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You can grow enough food for 10 people on 1/10 of an acre! You get clean water and food.  ttps://youtu.be/bnztmJ3C4qM

article  Here are lists of things that cause air pollution in your home. There are links to more info at the end.

Mask Ratings  "The N95 respirator with no valve was the most effective in the studyrs. A disposable surgical mask made from a plastic-derived material called polypropylene ( was the next best option, followed by a mask made from two layers of...

Ed Yong is a wise person concerning the virus. He wrote the neat book, I Contain Multitudes. He has a new article in the Atlantic. We need fast tests, contact tracing, a good health care system,  and  paid sick leave....

Nuclear War Destruction Wars target civilians and to set examples to to other countries.And to increase the profits and power of corporations and politicians.   Several times, we have almost had nuclear war by accident .  

Health insurance company CEOs (united health care, anthem, aetna, humana, Cigna, centene, healthnet)  make out like bandits.- they get paid up to $36 million per year.  They refuse to pay for medical treatments and drugs, lay off workers, cut costs, boost...

article  Helen Caldicott led the movement to reject nuclear war.  "Indeed, we need to foster friendship with all nations and reinvest the trillions of dollars spent on war, killing, and death, saving the ecosphere by powering the world with renewable...

Electric Utility Corruption  they are paying $200 million fines for bribery etc.  The 8-3-20 NYT editorial, “When Utility Money Talks”, illustrates the corrupt side of electric utilities.“citizens are getting a clearer picture of what they are up against. They are...

article Osterholm says we need to treat the virus like a wildfire and strategically shut down hot spots to prevent the spread.  We need "honest, effective leadership; and quickly undertook mitigation, testing and contract tracing"

Article  "the slow work of listening to and learning from one another; of building relationships and a shared vision of a new world. The number of people truly benefiting from the existing system is quite small, so it can undoubtedly...

Bill McKibben on climate change and environmental justice.  Lower income people get asthma and lung disease from  the pollution from oil and gas; they also suffer the most from storms, floods, droughts. Young people leading.  Britain's largest pension fund is divesting...

NYT article  Only 450 remain.  Solutions: weaker ropes for lobster traps, more regulations to prevent ships from hitting them , and reducing climate change.

Dr. Jin found that a natural peptide that helps Australian limes resist bacteria also works to protect other citrus.  This can replace the overuse, and ineffective use of antibiotics on citrus. Article  Science and "noticing what works naturally" to the rescue!...

article This refinery leaks PFAS next to lower income homes in Denver.  many people are getting cancer in the neighborhood.  The oil refinery also leaks benzene.

article  similar to Rachel Carson's Sense of Wonder and Cousteau's first love the ocean to protect it, this article says go and support the groups that help indigenous groups protect their land.   To be married to the places and interconnections...

Big Oil's paid lobbyists are countering the campaigns to fight climate change. This is because they gain so much power and money thru their existing business model-sort of a bigger is better trend towards oligopoly and monopoly. This started with...

Article  They voted to keep troops in Afghanistan and Germany and to support more bombing of Yemen by Saudi Arabia.  They also voted to not contest Trump's withdrawal from the  nuclear weapons treaty (the INF).  This despite the need to...

A baby barn swallow fell out of the nest onto the below bike path.  First someone put stones and branches around it so it would not be run over.  Then others moved it off the bike path and  into the...

William F. in Oregon mentioned that in January 2020 a wolf was photographed here. Wolf spotted  in Oregon west of Medford and hiway 62.  They are expanding westward!  map