Stop Bush's Dangerous Changes to the Endangered Species Act

I received this from my friend S Linda

For over three decades the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has
helped protect and defend over a thousand at-risk threatened and
endangered species and their habitats.

But now, the Bush Administration is pushing through 11th-hour
changes to the ESA that will dramatically weaken this important
law by curtailing scientific consultation and systematically
excluding the impacts of global warming from environmental
analyses.

Tell them not to do it.
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/esa/inui6w41enbdek?

These dangerous changes will have far-reaching consequences for
habitats, species and our communities. The bald eagle, grizzly
bear and gray wolf can be seen in our wildlands today because
Congress passed this seminal piece of legislation.

But as global warming increases, the threat to wild habitat
increases as well. In fact, the International Panel on Climate
Change has estimated that across the planet as many as 30
percent of species alive today will become extinct if global
warming continues unabated. Ignoring the impacts of global
warming will not make them go away.

These dangerous changes could be approved at any moment. Your
immediate response is needed today!
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/esa/inui6w41enbdek?

Please join with us in telling the Bush Administration to drop
its ill-advised last-minute attempt to eliminate scientific
consultation and consideration of the impacts of global warming
on threatened and endangered species.
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/esa/inui6w41enbdek?

Best wishes,

Kathy Kilmer
The Wilderness Society

Where to find the Earth Charter online

Where you can find the Earth Charter online:

• http://www.earthcharter.org/
• http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/2000/10/the_earth_charter.html
• http://www.earthcharterus.org/
  

The Earth Charter

Fifth Principle of the Earth Charter

Earth Charter Principle 5. Protect and
restore the integrity of Earth's ecological systems, with special
concern for biological diversity and the natural processes that sustain
life.

As our
awareness of Earth and the impact our species has had on our
environment slowly creeps into our social awareness, principle #5 has
become pivotal to groups with interests ranging from Science to New
Age. Principle #5 is one of the longest principles of the Earth
Charter’s sixteen principles and addresses the heart of the matter.
Unless we protect and take action to restore Earth’s ecological systems
we may destroy the very home that gives all Earth’s species shelter,
food and rest.
This principle speaks to us about principles we value
on other levels as well, namely diversity and complementarity. I find
it interesting that the definitions of these terms span the spectrum
from Physics to social action. For example, complementarity is defined
as:
o noun1. a relation between two opposite states or principles
that together exhaust the possibilities 2. the interrelation of
reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other; "the
complementarity of the sexes" 1
o The concept that the underlying
properties of entities (especially subatomic particles) may manifest
themselves in contradictory forms at different times, depending on the
conditions of observation; thus, any physical model of an entity
exclusively in terms of one form or the other will be necessarily
incomplete. For example, although a unified quantum mechanical
understanding of such phenomena as light has been developed, light
sometimes exhibits properties of waves and sometimes properties of
particles (an example of wave-particle duality) 2
Diversity is defined as:
o The fact or quality of being diverse; difference.
1
complementarity. (n.d.). WordNet® 3.0. Retrieved November 01, 2008,
from Dictionary.com website:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/complementarity
2
complementarity. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Science Dictionary.
Retrieved November 01, 2008, from Dictionary.com website:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/complementarity
o A point or respect in which things differ.
o
Variety or multiformity: "Charles Darwin saw in the diversity of
species the principles of evolution that operated to generate the
species: variation, competition and selection" (Scientific American).3
Diversity’s
definition too illustrates the various ways we can think about
diversity from diversity of thought to biological diversity. This type
of thinking across sciences and integrated into the whole of life is a
challenge for us as we move into a more complex and complicated world
view and consciousness. Yet we are being called to such thinking from
various voices that make up our lives. From our Acts of Chapter, as Sisters of St. Joseph, which
urge us to, “urgent concern for Earth and the survival of its life
systems” and to “recognizing the urgency of working to protect and
restore Earth’s healthy living systems in these next years” to our
country’s and our world’s concern about affordable non Earth
threatening sources of energy as we journey into the future, “Climate
change is real. And it’s happening much faster than was predicted just
a few years ago. The good news is that we can solve this crisis. We can
switch 100% of America's electricity to clean energy sources – within
10 years. To make the switch, repowering America must be a priority for
our leaders. If leaders know you care, they will take action. Join us
today and be a voice for solutions.”( from www.wecansolveit.org)
We
may feel a small part of the solution or that we not able to have much
of an effect at all. However small steps can be taken on our part from
awareness of our local ecology to research on the web where our fingers
can help us take action to be part of the solution. I close with this
thought that I read a few days ago from Thomas Moore’s Book “The
Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life, “ Enchanted ecology is the work of
religion more than science, love more than understanding, and ritual
more than heroic action. It is rooted in both a love for home and a
willingness to let the place where we live set limits on our lives,
define our personalities, and shape our values. This kind of ecology is
concerned not simply with the natural world but with our place in the
human environment as well, and it has as much to do with meaning and
emotion as with the protection of literal nature.”
3 diversity.
(n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
Fourth Edition. Retrieved November 01, 2008, from Dictionary.com
website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/diversity

Hello, My Name Is George T.

Hello I figured that everyone would like to know a little about me and where I come from.

My name is George R. Timmis
I'm a college student attending college for Nursing because
Unlike most countries we have to pay for college and I can't afford
medical school. I am a photographer, I am a percussionist and I
am looking forward to post and discuss social justice.

please feel free to introduce yourself on here and tell us a little about you.

Thank you and God Bless you and yours
-George R. Timmis.

P.S
I will try not to talk in internet lingo such as (lol lmao,wut,ect.)

Homelessness is the one of the biggest social injustice of our world. Many homeless die every year and it is a sad fact that there is such a thing as homelessness in this world. Many die from illnesses left untreated because they can't afford health care to pay for the treatments, others die from starvation and malnutrition. They are not enough shelters and yet we tare down abandon buildings that could easily be remade into homeless shelters, but we rather have a wal mart or a food lion in our neighborhood because those things aren't as much of an "eye sore". I leave this open for discussion. How can we create a better and a more productive way of helping the homeless?

introduction

We as a people of peace, God, good morals and ethics found that this world has many injustices in it and that is what we come here to discuss the multitude of topics that range from stories of great justice and injustice crying for solutions the “stuff” that forms this world we live in. As people and global citizens it is our duty to face the injustices in our world and to take steps for the common good.. A great man John Dickinson said "United we stand, divided we fall" . With this in mind, we unite in our communities to reach out for a better tomorrow.

Our intention is that this blog be a place people can gather in hope.
A place where we will not just write about justice but do justice and act on our words
A place to share ideas
A place of support to continue our efforts
A place to have conversations with others



This blog is as you will find a blog that spans all age groups. You will read peoples stories and ideas. We represent and are the from many age groups, from the youth to the elder, and it is with these people that we plan to bring this world back to a place where justice is for all.


Topics for this blog are (but not limited to):
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2. Daily News
3. world economics
4. foreign politics

Thank you for reading this introduction to this blog, we hope to hear from you and hope that you will in turn:

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-George Timmis
-Sister Debbie Timmis
-Harold Timmis