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"What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves" ~Gandhi

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So, I was looking for more proof that shipping container architecture etc hooked into this, and BLAM.

Via @ntlk on twitter

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Some more on Social Justice | We need this dialog | It’s NOT Socialism | Is Social Justice a Codeword?

Let’s really talk about this NOW! “The Just Church” awaits us!

Yes, we need this dialog, even if…

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@home uses film, social media, and a smartphone game to inspire action to solve homelessness in our communities.

WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE THIS.

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Unregulated capitalism is out of control. Like a cancer, it has become “something evil or malignant that spreads destructively,” with tumors growing in several once-healthy parts of the American body. (…)

Under capitalism, fortunes accrue to a few while 47 million Americans, or one out of seven, need food assistance. Almost half of the hungry are children. For every food bank we had in 1980, we now have 200. (…)

The number of college grads working for minimum wage has doubled in five years. They may be the ‘fortunate’ ones. In 2011, about 360,000 Americans holding advanced degrees were on food stamps or some other form of public assistance. Many of them are homeless. (…)

A UNICEF study places the U.S. 22nd out of 24 OECD countries in “children’s health and well-being.” (…)

Our global poverty ranking is shameful. Despite having the second-highest average income for children among the 30 OECD countries, the U.S. ranked 27th out of 30 for child poverty. (…)

Since the recession, Fortune 500 corporations have cut their tax payments in half, even though their profits have doubled in less than ten years.

(full article at link)

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Was this blog at all inspired by the movie "Earthlings"? Or just a nice coincidence? :)

The title certainly was! It wasn’t necessarily the big inspiration for the blog itself, but it was certainly a contributor. 

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Humans destroy and wear down the very environment which we inhabit. Didja know? If insects were removed from the earth, this place would deteriorate and become stagnant. If humans were removed, the earth would flourish and return to it’s natural state! This fact always blows my mind.

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If you haven't figured it out yet, this issue is highly upsetting and a very big deal to me. 

Heartwrenching scenes as frightened animals lose habitat in Borneo

Many left starving and on brink of death by destruction of trees

Rescuers stun them with anesthetic guns and capture them in nets

Petrified and starving, a desperate orangutan clings defiantly to the last tree standing in her forest  before it is completely destroyed and turned into a palm oil plantation.

Minutes later, the majestic creature is stunned by an anesthetic gun and falls into a net, taken away by rescuers.

She was one of several orangutans saved from probable death in Borneo due to the deforestation which threatens their existence.

Scared and alone: An orangutan clings to the last tree in her forest after it was devastated by bulldozers. She was rescued along with a number of other orangutans

Brink of death: The animal is stunned and it falls into a net, before immediately being drip-fed nutrients. Many of the orangutans were found starving

Captured: Another orangutan lies in a net after being rescued. Many had resorted to eating bark as their habitat was systematically destroyed ahead of being turned into a palm oil plantation

Rescue: Weak from hunger, another orangutan is saved by rescuers in Borneo

Among those rescued were a pregnant female and a mother and baby who refused to let go of each other during their ordeal.

Rescuers from UK charity International Animal Rescue (IAR) and the local forestry department in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, moved in to save the creatures.

The frightened animals were desperately searching for food and had even resorted to eating bark from the trees they were trying to hide in.

One female orangutan was heavily pregnant, while another, who was still lactating, is thought to have had her baby snatched to be sold as a pet or killed before the rescue team arrived.

The final female was found with her scared baby clinging to her back and both were very thin from malnutrition.

On the brink: Another orangutan clings to a branch before being shot by a stun gun and saved by International Animal Rescue

Big business: Huge swathes of rainforest in Borneo are being destroyed for palm oil, which is used in processed foods and is increasingly being utilised as a bio fuel

Rescue mission: A man prepares to stun an orangutan to allow it to be taken to a nearby rescue sanctuary

All are now recovering and have since been released into a new area of forest but IAR is now urging a halt to any further land clearing because it is believed that there are other orangutans still trapped.

Karmele Llano Sanchez of IAR Indonesia said: ‘We were appalled at the condition of these orangutans.

‘All of them had gone through long periods of starvation before we rescued them.

‘The area where they were found was too small to provide them with sufficient food because the company had cleared most of the forest.

‘One of the orangutans had lost her baby, which was probably killed before the rescue team arrived.

  Weak: An orangutan is attended to by vets after being stunned. While this animal is expected to make a full recovery, many have died as a result of the deforestation

Hope: Another animal is rescued. Their desperate situation appalled International Animal Rescue, which condemned the palm oil companies for their treatment of the orangutans

‘More orangutans could die if this company does not take immediate action.’

‘It is heartbreaking to see the state of these animals.

‘They are weak from hunger and an increasingly desperate search for food.

‘The only positive note is that, on this occasion, rather than chasing them away or killing them, the palm oil company did the right thing and contacted us so we could move them to a place of safety.’

Palm oil is an ingredient found in up to half of processed foods, and is also increasingly being used as a biofuel in petrol tanks and power stations.

The expansion of oil palm plantations into high conservation value forests is recognised as a leading threat to critically endangered species including orangutans, elephants and tigers.

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And one man’s quest to bring hundreds more back.

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Study: Insecticides devastating aquatic insects

The world’s most widely used insecticide is devastating dragonflies, snails and other water-based…

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The Real Story Behind the "Monsanto Protection Act"

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and now I vomit. 

Straight from Monsanto’s website:

What we believe:

At Monsanto, we believe agriculture should be improved for the same basic reasons that medicine, engineering, architecture and computers should be improved: because human innovation is at the center of human progress.

Ha. Ha ha ha. HAHAHAHAHAHA

Dont mind me, Im just dying from laughter over here.

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GE Labeling Needed Now More Than Ever

Once again, Monsanto seems to be saying that it is so proud of its product that it doesn’t want consumers to know they are getting it …

http://ecowatch.com/2013/ge-labeling-needed-now-more-than-ever/