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ECO- WAR THE US  NEEDS TO  WIN! I was just reading how the US involvement in  wars the last 50 years or so have all  ended in abject failure.  The good news is that I know of a war that they can declare and they can  definitely win !  It was Americans who invented the light bulb, photographic film, the submarine, nuclear power, first man on moon, trans-ocean cable communication, cell phones, internet, first  flight, model  T Ford, and the list goes on and on!  They are advanced in Science and Technology.  So this is what I am suggesting- The US declares war on China, Russia, Canada  Europe, Australia , Brazil, etc. and proclaims that they can do a better job than any of those countries in tackling global overheating  by beating all these countries/ continents in the following areas-  - they can beat them at  the number of trees planted  - they  can beat them by protecting  more wild places  - they can beat  them by erecting more wind turbines  - they can beat th

Q UOTABLE QUOTE by CANADA'S LEADING ENVIRONMENTALIST AND SCIENTIST  - DAVID SUZUKI Whereas, our species once lived  lightly on Earth, today we have exploded in numbers, technological dexterity, and demand for consumer goods to such a degree that we are now co-opting much of the planet ‘s production for our use.   In the process, we deprive other species of habitat and opportunity,  and so drive them to extinction. Stanford University ecologist Paul Ehrlich’s group estimated that human beings, one species among millions, harness for our use, 40% of the net primary productivity of the planet. That is , of all the sunlight captured by plants, human beings deny a large portion of it by using it for pasture, farmland, logging and so on. “Remarkably, if we pull back and decrease or halt our assault on a given environment, nature can restore itself. We have seen life return to Lake Erie, once declared ‘dead’ from eutrophication and fish   appearing in the Ri

WHY ARE PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS  CANADA'S WORST NVASIVE SPECIES Have you heard of Phragmites australis? If you have never heard of them, you definitely have seen them invading countless places including roadsides, ditches, and wetlands. At first glance, these towering perennial clonal grasses reaching up to 5 metres skyward look impressive and rather benign - don’t let their harmless appearance fool you!   Here’s a little history- v arrived in North America at turn of century v in 1980’s began to spread aggressively v   now has a range   as far west as Manitoba, north of Sudbury,   ON and throughout Great Lakes Basin v Globally cells/patches are   found as far as 70 degrees north and as far south as New Zealand and at altitudes as high as 3, 000 metres   They are an impenetrable monoculture that is beginning to dominate wetlands while wiping the great biodiversity of native plant species.       We need to protects and preserve our wetland

  QUOTABLE QUOTE BY CANADA'S LEADING ENVIRONMENTALIST - DAVID SUZUKI “Each of us is quite literally air, water, soil, sunlight , and what  cleanses and renews these fundamental elements of life is the web of living things on the planet. Furthermore, as social and spiritual creatures , we need love and spirit to lead rich, full lives” The Sacred Balance  1997 Photos by Michelle Nickel and Gwen Petreman 

QUOTABLE QUOTES   by David Suzuki, Canada’s Leading Environmentalist   “The environment is so fundamental to our survival   and existence that it must transcend politics by becoming central in the values of all members of society” The Sacred Balance   1997 Photos by Michelle Nickel  and Gwen Petreman