environmentalists unite

chadwick
chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
edited April 2012 in A Moving Train
we are here. we care. what can we do? let's do something for the planet and wildlife. i want to plant trees. where can a guy purchase and plant trees? can i plant trees by donating them to state park and forest land, as i don't have much land?

what gets you good folks wound up? cigarette butt littering makes me want to hurt the litterer. i love redwood trees and the like. maybe you have a story of when you saw the redwoods? are you a student aiming at environmental science classes and have some facts for us?

anyone have info on ed being enviromentalist of the year(which year)? or is this a rumor?
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  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Here's the problem, i love the enviroment, i hate people, so uniting...not gona happen.
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Here's the problem, i love the enviroment, i hate people, so uniting...not gona happen.
    planting trees by yourself is uniting even when alone. we're doing better by the planet and nature by caring for the earth and things.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    I try and do everything I can for the environment... for example:

    Collect litter when I see it and normally 'have words' with those who drop it openly in the street.
    Use only recycled toilet tissue and kitchen paper.
    Use only environmentally sound cleaning products such as washing up liquid and washing tablets for clothes.
    I'm a vegetarian due to my disgust at the mass production of meat and the general attitude towards animals.
    I recycle what I can in my household waste.
    I support Sustrans by giving a monthly donation: http://www.sustrans.org.uk/
    I walk when I can and promote car sharing and public transport.
    I turn off any electrical product not in use.
    I have a second hand/recycled wedding dress and our decorations have been collected from nature.
    I compost waste that can be composted...

    etc etc.

    If I could have a self sufficient house with solar panels, compost toilet and firewood heating, I would :D
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    I just bought a wood stove that is 90% efficient ... although the "environmental" impact was secondary to the high cost of heating oil. ;) I'm looking forward to staying toasty this winter!
    Be Excellent To Each Other
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    In the US, I would contact my state's forestry service to see if they give out seedlings of native trees and shrubs to plant....I got some river birch and beauty-berry this past from a forestry service event.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • whygohome
    whygohome Posts: 2,305
    http://www.arborday.org/

    Check out the Arbor Day Foundation. When I donated some money last year, they sent me 10 trees (saplings). Since I rent, I gave them to the county parks dept.
  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
    Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
    Earth First!
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Here's the problem, i love the enviroment, i hate people, so uniting...not gona happen.

    Oh yeah man, but we love you, you cute little misanthropic BinuralJam. ;)

    Seriously, this is a thought. I love the people in my life and I love the idea of loving you people even though I can't really say that I do because I don't really know you well enough to say that....BUT...

    I also harbor a little tendancy toward the misanthropic but much in the way, say, Paul Westerberg states it- with a mixture of tenderness and bitterness:

    "So don't pin your hopes
    Or pin your dreams
    On misanthropes
    And guys like me.
    Well the truth is over-rated I suppose.
    It's a Wonderful Lie
    But I'll still get by
    On those.
    It's a Wonderful Lie..."

    It's just that there are too many of us. No, I'm not at all for that spiteful and hateful "let's all die diatribe". Love and Only Love, baby. Just keep your love in check enough to help us ease off this great planet that supports us. Want three kids? Adopt a couple- there's plenty to go around.

    Sorry- don't mean to preach here- it's just that I witnessed a literal stream of big trucks carting off huge shit-load after huge shit-load of Sierra mountain granite in the name of "progress"- some bullshit road project intended to "invigorate the economy" but forget about the environment- you know it's just rocks (and a few trees, squirrels, Douglas fir, dogwoods, Blue Columbine, Orange Bush Monkeyflowers, etc).

    So what did I do about it? I dragged my scruffy butt over 5 miles of well established trail and remembered that there is still life out there worth protecting. Locally, we have, among others, ENFIA (the El Dorado National Forest Interpretive Assosiation) and ARC (the American River Conservancy). I'm sure you have something similar in your area.

    And my usual plugs for 350.org, Natrual Resources Defense Council, Greenpeace and The Nature Conservancy.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Claireack
    Claireack Posts: 13,561
    I do what I can when I can. Also hubby works for a Solar Power company now.

    There are lots of organisations that you can get involved in, as well as doing your bit privately;

    http://www.foei.org/
    http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/

    :)
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    FiveB247x wrote:
    Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
    Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
    Earth First!
    The thread is for environmentalist to unite, not extremest to unite.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    chadwick wrote:
    we are here. we care. what can we do? let's do something for the planet and wildlife. i want to plant trees. where can a guy purchase and plant trees? can i plant trees by donating them to state park and forest land, as i don't have much land?

    Arborday.org usually has deals and are pretty cheap if you want to buy trees. or go to your local garden center, but they can be pricey. I buy trees for our property through the county's tree nursery, and in the spring your state DEC dept may have a seedling sale.
    Contact your local state parks and ask what you can do to help, I'm sure they'd let you do something. But the time to do it is either now, or in the spring.
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    we've given 'gift trees' in the past for customers and loved ones ...
    a nice way to honor those who have passed or as a living gift for a holiday
    or birthday

    numerous sites now to order from and you can track your tree and visit it too!

    "Hi, little tree" :D
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    brianlux wrote:
    Oh yeah man, but we love you, you cute little misanthropic BinuralJam. ;)


    I am Cute
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    BinauralJam wrote:
    brianlux wrote:
    Oh yeah man, but we love you, you cute little misanthropic BinuralJam. ;)


    I am Cute
    :D
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    Jason P wrote:
    FiveB247x wrote:
    Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
    Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
    Earth First!
    The thread is for environmentalist to unite, not extremest to unite.

    i watched a documentary on paul watson (former original greenpeace member and founder of the sea shepherd foundation) ...

    and i'm beginning to rethink the non-violence movement ... now, i don't mean violence against people ... but i think that property is on the table ... so, if a ship is killing whales illegally somewhere ... mucking up their prop is fair game in lieu of any real enforcement ...
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    polaris_x wrote:

    i watched a documentary on paul watson (former original greenpeace member and founder of the sea shepherd foundation) ...

    and i'm beginning to rethink the non-violence movement ... now, i don't mean violence against people ... but i think that property is on the table ... so, if a ship is killing whales illegally somewhere ... mucking up their prop is fair game in lieu of any real enforcement ...
    I think Sea Shepard is better at destroying their own boats then the whalers. It's a good thing Bob Barker has deep pockets. ;)

    That group ranks very high on my unintentional comedy scale and I always look forward to new reports on their hi-jinks.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    Jason P wrote:
    I think Sea Shepard is better at destroying their own boats then the whalers. It's a good thing Bob Barker has deep pockets. ;)

    That group ranks very high on my unintentional comedy scale and I always look forward to new reports on their hi-jinks.

    :lol: ... they do go thru a bunch of boats ... but they have impeded whalers and in essence saved many whales/dolphins from death ... so, i'm sure they feel its well worth it ...
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    polaris_x wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    I think Sea Shepard is better at destroying their own boats then the whalers. It's a good thing Bob Barker has deep pockets. ;)

    That group ranks very high on my unintentional comedy scale and I always look forward to new reports on their hi-jinks.

    :lol: ... they do go thru a bunch of boats ... but they have impeded whalers and in essence saved many whales/dolphins from death ... so, i'm sure they feel its well worth it ...
    I don't have any sympathy for the Japanese whalers, that's for sure.

    Also, as a reminder, don't forget to have your pets spayed or neutered.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Don't Reproduce.
  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    Glad to see someone gets the message.
    polaris_x wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    FiveB247x wrote:
    Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
    Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
    Earth First!
    The thread is for environmentalist to unite, not extremest to unite.

    i watched a documentary on paul watson (former original greenpeace member and founder of the sea shepherd foundation) ...

    and i'm beginning to rethink the non-violence movement ... now, i don't mean violence against people ... but i think that property is on the table ... so, if a ship is killing whales illegally somewhere ... mucking up their prop is fair game in lieu of any real enforcement ...
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
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