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Our Next Meeting “ Coal Country ” 7:00 p.m., November 19, 2009 Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 S. Peoria Ave.
The environment The Tulsa Green Directory is now available. Containing over 700 local listings interested in serving the Tulsa area, this directory is the place to find the very best from energy efficient architecture to farmer's markets to healthy living. On sale at Whole Foods for $2.00 Thoughts on a sustainable future What if small houses where fashionable? What's happening in your zip code, or any other? To keep up with the latest on our environment. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, RAW, at: http://www.sierraclub.org/raw |
Now's a good time to eat organic. More research indicates a link between pesticide consumption and Parkinson's disease. More info here "Buy fresh, Buy local" comes to Green Country Anti-biotics in your veggies - New research indicates that plants that have been fertilized with manure often pickup anti-biotics that are fed to the animals. Nearly 70% of the anti-biotics produced end up in livestock feed. Their manure is then spread on pasture and row crops, including organic vegatables. More info here.Soil: The Roots of Sustainable Agriculture Taking Care of What We've Been Given - an interview with author Wendell Berry FRESH ORGANIC FOODS THAT FIGHT CANCER
When should we compromise our environment - the health of our land? Energy How green is the final economic recovery bill?
Stimulus package includes a passenger rail line from Tulsa to Dallas and San Antonio What a great weekend trip! Alaska sets a goal of suppling 50% of its energy from sustainable sources by 2025 using wind, tidal and hydro power. Application for coal power plant in Oklahoma withdrawn. Tulsa World says energy conservation incentives used in most other states can more than make up the difference. Spending cut on Yucca mountain nuclear waste repository until better technology is found. Researchers in Italy have high hopes for a new wind-power generator that resembles a backyard drying rack on steroids. Despite its appearance, the Kite Wind Generator, or KiteGen for short, could produce as much energy as a nuclear power plant. Until building new nuclear power plants becomes economically viable without government subsidies, and the nuclear industry demonstrates it can further reduce the continuing security and environmental risks of nuclear power—including the misuse of nuclear materials for weapons and radioactive contamination from nuclear aste—expanding nuclear power is not a sound strategy for diversifying America’s energy portfolio and reducing global warming pollution. WSJ article says US corporations are learning that energy efficiency pays A new mechanism to harness wave power will be tested off the California coast. |
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