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YouTube - HAPPY NEW YEAR! ABBA (with lyrics)

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Japan PM demands Aus halt anti-whaling 'sabotage'

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TOKYO — Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama Tuesday asked his visiting Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd to rein in activists disrupting Japan's annual whale hunt, describing their actions as "sabotage." Japan's whaling fleet left for its annual Southern Ocean hunt in waters south of Australia last month. Japan uses a loophole in an international moratorium that allows killing whales for scientific research. Hatoyama retorted that Japan's whaling activities complied with international law Militant environmental activists of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society have set out to disrupt the hunt and are this year using a futuristic powerboat which holds the record for the fastest world circumnavigation. Hatoyama told Rudd that the Sea Shepherd actions threaten the safety of the whaling fleet and its crew and requested Australia take appropriate action, according to a Japanese foreign ministry statement. The statement suggested that Rudd again threatened

PM Jets out for Sushi and Sake – But no real action against whaling - Greg Hunt MP

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By Greg Hunt Member of Parliament for Flinders Kudos to you Greg! http://www.greghunt.com.au PM Jets out for Sushi and Sake – But no real action against whaling Monday, 14 December 2009 The Prime Minister is jetting out for sushi and sake in Japan but real action against whaling is not on the menu. The PM is presuming Australians have forgotten all the times over all the years that he repeatedly promised international court action against whaling. To refresh his memory I provide a reminder of the promises that he and Mr Garrett made, below. Given his promises, Mr Rudd must lay down a deadline for Japan to halt its sham whaling program. If Japan won’t agree to stop killing the whales, the Prime Minister must follow through with his oft-repeated promise to launch legal action against the barbaric practice. In recent weeks, we’ve seen the Government more focused on haranguing anti-whaling protestors than tackling those who are ho

The power of Facebook Pages and how to use it....

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I have started two new Facebook Fan Pages for two very important causes! Its nice to have groups and causes and many Facebook friends but its more important to start using the Facebook Pages to keep up with your fans! I am overwhelmed by the number of people that have joined right from the start more than 600 fans for both pages on day ONE is a very good start! And it shows that ONE PERSON can realy make a difference! Never forget that you should do whatever you can.. for its the biggest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do so little! First of all i have started Mashua against FGM to honour the great work of my good friend Lucy Mashua ! Please join her in her battle to fight FGM! You can now see the Fan Box for this new page right here in the left frame and become a fan and follow the latest updates! Read her latest blog   While we celebrate Christmas Girls undergo FGM and Early marriages in Kenya! to see how you can help her! Second i have started a fan pag

End Mountaintop Removal! Watch this video!

Today, the confluence between mountaintop removal coal mining and climate change is front and center on the streets of Charleston, West Virginia and on stage at the "COP15" United Nations Climate Summit in Copenhagen. In Charleston, activists from around the region are gathering in front of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection headquarters to demand an end to blasting at Coal River Mountain -- ground zero in the fight against mountaintop removal coal mining. And in Copenhagen, Google is unveiling a new layer in Google Earth that dramatically illustrates the choice to be made at Coal River Mountain -- a choice between a clean energy future and the increased threat of climate change. As Lorelei Scarbro, who lives in Rock Creek, West Virginia, at the foot of Coal River Mountain, says in the video, Coal River Mountain represents a crossroads in our future. Massey Energy plans to mine more than 6000 acres of mountaintop at Coal River Mountain, which woul

What is The Story of Cap & Trade? Check this story!

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The Story of Cap & Trade from Story of Stuff Project on Vimeo . What is The Story of Cap & Trade? The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the "devils in the details" in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from what’s really required to tackle the climate crisis. If you’ve heard about cap and trade, but aren’t sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film is for you. Modern environmentalism is entering a new phase. The idealists have been shoved to the margins. Corporate partners that have mastered public relations are hiring political lobbyists to make the case for government regulations that will shift the cost of controlling carbon emissions to taxpayers and generate revenues

An Open Letter to President Obama from Michael Moore

An Open Letter to President Obama from Michael Moore Dear President Obama, Do you really want to be the new "war president"? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple. And with that you will do the worst possible thing you could do -- destroy the hopes and dreams so many millions have placed in you. With just one speech tomorrow night you will turn a multitude of young people who were the backbone of your campaign into disillusioned cynics. You will teach them what they've always heard is true -- that all politicians are alike. I simply can't believe you're about to do what they say you are going to do. Please say it isn't so. It is not your job to do what the generals tell you to do. We are a civilian-run government. WE tell the Joint Chiefs what to do, not the other way arou

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A Survivor’s Battle Against Female Genital Mutilation

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Interview with my good friend Lucy Mashua A Survivor’s Battle Against Female Genital Mutilation – by Jamie Glazov Jamie Glazov is Frontpage Magazine's editor. Lucy Mashua confronts the mutilators world-wide . Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Lucy Mashua, the Global Ambassador for fighting FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) and standing up for Women’s Rights. She is the Chairperson of sponsoredgirl.com, a worldwide campaign against FGM. FP: Lucy Mashua, thank you for joining Frontpage Interview. Add Lucy Mashua on Facebook Follow Lucy Mashua On Twitter Tell us about your background and your own personal story. Mashua: I was born 30 years ago in a small village in southern Kenya in Rift valley province. I come from the Maasai tribe, which is known for its cultural wearing of beads, red ochre and wraps. We are nomadic people and move with our animals from one place to another in search of pastures, as it’s a semi arid area. We have three major groups in Africa: Bantu,

Please affirm the Charter for Compassion and spread the word!

On February 28, 2008 Karen Armstrong won the TED Prize and made a wish: for help creating, launching and propagating a Charter for Compassion. Since that day, thousands of people have contributed to the process so that on November 12, 2009 the Charter was unveiled to the world. Karen Armstrong’s Wish “I wish that you would help with the creation, launch and propagation of a Charter for Compassion, crafted by a group of leading inspirational thinkers from the three Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and based on the fundamental principles of universal justice and respect.” The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our world and put another there, and to honour the inviolable sanctity of every single h

How social are the social media?

Lets take a look at the Wikipedia definition of social media first... Social media is media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. Social media uses Internet and web-based technologies to transform broadcast media monologues (one to many) into social media dialogues (many to many). It supports the democratization of knowledge and information, transforming people from content consumers into content producers. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content"[1]. Businesses also refer to social media as user-generated content (UGC) or consumer-generated media (CGM). Social media utilization is believed to be a driving factor in the idea that the current period in time will be defined as the Attention Age.

Do you think that FGM has to beat Climate Change?

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Do you think that Female Genital Mutilation has to beat climate change before Avaaz can speak up to fight this? Avaaz Founder Ricken Patel about support for Female Genital Mutilation To be honest, I don't think this issue is going to beat out climatechange.. Now what do you say? Please vote and let us know if you agree with Ricken that FGM should beat the multi trillion dollar climate change business...How do you explain that to the 4 Million girls???

twtpoll :: Do you think that Female Genital Mutilation has to beat climate change before Avaaz can speak up to fight this? Like Ricken Patel thinks... (via @HansLak)

twtpoll :: Do you think that Female Genital Mutilation has to beat climate change before Avaaz can speak up to fight this? Like Ricken Patel thinks... (via @HansLak) Posted using ShareThis

TBLI is about PEOPLE PLANET PROFIT

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EDUCATING THE FINANCIAL COMMUNITY AFTER THE CRUNCH 11th Annual TBLI CONFERENCE™ EUROPE in Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands (November 3, 2009) - The 11th annual TBLI CONFERENCE™ EUROPE is held in Amsterdam from November 12-13, 2009. This year’s conference highlights worldwide health insurance and related human rights issues, the Credit Crunch and its effects on investment ethics values and investment, and the Copenhagen Climate Council and its consequences for investment portfolios. TBLI’s first keynote speaker is Wendell Potter, former Executive Manager at the 5th largest US health insurance, who resigned as he personally witnessed the inhuman results of health insurance coverage practices. Second keynote speaker is Lewis Gordon Pugh, environmentalist, swimmer and initiator of The Polar Defense Project. The special focus of this international event is on “Retooling the Economy”: educating the financial community and showing sustainable investment opportunities as profita

Please Sign! Stop Animal Sacrifice in Nepal Petition

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Can you picture 7,000 young buffaloes being rounded up and killed by a thousand drunk men carrying large knives? A festival where 200,000 animals are killed to please a goddess? This is exactly what  will happen from November 24, 2009, onwards in Nepal. The Gadimai Festival in Bariyarpur, Bara District, is held each 5 years. The mass sacrifice turns the entire area into a marshy land of blood. The Animal Welfare Network Nepal together with Anti-sacrifice Alliance want to end this bloody, cruel practice. Please sign this petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-gadimai.html For more information go to Worship Without Cruelty at http://animalnepal.org/campaigns_wwc.htm Petition: To the Ministers of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Peace Secretariat and Law and Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Dear Sirs, We, the signatories, call on the Nepal authorities to end extreme animal cruelty at Gadimai Festival. Each five years in the

AVAAZ does not care about FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION read thi... - Care2 News Network

AVAAZ does not care about FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION read thi... - Care2 News Network

Will you help me fight FGM?

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Female genital mutilation is not an “exotic issue”: Today, FGM is one of the most systematic and widespread mistreatment and violation of childrens’ rights worldwide. Every year, more than three million victims are submitted to this violence on the African continent alone. Those victims from Yemen, the united Arab Emirates, Iraq and Iran, Indonesia and Malaysia have even to be added. The extent of FGM might be hard to believe: Up to 90 % of a country´s or a region´s female children (e.g., in Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia, Gambia, Sierra Leone, etc.) are victimized by genital mutilations. The vast majority of the victims is physically and mentally damaged and traumatised for life. We have to assume that today, more than 200 million victims exist worldwide. As long as this violence is not stopped, as long as the deliberate damaging of whole female generations goes on, broad and lasting development in these countries or regions remains impossible. This means, that the end of fe

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Who will defend the whales this year?

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http://www.facebook.com/ho me.php#/profile.php?id=105 5707347&v=app_2347471856&v iewas=1055707347 Ask Greenpeace why they collect money to defend the whales! And than surrender them to the whalers!... I keep on getting messages from Greenpeace that i should support them to SAVE THE WHALES.... If you need the proof that you cannot trust GREENPEACE check this: We are going to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to do what we can to ensure that happens and will use a range of peaceful means to defend the whales, including putting ourselves between the whale and the harpoon....... Now what Greenpeace does is use a lot of means ..but not to defend the whales! Whaledefenders stop the killing has now18.000 members many of them keep on donating to the wrong whaledefenders! They have no idea about GREENPEACE and SEA SHEPHERD... People must want to learn the truth or they will not find it.... Greenpeace tells people their truth... Sea Shepherd tells people their truth.. Who do the peop

Do you think about your impact when you buy?

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The new ECO nomy? ! The rising consumer demand for environmentally conscious products provides a great chance and an even bigger challenge for designers and product developers in the sporting goods industry to increase the amount of reusable and sustainable materials! The outdoor industry and the new ECO nomy? The Outdoor Industry can be the leading force in the new ECO nomy! Patagonia is the role model for the complete sporting goods industry and take a look at what Retailers like Globetrotter in Germany, REI in the USA are doing! They are both market leaders both in Europe and the USA and both show the rest the way to do business! More and more people think before they buy things..not just about what they like most, but also about the negative impact of the products they buy! The footprint for products will be normal in 2015! And again Patagonia is leading with the examined life The Footprint Chronicles! Patagonia is working to have all their clothes be fully recyclable by 2010

Earth Song Lyrics! Created to save the earth by one person who made a difference!

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Earth Song Lyrics! Created to save the earth by one person who made a difference! What have we done to the wordl! What about all the dream.... What about APATHY!!! What about Nature's worth What about crying whales.. What about children dying.. What about sunrise What about rain What about all the things That you said we were to gain... What about killing fields Is there a time What about all the things That you said was yours and mine... Did you ever stop to notice All the blood we've shed before Did you ever stop to notice This crying Earth these weeping shores? Aaaaaaaaah oooooooooo Aaaaaaaaah oooooooooo What have we done to the world Look what we've done What about all the peace That you pledge your only son... What about flowering fields Is there a time What about all the dreams That you said was yours and mine... Did you ever stop to notice All the children dead from war Did you ever stop to notice This crying Earth these weeping shores Aaaaaaaaah oooooooooo Aaaaaaa

Waste Plastic to Oil Conversion Process Produces Oil for Less than $10 barrel

Waste Plastic to Oil Conversion Process Produces Oil for Less than $10 barrel

The Guardian - The Taiji Dolphin Slaughter - MySpace-blog | van Captain Paul Watson

The Guardian - The Taiji Dolphin Slaughter - MySpace-blog | van Captain Paul Watson Shared via AddThis

The truth about chemotherapy and the cancer industry (comic) by Mike Adams the Health Ranger

The truth about chemotherapy and the cancer industry (comic) by Mike Adams the Health Ranger

Social Media Revolution

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A Survival Guide for Environmental and Animal Rights Activists

If you make a difference for the environment or animals you might need this... Operation Backfire A Survival Guide for Environmental and Animal Rights Activists In 2004, several separate FBI investigations into the animal rights and environmental movements were combined into Major Case #220, also called Operation Backfire. Shortly after, the FBI’s top official in charge of domestic terrorism announced that “The No. 1 domestic terrorism threat is the eco-terrorism, animal-rights movement.” As a result, members of these movements face heightened levels of law enforcement surveillance, infiltration and harassment. You can download the booklet in electronic format (just go to the link) or visit www.nlg.org http://www.nlg.org/Operati on%20Backfire.pdf

Sea Shepherd Campaign Report Current Issues

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Aug 2, 2009 fetching data... We must stop Commercial whaling! Join us and invite your friends than share this please! http://tinyurl.com/whalede fenders http://twitter.com/whalede fenders http://www.gopetition.com/ petitions/boycott-japan.ht ml Sea Shepherd Campaign Report Current Issues (August 2009) The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is an activist organization operating on a global level in all the world’s oceans on a very limited budget to intervene against illegal activities that exploit marine species and eco-systems. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is not a protest organization. Our clients are marine species and our approach is to uphold international conservation law in accordance with the principles of the United Nation World Charter f