Comments on: Blog Action Day 2007: The Environment

By: kermit johnson

kermit johnson — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:38:13 +0000

Thank you for participating in Blog Action Day. Thank you for mentioning the rain forests.

Perhaps you would find this post interesting:

BRAZILIAN TEAK FLOORS IN LUXURY HOMES, SLAVE LABOR, AND DESTRUCTION OF THE RAIN FOREST.

You can find it at:
http://www.realestatetwincities.net/blog/

Please share this with your readers. Usually I do not ask for this kind of help, but the topic is that important to me. Anything you can do to promote this link or awareness of this issue would be deeply appreciated.

Thank you.

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:41:40 +0000

Hi Ed,

Very interesting map. Really shows where progress needs to be made … sort of a “naughty and nice” list. Especially when you look at it in order of per capita.

Hey Dave,

Al Gore has done a lot to promote the cause of global warming. Changes need to be made, and the people ignoring the warnings do so in pursuit of a dollar today at the expense of everything tomorrow. That’s a hardline business strategy and it works. But it only goes so far and there is no merger, buyout, market expansion, IPO, or Chapter 11 that’s going to get us out of it when we’re talking about the planet.

By: Dave Lucas

Dave Lucas — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:09:18 +0000

My 2 cents:
http://dave-lucas.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-action-day-2007-salute-to-al-gore.html

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How Can We Help Save The Earth? : Freelance Folder — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:03:07 +0000

[...] There’s been a lot of talk about this in the “blogosphere” lately, and for good reasons. We’re all in this together, we all live on the same Earth. And it’s the only one we have… [...]

By: ed

ed — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:42:33 +0000

Check out this US Carbon Footprint Map, an interactive United States Carbon Footprint Map, illustrating Greenest States to Cities. This site has all sorts of stats on individual State & City energy consumptions, demographics and much more down to your local US City level...