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

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!

Atlanta Civil Rights Leaders Call for Halt to Water Fluoridation (via Food Freedom)

Journal of Living Food and Healing Former U.N. Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and Prominent Pastor Gerald Durley Call for Repeal of Fluoridation Law in GA (EXTRACTS) Citing concern that fluoridated water disproportionately harms poor citizens and black families, influential Atlanta civil rights leaders Andrew Young and Gerald Durley are calling on top Georgia […]

50 Reasons to oppose fluoridation of water

(excerpt from) Food Consumer 50 reasons to oppose fluoridation Dr. Paul Connet, Ph.D. of St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY offers 50 reasons to oppose fluoridation as listed below and the statements are slightly edited. 1.  Humans don’t need fluoride to have good teeth; 2.  Fluoridation is unnecessary. Most Western European countries are not fluoridated […]

Ohio city warned to avoid tainted water: government/industry mistake

The supplier accidentally gave the city water department “hydrochloric acid”, instead of “fluoride” to add to the water. Seems like it was caught in time, and no serious injuries. Though, it raises the issue of just how important the public water supply is, and should we be experimenting with dumping any chemicals into our water? […]

Art critiques Consumerism 9/19 – 11/18/07

Making the Most of It Islip Art Museum September 19 – November 18 Reception: October 14 Curator Karen Shaw presents artists who critique our consumer culture and wasteful ways by turning mundane throw-away materials into fantastic treasures.

Long Island Environmental Rally: Thur 8/16/07

Say NO! to NYS DOT’s plan to build a 24/7 Mega-Intermodal facility in our community. This Thursday, August 16th 5:30 – 7:30 pm Pine Hill Lane and Commack Road in Dix Hills (Near the Pilgrim State Hospital entrance/road) A letter from Friends of the Edgewood Preserve Hello friends, First, thank you so much for all […]

Live Earth LI: Stop Global Warming / Stop Broadwater

Several Suffolk Greens (including Kimberly Wilder and Tom Stock, pictured above) attended the free concert at the Brookhaven Amphitheatre at Bald Hill to support the idea that we need to stop the Broadwater project. The concert was connected to the Live Earth concert series for 7/7/07. There is a good article about Live Earth here. Broadwater […]

Art Auction: Portugie (John Phillips)

This steel sculpture of a peace sign by Portugie (John Phillips) will be auctioned off during the silent art auction at the 3rd Annual Green Party of Suffolk Fundraiser on 6/22/07 in Setauket, NY. The potluck fundraiser will feature “Blacklisted and the Banned” playing the political music of Sonny Meadows. More information about their new […]

waves

waves for Fritjof Capra molding solar ellipses measuring continental crusts aching to be still pointillist crests canalizing troughs of sunlight an emptiness closer to spirit than science narwhals, seahorses, starfish, plankton packets of electromagnetic energy viscera constantly shedding re-identifying ~isw

May 31st is Walt Whitman’s Birthday: Celebrate the silence

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK-MJACrjG4] Listen to the Waves Walt Whitman, born close by to me in West Hills, Long Island, has become a touchstone for something more than just beautiful poetry. I first discovered Walt Whitman for myself when he was quoted in a sermon at an interfaith church in Virginia. Then, a bookstore colleague of mine read with […]

NYSolarfest Mtg. Thurs. 5-10-07, 7:00pm, at the Solar Cafe

  Hi everyone. We will be meeting this Thurs. 5-10-07, 7:00pm at the Solar Cafe,  1 First Ave.Brentwood, NY 11717 to continue the planning for this year’s NYSolarfest ’07,www.nysolarfest.org.  We are now one month away! See ya, Christopher Castro

NY Solarfest meeting 4/21/07

We will be meeting this saturday 4-21-07, at 10:30am to continue the planning for this years’s NYsolarfest ’07,www.nysolarfest.org, to be held at the Solar Cafe. Breakfast will be provided.

Gordian Raacke at Step it Up! @ Solar Cafe Sat 4/14/07

Gordian is the preeminent renewable energy and global warming speaker on Long Island.  We are excited about getting him.  It’s worth it to  come down just to hear him.  More information on Gordian at  www.renewableenergylongisland.org  Video of Global Warming Solutions with Gordian Raacke But wait, there’s more . . . We just picked up materials to […]

Step It Up @ Solar Cafe 4/14/07 1pm

Local citizens join nationwide call to action to urge Congress to “Step it up on Global Warming.” Brentwood, NY – On Saturday, April 14, 2007, citizens concerned about the catastrophic effects of global warming will gather at the Solar Cafe for music, discussion and solutions. The event is part of the Step It Up 2007 […]