Goal For The Green

Celebrate our 40th Earth Day, and the release of Avatar, on DVD and Blu-ray today, by planting a tree!

Here is the press release details, about how you can participate.

*** Media Alert ***
Home Tree Initiative Kicks Off With James Cameron
on Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary

James Cameron, Jon Landau and members of the AVATAR Cast Join in
to Plant Symbolic Tree that Represents the One Million Trees
Being Planted Throughout the World
WHAT: On behalf of the home entertainment launch of AVATAR, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Earth Day Network have partnered for the “Home Tree Initiative,” which will consist of planting one million trees native to each region in 15 countries by the end of 2010.

WHO: Director James Cameron, Producer Jon Landau, Joel David Moore (“Norm Spellman”) and CCH Pounder (“Moat”)

WHERE: Twentieth Century Fox Studio Lot
Building 88
10201 West Pico
Los Angeles, CA 90064

WHEN: Thursday, April 22
Press Check-In: 10:00 AM
Tree Planting: 11:00 AM
CONTACT: Kavita Smith Conor Sellers
TCFHE Bender/Helper Impact
Office – (310) 369-8435 Office – (310) 473-4147
Cell – (562) 201-9240 Cell – (310) 270-7279
kavita.smith@fox.com conor_sellers@bhimpact.com

Here is the newest work of  the phenomenal sand artist, Ilana Yahov ,for 2010..

It is entitled “One Man’s Dream!”  I’m sure you will enjoy it!

Get something cute as a bug at Barbara’s Ladybug!

Yes, it’s Autism Awareness Month,and Autism Awareness day was April 15, last week.

In this post I am including the most current information and stats on the condition, that is gaining more awareness, daily.

Since my post last year entitled Autism In the News, the topic is still one of controversy, and alarming statistics.

The thing about Autism that I find most baffling, is the odds of autism, and it’s occurrence. Currently, the odds of autism are 1:110 children affected here in the U.S, and 1:88 in the UK, or perhaps lower,just in this last year. The odds of autism, just a year ago were 1:150 children affected.  These new statistics imply, that a new case of autism, is diagnosed every 20 minutes or less, somewhere in the United States. Read the rest of this entry »