Save the Earth? Why?
A few days ago on April 22, Canada celebrated Earth Day, with events organized all around the country. The charitable organization behind these events describes their mission as "To improve the state of the environment by empowering and helping Canadians to take positive environmental action."
We all agree that the Earth is worth saving. It's...... >Read More
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This Week on TheLife.com (April 24 2009)
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Street Level - Caring for the Environment
Depletion of the earth's resources and global warming are just two reasons why we might want to take better care of the environment. In our latest Street Level video interviews,...... >Read More
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Street Level - Caring for the Environment
Depletion of the earth's resources and global warming are just two reasons why we might want to take better care of the environment. We asked some people what changes they have made in their lives to go green, and whether these changes will actually make a difference.
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Is taking better care of our environment a priority in...... >Read More
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Our Time-Consuming Addiction
142.
According to Nielsen Media Research, that's the number of hours an average American family spends watching television every month. Which means a TV is spitting out shows, advertisements and noise for 8 hours and 18 minutes of every single day.
142 hours. I can't even comprehend how ridiculous that is. Heroes, Grey's Anatomy, Chuck, House,...... >Read More
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Street Level - Earth Day
In this edition of Street Level, we asked people what they have done to better the environment.
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Do you think caring for the environment is important? And do you think our efforts are actually making a difference?... >Read More
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New Sins: The Vatican adds to the list
They say there’s nothing new under the sun, but just yesterday the Vatican added several new sins to the list. You’re probably familiar with the seven deadly sins -- lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride. In addition to being taught in catechism classes around the world you’ll find them in movies, comic...... >Read More
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A novel approach to solving environmental problems
The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT) has a motto: "May we live long and die out." Their website claims that human beings have consistently done terrible damage to this planet, and therefore the human race should stop breeding and gradually die out. This is called an "encouraging alternative to the callous exploitation and...... >Read More
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Eating Down the Fridge
Recently my husband and I had his sister and her husband over... >more
G-8 Summit Tackles Climate Change
The G8 leaders summit is an annual gathering of eight of the... >more
Love can be dangerous
