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April 8, 2013 - 1:19am
I went to Highland Ecuador last summer to get as close to the native people as possible, take pictures for this show, and avoid our summer’s heat. I found an amazing indigenous market two hours from Quito in Otovalo, and a farming village nearby.
Thousands of local farmers and artisans come to the Saturday market, the largest in the Americas, which fills the Plaza de Panchos, the central square, and spreads down all the surrounding side streets and across the river. The vendors set up before dawn and stay until late afternoon or evening. It’s a social event for most and an attraction for tourists, bringing a relatively high standard of living to these welcoming people.
The colorful textiles and paintings caught my eye and led me toward the jewelry, instruments, leather goods and all sorts of fresh and dry foods. I enjoyed a lunch of roast pork direct from a whole pig, served with corn, potato balls, watermelon and salad and a dinner of chicken soup, rice and vegetables.
Perhaps the most outstanding feature was the huge animal market where, before breakfast, thousands buy, sell, cook and eat mammals and birds of all sizes: cows, sheep, goats, pigs, ducks and chickens as well as...
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December 10, 2010 - 12:55am
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July 3, 2010 - 1:46am
Cambridge ‘Climate Emergency’ Reaches Its First Anniversary --Ann Cowan
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - As the City of Cambridge observes the somewhat delayed first anniversary of its Climate Emergency Policy of May, 2009, its followup committee--the Cambridge Climate Emergency Action Group (CCEAG)--is completing the last of its year-long series of meetings with those determined to implement it. City officials, staff and community activists anticipate that a plan for further action will soon emerge.
In early 2009, a group of Cambridge citizens, moved the City Council to declare unanimously a ‘Climate Emergency’ directing the City Manager to increase the city’s efforts to help prevent anticipated severe climate events by reducing the city’s contribution to global warming and provide a model for other cities and individuals.
This followed the report of the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which advised immediate action to prevent dangerous irreversible patterns such as increased flooding and droughts. The newly established U. S. Climate Emergency Council (USCEC) provided support and guidance on how to achieve it.
Joanna Herlihy, one of the organizers for the...
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April 29, 2010 - 12:31am
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September 14, 2008 - 3:06am
Below is a collection of selected stuff from websites. It may include repetitious references, as time is limited. but either refs or actual copies are quite useful and include:
dangers of nuclear power, costs, people involved, reasons for opposition or support, alternatives. There is lots of written stuff and many relevant videos.
My conclusion at this point: All forms of energy are supported by proponents who exaggerate benefits and underestimate costs, financial, political and biological. To get a real hold on the overall issue, a lot more detail on specifics of all related issues is necessary. As we are unlikely to get this research done in 2 weeks, we need to note that this is a very large & complex issue an no one interviewee has anywhere near the whole truth. More specifically:
The coal, oil & nuclear advocates point out that solar, wind & conservation account for a very small portion of current use & conclude that they will not solve the problem(s). but they do not consider that nuclear will not either without very large govt. investment and over a very long period. Such investment in renewables might very well make solar & wind competitive or...
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September 11, 2008 - 2:16pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv6mPgtay6E
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September 11, 2008 - 1:34pm
http://www.archive.org/details/Lehrer_nuclear
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September 4, 2008 - 10:42pm
On causes & solutions to Global Warming: see:
www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/2008/TwentyYearsLater_20080623.pdf
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September 4, 2008 - 10:42pm
On causes & solutions to Global Warming: see:
www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/2008/TwentyYearsLater_20080623.pdf
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August 14, 2008 - 11:03pm
Check out James Hansen of NASA & Columbia Universityhttp://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/08/12/2/a-conversation-with-james-... Video on line
on Stopping Coal Development and Limiting Nuclear; developing alternative approaches.
'Global Warming 20 years later'
Leader in advice on Global Warming
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