So did you watch? I did! I think it was the first time I had watched in oh....about 5 years or so. I decided to tune in this year because I wanted to see An Inconvenient Truth get its much deserved award. I hoped, hoped, hoped that it would win and it did!!! After it won I thought...well of course it was going to win. Who even heard of the other nominees??? I am sure they were important works but you just can't compete with An Inconvenient Truth! I also wanted to get a glimpse of Al Gore (yes … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2007
The Omnivore’s Dilemma Review
Okay, so I read this book a long time ago and just never got around to posting my review. Shame on me. The Description: The bestselling author of The Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the twenty-first century "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless … [Read more...]
The Globies
More than 20,000 voted in the first ever Global Warming Globie Awards and the totals are in. And the envelope please.... In the category of Best Performance by a State or Local Official, the winner is Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels for spearheading a national effort to organize America's cities to cut carbon dioxide pollution 7% below 1990 levels by 2012. In the category of Best Performance in the Corporate World, the clear winner is US-CAP. In the category of Best Film, Documentary, or Website … [Read more...]
Follow Your Own Parenting Instincts
Most moms have a sixth sense when it comes to parenting. Beginning with the birth of a child, or sometimes before, an immediate instinct; a signal if you will, instantly hones in on the babys every need. While there are some who do not have the ability to take on the role of parent; the majority however, do. The confidence to follow your own parenting instincts is an inherent trait. Long before Dr. Spock, whether confident or not, parenting skills were instinctual. Moms could sense, merely … [Read more...]
Breastfeeding Mothers Penalized
Have you heard? A daycare in Columbus Ohio is taking heat from angry moms about the fact that they are charging breastfeeding mothers an extra $50.00 per week to care for their breastfed babies and feed them stored breastmilk. Talk about discrimination! I have already written to this center and expressed my outrage over this dicriminatory behavior. I urge you to do the same. AND please, please, please write to your local government officials to let them know that legislation needs to be put in … [Read more...]
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