Second Annual Earth Hour

This is the second annual Earth Hour.

The first one was held in Sydney Australia and during the 60 minutes of darkness, when 2.2 million Sydney residents and 2,100 businesses turned off their lights, energy usage decreased by 10.2 percent -- the equivalent of taking 48,000 cars off the road for a year.

Turn off to plug in --- http://www.wwf.ca/EarthHour/

On Saturday, March 29, from 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm, turn off the T.V., switch off the lights and join millions of people for Earth Hour. During this quiet hour of darkness, dream about how we can make the Earth a healthier place to live.

Pass it on...!

A MUST watch movie - The World According to Monsanto

The World According to Monsanto

Present in forty-six countries, Monsanto has become the world leader in GM crops, as well as becoming one of the most controversial companies in industrial history. Since its foundation in 1901, the firm has faced trial after trial because of the toxicity of its products. Today it has reinvented itself as a "life sciences" company which has been converted to the virtues of sustainable development.
Using hitherto unpublished documents and the testimonies of victims, scientists and politicians, The World according to Monsanto pieces together the origins of an industrial empire, built upon lies, collusion with the American government, pressure and attempted corruption, which has become the world's leading seed manufacturer, spreading GM crops worldwide - amid a lack of any proper controls with respect to their effects on nature and human health.

Available in English Audio Version
http://torrentportal.com/details/1799757/The_World_according_to_Monsanto_National_Geographic_english.divx.torrent

http://www.arte-boutique.fr/detailProduct.action?product.id=245754

http://plus7.arte.tv/fr/detailPage/1697660,CmC=1940000,scheduleId=1933560.html

Slow Food Toronto - Farm To Home Fair

Slow Food Toronto - Farm to Home Fair
Saturday, March 29 - 1:00 - 5:00 Gladstone Hotel - 1214 Queen St. West, Toronto Suggested donation at the door Students / Children $5 - Adults $10 - Exhibitors $25

Connecting good, clean, fair, local farms with Toronto households Learn about: Community Supported Agriculture Farmer’s Markets / Direct Delivery Farmers’ Organizations Farm work and volunteer opportunities Food Policy / Urban Agriculture

All mindful eaters should come, including: Families with kids [activities provided] Farmers Local snacks will be served
A community building event generously supported by the Gladstone Hotel For more info: http://www.gladstonehotel.com
Interested in exhibiting?: paul[at]toronto.slowfood.ca

More info - http://www.toronto.slowfood.ca/

Documentary on TVO - Toxic Trespass

Toxic Trespass - May 14, 2008 - TVO
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Start: 2008-05-14 22:30
WHEN: Wednesday May 14, 2008WHERE: TVOTIME: 10:30 p.m.
Toxic Trespass (2007).
In Toxic Trespass, filmmaker Barri Cohen launches an investigation into the detrimental effects of the chemical soup around us. Journeying into toxic nightmares all too common in industrialized countries, Cohen meets passionate activists working for positive change, along with doctors and scientists who see evidence of links between environmental pollution and health problems. Cohen also learns just how quickly barriers can go up when anyone tries to ask questions about the connection between toxins and serious health problems.

Hummingbirds - Nature's sonic jet!

Hummingbird trivia:

A Hummingbird will feed on more than 1,500 flowers during one day

Hummingbirds are attracted to red flowers, but will obviously go to other coloured flowers in search of food.

A Humming bird is the only bird that can fly backwards.

The average hummingbird weighs less than a penny.

More interesting info on these incredible creatures!

http://www.naturalsciences.org/funstuff/faqs/hummers.html

http://www.hummingbirdsociety.org/HB101/

http://www.birdwatchers.com/debtips.html

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Ruby-throated_Hummingbird.html

http://www.rubythroat.org/

Food colouring is not needed in this creatures feeders. Just sugar and water. Easy.

I can't wait until they return this Spring!

Well, I suppose today is "bash Monsanto" day. When I looked up information for the previous article, I came across some very interesting things that should be shared. Especially to Milk drinking Americans....

Monsanto, the same giant bio-tech company who created “Agent Orange”, PCB’s, and Roundup®, has been producing and selling to farmers, (with the FDA’s blessing, which is another strange story in itself), recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH), a hormone that increases milk production in dairy cattle, at the expense of these animals health.
The story could stop there, and readers might inquire as to why I’m passing this information on, however.....
Monsanto certainly doesn’t want consumers to know much about recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH), because it’s been widely reported that rbGH can increase toxicity in cows and cancer risk in humans, hence Monsanto is trying to bully labellers NOT to put ingredient information on the milk you drink, so as not to scare of the buying public....
Funny, but I think people's health should be a little bit more important than this corporations profit margins, but hey that's just my humble opinion.

Now don’t shoot the messenger. Check out these very interesting and informative links for yourself.

http://vvv.com/healthnews/milk.html
http://www.organicconsumers.org/rBGH/rach621.htm
http://home.intekom.com/tm_info/rw80626.htm#Monsanto%B4s
http://www.thecampaign.org/canada/monsantofiles.php
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/food/foodsafety/dairy/no-rbgh

As for me, you ask? I’m going to get a glass of milk that is free of anything produced by the producer of Agent Orange.

Monsanto's Toxic roundup

I recently read a fellow gardener's blog claiming that Roundup® by Monsanto is safe and natural, and all the talk otherwise is purely hype.
Well, I won't mention names of fellow blogger's here because I don't believe in pointing fingers; I want to provide facts to back up why I didn't agree with this person's claim.
I did a little digging, pardon the pun, and came up with a whole lot of reasons NOT to purchase products like this, not only from this manufacturer, but any corporate entity claiming that their poison is safe, (when indeed, this is NOT the case....)
The following links are in reference to products produced, and at one time, deemed to be safe and harmless to people and the environment, when in all actuality, they are not.
Read the information from these links, and you can be the judge.

http://www.holisticmed.com/ge/roundup.html
http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Monsanto-Roundup-Glyphosate.htm