Before we attacked the full Thanksgiving table we paused to give thanks for the bounty before us. As a family we bowed our head and hearts in prayer
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Despite claims by the protesters themselves, it seems that the Occupy Wall Street movement has been losing support from the vast majority of the “99%” of us. That is because anybody with a pet issue can go to an Occupy protest and declare that the protest is for that pet issue. When the protesters stay on point with what most thought were the gripes of the movement people agree with them The Japanese electronics and entertainment giant said that it expected to post a net loss for the full year, hurt by the strong yen, floods in Thailand and weak overseas sales. FairCompanies /Screen capture For those who are thinking about downsizing to a smaller house, but not necessarily a really tiny home , there are some inspiring ideas to be seen in this remodeling of a ” shotgun house ” — a long, narrow and hall-less housing type found primarily in the southern United States (so-called because you could supposedly shoot a bullet straight through i… Read the full story on TreeHugger madaroni via Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 There are now 7 billion people sharing our little blue marble*, you and I included. That means 7 billion people who get hungry, need space, and disagree with things that the other 6.999999999 billion people say…. © Greenworks Conventional office spaces have the unfortunate reputation of being drab, cubicled places, often cursed with poor air quality and lacking in any cheerful greenery. Even if your boss missed the memo on how improving indoor environments can boost worker productivity , it’s good to know that there are companies out there like Stockholm-based Greenworks Felix O / CC BY 1.0 The largest companies in the global shipping industry have announced a formal agreement detailing steps they will take to reduce emissions , increase use of renewable energy, and design ships that can be reused or recycled. Youtube/Screen capture This video (see below) gives an overview of the construction of Sheffield Wind, a 40MW wind farm in Northern Vermont, and of how it affected some of the locals. Keep in mind, the video was produced by the company that built the wind farm – it’s more a promo video than a documentary piece – so you won’t find anyone saying anything negative in it, which is unrealistic… You could be building a hospital for sick children and some people will still complain © GOOD Food insecurity rose from 10.1% to 14.7% between 1999 and 2009. |
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