Down To Earth archive for Jan. 1, 2011
TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011
The 15 Corniest Pro-Environment Songs
The Beach Boys. John Denver. Celine Dion. Jack Johnson. Miley Cyrus. Stacey Anderson compiled a list of the fifteen silliest odes to Mother Nature. "Faced with the deteriorating condition of our planet, people react in various ways. Some donate to charity, some sift trash along…
Tuesday Video: Mack Salmon reads "Ode to the Salmon in the river" on Earth Day
Mack and I go back. Way back. Yes, that's me taking photos like paparazzi. I should be so lucky because I truly was in the presence of greatness. A poet. Someone so "SpoCOOL." Who are you really Mack? Does Ciao Mambo have salmon-stromboli? Text after…
Pedestrian Master Plan open house tonight
Tonight, the City of Spokane will host an open house to receive citizen input on the Pedestrian Master Plan. The open house will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the Mason Auditorium at West Central Community Center, 1603 N. Belt St.
MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2011
You Were There: More Earth Day Photos
The Spokane Riverkeeper uploaded more photos from that amazing day. Check out the set on flickr HERE.
Jon Kyl statement on Planned Parenthood stricken from Congressional Record 1
Did you know that Jon Kyl calls the underside of his Senate seat "The Booger Graveyard"? Or that he once ate a badger he hit with his car? Of course, this was not intended to be a factual statement. Only in politics can you go…
Read our winning Earth Day essay contributors
There has always been a gap in eco-literature: while plenty of non-fiction, “Sand Country Almanac,” “Silent Spring,” “End of Nature,” and” Field Notes from a Catastrophe,” has filled aisles, there are few great explorations of the environmental world and impending climatic and biological changes from…
The Sustainable Business Network Of The Inland Northwest launches tomorrow
You may have heard about businesses forming a chapter of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) in Spokane. Last week, after completing the Washington State application for nonprofit incorporation, they are now changing their name to the Sustainable Business Network of the Inland…
Another Green Monday: Earth Day Spokane 2011 Photos
|I took a lot of photos on Saturday with the Riverkeeper's camera. And what a day it was. I'll need some time to process the event before a full debrief but the weather was beautiful, the turnout was phenomenal, and there were mad props all…
SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2011
Trapped miner presumed dead, Hecla says 1
Hecla Mining released a statement regarding Larry Marek today, who became trapped when the roof of the mine he was working in collapsed nine days ago. He is presumed dead. "After more than a week of diligently working to rescue Larry Marek at the Lucky…
SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2011
Weekend Listening: R.I.P. TV On The Radio's Gerard Smith
One of my favorite bands, TV On The Radio, lost their bassist Gerard Smith last Wednesday after a battle with lung cancer. Check the band's statement on his passing and a few of my favorite songs.
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2011
Earth Day Confessions 4
Confess your sins against earth and swear off your evil eco ways forever. Do it.
Earth Day: 15 ways to celebrate agriculture
Talk about making everyday Earth Day. Danielle Nierenberg has an awesome bulleted list on sustainable agricultural that serves as a call to action. "It's a source of food and income for the world's poor and a primary engine for economic growth, "she writes. "It also…
Happy Earth Day - lunch is on you!
Picnic for the Planet is a celebration of the planet we live on, the food it provides and the people we share it with. In short, the planet does a lot for us — we should take it out for lunch. On and around Earth…
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2011
Over 175 South Hill residents have signed up to make their homes more energy efficient with SustainableWorks 3
Great update from Sustainable Works: This Earth Day South Hill residents have the opportunity to drastically lower their carbon footprint by participating in SustainableWorks, a Spokane based non-profit that is offering reduced cost energy audits and home retrofits. SustainableWorks is partnering with Washington State University…
Why I dyed my mullet green: Bio-Dome, Fern Gully, and other eco-friendly fun
I've always been curious if readers my age - 27 - grew up like me watching Captain Planet on Saturday mornings and found their calling. Maybe it was the green mullet. We all know protecting the Earth can lead to some interesting entertainment. Bio-Dome? Batman…
Animal rights activists stop goldfish racing at Tacoma bar
Lunchtime quickie: The Seattle PI reports the weekly gold fish races at a Tacoma bar are canceled after it received complaints from animal rights activists. Every Tuesday night the Harmon Tap Room would feature races in which cheap feeder fish from a pet store were…
Watch the brother of rig worker killed on Deepwater Horizon speak to Congress
The brother of one of the rig workers who was killed in the explosion, Chris Jones, testifies before Congress with a simple request: Better oversight of the offshore drilling industry that is expanding their reach.
Spokane Riverkeeper Earth Month Art Auction at South Perry Farmer's Market
Two reasons I love Spokane, out of many of course: The Spokane Riverkeeper and the South Perry Farmer's Market. The former is our eyes and ears on river, stopping pollution, and the latter offers an easily accessible and reliable outlet for fresh and whole foods…
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011
The Gulf Coast still needs your help
The Spokane Riverkeeper is remembering the BP oil spill one year later as well, calling for action with the Gulf Waterkeepers. He asks you to "join them in calling on government to make communities whole again, commit to cleaning up and restoring the Gulf, hold…
Faces from the Gulf Coast
A picture says a thousand words and Grist has a photo series of Gulf residents one year later. "The leak was plugged up, but the mess isn't gone. Meet some of the people whose lives have been turned upside-down by the BP disaster. Photos and…
Why Congress didn't pass a single oil spill law (but the Washington state legislature did)
150 bills were introduced to improve the safety and oversight of offshore drilling and nothing happened. There were more than 60 hearings to discuss the spill's causes and consequences with regulators, oil company officials, grieving relatives and Gulf-area fishermen and nothing happened. Where is the…
"5 million barrels of oil doesn't disappear" 1
To mark the one-year anniversary of the worst oil spill in history, I'm posting heavily today in remembrance of the explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and releasing nearly 200 million gallons of oil, tens of millions of gallons of natural gas…
One year after the spill
I'm still angry. So is Kate Sheppard. The Mother Jones reporter lists ten reasons, one of the strongest: People are still sick. Nearly three-quarters of Gulf coast residents that the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, an environmental justice group, polled this year reported health concerns that they…
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2011
Help shape Spokane's Pedestrian Master Plan
As I mentioned last week, the City of Spokane is beginning a Pedestrian Master Plan. The Plan will help to increase pedestrian safety and mobility, support a multimodal transportation system, and provide guidance on the best use of resources to implement pedestrian initiatives. You can…
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