Fluoride and Gainesville's Water

Sept.18, 2009 --FLUORIDE UPDATE

PLEASE ACT NOW; WE HAVE A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO INPUT OUR COMMENTS ON GAINESVILLE'S WATER FLUORIDATION.

Please take advantage of this chance to tell the city commissioners what you feel about this while the Regional Utilities Committee is deciding whether the issue warrants taking to the whole commission or not, a decision that might be finalized on Oct.8 at the next RUC meeting.

Let them know you want them to look at the science and not accept blanket reassurances from agencies that in reality don't protect the public very well. Check the facts at www.fluoridealert.org and www.keepers-of-the-well.org and http://www.just-think-it.com/f-facts.htm and http://www.slweb.org/ and http://www.sierraclub.org/policy/conservation/water_fluoridation.aspx (The Sierra Club position against fluoridation).

You can email GRU at HenleyJJ@gru.com or email the clerk of the court through www.cityofgainesville.org

Koyaanisqatsi

Incredible film ...

Future of Food film

Check out this film on HULU.

new film on FOOD

Food, Inc.

Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan, authors of Fast Food Nation and In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto are in and helped create this documentary on food... check it out.

Achuar learning ecotourism management from Marriott

Achuar Indigenous learning ecotourism management from Marriott --hmmmmmm....
There surely is a LOT of potential benefit here, as there is potential for detriment... what do you think? Read PachaMama's New Moon update

Gville alligators

Edson Andre shot an incredible photo of this alligator in Lake Alice --wow!!

Talkin' Trash

So, trash is huge --although for many of us, if it is out of sight, it is out of mind. Nonetheless, we should really think through the life cycle of what we are buying--and very importantly where it goes after we are done with it... NPR offers a bit of insight.

Creative Solutions in Peru

Watch CBS Videos Online

Google Maps of HumaNature Gems in Gville

View Gainesville Gems in a larger map

Paynes Prairie Wild Horses

Paynes Prairie Slideshow

Recycle??

This is an excellent commentary on an article by Mother Jones, in which several prominent scholars speak to the issue of recycling.

Code Green Gainesville

A great website - locally based on positive actions people here are achieving...

Biophilia

Do humans have an intrinsic need for relating to the Earth? E.O. Wilson posits we do...

Is Wal Mart going Green? or are they greenwashing?

Wal Mart is making changes --are they really making a difference, or is it just greenwashing --corporate style?

Here is a site that helps us understand logos and put some questions and certification criteria behind "green" and "greenwashing"

and some more information on how to clear up "greenwashing"

Biofuels Colonialism and Africa

Check this out

Story of Stuff on NYT

Story of Stuff ---an excellent 20 minute documentary!! and is on NYT front page.

Urban sustainable agriculture in Cuba

Urban sustainable agriculture in Cuba...

Big Sugar, Everglades, and Community Peoples' Lives

The New York Times has a great short documentary on the sugar industry and the Florida Everglades. However, the news that Big Sugar is actually handing over its property so that the Everglades has a chance at some restoration, is not so great for all of the workers that were part of the industry there.

Your option to get a new cell phone may be causing violent rape in the Congo?

We consumers have options. We can opt for a new cell phone with the latest fad features or keep using our old one (that probably still works really well). This goes for computers and ipods and several other electric devices that require coltan, a metal that predominantly comes from the Republic of Congo, and in its pursuit rape, war, and famine ensue. For an excellent though disturbing documentary on the topic, I encourage you to watch The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo. Or at least check out this CBS newstory.