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Earth Hour Is March 23: Switch Off Your Lights

Posted on March 7, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ Indonesian actress Pevita Pearce will sleep without air conditioning for one month AND plant 100 trees IF 10,000 of her Instagram and Twitter followers share their action for the planet using the hash-tag #dukungAKSIpevita ! ‘Ini Aksiku! … Continue reading →

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Vernal Equinox on Wednesday, March 20

Posted on March 4, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 7:02 a.m. EDT (11:02 a.m. UTC) will mark the vernal equinox, the exact time when the sun shines directly on the equator and the length of day and night is nearly equal. The … Continue reading →

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December Solstice 2012 on Friday the 21st

Posted on December 15, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ December Solstice at Stonehenge Friday, December 21, 2012 at 6:12 a.m. EST will mark the December solstice. The December solstice occurs when the sun reaches its most southerly declination of -23.5 degrees. In other words, it is … Continue reading →

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GMO: Unprecedented Danger to Humanity!

Posted on October 5, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ No GMO! A genetically modified organism (GMO) or engineered organism (GEO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. These techniques, generally known as recombinant DNA technology, use DNA molecules from different … Continue reading →

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World Animal Day!

Posted on October 4, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ World Animal Day; October 4, 2012 World Animal Day was started in 1931 at a convention of ecologists in Florence as a way of highlighting the plight of endangered species. October 4 was chosen as World Animal … Continue reading →

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Future of Humanity: Singularity or Decline?

Posted on October 4, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ Is Humanity on a Countdown to the Singularity? What is the future of humanity – the technological singularity or a decline? Either way, the futurists and pundits give us 20+ years for one or the other to … Continue reading →

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What Are GMOs? Should They Be Labeled?

Posted on September 21, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ No GMO! A genetically modified organism (GMO) or engineered organism (GEO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. These techniques, generally known as recombinant DNA technology, use DNA molecules from different … Continue reading →

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Autumn Equinox on Saturday, September 22

Posted on September 20, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 9:49 a.m. CDT (2:49 p.m. UTC) will mark the autumn equinox, the exact time when the sun shines directly on the equator and the length of day and night is nearly equal. The … Continue reading →

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Global Ecological Footprint: Humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for 2012

Posted on August 27, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ The Ecological Footprint August 22nd Is Earth Overshoot Day: Humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year (Global Footprint Network, Oakland, CA, 8-22-12) Humanity has surpassed nature’s budget for the year, and is now operating in overdraft, … Continue reading →

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Sea Turtles: Struggle for Survival Against Nature and Humanity

Posted on July 26, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ Sea Turtles of the World The Survival of the Sea Turtle Watch the miraculous journey of infant sea turtles as these tiny animals run the gauntlet of predators and harsh conditions. Then, in numbers, see how human … Continue reading →

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Summer Solstice on Wednesday, June 20

Posted on June 18, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ Summer Solstice at Stonehenge Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 7:08 p.m. EDT will mark the summer solstice, the exact time when the sun is the farthest north in the sky and directly above the Tropic of Cancer. … Continue reading →

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