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Glacier National Park is Melting!

Apr-10-2010 By Barbara Zak
Garden Wall in Glacier National Park
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Perhaps ,you are someone who thinks Global Warming or Climate Change is just a fallacy, aimed at getting us to take notice, and change our habits. Well, you are right it is meant for us to take notice, because it is a real fact. Read the rest of this entry »

Fruitful New Hope for Haiti!

Apr-5-2010 By Barbara Zak
Coat of arms of Haiti
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Last week, was a busy and hopeful week for Haiti.

Odwalla  announced plans on March 31,2010, to donate 100 percent of the profit from sales of its new Haiti Hope Mango Lime-Aid, Read the rest of this entry »

Earth Hour Follow-UP!

Mar-29-2010 By Barbara Zak

In a campaign initiated by World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), more than 1 billion people from over 1,000 cities in 125 countries and territories, around the world switched off their lights for one hour between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday.

The logo for Earth Hour
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It all began, with the one-hour switch-off, first held in Sydney in 2007.  It was also organized by the WWF, expressing public concerns over climate change. “Such a simple act, yet a hugely powerful one. In going dark, billions wanted our leaders to see the light,” the WWF said on its Website.

At 8:30 p.m. local time Saturday , New Zealand, became Read the rest of this entry »