Street Pianos hit London! Spotted by Cate Trotter, aka the Green Insider

Wonderful idea to place pianos around a square and left people entertain each other!

What do the Drug companies offer? Health? Nope; just money - for whoever will take it.

clipped from www.healthbeatblog.com First, They Came Bearing Trinkets for Doctors--Now, Junkets for Journalists Over on the always-excellent Schwitzer Health News Blog,  the University of Minnesota’s Gary Schwitzer spotlights a notice that appeared in the Society of Professional Journalist’s (SPJ) e-newsletter: “Interested in covering the health industry, science and medical research? Even more interested in using journalism to inform the public about the leading cause of illness and death worldwide? The National Press Foundation offers an all-expenses-paid four-day fellowship for journalists on ‘Cancer Issues.’ The program will be in Washington, D.C. Sept. 13-16. Fifteen fellowships will be awarded and they all include lodging, airfare and most meals. The applications deadline is 5 p.m. July 28, 2009."

Welcome home to your USA!

clipped from fairimmigration.wordpress.com ACTION: Help Support Immigration Reform Today June 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment As most of you already know, the White House is meeting with Congress right now to discuss immigration reform, We need to show a strong movement for reform! Here is how you can help!

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Vote for a strong climate and energy saving bill this Friday!

Happy Birthday Judge Sotomayor!

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Here's hoping that a similar photo is taken shortly about your confirmation!

Sonia Sanchez "Put on the sleeves of love."

Listen up about standing on the side of love!

The Who, What, When and Where of Immigration Reform

clipped from feetin2worlds.wordpress.com Pro-immigration reform demonstrators in New York on May Day. (Photo: Jocelyn Gonzales/Feet in 2 Worlds) What: President Barack Obama will meet Congressional leaders from both parties to discuss the way forward in fixing the U.S. immigration system. The White House has insisted on tamping down expectations, saying this is just the beginning of the conversation.

Reform Immigration Now -Welcome those who want to live and work here!

clipped from www.americanprogress.org SOURCE: AP/Rex C. Curry Demonstrators march with an American flag during an immigration reform rally in Dallas, Texas. By Angela Kelley, Marshall Fitz , Vanessa Cárdenas | June 24, 2009 PRINT EMAIL TEXT: A A A SHARE del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google reddit stumbleupon Buzz up! The need for immigration reform in the United States is beyond question. The nation’s broken immigration system undermines our core national values, disserves our economic and security interests, and diminishes our moral standing in the world. Reforming this system is also critical to successfully addressing other key issues such as health care and the economy.

The higher the unemployment gets, the harder its gets to be green

clipped from blogs.wvgazette.com Mountaintop removal protest: Finding a path forward? by Ken Ward Jr. Hundreds of people on both sides of the mountaintop removal issue gather along W.Va. 3 Tuesday outside Massey Energy’s Goals Coal Co. processing and shipping

Like it - want more of it - Green Theater on the Road

clipped from blisted.breakthrough.tv b-activists: Canadian theatre group’s Tour de Green photo courtesy of otesha project On June 18th, a group of young cyclists started pedaling 2,000 kilometers across southern British Columbia, presenting theater performances to dozens of communities along the way.

Number one job to save energy and lungs

clipped from blogs.wvgazette.com Old coal plants: A key to dealing with climate change by Ken Ward Jr. Fixing existing coal-fired power plants is a key for the coal industry if it wants to remain part of the world’s energy mix in a carbon-constrained future, according to the latest report published by the folks at MIT’s Energy Initiative.

The World's Shame

1/6th of us with not enough to eat.

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1.02 billion people hungry	19-06-2009
One sixth of humanity undernourished - more than ever before
The faces behind the numbers. 19 June 2009, Rome - World hunger is projected to reach a historic high in 2009 with 1 020 million people going hungry every day, according to new estimates published by FAO today.

Love one another, as I have loved you.

We are not doing so well, are we?

clipped from www.commondreams.org The number of people internally displaced within their own countries has reached a historical high of more than 28 million, the UN's refugee agency said today, as conflicts in Pakistan's Swat valley and Sri Lanka compound a growing global problem. An internally displaced girl, who fled a military offensive in the Swat valley region, sits in line with her food pots while awaiting her ration of tea at the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) Yar Hussain camp in Swabi district, located about 120 km (75 miles) north west of Pakistan's capital Islamabad, June 16, 2009. (REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro) At the end of last year the total number of people forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution around the world stood at 42 million, including 16 million refugees and asylum seekers and 26 million people uprooted within their own countries, according to UNHCR's annual Global Trends report, which was released this afternoon.

Great Magazine - newest issue

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YES! Online June 2009 The New Economy: Summer Issue Why This Crisis May Be Our Best Chance Let Wall Street go and rebuild a Main Street economy.