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https://marchfortheocean.org/ For a list of other marchs around the country go to https://tgi.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=2df9a3a7052a4c3db8d167f834822677 https://inlandoceancoalition.org/getinvolved/events/colorado-march-for-the-ocean In Colorado, Join us for the Colorado March for the Ocean (M4O) and wear BLUE! Across the nation, we'll March for the Ocean to stop...
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Here is a poem by Kristen Marshall. She is an active volunteer in the Boulder Rights of Nature group. Link Every Thursday she used to visit a sick friend, and make him pancakes. She often walks to get places. She...
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A sea turtle island nesting site in Australia now has 99% of its young green turtles turning female. The sex is determined by the heat of the nesting beach, so hotter seas, air, and sand lead to dramatic changes in...
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Grassroots activists are taking over city councils and are opposing the taxpayer funded boondoggles that benefit the 1 %. For example , the Seattle city council refused to buy a new basketball arena for the Supersonics, and they even demanded...
1-You can go to this website link and find out events near you. 2-Also, join the campaign against single use plastic this week. You can carry reusable utensils and some sturdy plastic bags. You can ask restaurants to not offer...
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Go to http://boulderrightsofnature.org/ and click on resources and then books
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David George Haskell's new book fascinates me. He tells of the music and songs of trees and rivers: the sounds of rain on different leaves, the wind in the upper leaves of the ceibo trees, the calls of bromeliad frogs,...
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"Spring Color Tree Walks" Vince Aquino, Facilities Operations Arborist Alan Nelson, retired Outdoor Services Director Tuesday, May 22 & Wednesday, May 23, 5:00 PM | CU Museum of Natural History | South entrance of the Museum | FREE The CU...
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http://www.ehn.org/er-visits-for-asthma-dropped-38-the-year-after-one-of-pittsburghs-biggest-polluters-shut-down-2566777141.htmlAssthma
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https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/08/weedkiller-tests-monsanto-health-dangers-active-ingredient
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It appears that melted Antartica glacier fresh water is creating a top layer of less dense cold water, preventing the usual sinking of cold dense salt water, which usually stores heat and CO2 deep into the depths of the ocean....
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http://www.pbs.org/video/american-experience-rachel-carson
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Wildlife is abundant on the Boulder creeks. The barn swallows returned to their nests under the bridge. A muskrat was popping up every 12 feet or so. A friend saw a wood duck on Boulder Creek last week. A...
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A friend immensely enjoyed the play acted by Kaiulani Lee. Rachel Carson found joy in observing nature, particularly in the seas and tidepools. And she collected the science, deduced that pesticides were killing the birds, and persuasively and poetically called...
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Here in Boulder there is reunion/conference on the closing of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant in Boulder, CO. Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/889082614602223/Our website https://rockyflatstruthforce.org/This is our 4th reunion. We do this every 10 years because they are so inspiring....
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You can go here for a sample script to use in calling your your US Representative asking them to oppose HR 2 : https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/onlineactions/9xU-0dnmB0as7zZLLSYE7Q2?sourceID=1004352&utm_source=ad&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=currentalerts Here are more details from Center for Biological Diversity: Sick Joke': House Agriculture Committee Advances...
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Filling-in wetlands, having uncovered oil waste ponds, and dumping poisons into waterways would be not be regulated by the International Migratory Bird Treaty. www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/The-Trump-administration-s-new-migratory-bird-12836494.php
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"Can Dirt Save the Earth?" by Velasquez-Manoff, 4-18-18 www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/magazine/dirt-save-earth-carbon-farming-climate-change.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
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The editorial says we should set goals to stop the use of single use plastic. The EU is working on reducing plastic waste and considering a tax on plastic.California has banned single use plastic grocery bags. 100 cities have banned...
