will need to try some of these tactics for Jammu...sigh.

Umbra says it right: "Social justice is inextricably linked with the natural environment. Choosing to limit the amount of children we have needs to be a realistic option for women worldwide."

Quoted: Environmental news and green living tips from Grist, the most recognizable voice in environmental journalism.

yay! once again - can I just say I think that Michelle O is the reason I like Barack? :-)

quoted: Here's the scoop: the Obamas will plant a veggie garden in the White House lawn. The First Lady of the United States told the Queen of the Universe as much, in an interview published in the latest edition of O. The excerpt available online doesn't include the garden stuff, but Daily Green has the money quote:

We want to use [the garden] as a point of education, to talk about health and how delicious it is to eat fresh food, and how you can take that food and make it part of a healthy diet. You know, the tomato that's from your garden tastes very different from one that isn't. And peas -- what is it like to eat peas in season? So we want the White House to be a place of education and awareness. And hopefully kids will be interested because there are kids living here.

ooh! this is good. I have wanted to get a enviro friendly dry cleaner for a while.

Quoted: Only about 35 dry cleaners in the U.S. use toxin-free carbon dioxide to clean clothes, and Seattle's Blue Sky Cleaners, which launched in September, is one of them.

my question in "ask Umbra" :-)

this is just frightening that someone would not only think this, but put it in writing. such horrible example of discriminatory, predatory thinking (and he might be back as treasury secretary! Say it isn't so Obama!)

Quoted: On December 12, 1991, while serving as chief economist for the World Bank, Summers authored a private memo arguing that the bank should actively encourage the dumping of toxic waste in developing countries, particularly "under populated countries in Africa," which Summers described as "UNDER-polluted." Summers added that public outrage over the heightened rates of prostate cancer caused by his proposed dumping would be mitigated by the fact that poor people in developing countries rarely live long enough to develop prostate cancer.

Hey Folks,
Olympian blogged about the Rossi Scorecard we released this week...and check out the quote from yours truly :-)
-Sudha

quoted: Washington’s environmental community endorsed Gov. Chris Gregoire’s re-election in April. Now it’s taking aim at G.O.P. candidate Dino Rossi, saying he is not quite the environmental friend he painted himself to be in a recent debate.

Check it out! Dino Rossi's record on the environment: 32%

Great quote here from Alaska Conservation Voters.

Quoted: "When it comes to environmental issues, the only difference between (U.S. President) George Bush and Sarah Palin is lipstick," said Kate Troll, executive director of Alaska Conservation Voters, a local green group.

"She doesn't agree with the most powerful scientific consensus in the world that climate change is linked to human activity," Troll said.