Eco-People

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Energy saving search

Literally this search engine saves energy but not your own, it save power and co2. The eco-friendly google search is called Blackle.
Just type in www.blackle.com and then save it as your new homepage.
If you want to know how it saves power they tell you on their site.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Ebola like virus is killing fish in the great lakes

A deadly Ebola-like virus is killing fish of all types in the Great Lakes, a development some scientists fear could trigger disaster for the USA's freshwater fish.

Because of a lack of genetic resistance to viral hemorrhagic septicemia, fish populations could be damaged in the same way the smallpox virus struck Native Americans and Dutch elm disease decimated elm trees, says Jim Winton, chief of fish health at the U.S. Geological Survey in Seattle.

Read more at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-04-29-virus-fish_N.htm?csp=34

Mosquito carrying new disease from india

information from: http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070429/NEWS/704290624

University of Florida researchers say the threat of chikungunya should give local homeowners another reason to keep mosquitoes in check. The disease has sickened 1.6 million people in the Indian Ocean region since 2005, so researchers fear travelers could bring the disease here and mosquitoes could spread it.

Chikungunya (pronounced "chicken-GUN-ya") is generally not fatal, but causes painful joint inflammation resulting in stooped posture.

While other symptoms such as fever, headache, vomiting and a rash usually subside within five days, the joint pain can last years.

Monday, April 23, 2007

News in Review:

Bindi Irwin joins Anti-fur Campaign.
Ecoli tainted beef being recalled.
New york pledges to plant 1 million trees by 2017.
biopetroclean is a newly created bacteria that cleans up crude oil.
http://co2saver.snap.com/ install this to reduce co2.
the first eco-game for kids : http://www.monkeybyte.com/products/nn_respect_our_earth.html

knit.1 to put out eco issue.

Monday, April 09, 2007

End Stoning

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Sign this petition to end stoning:

http://www.meydaan.com/Stoning/petition.aspx?cid=46&pid=9

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Amazing Grace

I saw Amazing Grace today at the theater sadly we were to only ones there but anyway it's about William Wilberforce and him trying to abolish slavery in england which he finally did. Since this movie came out a website has been started called Amazing Change there is a petition there to sign to help abolish slavery around the world in all it's forms. Here's the link to a petition you can print and have your friends sign as well as the link to the website to make a difference....

1. The Petition Print out: http://www.theamazingchange.com/_pdf/petition.pdf
2. The Website: www.theamazingchange.com/

You can also buy stuff from there store or donate money.

Become an Abolishionist....

http://www.wilberforcecentral.org/wfc/

What Fish to eat and what not to

Just got the dvd of Happy Feet because of my little brother and glad he got it. It came with a small booklet "National Seafood Guide" which tells you what fish to avoid and what your best choices are so here you go:

Avoid:
Chilean Seabass/Tooth fish
Cod: Atlantic
Crab: King "imported"
Flouders, Soles : Atlantic
Groupers
Halibut: Atlantic
Lobster: Spiny imported from Caribbean
Mahi mahi/ Dolphin fish: imported
Monk fish
Orange Roughy
Rockfish
Salmon "farmed including Atlantic"
Scallops
Sharks
Shrimp "imported or wild"
Snapper: Red
Stugeon "Caviar "imported wild"
Sword fish "imported"
Tuna "Albacore, Bigeye, Yellowfin (longline)"
Tuna: Bluefin.

Best Choices:
Artic Char: farmed
Barramundi: u.s. farmed
Catfish: u.s farmed
cod: pacific "alaskan longline"
Crab: dungeness, snow, stone "Canada"
Halibut:Pacific
Herring: Atlantic/ Sardines
Lobster : Spiny from U.S.
Mussels: farmed
Oysters: farmed
Polluck: alaskan wild
Salmon: Alaskan Wild
Scallops: Bay "farmed"
Striped Bass (farmed or wild)
Sturgeon Caviar(farmed)
Tilapia (U.S. Farmed)
Trout: Rainbow (farmed)
Tuna: Albacore (british columbia, u.s. troll/pole)
Tuna: Skipjeck (troll/pole).

Green Maven

http://www.greenmaven.com/index.php
It's the eco-version of google...

Monday, March 26, 2007

Sea Sponges

Some Sea Sponges are capable of forming silicon structures.
While mimicking this process and replacing it with zinc oxide scientist have created primitive cheap solar cells. Read more at treehugger.com

Friday, March 23, 2007

World Shut Down Day

World Shut Down day is tomarrow the 24th where everyone who goes on the net doesn't for 24 hours Think you can do it? I am....