of fossil fuels impacts us right now. The fumes from dirty energy are killing us. We cannot accept 7 million premature deaths every year with a clear conscience.</span></div><div style="font-size:11pt"><span> </span></div><div style="font-size:11pt"><span>We want to be cutting edge. We know that a green economy is a growing and smart economy. That's the story we have to tell," stated Mr Schwarzenegger.</span></div><br></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0px" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0px;height:1px;line-height:1px" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-bottom:0px;height:1px;line-height:1px;background-color:rgb(211,221,222)" height="1" bgcolor="#d3ddde" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block;" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><a name="1517e52e38761943_LETTER.BLOCK28"></a><table style="display:table" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 32px 9px;color:rgb(0,0,0)" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div> <div style="color:rgb(69,69,69);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(255,0,0)">R20 holds General Assembly meeting </span><br></div> <span style="color:rgb(69,69,69);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt" color="#454545" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img style="display: block; margin-right: 25px;" height="309" vspace="5" border="0" name="1517e52e38761943_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.354" hspace="10" width="412" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/b3a1773f001/67050ddc-46d5-4448-b051-87200f33c74f.jpg" align="right"> </span> <div> <div style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><br></span></div> <div style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Monday December 7, 2015. R20 held its Governing Board and General Assembly meetings at its new R20 Paris office in Champs Elysees. The meetings, presided by R20 President Michele Sabban, gathered over 30 R20 members and partners coming from regions around the world. </span></div> <div style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span><br></span></div> <div style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span><span>The Governing Board and General Assembly members unanimously re-elected Michele Sabban as President of R20.</span><br></span></div> <div style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span><br></span></div> <div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">R20 Executive Director Christophe Nuttall used these examples to demonstrate R20's successful business model over the past 3 years of bringing together decision makers, technical expertise, financial partners and investors, thereby enabling the deployment of projects on the ground. In particular, Dr. Nuttall highlighted R20's ability to leverage millions of dollars for investments in projects, first by using seed funding to build Pre-Investment Facilities, which in turn provide funding for project development, and then by attracting the appropriate investments to implement the projects. Over the next 5 years, R20 will harness its resources to scale up the projects through its Green Investment Accelerator Fund, that will deploy billions of US dollars in investments. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><a style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(255,0,0);text-decoration:underline" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VNA4yzSkW213fOLXZ1dUNIT9L-e48DclhpWtrMn3dCGfguve4PSFNu6gT5CC3KdRWEj2YnxviMCDItPWA79W10jGCMDp-K8KOZuhZo48nyHcDH5nZFRrl3mRHm3ksBwaYtsvvVBPeFXz301EgZjuoLDwzhXnCwd8l9aUXitmcECAc20BveC0noxxOxwoTACX8XD4-E9AgULyfIzFXqO3NnCky6muIrTz4x4awurEdpk3m12cWC3kI5R5dqjQJ4QR&c=NoSNicPjMlDW3HrjdmFzVWq2_v2SE-t_eQ41cJ72v_q-KvSAG2POOg==&ch=RDSi9omisjqB0szOm8TkSTWun3IJ7aReOFN7WLvdQNyJRerLXXhINw==" alt="http://regions20.org/about/news/223-r20-general-assembly-meeting-held-in-paris" target="_blank">Read more.</a></span></div> </div> <br></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><table style="margin:0px" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" 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href="http://ufonline.ufl.edu/infographics/five-water-purification-designs/">http://ufonline.ufl.edu/infographics/five-water-purification-designs/</a>)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px">According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 748 million people lack access to uncontaminated drinking water sources. Moreover, WHO estimates that 1.8 billion people use a fecally contaminated drinking water source, 2.5 billion lack access to improved sanitation facilities and more than 840,000 people die from water related diseases annually. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px">Contaminated water is the number one cause of death in developing countries, causing diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, typhoid fever, malaria, ascariasis, dengue fever and many other deadly illnesses. In fact, contaminated water is the number one public health concern globally based on its impact to society, according to the WHO. Fortunately, the WHO estimates that 10% of the global disease burden could be prevented with improved water supply and sanitation. In light of this, a number of innovations and technologies are providing growing solutions to this problem.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px"><br></span></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB817CRuwBufXCRlciOE0M761u45abhD9NzR0pzgOMnFlldWN3hB87RgpAzmVSoB9p4dj2opu79ZMOseGHtHyHAKpJPWLVeykyrjr4R2Gv613bxrHEujvh9I-6R0yAOZ7zCrRobpEqEjjW/s1600/five-water-purification-designs-778724.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB817CRuwBufXCRlciOE0M761u45abhD9NzR0pzgOMnFlldWN3hB87RgpAzmVSoB9p4dj2opu79ZMOseGHtHyHAKpJPWLVeykyrjr4R2Gv613bxrHEujvh9I-6R0yAOZ7zCrRobpEqEjjW/s320/five-water-purification-designs-778724.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6186673097501173378" /></a><br><br clear="all"></span></font><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4" color="#999999" face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="http://ecoluxurystyle.wordpress.com" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)" target="_blank"><b><i>Eco.Luxury.Style</i></b> - quarterly Sustainable Magazine</a></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#006600"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="1" color="#274e13"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://greenblognetwork.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Green Blog Network</a></font><font face="georgia, serif"> * </font><a href="http://paigedonner.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif">Greening Hollywood</font></a><font face="georgia, serif"> * </font><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Greening Beauty </a></font></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="georgia, serif" size="1" color="#274e13"><a href="http://greeningparis.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Greening Paris</a> * <a href="http://greeningvancouver.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Greening Vancouver</a></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><i><b style="background-color:rgb(106,168,79)"><font color="#eeeeee">Recycle, Reuse, Rejoice!</font></b></i></div></div> </div></div> Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-57170803756542717682015-07-14T03:34:00.000-07:002015-07-14T03:35:01.703-07:00The Race for Water Odyssey in Guam For New Scientific Analyses<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#20124d"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"> <div> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://url.snd42.ch/url-552729165-2511179-13072015.html" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://img.snd42.ch/clients/12/mailpro15885/logo_RFW_Odyssey_GoutteBleue_256150_171100.png" style="width:80px;min-height:137px"></a> <a href="http://url.snd42.ch/url-552729165-2511180-13072015.html" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://img.snd42.ch/clients/12/mailpro15885/RFW_Logo_Slogan_EN_70450.jpg" style="width:325px;min-height:51px"></a> </p> <p><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:#0000cd">To read it in French, click <a href="http://url.snd42.ch/url-552729165-2511181-13072015.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <div> <div><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Press Release for immediate distribution</strong></span></span></div> <div> </div> <div> <div><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>July 13th, 2015 - </strong></span></span><strong style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:18px">Guam (USA)</strong></div> </div> <p><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:#365f91"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">The scientific teams of the Race for Water Odyssey in Guam for new analyses on plastic pollution in oceans</span></span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><strong style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)"><span style="font-size:16pt"><img alt="" src="http://img.snd42.ch/clients/12/mailpro15885/entete_cp_christophelaunay_339900_113300_339900.jpg" style="width:900px;min-height:339px"></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><strong>Leaving Honolulu on June 30, the Race for Water Odyssey has since travelled with the purpose of going to Guam (Mariana Islands) for a new scientific stopover. The simultaneous presence of two typhoons in the area has forced the crew to change its itinerary. Despite the absence of the navigation team in Guam, the planned stopover in this archipelago can still be conducted under good conditions. The R4WO scientific team arrived on the island yesterday and will deploy the protocol as initially planned. </strong></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">The R4WO crew was forced to go off-route over these last few days because of the formation of tropical cyclones Chan-Hom and Nangka in the North-Western Pacific. This is more specifically the Nangka typhoon (ranked category 5 on a scale of 1 to 5) which has forced the crew of the R4WO to bypass the Mariana Archipelago. However, these necessary safety measures did not undermine the continuation of the expedition. </span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">Tomorrow the shore crew will carry out beach samplings on three selected beaches on the Guam Island. On site up to July 18, the teams will also meet local stakeholders from the scientific and associative communities during a round table discussion on plastic pollution organised at Guam University.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><strong style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;text-align:justify">Next stops: Tokyo and Shanghai</strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">During this stopover in the Mariana Islands, the MOD70 Race for Water trimaran will continue its route towards the next stops of the expedition: Tokyo first of all, then Shanghai. In the two Asian megacities, the aim of the R4WO will be to exchange and raise awareness among local actors on the problem of plastic pollution in oceans.</span><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">Click <a href="http://url.snd42.ch/url-552729165-2511179-13072015.html" target="_blank">here</a> to follow the expedition live! </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">Click <a href="http://url.snd42.ch/url-552729165-2511182-13072015.html" target="_blank">here</a> for more information about the program in Guam!</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><strong style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;text-align:justify">About the Race for Water Odyssey (R4WO) </strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">Initiated by the Race for Water foundation, the "Race for Water Odyssey" is a unique expedition that aims to draw up the first global assessment of plastic pollution in the ocean by visiting island beaches situated in the 5 trash vortexes. In less than 300 days, over 40,000 nautical miles will be traveled, punctuated by 11 scientific stopovers and 9 outreach stopovers, involving a total of 13 countries. The Race for Water Odyssey benefits from the support of ISAF, Duke University, Oregon State University, senseFly, Swisscom and Swissnex. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><strong>About the Race for Water Foundation </strong></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">Founded in Lausanne in 2010, the "Race for Water" Foundation's mission is to preserve our planet's most valuable resource: water. The foundation is an officially recognized non-profit organization seeking to implement concrete and sustainable actions, focusing on two main themes: protecting oceans and freshwater. "Race for Water" initiates projects aimed at raising awareness and taking concrete action on the ground. These actions are directed at four target audiences: economic players, political bodies, the scientific community, and the general public—with particular emphasis on future generations. "Race for Water" collaborates with organizations such as UNESCO, UNEP, IUCN, WWF, and WBCSD. </span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:center"></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,18,77);display:inline"><a href="http://greenblognetwork.blogspot.com"><b style="background-color:rgb(0,255,0)"><font size="4">GREEN BLOG NETWORK</font></b></a></div><br><p></p></div></div></div></div> Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-60093540320466001532015-07-02T03:39:00.001-07:002015-07-02T03:39:18.128-07:00Seeing Green - New Book by Arch Institute Senior Advisor<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfFtyhNP5aXKT5JGJeyXFXGQcwPOFB2xiQvnC5eIgvb0iPsUsxFLFxeaNpfvJQ25UoFHTxm2T_Y9je8AqEvkMitsBbex7oTZBm-i4JL3goBEFtOezxB3BYQON-Rw-hgHu3NmlcfiGBn0M/s1600/SeeingGreenBitSmaller-758129.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfFtyhNP5aXKT5JGJeyXFXGQcwPOFB2xiQvnC5eIgvb0iPsUsxFLFxeaNpfvJQ25UoFHTxm2T_Y9je8AqEvkMitsBbex7oTZBm-i4JL3goBEFtOezxB3BYQON-Rw-hgHu3NmlcfiGBn0M/s320/SeeingGreenBitSmaller-758129.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6166858175332058050" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFbMQdJtIMpMZxuIXR3jlAcVN-jrNAQWenoeE9usce9D2kZqPdQT0XIMhrHRKHZrpAoPo_JRwnf-93mD6BNjmlRSKT_qWiCid8oNpvwY1XNaDj4-KBifikfDLI9AORvjVJm2tbv_wjJre/s1600/ALH-762880.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFbMQdJtIMpMZxuIXR3jlAcVN-jrNAQWenoeE9usce9D2kZqPdQT0XIMhrHRKHZrpAoPo_JRwnf-93mD6BNjmlRSKT_qWiCid8oNpvwY1XNaDj4-KBifikfDLI9AORvjVJm2tbv_wjJre/s320/ALH-762880.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6166858196120316194" /></a></p><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-size:medium">Seeing Green—by Annabel Hertz</b><br></div><div><span><b><font size="3"><br></font></b></span></div><div> </div><div style="margin-top:.1pt" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><b>Annabel Hertz is senior advisor to the Arch Institute and, like Arcani, the novel's protagonist, she grew up in San Francisco and lives on avocados and espresso.</b></font></div><div style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-family:Arial"><u></u><b><font size="3"> </font></b><u></u></span></div><div style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">Compelled by the indigenous peoples at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, Arcani Kirsch, a recent graduate with Jewish-Hopi roots, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">l</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">eaves her west coast cocoon to join EnvironMentality, an international association of green-minded businesses in Washington, DC, committed to getting the Earth Treaty ratified. The first step is ensuring next US President attends a Ministerial meeting in Paris and Arcani spearheads a campaign to do just that. If only an ultranationalist professor had not plagiarized her work! Then there's the man who could derail her with his lustiness, the one that wants her to come to Christ, and the one she'd written off as dead, as well as an albatross of a sister to cope with. The path to Paris is indeed muddy. But Arcani plows ahead, trying to keep her vision true, her methods kosher, and her doting Aunt proud. En route to the Ministerial, she makes her mark in unexpected ways.<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><u></u><b><font size="3"> </font></b><u></u></span></div><div> </div><div dir="ltr"><b><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white">Described as a "timely, energetic and witty" story of a young woman on a mission to puncture the stasis of US environmental policy, Seeing Green pays homage to the DC scene, international---and office---politics, and idealism, providing "</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white">a refreshing contrast to the stale and polarized politics of our own time." The novel also </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;background:white">explores the rocky and rewarding terrain of family and personal relationships from the perspective of a multicultural protagonist in "a felicitously fast-moving, tightly organized narrative."</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></font></b></div><div></div><div><b><font size="3"> </font></b></div><div class="hm HOEnZb"><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4" color="#999999" face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="http://ecoluxurystyle.wordpress.com" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)" target="_blank"><b><i>Eco.Luxury.Style</i></b> - quarterly Sustainable Magazine</a></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#006600"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="1" color="#274e13"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://greenblognetwork.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Green Blog Network</a></font><font face="georgia, serif"> * </font><a href="http://paigedonner.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif">Greening Hollywood</font></a><font face="georgia, serif"> * </font><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Greening Beauty </a></font></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="georgia, serif" size="1" color="#274e13"><a href="http://greeningparis.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Greening Paris</a> * <a href="http://greeningvancouver.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Greening Vancouver</a></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><i><b style="background-color:rgb(106,168,79)"><font color="#eeeeee">Recycle, Reuse, Rejoice!</font></b></i></div></div> </div> Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-89801042042730369342015-06-20T02:34:00.001-07:002015-06-20T02:34:50.841-07:00Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#cccccc"><i>posted by Paige Donner</i></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><font size="4">Read the full original text, in English (also French, Italian, Spanish, etc.) translation, HERE</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><font size="6"><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html">Direct Link To Pope Francis' Encyclical - The Original Text Document</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)">.... <i style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Segoe,sans-serif;font-size:14.6666669845581px;line-height:20px">aint Francis of Assisi</i></div><p style="font-size:14.6666669845581px;font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Segoe,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"></p><p style="font-size:14.6666669845581px;font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Segoe,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px">10. I do not want to write this Encyclical without turning to that attractive and compelling figure, whose name I took as my guide and inspiration when I was elected Bishop of Rome. I believe that Saint Francis is the example par excellence of care for the vulnerable and of an integral ecology lived out joyfully and authentically. He is the patron saint of all who study and work in the area of ecology, and he is also much loved by non-Christians. He was particularly concerned for God's creation and for the poor and outcast. He loved, and was deeply loved for his joy, his generous self-giving, his openheartedness. He was a mystic and a pilgrim who lived in simplicity and in wonderful harmony with God, with others, with nature and with himself. He shows us just how inseparable the bond is between concern for nature, justice for the poor, commitment to society, and interior peace.</p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77);display:inline">...</div><p></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align:center;line-height:20.7999992370605px"><a href="http://ecoluxurystyle.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(18,90,135);text-decoration:none;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22px;font-weight:bold"><b><i>Eco.Luxury.Style</i></b> – quarterly Sustainable Magazine</a></div><div style="color:rgb(187,187,187);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22px;background-color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="color:rgb(187,187,187);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22px;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(153,204,0)"><a href="https://greenblognetwork.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(153,204,0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Green Blog Network</a> * <a href="http://paigedonner.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(153,204,0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Greening Hollywood</a> * <a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(153,204,0);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Greening Beauty </a></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="line-height:20.7999992370605px"><a href="http://greeningparis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(153,204,0);text-decoration:none;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold;background-color:rgb(0,0,0)">Greening Paris</a><span style="color:rgb(153,204,0);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22px;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(0,0,0)"> *</span><span style="color:rgb(153,204,0);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22px;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><a href="http://greeningvancouver.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(153,204,0);text-decoration:none;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold;background-color:rgb(0,0,0)">Greening Vancouver</a></div></div> </div> Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-16153494796408180152015-06-06T01:56:00.001-07:002015-06-06T01:56:30.635-07:00Update on Santa Barbara County Oil Spill Recovery Efforts - Gov. 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align="right"> <table style="display:table" height="118" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:right" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="right"> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><strong>Information & Questions Coordinated by</strong></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><strong style="font-size:10pt">Oil Spill Joint Information Center</strong></p> <div style="font-size:10pt"> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">805-770-3682</p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><strong>Unified Command Website</strong></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><a href="http://www.refugioresponse.com" target="_blank">www.refugioresponse.com</a></p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0px" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:rgb(45,111,132)" height="1" bgcolor="#2D6F84" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin-bottom:6px;display:table" height="81" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"><tbody><tr><td style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"> <div style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt"> <p style="font-family:Cambria;color:black;text-align:center;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0.0001pt" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Arial" color="#444444" face="Arial"><b>Governor Brown Issues Executive Order to Further Expedite Oil Spill Recovery Efforts in Santa Barbara County</b></span></p> </span></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin-bottom:6px;display:table" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">SACRAMENTO - As federal, state, and local agencies continue working to minimize and mitigate the effects of last month's Santa Barbara County oil spill, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an executive order to further expedite recovery efforts and help ensure the natural environment is restored, beaches are reopened and economic impacts are minimized.<br> <br> </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The Governor's order directs state agencies responsible for cleanup and restoration to take all necessary steps to issue emergency waivers and permits to facilitate the reopening of fishing, public access, and impacted beaches and waters, including Refugio State Beach and El Capitan State Beach, and waives the waiting period for unemployment insurance for those workers affected by the oil spill. </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The Governor also directs the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Office of Spill Prevention and Response to continue working with other federal, state, and local agencies to clean up and mitigate the impacts of the oil spill and to hold the responsible parties accountable for environmental and fiscal damages.</span></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The Governor's May 20, 2015 proclamation along with today's executive order advance a combined effort across federal, state and local agencies, tribal governments, local volunteers, conservation and environmental organizations, and citizens to deal with the effects of this substantial spill along an iconic stretch of California's remarkable coastline.</span></p> <p style="text-align:center;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b> </b></span></p> <p style="text-align:center;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>(Copy of executive order text below)</b></span></p> <p style="text-align:center;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><br> </b></span></p> <p style="text-align:center;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>EXECUTIVE ORDER B-31-15</b></span></p> <p style="text-align:center;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><br> </b></span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>WHEREAS</b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> on May 20, 2015, I proclaimed a state of emergency to exist as a result of a pipeline rupture causing a significant release of oil and potentially other hazardous substances into the Pacific Ocean near Refugio State Beach located in Santa Barbara County; and</span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br> </span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>WHEREAS</b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> numerous state agencies and departments have been deployed to the impacted areas to respond to and mitigate the damage of the oil spill; and</span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br> </span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>WHEREAS</b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> those agencies and departments, joined by federal and local agencies and local volunteers, have worked tirelessly to contain the spill and to minimize and</span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> mitigate its effects on the environment, fisheries, wildlife, and the local economy; and</span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>WHEREAS</b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> notwithstanding the best efforts of the state, federal, and local agencies and many volunteers, the oil spill has had a tremendous impact on the environment, resulting in the loss of marine mammals, birds, and fish that will continue long into the future; and</span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br> </span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>WHEREAS</b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> Refugio State Beach and El Capitan State Beach have been closed due to the unsafe conditions created by the spill; and </span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br> </span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>WHEREAS</b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> fisheries are closed resulting in 138 square miles of ocean being closed to commercial fishing causing significant damage to this industry; and</span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br> </span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>WHEREAS</b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> local governments and businesses along the Santa Barbara County Coast will continue to suffer economic impacts from this oil spill; and</span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br> </span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>WHEREAS</b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> emergency operations are now focused on restoring the impacted areas, but expedited efforts are still needed to restore the environment, reopen the beaches, and minimize economic impacts; and </span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br> </span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>WHEREAS </b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">under the provisions of section 8558(b) of the California Government Code, I find that conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property continue to exist due to the oil spill in the County of Santa Barbara; and</span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br> </span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>WHEREAS </b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">under the provisions of section 8571 of the California Government Code, I find that strict compliance with the statutes specified in this order would prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the oil spill.</span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br> </span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>NOW, THEREFORE, I, EDMUND G. BROWN JR., </b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Governor of the State of California, in accordance with the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the State of California, and in particular, sections 8567 and 8571 of the California Government Code, do hereby issue the following orders to become effective immediately:</span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br> </span></p> <p style="text-indent:0.25in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: </b></span></p> <ol><li><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The provisions of the May 20, 2015 Proclamation declaring a State of Emergency remain in full force and effect, except as modified herein. <br> </span></li><li><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Office of Spill Prevention and Response shall continue working with other federal, state, and local agencies to take appropriate actions to clean up and mitigate the impacts of the oil spill and to hold the responsible parties accountable for the cleanup and mitigation of the environmental and fiscal impacts of the oil spill.<br> </span></li><li><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The provisions of section 1253 of the Unemployment Insurance Code imposing a one-week waiting period for unemployment insurance applicants are waived as to all applicants who are unemployed as a direct result of the oil spill, who apply for unemployment insurance benefits during the time period beginning May 20, 2015 and ending on the close of business on November 20, 2015, and who are otherwise eligible for unemployment insurance benefits in California.<br> </span></li><li><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Because emergency efforts are now focused on restoration, paragraph 5 of the May 20, 2015 Proclamation, suspending chapter 7 of division 20 of the Public Resources Code, is hereby revoked. Subject to the primary authority of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Office of Spill Prevention and Response administrator for oil spill response under the Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act, and specifically sections 8670.5 and 8670.7 of the Government Code, all agencies, including the Coastal Commission pursuant to its authority under section 30600(e) of the Public Resources Code, with notice to and coordination with the administrator, shall take all necessary steps to issue on an emergency basis any necessary waivers or permits to facilitate the reopening of fishing, public access, and impacted beaches and waters, including Refugio State Beach and El Capitan State Beach.<br> </span></li><li><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Paragraph 8 of the May 20, 2015 Proclamation, suspending Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District Rule 326, is hereby revoked as it is no longer necessary for restoration efforts. </span></li></ol> <p style="text-indent:0.25in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">This Executive Order is not intended to, and does not, create any rights or benefits, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, against the State of California, its agencies, departments, entities, officers, employees, or any other person.</span></p> <p style="margin-left:3.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b> </b></span></p> <p style="margin-left:3.5in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</b></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of California to be affixed this fifth day of June 2015.</span></p> <div style="border-style:none none solid;border-bottom-color:windowtext;border-bottom-width:1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1pt;margin-left:3.5in;margin-right:0in"> <p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;border:none;padding:0in;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p> </div> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 3.5in"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">EDMUND G. BROWN JR. </span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 3.5in"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Governor of California</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 3.5in"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>ATTEST:</b></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-top:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 3.5in"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">ALEX PADILLA </span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 3.5in"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Secretary of State</span></p> <p style="margin-left:4in;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table><table style="margin-bottom:6px" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div><span style="font-size:10pt"><em style="line-height:19px;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px">Cal OES is responsible for the coordination of overall state agency response to major disasters in support of local government. 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Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-62085128703220061802015-04-02T01:44:00.001-07:002015-04-02T01:52:38.949-07:00Race For Water Reaches The Bermudas<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><i><font color="#cccccc">(posted from Press Release)</font></i></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><font color="#93c47d">To read in French go to <i><a href="http://greeningparis.blogspot.com">Greening Paris</a></i></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)"><span style="font-size:16pt">The "Race for Water Odyssey" reaches the Bermudas and continues its scientific analyses </span></span></strong></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Race_for_water_and_Banque_populaire_V.jpg"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><strong><span style="color:rgb(54,95,145)"><span style="font-size:16pt"><br></span></span></strong></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><strong>The Race for Water Odyssey (R4WO) arrived today in Bermuda, the second witness island of the expedition. The crew will stay on the British Archipelago for 6 days in order to collect scientific data, enabling an initial global assessment of ocean pollution caused by plastic waste.</strong></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">After 7 days of turbulent navigation from the Azores due to the passing of a very lively weather front, the R4WO drew up, this Wednesday April 1st, in Hamilton. Present in Bermuda until <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">April 5th</span></span>, the expedition team will analyze the waste littering 6 strictly-selected beaches of the archipelago. In order to obtain comparable data, these analyses will be carried out according to the same scientific protocol as the one deployed in the Azores, working with local associations such as "Keep Bermuda Beautiful". In addition, visits of the "MOD70 Race for Water" trimaran will be organized for the public. During this stopover, the R4WO benefits from the support of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><strong style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;text-align:justify">Next stop: New York</strong></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">The R4WO will finish its crossing of the Atlantic by then setting off for New York, next stage in its world tour. In the megalopolis, several events will be organized to raise awareness and to draw the public's attention to the problem of plastic waste in oceans. The R4WO will have the honour, amongst others, to talk about this crucial theme during a plenary session organized at the UN headquarters in collaboration with the UNEP.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://greenblognetwork.blogspot.com"> <img src="http://www.raceforwater.com/app/webroot/kcfinder/upload/images/SIG%20Race%20for%20Water_expo.jpg" style="color: rgb(32, 18, 77); font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;"></a></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify"><strong style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">About Race for Water Odyssey (R4WO)</strong></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif">Initiated by the Race for Water foundation, the "Race for Water Odyssey" is a unique expedition that aims to draw up the first global assessment of plastic pollution in the ocean by visiting island beaches situated in the 5 trash vortexes. In less than 300 days, over 40,000 nautical miles will be traveled, punctuated by 11 scientific stopovers and 9 outreach stopovers, involving a total of 13 countries. The Race for Water Odyssey benefits from the support of ISAF, Duke University, Oregon State University, senseFly, Swisscom and Swissnex.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><br></span></p><div style="color:rgb(21,21,97);font-family:ProximaNova,proxima-nova,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;background-color:black"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,FreeSerif,serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;line-height:22px;text-align:center;text-indent:10px"><b><span style="color:lime"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://greenblognetwork.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(106,106,172)">Green Blog Network</a></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> * </span><a href="http://paigedonner.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(106,106,172)"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Greening Hollywood</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> * </span></span></b></span></div><div style="color:rgb(21,21,97);font-family:ProximaNova,proxima-nova,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;background-color:black"><span style="color:lime"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,FreeSerif,serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;line-height:22px;text-align:center;text-indent:10px"><b><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(106,106,172)">Greening Beauty * </a></span></b></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;line-height:22px;text-align:center;text-indent:10px"><b><a href="http://greeningparis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(106,106,172)">Greening Paris</a> * <a href="http://greeningvancouver.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(106,106,172)">Greening Vancouver</a></b></span></span></div><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><br></span></p></div> </div> Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-31804703829905476692015-04-02T01:28:00.001-07:002015-04-02T01:52:38.885-07:00Local Governments For Sustainability World Congress<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><i><font color="#666666">(posted from press release)</font></i> </p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">Climate-KIC will be present at the Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) World Congress on 8 April in Seoul, Republic of Korea, to officially launch the Low Carbon City Lab programme and discuss new partnerships with cities and organisations from around the world. </p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><a href="http://greenblognetwork.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-FMFrh0vhuiA/VMJVOMIdbHI/AAAAAAAAE-E/l8SbaNxttx0/w618-h618/8mynz.jpg"></a></p><blockquote class="" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><br>Greenhouse gas emissions in cities originate from a host of different sources, such as electricity production, transportation, commercial and residential buildings, as well as industry and waste. Reducing urban emissions is a shared effort by a large panel of city stakeholders. <br>The new programme is part of a range of Climate-KIC programmes designed to help cities reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create new jobs for their low carbon economies. Climate-KIC is the European Union's main climate innovation initiative and supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). </blockquote><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><br></p><h3 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman'"><b>Low Carbon City Lab </b></h3><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">Cities account for 70 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activities </p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">PARIS, FRANCE, 31 March 2015 – With all eyes on a global deal to reduce greenhouse gasses at the UN's COP21 conference in Paris later this year, EU initiative Climate-KIC will launch a new programme to help cities around the world unlock their emission reduction potential at a major global event in Seoul on 8 April 2015. </p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">Cities account for 70 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activities. According to the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development, 75 per cent of the world population will be living in urban environments by 2050. The annual increase of the total world population is 1 per cent, while in the urban areas it is 1.8 per cent, almost twice as much. Cities will continue to be the key nexus for climate action for years to come. </p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">Leveraging a diverse grouping of companies, research centers, technology experts, city networks and cities, Climate-KIC's new Low Carbon City Lab programme will aim to unlock the greenhouse gas emission reduction potential of cities, and reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 1 gigatonne per year.</p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><a href="http://greenblognetwork.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://eaei.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/imagecache/400x260/LCD_Booklet_cover_Page_01.jpg" width="400" height="260"></a></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><font size="5">Strategies to reduce urban greenhouse gas emissions </font></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><font size="5"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">Thanh-Tam Lê, Director of Climate-KIC's centre in France, said "Our Low Carbon City Lab is an exciting example of how public-private partnerships can tackle climate change through both a market-led and an impact driven approach." </p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">The programme provides a series of tools, consulting and services to develop urban climate mitigation strategies: </p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"></p><ul><li>3D software to visualise greenhouse gas emissions in cities. We also help cities bring together the data from sources across their urban areas.</li><li>Experts to verify greenhouse gas inventories according to the recently launched Greenhouse Gas Protocol standard and to prioritise actions. </li><li>Help to boost cities' business generation activities including support for start-ups </li><li>Tools enabling the monitoring of emissions from the transport sector. </li><li>Services including training and summer schools, with courses focusing on climate finance for cities and the latest developments in greenhouse gas monitoring approaches for cities. </li><li>Contribution to the definition of climate finance frameworks for cities (NAMAs, VNAMAs) </li></ul><p></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><br></p><div style="color:rgb(21,21,97);font-family:ProximaNova,proxima-nova,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;background-color:black"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,FreeSerif,serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;line-height:22px;text-align:center;text-indent:10px"><b><span style="color:lime"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://greenblognetwork.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(106,106,172)">Green Blog Network</a></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> * </span><a href="http://paigedonner.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(106,106,172)"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Greening Hollywood</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> * </span></span></b></span></div><div style="color:rgb(21,21,97);font-family:ProximaNova,proxima-nova,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;background-color:black"><span style="color:lime"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,FreeSerif,serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;line-height:22px;text-align:center;text-indent:10px"><b><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(106,106,172)">Greening Beauty * </a></span></b></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;line-height:22px;text-align:center;text-indent:10px"><b><a href="http://greeningparis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(106,106,172)">Greening Paris</a> * <a href="http://greeningvancouver.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(106,106,172)">Greening Vancouver</a></b></span></span></div></div> </div> Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-85679583541060223562014-11-02T01:00:00.001-08:002015-04-02T01:52:39.035-07:00FACTS (French Ameri-Can Climate TalkS) - UCLA<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><div class="" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:ProximaNova,proxima-nova,Verdana,sans-serif"><i><font size="1">Community Announcement</font></i></div><div class="" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:ProximaNova,proxima-nova,Verdana,sans-serif"><i><font size="1"><br></font></i></div><div class="" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:ProximaNova,proxima-nova,Verdana,sans-serif">Friday, November 14th, 2014</div><span class="" style="font-weight:bold"><span class="">10:00 AM</span> <span class="">- 2:30 PM</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:ProximaNova,proxima-nova,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"></span><div class="" style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:ProximaNova,proxima-nova,Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p class="" style="line-height:1.5em;margin:0px">UCLA - Carnesale Commons - Palisades Room</p><p class="" style="line-height:1.5em;margin:0px">751 Charles E. 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Climate change represents a major threat for many cities that will have to face a range of impacts from the consequences of the changing climate (sea level rise, increased frequency of extreme weather events, heat waves, etc.). However, the threats brought by climate change can also represent an opportunity and many cities are already taking action to become climate resilient by both decreasing their emissions and by preparing to mitigate the future impacts of climate change.</p><p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:ProximaNova,proxima-nova,Verdana,sans-serif">More information at: <a href="http://facts.france-science.org/program/#losangeles" style="color:rgb(83,104,149);background:transparent">http://facts.france-science.org/program/#losangeles</a></p><p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:ProximaNova,proxima-nova,Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,255,0);font-size:13px;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,FreeSerif,serif;font-weight:bold;line-height:22px;text-align:center;text-indent:10px;background-color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://greenblognetwork.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(15,89,165);text-decoration:none">Green Blog Network</a></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> * </span><a href="http://paigedonner.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(15,89,165);text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Greening Hollywood</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> * </span></b></span></p><p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:ProximaNova,proxima-nova,Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,255,0);font-size:13px;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,FreeSerif,serif;font-weight:bold;line-height:22px;text-align:center;text-indent:10px;background-color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(15,89,165);text-decoration:none">Greening Beauty * </a></span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,255,0);font-size:13px;font-family:georgia,serif;font-weight:bold;line-height:22px;text-align:center;text-indent:10px;background-color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><a href="http://greeningparis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(15,89,165);text-decoration:none">Greening Paris</a> * <a href="http://greeningvancouver.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(15,89,165);text-decoration:none">Greening Vancouver</a></b></span><br></p><p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:ProximaNova,proxima-nova,Verdana,sans-serif"><br></p></div> </div> Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-71373345589856287112014-08-08T09:29:00.001-07:002015-04-02T01:52:38.970-07:00What are you doing for World Elephant Day August 12?<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>On the third annual World Elephant Day, Tuesday, August 12, 2014, people around the world plan actions and activities to help save increasingly threatened African and Asian elephants</strong></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong style="color: #606060;">(Earth, August 5, 2014)</strong><span style="color: #606060;"> Tuesday, August 12, 2014, is the third annual </span><a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=32ab95d10c&e=6c02eab215" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">World Elephant Day</a><span style="color: #606060;">, a day when people come together to honor elephants, to spread awareness about the critical threats they are facing, and to support positive solutions that will help ensure their survival. Within our lifetimes, elephants may face global extinction in the wild. </span><a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=2d918063fe&e=6c02eab215" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">World Elephant Day</a><span style="color: #606060;"> was launched on August 12, 2012, by the </span><a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=40e76cb3d3&e=6c02eab215" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Elephant Reintroduction Foundation</a><span style="color: #606060;"> and Canadian documentary filmmaker </span><a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=a1b6480f9c&e=6c02eab215" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Patricia Sims</a><span style="color: #606060;">.</span><br /> <br /><span style="color: #606060;"> The survival odds for the world's elephants are increasingly grim. During the past four years, poaching for ivory has surged to unprecedented levels. It is estimated that 100 African elephants are slaughtered daily for the illegal wildlife trade. According to a June 2014 report by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (</span><a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=8affa673fa&e=6c02eab215" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">CITES</a><span style="color: #606060;">), 20 percent of Africa's elephants may be killed in the next ten years if poaching continues at current levels. Others believe that </span><em style="color: #606060;">all </em><span style="color: #606060;">African elephants may be extinct in the wild by 2025. It is estimated that fewer than 400,000 African elephants remain. There are less than 40,000 Asian elephants left in the world, making their official status "Endangered" on the </span><a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=c305bf3e19&e=6c02eab215" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">IUCN Red List</a><span style="color: #606060;">. Asian elephants face extensive loss of habitat, and are also killed for their ivory, meat, and body parts, while young elephants are removed from their natural environment for use in the tourism industry.</span><br /> <br /><span style="color: #606060;"> World Elephant Day supporters can act in a multitude of ways, both locally and globally, to help protect elephants from the devastating impacts of poaching, the destruction of wilderness, the demand for ivory, human population growth and human-elephant conflict, and the social, economic, and environmental factors that fuel this tragic situation.</span><br /> <br /><span style="color: #606060;"> World Elephant Day encourages individuals and organizations worldwide to take action, spread awareness, and share effective ways to help save and protect elephants, and support the many commendable elephant conservation initiatives.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: #606060; font-size: 18px;"><strong>What you can do </strong></span><br /> <br /><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> There are many ways people can get involved to help elephants and raise awareness on World Elephant Day, and year-round.</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=7f5f86b241&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Support organizations</a> that are working to: stop the illegal poaching and trade of elephant ivory and other wildlife products; protect wild elephant habitat; and provide sanctuaries and alternative habitats for domesticated elephants to live freely.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">If you wish to experience elephants in their natural environment, choose eco-tourism operators who support local elephant conservation projects and who treat elephants with respect and dignity.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Support healthy, alternative, sustainable livelihoods for people who have traditionally relied on elephants, wild animals, and natural resources.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Support orphaned elephants by fostering one whose parents have been killed by poachers.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Learn about indigenous cultures that have traditionally lived in harmony with elephants.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Be an elephant-aware consumer. Never buy ivory or other wildlife products.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Support a U.S. national ban on the sale of ivory. Contact your representatives and write to your country's leaders, supporting national and local legislation to ban the sale of ivory.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Do not support organizations that exploit or abuse elephants and other animals for entertainment and profit. Learn more at <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=2ba483374f&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">http://worldelephantday.org/how-to-help-elephants</a>. </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>What organizations are doing on World Elephant Day</strong></span> </div>
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<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=640af7a775&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Conservation Action Trust</a>, <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=449d2a7f22&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Wilderness Safaris</a>, and <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=2192b94335&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Africa Geographic</a> are holding a <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=563a205959&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">photography competition</a> for the best African elephant photo, with the grand prize of a four-day trip in Kruger National Park.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=edc00c1f1f&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">96 Elephants</a> is celebrating World Elephant Day with a variety of activities, including having zoos throughout the U.S. sending some 96,000 messages to legislators in support of an ivory ban. 96 Elephants is asking people to take "elphies" using the phrase "Go Grey for World Elephant Day" and to post images on social media using the hashtag <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=e045440f12&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">#GoGrey. </a>96 Elephants is also organizing a "Thunderclap" where people can sign up on Twitter to send a simultaneous Tweet on World Elephant Day. During the day, <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=20827172bb&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">@TheWCS</a> and <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=71a3cfb94e&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">@96Elephants</a> will tweet out 96 facts about elephants (one every 15 minutes). To learn more about 96 Elephants and World Elephant Day, visit <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=6a6eb6723e&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">96elephants.org\WED</a>. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">In August the <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=79732e5f95&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust</a> is launching an exclusive website focused on the beauty of elephants and packed full of ways for people to take action for elephants on August 12 and beyond. Keep an eye on <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=323e2de268&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">sheldrickwildlifetrust.org</a> and <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=88b7960c94&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">facebook.com/thedswt</a> for more news about the site.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Bodhi Tree Foundation's <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=b5a719822f&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">S.A.F.E. Campaign</a> will be celebrating World Elephant Day by showcasing unique African travel itineraries and safaris offered by several of its travel partners, enabling travelers to get up close and personal with elephants in the wild while aiding in their conservation. Its partners will be contributing a portion of the proceeds to the S.A.F.E. Campaign while offering additional special promotions on World Elephant Day. For more information, visit: <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=dceb1f52ef&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">saveafricaselephants.com/get-involved</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;"><strong>In</strong> South Africa, <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=63420c3257&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Save the Elephants</a> is constructing a gigantic cardboard elephant and holding a raffle for a beautiful elephant photograph.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Thirty U.S. zoos, including the <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=864fbbcc4e&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">El Paso Zoo</a> and the <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=8e9553d9b9&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Toledo Zoo</a>, will hold World Elephant Day events, and 42 zoos will deliver petitions and kids' drawings to their state's governors, asking them to act to protect elephants.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Many other individuals and organizations are promoting action on behalf of elephants on World Elephant Day, including <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=099fec9a53&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Hard Rock Café</a>, <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=52a4575424&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Do Something</a>, <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=0a0702c5f0&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Ivory for Elephants</a>, and many others. Please see the full list of associates on World Elephant Day at <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=e0fd170ac4&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">www.worldelephantday.org/associates</a>, and check the Events page at <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=84226c8e2c&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">www.worldelephantday.org/events</a>, where events are being added daily.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Get involved with World Elephant Day on social media</strong></span></span> </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Follow World Elephant Day on Facebook: <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=a3647978cb&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/worldelephantday</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Follow World Elephant Day on Twitter: <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=f5a6e4ff33&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/wrldelephantday</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Follow World Elephant Day on Instagram: <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=6e10ed9b5d&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">http://instagram.com/worldelephantday</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Share a <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=94cf65db42&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">World Elephant Day banner</a> on your Facebook page</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Tweet your support of elephants with our <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=e1af558eda&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">tailored tweets</a> leading up to and on World Elephant Day</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Check out the World Elephant Day site for <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=2d5aaf33b9&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">social media tools</a> and more ideas</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;">Use #WorldElephantDay hashtags: #worldelephantday #gogrey</span></li>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>About World Elephant Day and its founders</strong></span><br /> <br /> World Elephant Day was launched on August 12, 2012, by the <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=aea71bab64&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Elephant Reintroduction Foundation (ERF)</a>, a charitable nonprofit organization based in Thailand, and Patricia Sims, president, producer, and director of <a href="http://linkedin.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c5b77c0c1aa19a3f8e6b0c03&id=916ae53412&e=6c02eab215" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">CanazWest Pictures Inc.,</a> a Canadian-based independent film production company.<br /> </span></td></tr>
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Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-56799390241537692242014-07-17T09:38:00.001-07:002015-04-02T01:52:38.908-07:00Berlin Startup Ecosia Acquires Bloson<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="margin:0;padding:0;background-color:#ffffff;min-height:100%!important;width:100%!important"><center><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin:0;padding:0;background-color:#ffffff;height:100%!important;width:100%!important"> <tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="margin:0;padding:20px;border-top:0;height:100%!important;width:100%!important"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:0"> <tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#ffffff;border-top:0;border-bottom:0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:9px 18px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11px;line-height:125%;text-align:left"> <div><i><font color="#cccccc">Sponsored Post </font></i></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#ffffff;border-top:0;border-bottom:0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:9px"> <table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding-right:9px;padding-left:9px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0"> <img align="left" alt="" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1868623db592b6a0f115ae86c/images/e6a6b0a3-15bb-4fe9-a5dd-32bab2aee1c9.png" width="564" style="max-width:1418px;padding-bottom:0;display:inline!important;vertical-align:bottom;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#ffffff;border-top:0;border-bottom:0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-left:18px;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"> <h1 style="margin:0;padding:0;display:block;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:40px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:125%;letter-spacing:-1px;text-align:left;color:#606060!important"> Ecosia acquires Bloson</h1> <p style="color:#222222;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal;margin:1em 0;padding:0;font-size:15px;text-align:left">We're happy to announce that Bloson.com, the popular app which helps to support charitable projects, is now part of Berlin-based social business <a href="http://ecosia.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1868623db592b6a0f115ae86c&id=a6d3a6d5df&e=c76073d390" style="color:#1155cc;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Ecosia.org</a>. Ecosia is a search engine that donates 80% of its income to a tree planting program in Brazil. By searching with Ecosia users can help the environment for free.</p> <p style="color:#222222;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal;margin:1em 0;padding:0;font-size:15px;text-align:left">As a part of this transition, San Francisco-based Bloson will be shutting down its service and moving all app users to Ecosia's brand new <a href="http://ecosia.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1868623db592b6a0f115ae86c&id=2ad61afedd&e=c76073d390" style="color:#1155cc;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Ecolink extension</a>. This new tool enables Internet users to automatically generate money for the rainforest while shopping online. After the transition, which will completed in the next few days, all Bloson users will automatically generate donations for The Nature Conservancy's <a href="http://ecosia.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1868623db592b6a0f115ae86c&id=ac79a8618b&e=c76073d390" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0033cc">Plant a Billion Trees program</span></a>, just like all other Ecosia.org users. </p> <p style="color:#222222;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal;margin:1em 0;padding:0;font-size:15px;text-align:left">"It's been an amazing ride since we launched our initial site at the DEMO conference back in 2010 and later our popular Bloson app in 2011," said <span style="color:#222222;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal">Antonio Marzo, Bloson's founder</span>.<br> <br> "I'd like to thank all the people who helped us along the way, especially the millions who used Bloson and the more than 100,000 people who installed our app on their computers."</p> <p style="color:#222222;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal;margin:1em 0;padding:0;font-size:15px;text-align:left">The <span style="color:#222222;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal">founder of Ecosia.org </span>Christian Kroll is also happy about the acquisition: "Ecosia has already donated more than $2.5M and helped plant over 700,000 trees. With Bloson's users joining our cause, Ecosia will be able to reach its impact goals even faster." </p> <p dir="ltr" style="margin:1em 0;padding:0;color:#606060;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"> <a href="http://ecosia.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1868623db592b6a0f115ae86c&id=959be85cde&e=c76073d390" style="line-height:1.6em;word-wrap:break-word;color:#6dc6dd;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">www.ecosia.org</a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#ffffff;border-top:0;border-bottom:0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:9px"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></center><center><br><br></center><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4" color="#999999" face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="http://ecoluxurystyle.wordpress.com" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)" target="_blank"><b><i>Eco.Luxury.Style</i></b> - quarterly Sustainable Magazine</a></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font color="#006600"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="1" color="#274e13"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://greenblognetwork.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Green Blog Network</a></font><font face="georgia, serif"> * </font><a href="http://paigedonner.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif">Greening Hollywood</font></a><font face="georgia, serif"> * </font><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Greening Beauty </a></font></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="georgia, serif" size="1" color="#274e13"><a href="http://greeningparis.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Greening Paris</a> * <a href="http://greeningvancouver.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Greening Vancouver</a></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><br></div><i><b style="background-color:rgb(106,168,79)"><font color="#eeeeee">Recycle, Reuse, Rejoice!</font></b></i></div> </div> Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-92056309776783540292014-07-04T07:25:00.001-07:002015-04-02T01:52:39.056-07:00Natura Brasil - A Natural Beauty Line Based On The Fruits of Brazil<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><blockquote style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> <p>With all eyes on Brazil these days, not just for the World Cup, but also for its natural beauty and impressive luxury market, I thought it high time to introduce to our readers the fabulous all-natural beauty care product line called <a href="http://www.naturabrasil.com/" target="_blank">Natura Brasil</a>.</p> </blockquote><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><div class="" style="width:535.9375px;clear:both;margin-bottom:16px;border:1px solid transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> <div class="" style="padding:6px 0px;line-height:1"><dl class="" style="float:left;margin:0px;text-align:center;padding:6px;width:182.640625px"><dt class="" style="margin:0px"><img src="http://greeningbeauty.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/ekos-acai_fleurcreme.jpg?w=92" width="92" height="150" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; border: none; padding: 0px;"></dt> </dl><dl class="" style="float:left;margin:0px;text-align:center;padding:6px;width:182.640625px"><dt class="" style="margin:0px"><img src="http://greeningbeauty.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/ekos-acai-edition-limitee.jpg?w=150" width="150" height="103" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; border: none; padding: 0px;"></dt> </dl><dl class="" style="float:left;margin:0px;text-align:center;padding:6px;width:182.640625px"><dt class="" style="margin:0px"><img src="http://greeningbeauty.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/ekos-ac3a7ai-range.jpg?w=150" width="150" height="103" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; border: none; padding: 0px;"></dt> </dl><br style="clear:both"></div><ins></ins></div><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><em>by Paige Donner</em></span></p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> With the world's eyes on Brazil during these final days of the World Cup soccer matches, I saw that it was high time to shine the spotlight on one of the great organic body care/ beauty product lines on the planet :</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><h4 style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">Natura Brasil</h4><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> It's extraordinary to realize that this product line, certified organic and established in 1969, can be the 5th largest organic personal product care company in the world, yet still be virtually unknown in the North American market.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><h4 style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> <span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">A Few Facts And Figures</span></h4><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p> <ul style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><li>Natura Brasil's total annual revenue - €2.18 billion (R$ 7.3 billion).</li> <li>#1 personal care product leader in Brasil.</li><li>5th largest personal beauty care/ cosmetics line globally (organic).</li></ul><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><strong><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">Natura Brasil</span> </strong>today produces body lotions, hand creams, makeup, hair care products, perfumes and personal care product accessories. Most of its range of lines are created around native Brazilian fruits and nuts that also lend health properties to the body. Examples are the celebrated açai, but also the Buriti and the nut we call the Brazil Nut, the castanha, as well as many other native Brazilian plants and fruits.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> Founded in 1969 it is fair to say that Natura Brasil is a pioneer in the organic, chemical-free personal body care craze.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">The company is founded on a business model of direct sales. Here in the US we are familiar with this through companies such as Avon and Mary Kay Cosmetics. To date, Natura Brasil counts 1.6 million representatives as part of their direct marketing sales force.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">In addition to that, the company also counts over 7,000 collaborators in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and in France.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">A few of the eco-responsible programs the company had adopted over the decades of its founding are certified carbon neutral enterprise since 2007, partnered with its supplier-producers in the Amazon to co-develop sustainable agricultural methods, use of organic alcohol in its perfumes ( a rarity in the fragrance industry) and sustainable packaging for its products.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/acai-harvest-in-brazil/natura-brasil-logo/" rel="attachment wp-att-1067"><img class="" src="http://greeningbeauty.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/natura-brasil-logo.jpg" alt="natura brasil logo" width="490" height="477" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a></p> <h2 style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;line-height:19px"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">Highlight Natura EKOS</span></h2><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">This product line of Natura Brasil was launched in 2005 in France ; in 2000 in Brazil. It is emblematic of the company's sustainability ethics and its devotion to organic ingredients and products.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> <a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/natura-brasil-a-natural-beauty-line-based-on-the-fruits-of-brazil/natura-brasil-castanha-ekos/" rel="attachment wp-att-1074"><img class="" src="http://greeningbeauty.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/natura-brasil-castanha-ekos.jpg" alt="natura brasil castanha ekos" width="490" height="306" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a></p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">Natura EKOS products act as product-ambassadors for all that is good about native and natural Brazil. The products celebrate the country's natural richness and communicate about the native Amazonian culture's deep knowledge regarding their region's plants and fruits, sharing with us their hidden secrets.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> <strong><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">Açai Berry Hand Cream – Natura EKOS Açai</span></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">Dreaming of soft, supple hands that smell deliciously berry fruity ? The Natura Ekos Açai Berry hand cream is your go-to hand care product. It hydrates for up to 24hours.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> The açai berry oil used in its formula protects your hands from free radicals with its organic anti-oxidant properties. For best results, use it all the way to the tips of your finger nails. 77.6% of the formula's ingredients are vegetal-origin.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> For more information on this and other Natura Brasil EKOS products, visit <a href="http://www.naturabrasil.com/" target="_blank">NaturaBrasil.com</a>.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:center"> <span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)"><strong><a href="http://greenblognetwork.wordpress.com/"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)">Green Blog Network</span></a> * <a href="http://paigedonner.wordpress.com/"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)">Greening Hollywood</span></a> * <a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)">Greening Beauty</span></a></strong></span></p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)"><strong><a href="http://greeningparis.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)">Greening Paris</span></a> * <a href="http://greeningvancouver.wordpress.com/"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)">Greening Vancouver</span></a></strong></span></p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/natura-brasil-a-natural-beauty-line-based-on-the-fruits-of-brazil/chronos-creme-de-jour-et-nuit-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-1057"><img class="" src="http://greeningbeauty.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/chronos-crc3a8me-de-jour-et-nuit-2-e1403858948524.jpg" alt="Chronos crème de jour et nuit 2" width="490" height="510" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a></p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:center"> <span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)"><strong><a href="http://ecoluxurystyle.wordpress.com/"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)"><em>Eco.Luxury.Style</em> – quarterly Sustainable Magazine</span></a></strong></span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:center"> <strong><a href="http://greenblognetwork.wordpress.com/">Green Blog Network</a> * <a href="http://paigedonner.wordpress.com/">Greening Hollywood</a> * <a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/">Greening Beauty</a></strong></p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:center"><strong><a href="http://greeningparis.blogspot.com/">Greening Paris</a> * <a href="http://greeningvancouver.wordpress.com/">Greening Vancouver</a></strong></p> </div> </div> Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-75150130110026918872014-07-04T07:08:00.001-07:002015-04-02T01:52:38.990-07:00Açai Harvest In Brazil<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> <span style="color:rgb(128,128,128)"><em>by Paige Donner</em></span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> <a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=1070" rel="attachment wp-att-1070"><img class="" src="http://greeningbeauty.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/ac3a7ai-berry-branch-with-fruit.jpg" alt="Açai berry branch with fruit" width="450" height="547" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a></p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">Each and every year in Brazil the population awaits its annual <strong><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">açai berry harvest</span></strong> with bated breath. It's akin to the yearly Beaujolais harvest in France. A time of year filled with celebration and abundance.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">The açai berry has been inching its way into the North American mainstream for at least a decade now. Hailed as a little berry packing a powerfully healthy punch, we first welcomed it in smoothies and nutrition bars.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> <strong><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">Indeed some of the properties of the mythical açai berry are :</span></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"></p><ul><li><strong><span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)">Health tonic elixir</span></strong><br> </li><li><strong><span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)">Anti-oxidant</span></strong><br></li><li><strong><span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)">Anti-inflammatory</span></strong><br></li><li><strong><span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)">Sweet, Fruit and Fragrant</span></strong><br> </li></ul><p></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> <a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=1068" rel="attachment wp-att-1068"><img class="" src="http://greeningbeauty.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/ac3a7ai-cofruta-community.jpg" alt="Açai - Cofruta Community" width="490" height="224" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a><a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=1071" rel="attachment wp-att-1071"><img class="" src="http://greeningbeauty.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/ac3a7ai-berry-harvest-man-with-basket.jpg" alt="Açai berry harvest - man with basket" width="490" height="310" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a><a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=1069" rel="attachment wp-att-1069"></a></p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=1069" rel="attachment wp-att-1069"><img class="" src="http://greeningbeauty.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/ac3a7ai-berries-transported-by-riverboat.jpg" alt="Açai berries transported by riverboat" width="490" height="729" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a></p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><br></p><h4 style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> Health Properties Of The Açai Berry</h4><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">For centuries this berry has been used for its health properties by the local Abaetetuba community in the northern Brazilian state of Pará.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> The whole of Brazil has embraced the açai berry since many decades for more than its medicinal uses, however. Indeed the culture celebrates the annual harvest by making candies, sweets, and other delicacies out of the dark purple, pulpy and fruity berry.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> Its deep purple color are indicative of the berry's rich anti-oxidant properties. And if you've never tasted açai before, the flavor pyramid to expect is : red fruits such as raspberry and wild strawberry giving way to wood berries like blackberries and blueberries ending on a final note of sandal wood and light, aromatic woods.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=1068" rel="attachment wp-att-1068"><img class="" src="http://greeningbeauty.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/ac3a7ai-cofruta-community.jpg" alt="Açai - Cofruta Community" width="490" height="224" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a> </p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><br></p><h4 style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> Natura Brasil's EKOS Açai Body Care Line</h4><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> For its EKOS Açai line of body care products, Natura Brasil works with the Cofruta Community, a co-op based in the Pará state of Brazil, who does the bulk of the annual berry harvest.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:center"><strong>COFRUTA = Fruit Growers Co-operative of Abaetetuba</strong></p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> This is the co-operative, who in their native Amazonian forest, produces and harvests 95% of the total Brazilian açai berry crop each year. The co-op is made up of several hundred families. The açai berries they harvest are certified organic and along with Natura Brasil, working with them for several decades now, they have developed a sustainable harvesting method. The co-op even produces their own açai berry syrups and jams now in a factory they built in their native Amazonian forest in 2002.</p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> Products from Natura Brasil made from the açai berry harvest are released in limited edition quantities each year. They include :</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><blockquote style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><p><strong><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">Triphasée Shower Oil</span> </strong>– this fruity and light oil goes on fresh all over your body on still moist, just showered skin. It contains oil pressed directly from the organic açai berry, thus containing concentrated amounts of pure anti-oxidant properties. A fresh, fruity, fragrant scent.</p> </blockquote><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><blockquote style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> <p><strong><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">Frescor</span> </strong>– the eau de toilette made from organic alcohol and essential oil extracts from the fresh açai berry harvest.</p></blockquote><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> <br></p><blockquote style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><p><strong><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">Hand Cream and Body Lotion</span></strong> - These products each give 24hours and 30 hours respectively of skin hydration as well as offering anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant protection.</p> </blockquote><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> <a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=1056" rel="attachment wp-att-1056"><img class="" src="http://greeningbeauty.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/ekos-acai_fleurcreme.jpg" alt="Ekos Acai_FleurCreme" width="490" height="794" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a></p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">For more information about these products and the sustainable harvest program that Natura Brasil has institituted with the native Amazonian COFRUTA community in Brazil, go to<a href="http://www.naturabrasil.com/" target="_blank"> NaturaBrasil.com.</a></p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:center"> <strong><a href="http://ecoluxurystyle.wordpress.com/"><em>Eco.Luxury.Style</em> – quarterly Sustainable Magazine</a></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:center"> <strong><a href="http://greenblognetwork.wordpress.com/">Green Blog Network</a> * <a href="http://paigedonner.wordpress.com/">Greening Hollywood</a> * <a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/">Greening Beauty</a></strong></p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:center"><strong><a href="http://greeningparis.blogspot.com/">Greening Paris</a> * <a href="http://greeningvancouver.wordpress.com/">Greening Vancouver</a></strong></p> <p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> <br></p></div> </div> Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-17658269149525966662014-04-30T03:43:00.000-07:002015-04-02T01:52:38.842-07:00The Emissary by Patricia Cori: Interpreting the Songs of the Whales to Save the Earth’s Oceans Indiana Jones-style<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8YNooZUQYuoy8wbW69ZkFG8MxjGK19Pnb-YaTTAU5dBdkSZxxu4CvBLqCTZPWmHtKhMmjG4oGkGOiys75C75pjpy40N5_0mG9frx9alteNYQncWic9FaVDlZatit9okT0gKkt976sEqo/s1600/the-emissary-740940.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8YNooZUQYuoy8wbW69ZkFG8MxjGK19Pnb-YaTTAU5dBdkSZxxu4CvBLqCTZPWmHtKhMmjG4oGkGOiys75C75pjpy40N5_0mG9frx9alteNYQncWic9FaVDlZatit9okT0gKkt976sEqo/s320/the-emissary-740940.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6008034937016601474" /></a></p><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><p></p><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#38761d" size="4"><b>Beau Bridges, Actor: "…A uniquely exciting adventure that capture the heart and the soul of the reader."</b></font></span></div> <br><span style="font-size:14pt"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Emissary: Interpreting the Songs of the Whales to Save the Earth's Oceans Indiana Jones-style </span></strong></span><p> </p><p></p><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:16px"><font color="#3d85c6" face="georgia, serif"><i>Elisabeth Rohm, actor, author, activist, mother: "The whales and dolphins of this planet need our help – and Patricia Cori is their Emissary!"</i></font></span></blockquote> <br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><strong>Los Angeles, CA, April 29, 2014</strong> – Fans of Animal Planet would likely call bestselling author, Patricia Cori, the "whale whisperer." However, Cori's fans deem her a "real-life Indiana Jones." One thing is for sure. Cori's debut suspense book, The Emissary (North Atlantic Books) is action-packed and will soon be gracing the big screen in partnership with Global Universal Entertainment.</span><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align:center"><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4" color="#00ffff"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLl3taWwsCc">MOVIE TRAILER</a></font></b></div> <br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Since its release, The Emissary has garnered positive attention around the globe. Within the pages of The Emissary, Cori artfully engages her readers with fast action and profound, thought-provoking ideas. "Readers will definitely think about the Earth in a different light after reading The Emissary," says Cori. "One of the key ideas explored is how our actions today impact the environment tomorrow. We've already seen some of this come to reality, however The Emissary explores this idea and the findings are quite unsettling."</span><p> </p><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><img src="http://www.cosozo.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_body/public/images/radio/bigstock-humpback-whales-6601517.jpg?itok=bQtQ0eKD" width="394" height="255.01618122977345"><br> <br></font><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Three events take place nearly simultaneously: People in Los Angeles witness hundreds of birds dropping from the heavens; Beaches in Maine are covered with tens of thousands of dead fish; and a New Zealand beach resort is devastated with dying whales and dolphins. In the aftermath of this chaos, a strange, grid-like pattern forms in the clouds. Readers soon learn that this is not a coincidence, but part of an evil plan to destroy all life on Earth. Enter, the emissary – a leading psychic, who understands and identifies secrets in the songs of the dying whales. She then uses what she learns in her dangerous journey to avert a global disaster. </span><br> <br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">"The Emissary gives readers the thrills and action-packed adventures that we all thrive upon," says Patricia Cori. "But it also offers something more, awareness of our oceans and the changes that have come about, due to man's interference in nature." </span><br> <br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Meet Patricia Cori. Cori is a bestselling author, screenwriter, public speaker and has been interviewed on hundreds of radio and television programs including CNN and Coast to Coast. She's credited with founding the global non-profit, Save Earth's Oceans, Inc., whose mission is dedicated to restoring the balance of the ocean's ecosystems. Cori's the former host of Beyond the Matrix (BBS Radio) and she is deemed a visionary to her fan base. </span><br> <br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">The Emissary</span><br><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><a href="http://www.TheEmissary.net" target="_blank">www.TheEmissary.net</a></span><br> <br><br><br><br><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Pen Densham, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, producer, author, artist: "I am a giant fan of creativity that takes us out of our daily thinking. Patricia Cori has penned just such a tale. A broad fantasy adventure that speaks to those who want to think differently and challenge the daily onslaught against nature and our own future."</span></p> <p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Ervin Laszlo, twice nominated for the Nobel prize, Founder and President of The Club of Budapest, Chancellor of the Giordano Bruno GlobalShift University, and best-selling author of 83 books and publications: "The Emissary is that rarest of books: it entertains, indeed, it fascinates, and at the same time conveys a message that we should not forget. Indeed, once we have opened this book, we never will."</span></p> <p><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Jim Marrs, New York Times Best Selling author of Psi Spies: The True Story of America's Psychic Warfare Program: "The Emissary' brings us government skullduggery, sexy agents, catastrophic events, high-sea adventure, singing whales and a cosmic secret — what's not to like in this fast-paced page turner?"</span></p> <p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">New Consciousness Review: "Patricia Cori has done a great service to us all, and I believe the majestic creatures of the sea as well, by turning her skill, passion, and intelligence toward understanding and protecting them, and simultaneously illuminating a path for human transformation."</span></p> <p><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Lawrence Bloom, Recently retired Chairman of the UN Environmental Progamme, Green Economy Initiative Council on Green Cities and the World Economic Forum at Davos Global Agenda Council on Urban Management: "It's a brilliant story – it reads with the pace of a Bond novel, and it's based in reality. You may not sleep well after you read it! I could not put it down….</span></p> <p><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Donald Newsom, President, BBS Radio Network, Inc: "Phenomenal! Her extraordinary vision and the way she communicates her truth to her readers will make Patricia Cori a staple in every library." </span><br> <br></p></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4" color="#999999" face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="http://ecoluxurystyle.wordpress.com" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)" target="_blank"><b><i>Eco.Luxury.Style</i></b> - quarterly Sustainable Magazine</a></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font color="#006600"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="1" color="#274e13"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://greenblognetwork.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Green Blog Network</a></font><font face="georgia, serif"> * </font><a href="http://paigedonner.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif">Greening Hollywood</font></a><font face="georgia, serif"> * </font><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Greening Beauty </a></font></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><font face="georgia, serif" size="1" color="#274e13"><a href="http://greeningparis.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Greening Paris</a> * <a href="http://greeningvancouver.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Greening Vancouver</a></font></div> <div style="text-align:center"><br></div><i><b style="background-color:rgb(106,168,79)"><font color="#eeeeee">Recycle, Reuse, Rejoice!</font></b></i></div> </div> Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-28495308515808150202014-02-05T07:53:00.001-08:002015-04-02T01:52:38.863-07:00Une Way Of Life - Skin Ideal Youth Serum Foundation<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"><strong><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><em>by Paige Donner</em></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"><strong><span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)">What do <i>buddleiia davidii</i> and <i>thymus vulgaris</i></span></strong> have to do with your skin’s flawless finish ? Read on and I’ll tell you what…</p> <p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"><a href="http://greenblognetwork.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=1512" rel="attachment wp-att-1512"><img class="" alt="Greening Beauty SKIN-IDEAL-FOUNDATION-YOUTH-SERUM_VISUEL-MANNEQUIN" src="http://greenblognetwork.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/greening-beauty-skin-ideal-foundation-youth-serum_visuel-mannequin.jpg?w=427" width="427" height="600" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a></p> <p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">Bourjois’ UNE line of cosmetics includes the newly released Skin Ideal Youth Serum Foundation, a youth-extending formula. Aptly named, this elixir is as much a foundation that gives your complexion a radiant clean flawless finish as it is a serum that incorporates these plants harvested from the Swiss Alps that help fight the dangerous effects of pollution with their anti-oxidising properties.</p> <h4 style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;line-height:21px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(51,204,204)">Cultivates the Natural Look and Reaps Youthfulness</span></h4> <h2 style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;line-height:21px"><i>How does Skin Ideal diminish signs of age as a mere foundation ?</i></h2><p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"> <a href="http://greenblognetwork.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=1513" rel="attachment wp-att-1513"><img class="" alt="Greening Beauty SKIN-IDEAL-FOUNDATION-YOUTH-SERUM_VISUEL-GAMME2" src="http://greenblognetwork.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/greening-beauty-skin-ideal-foundation-youth-serum_visuel-gamme2.jpg" width="450" height="318" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a></p> <h2 style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;line-height:21px"><i></i></h2><blockquote style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"> <p style="margin-bottom:1.3em"><i>« It’s a question of lightness, affinity with the skin, harmony with the complexion and respect for each woman’s natural look…</i></p><p style="margin-bottom:1.3em"><i>UNE’s Skin Ideal Youth Serum Foundation brings out the youthfulness of the face with very little make-up, resulting in a natural, ageless grace.</i></p> </blockquote><p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">The dominant magic component in Skin Ideal is a product of green chemistry called Hyaluronic Acid. Do you love to see your skin « plumped up » looking dewy and hydrated ? The Hyaluronic Acid in Bourjois’ Skin Ideal is obtained by biosynthesis from lactic acid. It has a specific affinity with the skin, which it naturally and intensely hydrates, re-inflating and « plumping up » your complexion.</p> <p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">Light As A Feather</p><p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"> Skin Ideal is an EcoCert product, meaning that 98.2% of the total ingredients are of natural origin. So its featherweight qualities and ultralight emulsifiers are unique and offer a revolutionary glide and smoothness in a natural formula.</p> <p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">How ? UNE’s Skin Ideal uses a derivative of rice oil combined with arginine. The rice oil and arginine combination is a new generation of natural emulsifiers that give comfort to your skin and emollience to the Youth Serum Foundation. Your morning’s application, good for the whole day, glides on and blends into your skin in perfect homogeneity. It leaves a delicious sensation of feather like comfort and sensations of « nothing on the skin ».</p> <p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">To add to the magic effect of your flawlessly finished skin, UNE has included silica and mica combined in the form of powder micro-beads for an ultra-radiant soft focus effect. It’s an optical effect, but one that takes off a few years in an instant.</p> <p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">Skin Ideal is a youth enhancer, a friend to your complexion. It brings out natural light, freshness, radiance and, as a result, boosts your self-confidence. It is not a veil for your complexion nor is it a second skin. Its Organic Jojoba oil nourishes the skin without a greasy effect. Organic Argan Oil helps protect the skin’s youthfulness. Beeswax, the ultimate natural product, forms a protective film against external effects.</p> <p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">Makeup Tips from UNE :</p><p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"> « More is the enemy of good.</p><p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">To look younger, it is necessary to lighten makeup and take particular care with the choice and apply foundation evenly without adding thickness.</p> <p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">Always choose the shade as close as possible to the natural skin tone : paler it looks dull, darker it ages.</p> <p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">Be sure to spread it evenly up to the base of the throat to avoid marking. »</p> <p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">More at <a href="http://www.unebeauty.com/fr" target="_blank">UneBeauty.com/fr</a></p> <p style="margin-bottom:1.3em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"><a href="http://Cosmetiques.ecocert.com">Cosmetiques.ecocert.com</a></p> <div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><a href="http://ecoluxurystyle.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b><i>Eco.Luxury.Style</i></b> - quarterly Sustainable Magazine</a></span></div> <div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,102,0)"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> </span></span></div> <div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(39,78,19);font-size:xx-small"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://greenblognetwork.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Green Blog Network</a></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> * </span><a href="http://paigedonner.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Greening Hollywood</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> * </span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://greeningbeauty.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Greening Beauty </a></span></span></div> <div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(39,78,19);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:xx-small"><a href="http://greeningparis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Greening Paris</a> * <a href="http://greeningvancouver.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Greening Vancouver</a></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><i><b style="background-color:rgb(106,168,79)"><font color="#eeeeee">Recycle, Reuse, Rejoice!</font></b></i></div> </div> Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-76628355694332740952014-01-21T07:15:00.001-08:002015-04-02T01:52:39.013-07:00Mascara: Green Is The New Pure Black<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKFdiGEBgf3QrG12tXSG7GFvk8F50MKzPVQpGO0M8p-ZM4Z_Bf3SxMujDG0Ao4ndR_73PnlQHVSrhua9l8EljVgJM5N2KV92K0Jt3a5ZwjSawocvE19MSWEeuvrVhBqStCemn4cmuhgKz/s1600/UNE-753663.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiKFdiGEBgf3QrG12tXSG7GFvk8F50MKzPVQpGO0M8p-ZM4Z_Bf3SxMujDG0Ao4ndR_73PnlQHVSrhua9l8EljVgJM5N2KV92K0Jt3a5ZwjSawocvE19MSWEeuvrVhBqStCemn4cmuhgKz/s320/UNE-753663.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5971367565345517186" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiwYe-ni1Ew9W87exi4aVG9Uh6GFurccpNOlJHKuVgpAlhyphenhyphenSAnttjiXPxSmBEJsEIV01tqiEVXVJUAW8vO7pz1VtgpvTBDR48ZCshzJTnice0ljfpyRFrN-ZrFcdX_pB9jgGIAh9Iu_9h/s1600/une-green-pride-mascara-volume-ultra-black-aed-94-767766.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiwYe-ni1Ew9W87exi4aVG9Uh6GFurccpNOlJHKuVgpAlhyphenhyphenSAnttjiXPxSmBEJsEIV01tqiEVXVJUAW8vO7pz1VtgpvTBDR48ZCshzJTnice0ljfpyRFrN-ZrFcdX_pB9jgGIAh9Iu_9h/s320/une-green-pride-mascara-volume-ultra-black-aed-94-767766.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5971367630251820098" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNCoAHxhbvLKTmIh_UwY3k6UWjz6T_bOQBKmwBzlfdzdr2yhmZTSSwK-hr8E8kcsZiFWtVGGpBqRLEg6Gio8pix12wIWyFifEjrjMTVFlmftAFO8_B6SZCHvd9FwPJ_FQlDH7wJ3dEhKB/s1600/avene_couvrance_mascara_colors-770683.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNCoAHxhbvLKTmIh_UwY3k6UWjz6T_bOQBKmwBzlfdzdr2yhmZTSSwK-hr8E8kcsZiFWtVGGpBqRLEg6Gio8pix12wIWyFifEjrjMTVFlmftAFO8_B6SZCHvd9FwPJ_FQlDH7wJ3dEhKB/s320/avene_couvrance_mascara_colors-770683.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5971367638164232642" /></a></p><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><font color="#a64d79"><i>by Paige Donner</i></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#ff00ff"><b>With awards season fully underway</b></font><font color="#000066"> and the first of 2014's runway shows revving up for the world's hottest fashion weeks, a girl needs her go-to makeup product right at hand. Yes, mascara. </font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)">Of course ! Mascara . </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)">According to Premium Beauty News, 54% of women say they couldn't go without mascara. And counting all distribution channels combined, a whopping one billion little tubes of mascara are sold each year. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)">Still, one woman out of two claim to have sensitive eyes and who doesn't want to pamper their peepers ? </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)">So for all you awards show and fashion divas, and all the rest of us lovely creatures who prefer just to watch the parading down runways and red carpets from our perfectly made up eyes, Greening Beauty has scoured the makeup world to find our top picks for green glam when it comes to mascara. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)">They are Bourjois's UNE Green Pride Volume Mascara and Avène's High Tolerance Mascara in its Couvrance line of cosmetics. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)">UNE is a lusciously lip-smacking green line of makeup, available in Europe (not yet in North America but can be found online) created by Bourjois, one of France's most established makeup manufacturers. And now they've reinvented Black, for the <b>Ultra Black Green Pride Volume Mascara.</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)">Avène is a leading French cosmetics house that specializes in sensitive skin and is one of the pioneers of cosmeceuticals. Their full name is <i>Laboratoires Dermatologiques Avène</i> and for their newest mascara, <b>High Tolerance Mascara</b>, just released in November '13, they have focused on a product that wears easily not just for women with sensitive eyes or contact lenses, but also for women who want their eyes to sparkle and shine from behind lush, long, black (or brown) lashes. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"><b>A few highlights of UNE's organic and Ultra Black Mascara :</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"></p><ul><li>Ecocert certified. Means 100% of total ingredients are from natural origin.</li><li>Boosts lashes by 14x using a combination recipe of three natural waxes : shea butter, carnauba and beeswax. These sculpt, coat and maximize the sheen of the lashes.</li><li>Holds for 16 hours thanks to the natural polymer, xantham gum.</li><li>Absolute black for the Ultra Black pigment achieved by pure iron oxide.</li><li>Brush is small and equipped with supple fibers and « reservoir spaces », a technology that evenly distributes the mascara to avoid clumping, applying the perfect amount in a single sweep.</li><li>Easily removeable. No rubbing, just dab with spring water and the makeup dissolves gently, respecting sensitive eyes and keeping eyes young looking.</li></ul><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"><b>A few highlights of Avène's High Tolerance Mascara</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"></p><ul><li>Dedicated to dermatology since 1743, Avène has pioneered the concept of « sterile cosmetiques » or ultra pure cosmetics.</li><li>The Ultra pure pigments for both their black and brown mascaras have a minimum of metal content.</li><li>No Paraben. No Phenoxyethanol. No chlorophenesin. No fragrance.</li><li>Acacia gum allows for full lashes with no clumping. Even after applying several layers. The sheathing and film producing of the natural polymer – acacia gum – mean each lash is coated for perfect definition.</li><li>Ultra light micro beads in the silica powder increase volume while maintaining a natural effect.</li><li>Volumising effect : +42% Lengthening effect : +39%</li><li>High precision brush curved in the shape of an eyelid. Concave side works to make the lashes fuller and lusher. Convex side works to separate the lashes for better definition.</li><li>Long-lasting : More than 8 hours. Guarantees no clumping while giving high-volume and curl.</li><li>Easily removeable. Spray a bit of <i>Avène Eau Thermale</i> (natural and very pure French spring water) on your eyes and gently dab with cotton pad to remove.</li></ul><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,102)">And Voila' ! 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Some of the greenest things you can do are the small ones. Making everyday changes to your life is easy to put into place one small step at a time. Here are some simple ways you can make your life greener and more eco-friendly:</div> <div><br></div><div>1. Shop Seasonally and Locally – When you buy your food it is easy to pick the brands and products you are familiar with. However if you think about it many of these items must be shipped a long way to get to your grocery store's shelves. Instead, why not pick up some locally grown or made foods. Not only are they usually cheaper because of a reduction in shipping costs but they are also better for you and for the environment. Buying locally grown or made food means fewer carbon emissions from transportation. It also supports the local economy. Not only that, but produce that is grown locally is also grown seasonally meaning it is better for you and tastes better too. Eating seasonally helps you to keep a variety in your diet and you can even try new foods that you may fall in love with. It is also cheaper to buy foods in season. </div> <div><br></div><div>2. Go Back to the Basics of Cleaning – In the old days there were not a lot of cleaning products on the market. Basic items like vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, backing soda and pine oils were about your only selections. Today you can embrace the classics and clean green with these same items. Instead of polluting the environment and your home with noxious chemicals, stay clean and healthy and breathe easier by cleaning with natural products. Hydrogen peroxide is a great natural anti-bacterial agent and whitener. Baking soda works to scrub off tough stains and get into the cracks and crevices of your home. Vinegar helps to neutralize odors and get rid of tough stains. Pine oils and other essential oils like orange and lemon are great for cleaning and shining wood surfaces. Pine oil is also anti-bacterial! </div> <div><br></div><div>3. Reduce Your Water Use –Cutting down on your water use does not mean you can only bathe once a week or never water your lawn. It is simple to cut down your water use and save yourself money as well as saving some strain on the environment. Cut off a minute of your shower time by turning off the water as you shampoo, condition and shave. Turn off the water as you brush your teeth. Do the dishes all at once. If by hand, wash the cups and utensils first and the pots and pans last. That way the water will stay cleaner longer and you can get it all done in one sink. If you use a dishwasher make sure it is completely full before you run it and run it on the fastest setting. In the yard you can water early in the morning or late at night to reduce evaporation. Run it low and slow to reduce run off as well.</div> <div><br></div><div>4. Plant Local Flora – Speaking of saving water, planting local flora instead of grass is a great way to save water and time in maintaining your yard. Local flora is accustomed to the rainfall and temperature of your area. Not only does it require less maintenance but it is also more resistant to disease and predation by local fauna. You can even set up a wildlife area and attract birds, bees, and butterflies to your yard! </div> <div><br></div><div>5. Natural Fertilizers – Instead of filling your yard with fake food, why not go the natural way? Not only is it better for your yard and the environment, but it is more affordable too. It only takes a small effort to set up your own compost pile and get to making some nutritious and delicious dirt for your plants. Everyday trash can go into the pile. Items like banana peels, orange peels, egg shells and other organic waste make for great compost. Cut down on the trash sent to landfills and get free dirt all in one step!</div> <div><br></div><div>6. Recycle – As much as recycling has become a part of our lives there are still some of us who don't do it as regularly as we should. Make it easy on yourself by setting aside special bins for different kinds of recyclables. Glass, plastic, paper and so on can all be recycled easily. Many garbage collectors often will take recycling as well. Or take it up to your local school or recycling center. Even items like Christmas trees can be recycled. If you drink a lot of canned beverages you can save those up and get money back at an aluminum recycling center. Don't forget that old appliances can be recycled as well and sometimes you can get money back on those too. Old computers can often bring in some cash from their expensive parts as well. </div> <div><br></div><div>7. Climate Control – One of the biggest expenses and biggest polluters in our homes are the climate controls. Heating and cooling costs are astronomical and the electricity they use is equally so. Cut down on your cooling costs during the summer by running fans, sealing cracks and covering windows. The sun shining in those windows can create more heat than you would think. Cracks can allow cool air to escape and hot air to take its place. Fans help to keep you cool more affordably than air conditioners by dispersing the heat around your body so that even a warm room feels cooler. In the winter, those cracks should still be filled. Cold air can blow in and warm air escape easily. Windows should be covered at night to avoid the chill factor and uncovered when it is sunny to capture that heat. Keep warmer by bundling up and using other heating elements, like leftover heat from cooking. </div> <div><br></div><div>8. Cooking Green –Speaking of cooking, you need to be mindful of how you cook as well as what you cook. As I mentioned it is a good idea to cook using high heat during the winter. Using the oven and stove top to cook during the winter helps to heat the entire home and keep down the electric bill. However the same concept does not apply in the summer. Try to avoid using the oven and stove and instead opt for cooking in a slow cooker, outside on the grill, or even eating cold foods. A great way to cut down on pollution and cook your food in the summer is a traditional method in many countries. </div> <div><br></div><div>Burying your food with hot coals to cook it low and slow is a great way to cook in the heat. Do not just cook a little bit either. Make a whole bunch of food and then save a portion of it for some other meals. That way you can just cook once and then heat it up quickly when you need it.</div> <div><br></div><div>9. Drink More Water, But Less Bottled –Last but not least I'd like to talk about what we drink. Many of us drink a lot of sugary, artificial beverages that are not good for us or for the environment. Those plastic bottles add up as does the transportation and manufacturing costs. Instead, drink more water. Not the bottled kind but the filtered kind. A filter can give you the same great taste and quality of bottled water but without the high cost or environmental impact. Filtered water is better for you too than drinking </div> <div>from plastics that can seep toxins into the water. Try using glass or proper containers for drinking water and make sure you don't cause leeching by putting other beverages in those containers like lemon juices or tomato juices which can be very acidic. As you can see it is not very hard to make small changes in your everyday life and live greener.</div> <div><br></div><div>It only takes a little bit of thought to change your habits and make a positive impact on the environment. Going green starts one small step at a time, so try out some of these ideas in your home today. </div> <div><br></div><div>Author Byline:</div><div><br></div><div>This article is contributed by Madoline Hatter. 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<span style="color: #666666;">One of Canada's easiest ways to get kids healthy and active this winter is now available. The Canadian Ski Council's SnowPass is available online. It's an unbeatable offer: it provides three lift passes at each of the 150+ ski areas nation-wide for Canadian kids in Grade 4 and Grade 5, for free!*</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><strong>SnowPass Advantage:</strong> "Introducing children to skiing and snowboarding at an early age gives them lifetime access to these healthy winter sports," says Patrick Arkeveld, President and CEO of the Canadian Ski Council. "It keeps them fit, less prone to obesity, and outside and active during the winter months. Better yet, skiing and snowboarding are sports kids can do with the entire family for a lifetime."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><strong>How It Works:</strong> The Canadian Ski Council's SnowPass gives kids in grades 4 and 5 (born in 2003 or 2004) three lift tickets at each and every participating ski area all across Canada for the entire winter; providing them with an opportunity to ski or snowboard hundreds of times over the winter season, for free*. You only need to apply once for the SnowPass and the pass is valid until the end of grade 5. This means if you apply in grade 4 the pass is valid for two years.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><strong>Where to Use it:</strong> The Grade 4 & 5 SnowPass is a national program and is valid at over 150 ski areas across Canada including 32 ski areas in British Columbia, 19 ski areas in Alberta, 1 ski area in Saskatchewan, 2 ski areas in Manitoba, 33 ski areas in Ontario, 57 ski areas in Quebec, 8 in Atlantic Canada and 1 in the Yukon. With ski areas participating across Canada, families will not have to travel far to put this SnowPass to use. Kids can easily track how many lift passes they have left by visiting <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001nu1pgDcvyeSdwBZgqNCxUHM0tBM-WFV0lJxXlIDE6fSuQYJxgzbiiC71zfi2rolhMxZ4rt8_1lrb1PXpl2qJCu6bg6X7--NkVf7mr1QudU45W01w5QTpWw99IOJbE734s_rS56zIhE908oOIWQkAyJv1JgrmSsI-Lb8s5whz-Ak0FKR-K3vCVA==" shape="rect" style="text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">www.snowpass.ca</a>.</span></div>
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Paige Donnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12114426744646108600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115484991294321834.post-68077862228611709412013-11-14T06:20:00.001-08:002013-11-14T06:35:59.714-08:00PoweRocks Mini Portable Charging Devices<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBy8i0C1Z-b_9MXfnHh0VyajXsbjYkO6l7s33nUau_8fRuoEdEjI_hiJSWwHNeLyy_1hkiagbsLeE8esiPasV393Rs92v8PRW36AOob3-OuMIaqBjcC-aQwXYqWtJ1-_Pa5qD2O4u5Wjk/s1600/Magicstick--1-756530.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBy8i0C1Z-b_9MXfnHh0VyajXsbjYkO6l7s33nUau_8fRuoEdEjI_hiJSWwHNeLyy_1hkiagbsLeE8esiPasV393Rs92v8PRW36AOob3-OuMIaqBjcC-aQwXYqWtJ1-_Pa5qD2O4u5Wjk/s320/Magicstick--1-756530.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5946119613537494914" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhB04_gXrdNSL5G91RemTbeUgcm9vOSx2GPtHZBON6Nrtl0GtzaTnZIfw7XRqcxic2Rl-Uz3S71f6ew1tfbkOYy19Iw_PkO8-0Segc6yXmXy6FbCQobavtpm6IxAkTD3PkozttwrhqxKh/s1600/Super+Magicstick--2-765277.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhB04_gXrdNSL5G91RemTbeUgcm9vOSx2GPtHZBON6Nrtl0GtzaTnZIfw7XRqcxic2Rl-Uz3S71f6ew1tfbkOYy19Iw_PkO8-0Segc6yXmXy6FbCQobavtpm6IxAkTD3PkozttwrhqxKh/s320/Super+Magicstick--2-765277.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5946119648863940178" /></a></p><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)">by Green Blog Network</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)">Portable electronic devices are lifesavers. Who can live without their SmartPhone or cell phone these days? Apparently not 2.3 billion of Planet Earth's people.</div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"> <font size="4">In more tangible terms, more people have access to a portable phone today than to a toilet.<br>But when these little buddies - portable electronic devices - lose power, they're about as useful as dead wood. <br> Now, however, you can throw your worry out the window. Because <font color="#cc0000"><a href="http://www.powerocksusa.com">Powerocks</a></font> has invented the genius <font color="#cc0000">PowerBank</font> and <font color="#cc0000">Magic Cubes.</font></font></blockquote> <div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)">These design-friendly, compact, colorful little devices charge your iPhone, your tablet, your SmartPhone, your cell phone and many other portable electronic devices quickly and efficiently. The PowerBank is equipped with both male and female USB connectors and it also comes with a multiple connector cable good for most devices. And each comes with two output cables so you can recharge two devices simultaneously.</div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)">A charged PowerBank is good for about an hour and can go all the way up to 12000 milliamps. It takes only about an hour to charge your PowerBank either directly from an electrical outlet or your computer. The charged PowerBank can last up to a reported 3-6 months. You can find them in many colors - from purple to silver to leopard print - and three power flavors: 6000 mAh,.9000 mAh and 12000mAh. This last one stores enough juice to recharge your iPhone up to 6 times.</div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)">You can pick one up for anywhere between $29 to £109. In Canada these stores have them available, perfect for stocking stuffers : )</div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)">Canadian Tire, Bell, Rogers, Telus, Bestbuy.ca, Telephone Booth, CostCo's Wireless, Futureshop.ca</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)">These rechargers are also much more eco-friendly than the standard battery as you can get as many as 500 charges, at least, from one device.</div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"> "The Attitude of Free Life" i.e. never be in an emergency or miss a call when away from home.</blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><br></div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)">Online you can find these cylindrical little lifesavers at <a href="http://www.Powerocksusa.com">Powerocksusa.com</a></div><br> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)"></div><div style="color:rgb(204,204,204);font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.796875px;background-color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"> <span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><a href="http://ecoluxurystyle.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(15,89,165);text-decoration:none;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><b><i>Eco.Luxury.Style</i></b> - 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As humans look for additional places on Earth to store various forms of waste, have you ever stopped to think about that which is orbiting our planet? According to NASA, there are over 21,000 pieces of trash that measure approximately four-inches in diameter floating above our heads at this very moment - which is only a small portion of the whole.<br class=""> <br class="">Although most of these pieces of trash are simply metal components from various remnants of space launches, they can pose as much of a treat to humankind as the trash here on Earth. One of the more disturbing facts is that the debris is estimated to triple in density by 2030. What does this mean for the future of humanity?<br class=""> <br class=""></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1. Telecommunications -</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> A vast majority of our communications come from a satellite network in space. Although the density of orbiting trash isn't enough to disrupt signals that are broadcast yet, these bits of trash pose a threat as projectiles that can damage sensitive equipment. If one of these satellites is damaged to the point of rendering it inoperable, we simply send another one to replace it - increasing the amount of debris yet again.<br class=""> <br class=""></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2. Astronaut Safety -</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> If you figure in that there are </span><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/news/orbital_debris.html#.UkdEBhC2acQ" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">roughly half a million pieces of debris</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> that are floating around Earth in various sizes all traveling at 17,500 miles per hour, the threat to human life while in orbit is amazingly high. For example, the Winchester .223 Super Short Magnum bullet can travel at speeds surpassing 4000 feet per second. These bullets deliver a deadly amount of force from the sheer velocity alone. Now take into consideration that these pieces of debris in space are traveling at 25,700 feet per second. The force delivered on impact wouldn't be anything short of devastating regardless of the size of the debris. An astronaut performing operations in space would have very little chance of survival if struck by one of these pieces.<br class=""> <br class=""></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3. Future Endeavors -</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> With the amount of deadly metal trash circling our planet, future projects may be far more difficult to accomplish as time goes on. Every time we send a new satellite or shuttle into space, more debris is left behind in low orbit. As the shuttle needs to approach speeds of more than 17,000 miles per hour, it is already traveling at amazing speeds in order to achieve an orbital position. What if one of these four-inch diameter pieces of debris flies into the shuttle's window as it is achieving those speeds? It may be like the shuttle hitting a solid surface at more than 25,000 miles per hour.<br class=""> <br class=""></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4. Earth Bound -</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Unlike the trash that is buried in landfills here on Earth, space debris can cause a great deal of immediate damage should it be pulled in by the planet's gravitational pull. Various places around the globe have experienced close encounters of the trash kind. Sometimes, the debris that lands in the United States doesn't even belong to the country. In March of 2011, a tank from a Russian Zenit-3 rocket made an impact crater in the hills of Colorado. <br class=""> <br class="">Yes, even American trash can make an unexpected re-entry. In 1997, a 580-pound US Delta II rocket fuel tank nearly impacted an occupied farmhouse. If it's expected that the trash in orbit is to triple, the threat to life on the planet will triple as well. Without warning, one of these larger pieces of debris could re-enter the atmosphere and cause a great deal of damage on impact. Although the only report of </span><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/09/110909-nasa-space-debris-uars-satellite-top-five-science/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">space debris actually hitting someone</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> only "brushed" her shoulder, an inch in the wrong direction could possibly have torn her arm out of its socket.<br class=""> <br class="">While it's imperative that we monitor our waste materials here on the planet's surface, we need to also pay attention to that which is over our heads. 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If we want to enjoy the technological nuances of today's society, effort needs to be put into cleaning up our planet both on and off of its surface.</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.1500000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Author Bio:</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.1500000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This is a guest post by Liz Nelson from </span><a href="http://www.whitefence.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WhiteFence.com</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. 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<span style="font-size: 14px;">GMO OMG made its world premiere at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival. Screen Daily called the film "powerfully provocative" and "a subject that needs to be focused on."</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Today in the United States, by the simple acts of feeding ourselves, we are unwittingly participating in the largest experiment ever conducted on human beings. Each of us unknowingly consumes genetically engineered food on a daily basis. The risks and effects to our health and the environment are largely unknown. Yet more and more studies are being conducted around the world, which only provide even more reason for concern. We are the oblivious guinea pigs for wide-scale experimentation of modern biotechnology.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">GMO OMG follows one family's struggle to live and eat without participating in an unhealthy, unjust, and destructive food system. Has the global food system been irrevocably hijacked or is there still time to heal the planet, feed the world, and save ourselves?</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"> </span></div>
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On more than one occasion over the last couple of years, I've heard heart-centred business owners declare that they'd love to make a positive difference in the world through their business—if they only knew how to get started transforming their business into a socially responsible entity. I've also encountered microentrepreneurs who express fears that going green will send them broke, and yet others who believe that their companies are too small to make a positive difference in the world. </div>
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I believe that everyone has the capacity to be a change agent and lead by example when (1) they have the information and resources (a network of like-minded individuals to call on for support or inspiration) to guide their actions, (2) they start from where they are and with what's available to them, and (3) they make changes through small, incremental steps. I also believe that with some thoughtful planning beforehand and along the way, adopting more planet-friendly business processes ultimately contributes to the overall value of a business; it enhances the sustainability of both the company and the planet. </div>
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You wouldn't set out on a journey without doing some planning beforehand, and the same wisdom applies to greening your company's environmental footprint (the overall impact your business has on the planet as a result of greenhouse gas emissions, waste production, and usage patterns for resources such as energy, water, renewable and non-renewable resources). Yes, the information gathering, decision making and planning take a bit of time, but in the long run it will keep you within your budget and on track, contribute to some small and encouraging successes, and keep you engaged in the process. Here are a few strategies to get you started.</div>
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Start from where you are, and take small steps that will yield some early successes on your path to greening your company's footprint. You'll find that the small steps add up to big changes-- and you didn't go broke in the process. So, are you ready, now, to step up as a change agent and lead by example?</div>
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It is suited to dogs of all sizes. </span><br> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div> <p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><b>For Dogs</b></font></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The <a href="http://aikiou.com/" target="_blank">Aikiou Junio</a>r is a 3-in-one product serving as a food bowl, slow feeder and puzzle for your pet. </p> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">The BPA-free Aikiou Junior has six food openings and lets dogs use their sense of smell to find the food. This allows Fido to eat in a way that is more natural to him. <br> Because your dog has to "hunt" for his food, it encourages slower eating patterns that help reduce bloating and overweight issues in dog.</blockquote><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><b>For Cats</b></font></p> <p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The Stimulo feeder improves on the original design with an easier to clean base and a new tube design that makes it even more fun for cats to get their food. The product is made using only food grade BPA plastics. </p> <p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The <a href="http://aikiou.com/" target="_blank">Stimulo</a> is designed to allow cats to be their natural predator self and "hunt" for food. 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