DO SOMETHING GOOD on Earth Day

It’s earth day – and more than ever before, it’s a day of reflection. With the increasingly changing climate, diminishing of natural resources, endangered wildlife, and other critical environmental issues, Earth Day marks the beginning of a new era of people doing something to better this planet for the next generations.

Please do something good for yourself and others (if you haven’t lately) — turn off the lights, recycle, stop and smell the trees or flowers, smoke less,  take a walk instead of driving if you can, pet an animal, donate to meaningful causes, and spread the word.

xo

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VOTE

Please vote on Nov 4. While this election never focused on wildlife conservation, which is a huge disappointment as it is closely tied with global warming and environmental issues, I’d still vote for Obama since the Republicans have a long history of pro-NRA stance and tend to opt for more environmental disasters. Palin represents all that’s wrong for animal rights – advocating the shooting of wolves, an endangered species, as well as other wildlife in her state. If you’re undecided on whom to vote for but care about animals, please vote Obama. (For those who feel the need to rebut, please note that this is solely an animal issue, nothing else. I leave everyone to vote for issues most dear to them. Republican or Democrat or any other party.

Filed under: Global Warming, Take Action, election 2008, environment, hunting, local issues , alaska, election, environment, obama, palin, shooting wolves

Plastic in the Ocean

via L studio/Lexus

Lexus put out this promotional site called L Studio and I found this visualization story on how plastic is polluting and harming our oceans across the globe. Check out the video

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One Reason to Vote For Obama

This is a not my platform for politics, but I would like to encourage those who are undecided but care about the environment and wildlife to vote for Barack Obama. Certainly there are many issues in our country today that need reform such as education, healthcare, foreign relations, human equality, etc. Even as animals (unfortunately) come second before people, we must NOT forget about them. The Democratic ticket’s stance on the promise to address global warming and the path to a cleaner environment will directly impact wildlife and their welfare on earth on both an international and national level. If this is an important issue for you, vote Barack Obama in November!

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Arctic Drilling

President Bush called on Congress to lift a long-standing ban on U.S. offshore oil drilling. With global warming so apparent and urgent this is clearly bad. Alaska has been under long debate for years for open drilling. Although shot down by Congress numerous times, those in favor of domestic oil are getting closer to victory.

If you don’t get why this is a bad thing, just watch Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”. Global warming is a serious threat to our planet. Drilling in the Arctic would not guarantee to produce a drop of oil for at least 10+ years, while we should be exploring alternative fuels. Drilling will also destroy habitat for the animals, and this will for sure push them into extinction. And so on…

Call on Congress to oppose Big Oil and preserve wildlife. Take action today so you can help safeguard future generations and much of the wonder of our planet.

Filed under: Global Warming, Take Action, international issues, local issues , An Inconvenient Truth, arctic animals, big oil, environment, Global Warming, polar bears, president bush, wildlife