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Change your water heater...
...buy one with a smaller capacity! That way, the hot water will run out after 5 or 10 minutes and she'll be forced to get out of the shower!On Umbra on long, hot showers posted 1 year, 7 months ago 21 Responses
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Inbreeding depression
USFWS announced the plan to remove these wolves last month. What makes it even worse is that the wolves to be removed from the wild could be very important to the genetic diversity of the Mexican gray wolf, as I wrote about here: http://www.plentymag.com/blogs/extinction/2007/10/five_de ...On Gray wolves in Southwest aren't faring well posted 1 year, 11 months ago 6 Responses
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I love scallops...
...but this decision to use such destructive industrial methods to scoop them out of the ocean, at great risk to sea turtles, is pretty upsetting.
On Iraqi catches shark, blames America posted 2 years ago 7 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
Indoor cats
We keep our cats indoors -- not just to protect the local wildlife, but to protect our beloved kitties from disease, traffic, weather, predators (we've got coyotes here in Maine, not to mention hawks that have been known to attack cats), and other threats.
If you love your animals, I don't see any reason for letting them outdoors.On Umbra on cats and birds posted 2 years ago 72 Responses
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Fear is Marketing 101 -- but we need to do better
Fear is one of the most important motivators in marketing, and when we're spreading the word about environmental problems, that's what we're doing.
But it can backfire. A recent study showed that the media uses such a "we're doomed" tone in its stories about global warming (not to mention everything else) that the average person feels the problem is so much larger than anything they would be able to do to combat it. And so they take no action.
Environmentalists need to concentrate on the success stories and on enabling people to take action. Fear can still be a motivator, but there is a better one --- hope.
http://extinctionblog.typepad.com
On Fear and environmentalism posted 3 years, 2 months ago 8 Responses