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  Wal-Mart goes (?) green

  Yeah, right! Make it look like the mega-company actually CARES about our environment; all the while paying its American workers as close to the now non-living, substandard minimum wage as possible; shipping all its manufacturing to third-world countries where they can pay their workers even SMALLER substandard, non-living wages, then entice all us low-income poor people to shop for low prices so we can continue to not only be poor, but also to support such substandard wages for the rest of the world's poor people!  If the company truly cared about the Earth and its working population, they would PAY living wages and be much less greedy for their humongous lions' share of the massive profits. Gee, you think they might think of something so responsible as marketing Fair Trade goods, or the American-made merchandise their ads used to brag about?

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  On Makower thinks the retail giant might just be turning over a new leaf posted 4 years, 1 month ago 10 Responses

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  Mother Jones

  Crazy Cat Lady again: I believe it was in Mother Jones several years ago that I read a very informative article about "Operation Rescue", which idea was actually his wife's, and she got it started, but, of course, being a fundamentalist christian sort,he took it over and took all the credit for himself. And, yes, they DO harrass women going into clinics without knowing whethe they're there for a pelvic, birth-control, or-Heaven forbid! an abortion, and, again, yes, they DO use violence and intimidation to block entry to the clinics. My NOW chapter in Memphis was, for a while providing escorts for the clients of some clinics, and I HAVE heard of Operation Rescue members slugging pregnant women in the abdomen. If that were to cause a miscarriage, wouldn't that also be "murder" of a fetus? I've also heard, and this was quite some time ago, so I wonder if it's still true or if it ever WAS true (If it WAS never true, I've boycotted a lot of Domino's Pizzas for no good reason, then!)that the owner of Domino's Pizza heavily supports Operation Rescue. Anyone know?

  Crazy Cat Lady

  On Tell us about your favorite eco-magazines made of paper posted 4 years, 9 months ago 53 Responses

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  Print Mags

  Me again: a little off subject, but there are some really good BOOK authors out there who discuss animal behavior, instincts, needs, feelings and sentience: my favorite so far is Kristin Van Lom's Beauty In The Beasts in which she tells stories of real animals and real people and how these animals were observed to actually think, eason, show concern/compassion, etc. Right now, I'm trying to Read her book Bea...The Story of a Beagle..... There's always Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson: When Elephants Weep, Dogs Never Lie About Love, I'm not sure how many others, but a little editorializing here: on another site with a "Joke of the Day" someone posted a photo of a "grinning" Chimpanzee, thinking it funny and thinking others would also find it funny, and being such a stickler for the need for many, MANY more humans to learn a lot more about animal behavior, I pointed out s/he wasn't grinning in the human sense; s/he was actually showing submission to another chimp in the troop who probably outranked her. Absolutely NOTHING funny about dominance issues among social animals. Some responders called me a sort of a kill-joy, but if we're to save this world, saving the animals has to be part of it, and understanding their natural behaviors is vitally important! Just think of all the "Institutionalized Cruelty" done to animals on Factory Farms to prevent their natural behaviors from damaging the over-crowded "profit-unit" rather than give them the space they need!
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  On Tell us about your favorite eco-magazines made of paper posted 4 years, 9 months ago 53 Responses

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  Good print periodicals

  For general geography, geology,history past and recent, studies of societies and cultures plus many eclectic and varied subjects, my favorites are Smithsonian Magazine and National Geographic. I'm sure there are many organizations focused on human rights issues and/or health issues that also put out print editions; for myself, as an animal lover, animal advocate and licensed veterinary technician who just HAPPENS to also be a "Crazy Cat Lady", most of the legit organizations put out magazines: I know the ASPCA has one called Animal Watch, American Humane, I THINK has one,The Elephant Sanctuary near here puts out a newsletter, Treehouse Animal Foundation sends me a quarterly mag, I get materials from Best Friends Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, I know PETA puts out Animal Times, Farm Sanctuary puts out Sanctuary News, the HSUS puts out Regional News (Whole US divided into regions, with newsletters geared toward that region), IDA puts out Victories and Highlights-Now, on to my Crazy Cat Lady stuff: for those who love a particular animal and want to read about it, there are many specialty magazines, many put out by Bow Tie, Inc. including my favorite newsstand mag, Cat Fancy; for more in-depth information, Tufts University Vet School puts out "Catnip" (and also one for dogs),Cornell Vet School puts out "CatWatch" (and also probably one on dogs),For those interested in learning more about specific breeds, how to care for them, what sorts of personalities the different breeds have and whether that type will fit your household, how to find a responsible breeder and just to look at SCADS of pictures of purebreds and cattery ads, Cat Fancy puts out two annuals: CATSUSA and KITTENSUSA. I believe Fancy Corp also does them on dogs, horses, birds, reptiles- more or less everything you ever wanted to know about the basics of certain species as pets, and believe me, it's unfortunate this society looks on animals as more or less unimportant and throwaway, like toys. On to human issues: you can get views that don't lean so far right from such mags as Utne Reader, Mother Jones and Ms. Magazine, and, believe me, Ms. gets right out there: YEARS before any other media ever thought of talking about genital mutilation (the media, when it started to mention it, rather tip-toed around the reality by calling it "female circumcision"), I read ALL about it in Ms, and, it IS a human rights issue:There are mothers here in America who have fled here asking for asylum so their own daughters won't have to undergo this barbaric procedure, which isn't even performed with surgical instruments, just shards of glass or tin-can lids, whatever reasonably sharp object the men can find, no anesthesia, of course, and if the U.S. refused asylum and sent them back, the daughters would be FORCED to undergo this barbaric mutilation which is apparently a religious custom in some Muslim sects. I should think MANY organizations like Oxfam and Amnesty International put out some print materials. I know my church in Memphis (First Congregational) monthly puts out a small newsletter-type issue called "FaithWorks" each based on one specific theme and each entry is written by members of the church who choose to respond. The MidSouth Peace and Justice Center puts out a newsletter, as does The Nashville Peace and Justice Center, and, if I'm not mistaken, the Sojourners I read on the internet also has a print version. The Christian Vegetarian Association puts out SOME literature, but I'm not sure if any of it is a regular periodical or not. And, by the way, two things, really: I'm sure OxfamAmerica meant well when they persuaded Folger's to market a Fair Trade coffee, but I would guess they knew nothing of the nearly ten-year boycott of Procter & Gamble by animal advocates for all the cruel,out-dated, useless, not required by law product/ingredient testing on animals they kill by the thousands yearly, while CLAIMING to be making the switch to cruelty-free, non-animal, much more accurate and cheaper tests, yet, in more than TEN YEARS of claiming to be researching and making these changes, they have spent a GREAT DEAL LESS than they spend in just THREE DAYS of advertising their killer products, and there are a LOT of them! (If you decide you ABSOLUTELY HAVE to have Fair Trade coffee and can only find the Folger's, 1st Congo has a Fair Trade Goods store, just write them at 1000 S. Cooper, Mfs, TN 38104- I suspect they'll take mail orders! Shoot! They probably have a web site you can order it from! The other by the way is that P&G just last week bought Gillette, so, although we WERE able to stop boycotting that company a few years ago when it stopped animal testing, we now have to add them back to the list, now that they are owned by and are now P&G products! Don't forget Iams/Eukanuba was running cruel "Nutritional testing" even BEFORE P&G bought them, so that's all the more reason, if you just HAVE to feed your pet premium food to buy Science Diet, Purina ONE or ANYTHING but Iams or Eukanuba! And avoid VPI Pet Insurance while you're at it.  That story some other time!
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  Crazy Cat Lady

  On Tell us about your favorite eco-magazines made of paper posted 4 years, 9 months ago 53 Responses