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I wish I was wrong, the disaster in the gulf has proven to be one of the largest sea based oil spills since 1910.  Depending on whose numbers you use the spill has passed the 1979 Gulf of Mexico spill called Ixtoc that resulted in 140 million gallons.  The Mexican government owned Pemex rig was in 300 foot waters off the coast of Campeche, Mexco.  A top hat was tried without success.  The only solution was a relief well and the leak was stopped 10 months later.  It is estimated that 140 million gallons of crude were spilled into the water.

We keep reading about how vital and rare clean water is for the world. That it will become scarcer and scarcer resulting in wars for H2O. Water is so precious, yet it seems so abundant in the US that we often forget about it. It just comes from the faucet. Our water policy has evolved, thanks to some legislation in the 1970s.

Well, it is Tuesday and I am all plugged in here hoping to channel something fabulous for my CD project. I just got off the phone with an old friend of mine who is about to go global with her art. The whole purpose of her art is to have an impact on the planet. I hope in some way, I can do the same thing. Last week in New Mexico, some of my freinds' friends donated some of their prints for Doctors Without Borders. They raised $8000 in four days. On that note, i am off to plug in. Eileen

A film by Kevin McMahon

 

 I just read an interesting article in Time Magazine about an activist idea (which includes a website, facebook and twitter accounts) that just might lead to environmental change at a grass roots level.

Food Consciousness
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Paul Hawken, well known environmentalist, entreprenuer, author and journalist recently gave a moving commencement speech that put our role as caretaker of the planet into a context that reverberates with all of us.  His message has an urgency that I believe needs to be communicated.

Here is how the speech starts:

When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that was "direct, naked, taut, honest, passionate, lean, shivering, startling, and graceful." No pressure there.

Back in the Day - It was one of those big school trips to Boston that our 5^th Grade class had looked forward to. I wanted to take some pictures of “pollution” for a science assignment. I remember taking pictures with my instamatic camera out the school bus window. I captured a few smoke stacks as we made our way to Boston from the small Connecticut town of North Stonington. Every school kid in those days was aware of the importance of our environment.