At first I thought the whole "Green is Universal" campaign was brilliant. But then today I was watching The Today Show, as they televised from a helicopter the truck bringing the 84 foot tree to Rockefeller Center, an annual tradition. In my opinion NBC and Universal blew it. This being the 75th anniversary of the tree, Universal could have made a real statement. They could have said and probably should have said no tree. Or they could have made a huge display of living trees that could show how to celebrate an environmentally aware Christmas. Then after Christmas planted those trees in some of the burned out forests of California or elsewhere.
The reporters said the Rockefeller Center tree was cut down in an environmentally sound way, they used an ax instead of a chainsaw. Also, they planned to use LED lights instead of incandescent lights. So all is environmentally good. Amazing!
Instead of capping off a great week of environmental awareness with a statement, they capped it with a big environmental blunder! Thanks NBC and Universal.
Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Friday, November 09, 2007
Catch Limits for Sharks
See the full article here.
Ocean Conservancy calls for action on sharks:
Ocean Conservancy has urged the US government to present a shark conservation proposal at the upcoming annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in Turkey. Our requests included an anti-finning requirement that sharks be landed with their fins attached and the establishment of catch limits on North Atlantic mako and porbeagle sharks. "This November, the member countries of ICCAT have an opportunity to
adopt the world's first international catch limits for sharks," said Sonja Fordham, Ocean Conservancy's Shark Conservation Program Director who will serve on the US delegation to the ICCAT meeting. "The porbeagle shark, in particular, as one of the Atlantic's most endangered fish, deserves full and immediate protection." Members can help by contacting their government representatives and requesting a high priority for shark conservation at ICCAT.
For more on sharks, visit: www.oceanconservancy.org/sharks
Ocean Conservancy calls for action on sharks:
Ocean Conservancy has urged the US government to present a shark conservation proposal at the upcoming annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in Turkey. Our requests included an anti-finning requirement that sharks be landed with their fins attached and the establishment of catch limits on North Atlantic mako and porbeagle sharks. "This November, the member countries of ICCAT have an opportunity to
adopt the world's first international catch limits for sharks," said Sonja Fordham, Ocean Conservancy's Shark Conservation Program Director who will serve on the US delegation to the ICCAT meeting. "The porbeagle shark, in particular, as one of the Atlantic's most endangered fish, deserves full and immediate protection." Members can help by contacting their government representatives and requesting a high priority for shark conservation at ICCAT.
For more on sharks, visit: www.oceanconservancy.org/sharks
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Protecting Sharks
Oceana.org and WildAid.org have release a report on the factors affecting shark survival. The report can be found here. Some of the background information includes solutions;
"Five Things You Can Do to Help Save Sharks
Sharks are being caught at unsustainable levels due to the high demand for their fins, liver oil, and meat. Shark populations globally are in trouble but there are things you can do to help.
Some may ask, what is sustainably caught seafood and how do I know what I am getting. First download the Seafood Watch Pocket Guide from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. While you are at it join the aquarium, if for no other reason than to help fund the work the marine biologists are doing to better understand sharks. For instance did you know that most larger shark species do not become sexually mature until they 25 years old? We need to know more.
Join the Fight
If you can not make it the Monterey Bay Aquarium, join an aquarium in your area, or join an environmental awareness organization, or do all of the above!
Write Letters
You can also write your politicians. Vote for only environmentally aware politicians. Decisions made today may not affect you. But if you have kids, those decisions will affect them.
Hug a "Tree-Hugger"
This reminds me of a line in the movie "The American President", where the President finally fights back and defends his girl-friend's membership in the ACLU. The line is something along the line of "... this is an organization that defends our civil liberties. The question is not why is she a member? But rather why aren't you!" Why are ALL not Tree-Huggers?
"Tree-huggers" get a lot of flack. But the question is why are we all not tree huggers. Is the planet really not that important to you? Do you know your carbon footprint is? Mine is 22,308. The average person in the US is 19,000 obviously I have some work to do. World wide this number is 4,000. But this is a topic for another post.
"Five Things You Can Do to Help Save Sharks
Sharks are being caught at unsustainable levels due to the high demand for their fins, liver oil, and meat. Shark populations globally are in trouble but there are things you can do to help.
- Do not eat shark fin soup.
- Only eat sustainably caught seafood.
- Do not purchase cosmetic products if they have the ingredient squalene or squalane from sharks.
- Write to your congressman to ask them to help protect sharks.
- Help correct people's misconceptions about sharks-sharks don't hunt humans!
Some may ask, what is sustainably caught seafood and how do I know what I am getting. First download the Seafood Watch Pocket Guide from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. While you are at it join the aquarium, if for no other reason than to help fund the work the marine biologists are doing to better understand sharks. For instance did you know that most larger shark species do not become sexually mature until they 25 years old? We need to know more.
Join the Fight
If you can not make it the Monterey Bay Aquarium, join an aquarium in your area, or join an environmental awareness organization, or do all of the above!
Write Letters
You can also write your politicians. Vote for only environmentally aware politicians. Decisions made today may not affect you. But if you have kids, those decisions will affect them.
Hug a "Tree-Hugger"
This reminds me of a line in the movie "The American President", where the President finally fights back and defends his girl-friend's membership in the ACLU. The line is something along the line of "... this is an organization that defends our civil liberties. The question is not why is she a member? But rather why aren't you!" Why are ALL not Tree-Huggers?
"Tree-huggers" get a lot of flack. But the question is why are we all not tree huggers. Is the planet really not that important to you? Do you know your carbon footprint is? Mine is 22,308. The average person in the US is 19,000 obviously I have some work to do. World wide this number is 4,000. But this is a topic for another post.
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