This post is in response to David Suzuki's speech in Vancouver -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwxedZG21ZE&feature=player_embedded
Anyone who listens to this fool needs a wake up call. – PROVE ME WRONG
David Suzuki (green washer) has backed the 2 week corporate party for the rich known as the Olympics a few years ago in his home town of Vancouver where he is speaking now.
Despite claims to be the “greenest Olympics” ever, and PR statements about ‘sustainability’, the 2010 Olympics will be among the most environmentally destructive in history, with tens of thousands of trees cut down & mountain sides blasted for Olympic venues in the Callaghan Valley (near Whistler) & the Sea-to-Sky Highway expansion. In the summer of 2007, a record number of black bears were hit on the Sea-to-Sky Highway, with at least 11 dying (attributed to loss of habitat). Massive amounts of concrete used in construction have also caused millions of Salmon to die in the Fraser River, where tons of gravel is being mined to make concrete.
On top of it all the David Suzuki foundation gave out metals for the greenest Olympics ever. You would think as a scientist he would know what is happening before he endorsed it.
The 2010 Olympics is about destroying eco systems in whistler and the surrounding areas for profit. This included one of two very rare and delicate eco systems in BC which is now gone for ever to build a bus station. – Oh yeah, those buses are owned by a US company by the way. Our pristine BC landscape is destroyed forever so we can funnel into another country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JMRt0584cI
The Olympics are not about the human spirit & have little to do with athletic excellence; they are a multi-billion dollar industry backed by powerful elites, real estate, and construction, hotel, and tourism and television corporations, working hand in hand with their partners in crime: government officials & members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
http://mostlywater.org/why_we_resist_2010_winter_olympics
I am absolutely sick of this guy and he needs to be exposed for what he is! - A sheep in wolf’s clothing just like the rest of em!
Poverty Reduction, Environment Protection and Community Building
A Call to Town Hall - 2010 - Plant Veggies, not Flowers
Goal
Reduce poverty, involve community, promote healthy lifestyles, reduce personal and city spending, create a well connected and safer community, add natural nutrients back to top soil, and educate about healthy living and healthy food.
Most cities and towns have multiple flower gardens that are taken care of by city workers. Call your local city hall, ask them to plant hardy vegetables in garden spots instead of the usual flowers. Vegetable plants produce very beautiful flowers that turn into edible veggies like Squash, beans, sun-chokes, tomatoes, cucumber, and zucchini, just to name a few of the basics.
You can still enjoy the beauty of all the flowers the vegetable plants produce and even add a few seasonal flowers in the mix.
A few times a year, the community can get together for a harvest. The harvest can then be sold at farmers markets, donated to needy families, or whatever idea someone else may have.
Poverty Reduction
Many types of Vegetables can be stored for quite a long time. we can help reduce poverty if the harvested food is donated to those who need it.
Community Involvement
Involving community members by allowing everyone to participate in weeding, watering, and harvesting.
Promote a Healthy Lifestyle
There are currently hundreds of millions of dollars spent on Marketing campaigns each year. These vegetable gardens will help to promote healthy eating with people walking by a bunch of veggie gardens all day.
Save Money
Reduce city spend by having community volunteers do some work such as weeding, and general garden maintenance.
Education
Demonstrations, informational tours, and meetings can be held at garden spots for educational events related to growing your own garden in the city.
Harvesting
Harvesting the crops can be a community event bringing individuals and families together a few times a year to sell and/or give away the crops. Harvesting your own seeds will eliminate purchasing expensive annual flowers that die and wither each year.
Rebuilding for future Generations
Over time each garden spot will rebuild itself to a more natural state and balance itself to support the types of vegetables being grown. Adding natural nutrients such as it's own compost to top soil each year will build a healthy garden for future generations.
Safer Community
Creating a well connected and safer community is always on the top of the list for most families and singles these days. Getting to know more people in your community will create a safer atmosphere by having more people watch out for each other more.
The infrastructure for maintaining these gardens already exists in most cities and towns across North America. Some gardens even have automatic sprinkler systems. Very little needs to be done to make this idea possible. Help make 2010 a year of community and health. Plant Veggies!
Goal
Reduce poverty, involve community, promote healthy lifestyles, reduce personal and city spending, create a well connected and safer community, add natural nutrients back to top soil, and educate about healthy living and healthy food.
Most cities and towns have multiple flower gardens that are taken care of by city workers. Call your local city hall, ask them to plant hardy vegetables in garden spots instead of the usual flowers. Vegetable plants produce very beautiful flowers that turn into edible veggies like Squash, beans, sun-chokes, tomatoes, cucumber, and zucchini, just to name a few of the basics.
You can still enjoy the beauty of all the flowers the vegetable plants produce and even add a few seasonal flowers in the mix.
A few times a year, the community can get together for a harvest. The harvest can then be sold at farmers markets, donated to needy families, or whatever idea someone else may have.
Poverty Reduction
Many types of Vegetables can be stored for quite a long time. we can help reduce poverty if the harvested food is donated to those who need it.
Community Involvement
Involving community members by allowing everyone to participate in weeding, watering, and harvesting.
Promote a Healthy Lifestyle
There are currently hundreds of millions of dollars spent on Marketing campaigns each year. These vegetable gardens will help to promote healthy eating with people walking by a bunch of veggie gardens all day.
Save Money
Reduce city spend by having community volunteers do some work such as weeding, and general garden maintenance.
Education
Demonstrations, informational tours, and meetings can be held at garden spots for educational events related to growing your own garden in the city.
Harvesting
Harvesting the crops can be a community event bringing individuals and families together a few times a year to sell and/or give away the crops. Harvesting your own seeds will eliminate purchasing expensive annual flowers that die and wither each year.
Rebuilding for future Generations
Over time each garden spot will rebuild itself to a more natural state and balance itself to support the types of vegetables being grown. Adding natural nutrients such as it's own compost to top soil each year will build a healthy garden for future generations.
Safer Community
Creating a well connected and safer community is always on the top of the list for most families and singles these days. Getting to know more people in your community will create a safer atmosphere by having more people watch out for each other more.
The infrastructure for maintaining these gardens already exists in most cities and towns across North America. Some gardens even have automatic sprinkler systems. Very little needs to be done to make this idea possible. Help make 2010 a year of community and health. Plant Veggies!
Hunting vs.Torture
In a commercial cattle ranch cows are typically weaned at 6 to 10 months, live 3 to 5 months on range, spend 4 to 5 months being fattened in a feed-lot, and are typically slaughtered at 15 to 20 months.
The slaughter process is one that will make your stomach turn and bring tears to your eyes. Most cows are not killed immediately even though the outdated process ensures they are. After living a life of cramped spaces, disease, and mistreatment by those who really should not have anything to do with this process (Mentally challenged aggressive people who abuse the animals), they are given a small bolt in the skull which does not kill most of the animals but just stuns them, they are strung up by their back legs, hung upside down, and their throut is slit to allow for the bleeding process. Unfortunately, the animal is usually still alive and very aware of what is going on. This is the time that they drown in their own blood while hanging upside down. Those waiting in line witness this happening and become very afraid and panic.
Gee, that sounds so much better than living outdoors in the wild your entire life eating natural food, playing with friends, and breathing fresh air until a respectful hunter comes along and ends the life more naturally. Death is usually instant or very quick when using a high powered riffle or bow.
Just because you do not witness the act does not make it better. Happy meat comes from happy animals, not tortured animals.
I look forward to your comments.
The slaughter process is one that will make your stomach turn and bring tears to your eyes. Most cows are not killed immediately even though the outdated process ensures they are. After living a life of cramped spaces, disease, and mistreatment by those who really should not have anything to do with this process (Mentally challenged aggressive people who abuse the animals), they are given a small bolt in the skull which does not kill most of the animals but just stuns them, they are strung up by their back legs, hung upside down, and their throut is slit to allow for the bleeding process. Unfortunately, the animal is usually still alive and very aware of what is going on. This is the time that they drown in their own blood while hanging upside down. Those waiting in line witness this happening and become very afraid and panic.
Gee, that sounds so much better than living outdoors in the wild your entire life eating natural food, playing with friends, and breathing fresh air until a respectful hunter comes along and ends the life more naturally. Death is usually instant or very quick when using a high powered riffle or bow.
Just because you do not witness the act does not make it better. Happy meat comes from happy animals, not tortured animals.
I look forward to your comments.
Most cities and towns have multiple f...
Plant Veggies not Flowers
Poverty Reduction and Environment Protection
Randall Wright, Wright HookPublished Wed Oct 06
Goal
Reduce poverty, add natural nutrients to top soil, involve community, promote healthy lifestyles, reducing city spend, create a well connected and safer community, get educated.
Most cities and towns have multiple flower gardens that are taken care of by city workers. Call your local city hall, ask them to plant hardy vegetables in garden spots instead of the usual flowers.
A few times a year, the community can get together for a harvest. The harvest can then be sold at farmers markets, donated to needy families, or whatever idea someone else may have.
Poverty Reduction
This idea will help reduce poverty if the harvested food is donated to those who need it.
Rebuilding
Adding natural nutrients to top soil building a healthy garden for future generations.
Community Involvement
Involving community by allowing everyone to participate in weeding, harvesting, etc...
Promote Healthy Lifestyle
It will help to promote healthy eating with people walking by a bunch of veggie gardens all day.
Save Money
It will reduce city spend by having community volunteers do some work.
Education
Demonstrations and informational tours and meetings can be held at garden spots for educational events related to growing your own garden in the city.
Harvesting
Harvesting and using your own seeds will eliminate purchasing expensive annual flowers that die and wither each year.
Safer Community
Recreating a well connected and safer community. Getting to know more people in your community will create a safer atmosphere and more people will watch out for each other more.
The infrastructure for maintaining
these gardens already exists in most cities and towns across America.
Some gardens even have automatic sprinkler systems. Very little needs to be done to make this idea possible. Help make 2010 a year of community and health.
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