Happy Earth Day everyone! Here’s some Earth Day related links for you:
Earth Day from Wikipedia
…and if you’re in Toronto come out to the street celebration and parade!
Direct Action
Have A Heart! And Possibly Two Kidneys…….
I’ve recently been thinking about getting that organ donor sticker thingie added to my health card. Especially since I just read an article that spoke a bit about the subject. Did you know that when you die your old body could save up to seven lives??? Also, many people are afraid that if they are an organ or tissue donor that this means that they will be treated less fairly at the hospital because they are seen more as potential donors than as patients deserving the best care. Not true! The doctors that care for us and the organ donor guys are usually two separate teams of people. So no doc in their right mind is going to let you die because they want your heart and possibly both kidneys. You will also not end up in a crazy scientists lab experiment and become some crazy frankenstein of organs. Although that could also be kinda cool.
Perhaps the idea sounds a tad morbid, but if my own passing could in turn save others lives then I think thats a pretty cool thing. With this form I vow to give up my guts for a good cause. I can even choose which ones I don’t feel like giving away. Although at that point at can’t see myself being too picky.
Help Save the Planet in 10 Ways
There are so many ways to save the planet that people get overwhelmed, for those of you who are lost in the goodness please keep reading. HowStuffWorks has posted a basic list of ten things you can do to save the planet.
The list is rather simple as it includes things like recycling (who doesn’t?) and not buying bottled water.
It’s good to remind ourselves that there are simple everyday things we can do to protect the planet.
Voting for REAL Action on Climate Change
In Vancouver, a blogger of the informative DeSmogBlog saw a sign that read “Next Election I’m Voting for REAL Action on Climate Change – Please Reduce Emissions Now”. Voters Taking Action on Climate Change’ (VTACC) is a grassroots organization that is putting their vote where they live (within the climate).
VTACC are based in Vancouver, but let’s hope that they encourage other groups to start up!
His group is called ‘Voters Taking Action on Climate Change’ (VTACC) and it’s made up of a group of local neighbourhood residents who are concerned about global warming and are calling for political action on reducing emissions.
Weapons Make for Neat Looking Furniture
In Cambodia, some weapons are being turned into furniture. I like this idea of repurposing old machines of death into useful things for everyday use. It’s a great sign of human creativity. Although I do wonder how comfortable that chair is.
Don’t forget that there is always coffee machines made from old weapon casings.
After more than 30 years of civil war, ending in 1998, the Cambodian gouvernment destroyed 125,000 weapons across the country. In this time (name withheld by request), a small arms specialist with the European Union, and British artist (a different name withheld) saw an opportunity, and decided to create The Peace Art Project Cambodia (PAPC) in November 2003. The Peace Art Project Cambodia was a sculpture project turning weapons into art as expressions of peace.