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Dear Readers,
Welcome to our February issue of the Isla Earth
Radio Series e-Digest.
Jigsaw Puzzle. The Sirenia may
not be the sirens or mermaids of sailor lore,
but they are
endearing and to know them is to love them.
Put together
the jigsaw puzzle to see one of these
creatures yourself. Just click here.
| Safe Sex For Salamanders |
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Salamanders have a problem in Amherst,
Massachusetts. They need to quite literally
cross the road
to reach pools to mate each year. A hazardous
journey, to say
the least. So, the humans of Amherst extended
a helping
hand.
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| Polluted Penguin Poo |
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You might be surprised to learn that those
contaminants
being poured down a drain here could
impact penguins there, in the
antarctic. Scientists have
been digging up the proof, or rather the
poo, and uncovering some unsettling facts.
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| A Second Life For Your Old Cell Phone |
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Did you know that there are more than 213
million cell
phones in use today in just the United States?
Unfortunately, at least 150,000 of them are
tossed into
drawers, or worse, into the trash. Here's a
way to give that phone a second life.
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| Don't Be Fuelish, Do The Math |
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The European Union has set a target of having
ten percent of gas and diesel come from
renewable resources by 2020. Is it doable?
British scientists suggest "do the math."
Hint, it doesn't quite add up.
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| Peace Parks |
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It preserves critical biodiversity and boosts
the local economy. What is it? Peace parks.
A new book written by experts on global
conservation takes a look at an idea that
could benefit people and creatures alike.
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| Support Isla Earth today through your Amazon.com purchases |
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Americans are voting with their feet to
abandon
strip malls and suburban sprawl, embracing
instead
a new type of community where they can live,
work,
shop, and play within easy walking distance.
In The
Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American
Dream author Christopher B. Leinberger
explains
why government policies have tilted the
playing field
toward one form of development over the last
sixty
years: the drivable suburb...Highlighting
both the
challenges and the opportunities for this
type of
development, Leinberger shows how the American
Dream is shifting to include cities as well
as suburbs
and how the financial and real estate
communities
need to respond to build communities that are
more
environmentally, socially, and financially
sustainable. Amazon.com
Order The
Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New
American Dream today!
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KWMR 90.5 & 89.7 FM
West Marin County, California
"Isla Earth's range of topics is stimulating:
from Eco-Mayors to Sod Roofs to Cow Dung
Fueling Cars.
The
series is thoughtfully produced, and an
enriching
element in our Morning Shows, News and
Environmental Programming."-Lyons Filmer,
Program Director. .
Find a station
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CONNECT with Nature and Conservation
efforts in West Marin County...
The Marin Chapter, California Native Plant Society is a non-profit organization of amateurs
and
professionals united by an interest in the
plants of
California. Its principal aims are to
preserve the native
flora and to add to the knowledge of members
and the
public at large. It seeks to accomplish these
goals in
a number of ways.
The Marin
Conservation League began in the mid-1930s
when a few energetic Marin citizens, alarmed
that the
new bridge from San Francisco might bring a
wave of
sprawling development which would harm Marin's
natural assets, formed what is now the Marin
Conservation League. Starting with its work
to have
the County enact its first zoning ordinance,
the organization has
been in the forefront of efforts to protect
Marin's natural
areas and recreational assets.
The Salmon
Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN) works to protect endangered salmon in the
Lagunitas
Watershed, and the environment on which we all
depend. SPAWN uses a multi-faceted approach to
accomplish their mission including grassroots
action,
habitat restoration, policy development,
research and
monitoring, citizen training, environmental
education,
strategic litigation, and collaboration with
other
organizations and agencies. Salmon are keystone
species of coastal streams and rivers of the
West,
and their protection is intimately tied to
the health of
the watersheds where they spawn.
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