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    Reflections on Occupy Wall Street, with photos, fun, and good wishes for the future. eBook, Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? (Only $.99 !) In the eBook, the Occupy movement is explored through original reporting, photographs, cartoons, poetry, essays, and reviews.The collection of essays and blog posts records the unfolding of Occupy into the culture from September 2011 to the present.  Authors Kimberly Wilder and Ian Wilder were early supporters of Occupy, using their internet platforms to communicate the changes being created by the American Autumn.

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Christmas on Long Island: A walk in warm weather

Posted on December 25, 2015 by iwilder

Merry Christmas and Happy Winter Holidays to our friends, family, and readers. We were surprised by the beautiful weather, and the scenes we found by the water, here in Riverhead, on Christmas. Can’t remember a Long Island Christmas quite like this one. More Christmas along the river photos at our Flickr account here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskobYAxB

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Brush fire at Edgewood Preserve in Dix Hills, Long Island, NY

Posted on April 26, 2015 by iwilder

Just heard the news that there was a brush fire at Edgewood Oak Brush Plains Preserve today, Saturday, April 25th. I am not sure if the fire was related to the way the Edge Wood Preserve is managed. Though, the crisis of a fire might be a good time to reflect on the value of […]

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TWL: Things We Love | PeaceCouple.com

Posted on April 8, 2014 by iwilder

TWL will focus us on exploring what more of what peace means in the  rest of our lives, such as what it means to freecycle; to be a vegetarian; a locavore; a community member; to use nonviolent communication; and to clean with vinegar.  And more.   But first, We want to hear from you! What […]

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Long Beach, NY: Ban Fracking/Halt Port Ambrose LNG Port Rally 10/19/13

Posted on September 29, 2013 by iwilder

Attend the upcoming Global Frackdown in Long Beach!  Global Frackdown 2–There is an important rally scheduled for Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 1:00 PM on the Long Beach boardwalk. Many groups and individuals concerned about our threatened environment are coming together to urge a ban on fracking and a halt to the misguided plan to build a LNG facility […]

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Long Islanders: Watch Perseid Meteor shower on 8/11/13 at state parks

Posted on August 11, 2013 by kwilder

Long Islanders: The Perseid Meteor showers will peak in the sky over your home on the nights of Sunday (into Monday), August 11th and Monday, August 12th. The best time to view from Long Island will be about 11pm to 6am, with the show starting to get good around midnight. It is best to get […]

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Empire Energy Forum propaganda on Fracking and contamination of water

Posted on June 1, 2013 by iwilder

Fracking Call/Empire Energy update: Today, 6/13/2013, received another robocall from this group. The speaker claimed to be an environmental advocate and mother who wants fracking. Egads! [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/95021693″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] We received the above robocall voicemail from the Empire Energy Forum which makes the false claim that  fracking has caused “no […]

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Trump on the Ocean is Ended!!!

Posted on December 26, 2012 by iwilder

For all the tragedy Hurricane Sandy caused in so many people’s lives, it did bring the NY State Parks Department and — even more amazingly — Donald Trump to their senses.

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Hurricane Sandy: Trees down at North Babylon High School

Posted on November 1, 2012 by kwilder

Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island hard. North Babylon is not a shore community. Still, the wind knocked down trees and caused damage. Below is a video, photo, and photo album link, for trees that were down at North Babylon High School on Deer Park Avenue. As of Wednesday, many of the branches were cleaned up. […]

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Yoko Ono gets serious (and silly) about fracking

Posted on July 16, 2012 by kwilder

Fracking stuff: (See video of Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, and Jimmy Fallon singing about fracking at the readmore…) Do you know what fracking is? It is a method of pumping water and chemicals underground, and then drilling horizontally in shale formations for natural gas. Fracking has been linked to earthquakes happening in areas near to, […]

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Poet Walt Whitman’s Birthday is May 31st: Celebrate in Silence

Posted on May 30, 2012 by kwilder

Walt Whitman is one of my favorite poets. I like to remember his birthday, which is on May 31st, and falls on a  [Thursday for 2012 and Friday for 2013] this year. There are some events and celebrations around this time at the Walt Whitman Birthplace in Long Island. And, my idea for a holiday […]

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Air Quality: Suffolk County receives an “F”

Posted on April 25, 2012 by kwilder

The full report, with background and info on air pollution issues, is at an American Lung Association webpage: here Detailed, Suffolk County article at Newsday (subscription media): at Newsday here.

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The Smithsonian: 10 Things We’ve Learned Since Last Earth Day

Posted on April 23, 2012 by kwilder

(Excerpt. Click here or the title for the full story.) Smithsonian.com / Blog 10 Things We’ve Learned About the Earth Since Last Earth Day April 19, 2012 …the most surprising, awe-inspiring and alarming things that we have learned about the Earth and the environment since last year’s holiday: 1. Undiscovered species are still out there: […]

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Earth Day music at Peace Couple

Posted on April 22, 2012 by kwilder

Over at our other website, Peace Couple, we have some great posts about music for Earth Day. Hope you will check them out. Click here: Peace Song of the Day post for 4/22… “Baby Beluga“, by Raffi, is the Peace Song of the Day for April 22nd — Earth Day 2012. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Click here: Peace […]

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Books for Earth Day (From an environmentally-conscious bookstore!)

Posted on April 18, 2012 by iwilder

Our friends over at Chelsea Green sis having an Earth Day Sale with Selected Titles 25% Off. Below are some of the books that looked especially tasty!

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