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West By Northwest
Voices of the Northwest
A Summer Solstice Sonnet
William S. Gregory
Oregon playwright and poet William S. Gregory celebrates summer with this offering. May your gladness be a beacon, sip deep before you sleep... Midsummer joys make our hearts leap. Bee and Mallow photo by Patrick Hudson -a feature at WxNW.org
Jun 25, 2008
Voices of Spencer Creek
Spencer Creek Storybook: Remembering Mother's Day at the Longhouse, and Not Up, Up and Away
Lois Barton
When you reach a certain age you begin to realize life is not an achievement, it is an adventure. Not a goal but a journey to celebrate. Lois Barton share two adventures with us: Mother's Day at the U of O Longhouse and a hot air balloon trip. Looking at the basket..."It was woven of suitable looking 'grassy' material and seemed to be deep enough that wed be shoulder high standing in it. There was no visible gate or door to get in so I wondered how that would be accomplished..." And "A hot fire of burning wood was surrounded in a half-circle by stakes about three feet tall to which, on the fire side, half salmon were attached and roasting." -a feature at WxNW.org
Jun 25, 2008
Voices of the Nation
Drilling Instinct
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Here in the Northwest with gas approaching $5 a gallon and a coastline to protect we see the game continue to ... "Blaming environmentalists for high energy prices, never mind the evidence, has been a hallmark of the Bush administration. Thus, in 2001 Dick Cheney attributed the California electricity crisis to environmental regulations that, he claimed, were blocking power-plant construction. He completely missed the real story, which was that energy companies probably some of the same companies that participated in his secret task force, which was supposed to be drawing up a national energy strategy were driving up prices by deliberately withholding electricity from the market." -with a link to The New York Times
Jun 25, 2008
Environment in the News
Germany and France Ban Pesticides Linked To Bee Deaths; Geneticist Urges U.S. Ban
Envirnomental News Network
"Now most apiarists and scientists realize that pesticides are a factor in CCD...come less than a month after Germany's ban of clothianidin, a pesticide commonly used to keep insects off of corn crops. Germany banned the pesticide after heaps of dead bees were found near fields of corn coated in the pesticide, and in response to scientists who report that the insecticide severely impairs, and often kills, the honeybees that corn and other crops depend on for pollination... The German government took the extraordinary action to protect bees and other essential pollinators, stating that there is now enough compelling evidence connecting the chemical to Bee Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in that country." -with a link to ENN.com
Jun 25, 2008
Voices for the World
Remembering Crisis Darfur and The World Games
Bernard-Henri Levy
The Olympic Games are meant to foster world peace but "...There is one actor in this terrible game, who has huge power, and can do a lot if it wants. This actor is China. China is the one [that] provides the weapons which I saw and which made these big craters from bombs. China provides the weapons. China buys a big portion of the oil. China protects the Sudanese regime in the Security Council of the United Nations. So the real pressure, the most efficient pressure should be and is still today the pressure on China. And we have a tool, as you know, on China. We have a real weapon, which would prove to be very efficient if we tried. It has been tried for a few days about Tibet. It has already given results: the resuming of the dialogue with the Dalai Lama. It should be implemented [against] the Darfur tragedy, [and it] is the weapon of a boycott of the Olympic Games..." including remarkable photos- with a link to Guernica Mag.com
Jun 25, 2008
Best of the Web
Green Light on Washington: Blogs from FCNL
Ned Stowe and Friends
"The Phone Is Ringing Now. Who Will Answer It? The next crisis is already here. Only it is not another armed attack by violent extremists. It is a much bigger threat. It is a threat not just to the U.S., but to all of humanity, far bigger than al Qaeda, Iran, and North Korea combined. Dangerous climate change, if unchecked now, will make today's security challenges seem small compared the mounting crises that humanity will likely face by mid-century and beyond... Climate change is threatening human security today." Visit a great, new, interactive blog at Friends Committee on National Legislation. a link to Green Light
Apr 22, 2008
Voices of Spencer Creek
Joy of Living: Busy Birdie Day
Edie Self
From her armchair, nature observer and writer Edie Self reports on the bird activities on a typical, early spring day near the river here in the Willamette Valley.In honor of Earth Day we bring you a little bit of the joy of living: "I wonder whether the heavy frosts followed by sunny days have already turned those berries alcoholic so early in the year." With a link in the photo to The Seattle Audubon Society's Bird Web site. Enjoy! a feature at WxNW.org
Apr 22, 2008
Voices of Spencer Creek
Spencer Creek Storybook: A Rainbow Quilt, and Maple Syrup?
Lois Barton
The new name for this section will eventually be a new project of WxWN.org. Meanwhile, enjoy the true tales of Lois and her talented family: "In 2004 Margie replaced the thirty-year old Viking machine with a Baby Lock embroidery machine. The upstairs bedroom in that log house has been converted into an ergonomic studio with cutting, ironing, assembly facilities, including a large design wall. Margie is noted for artistic use of color, design and patterns the skill for which is undoubtedly inherited from her quilting grandmother." And..."a red breasted sapsucker was absorbed in drinking the sap from several holes hed drilled through the bark." a two for one feature at WxNW.org
Apr 18, 2008
Voices for the World
Tigerland
Caroline Alexender
A journey through the mangrove forest of Bengal:" 'If the Sundarbans goes under, the tiger episode on earth is over,' Kushal said, a belief shared by many authorities. The plight of tigers worldwide is critical, with the most optimistic estimates positing a population of between thirty-three hundred and forty-three hundred. Some four hundred tigers are cautiously estimated to inhabit the combined Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh... From time to time, we passed solitary women trudging through the water near the shoreline, pulling nets behind them as they trawled for prawn seed. This practice, introduced in the past twenty years or so, has disastrously reduced prawn and other fish populations, and the constant pacing along the fragile shore by the women and children who drag the nets has contributed to erosion. In their flowing saris, the women presented picturesque silhouettes that belied the danger of their work, up to ten hours a day waist high in the murky water. As many as ten fatal crocodile attacks are documented each year..."-with a thanks and a link to The New Yorker
Apr 18, 2008
Voices of Peace
Call to Pope to Truly Preach Gospel of Peacemaking
Bishop Gumbleton and Frank Cordaro and 1250 others
We waited until the reports came in of the Pope's speech to the United Nations. Not yet has he not spoken words that any good diplomat could utter:"Five years later, how much more reason you have to call for an immediate end to this war, and to refuse to meet with the President of the United States until that is accomplished." thanks to Institute for Public Accuracy
Apr 18, 2008
Voices of Peace
Inventing a Word for Trauma: Adrien Niyongabo and the Trauma Healing and Reconcilliation Service
Lois Barton with Helen Park
As we mark the sad, 5th anniversary year of US occupation in Iraq, we think of all the people who have needlessly suffered. This story gives hope that after terrible and tragic events, healing from trauma is possible. This speaker from Burundi says: "Post-traumatic stress disorder is epidemic in those countries affected by the genocide, but the languages did not even have a word for trauma. People described such terrible symptoms and experiences that the word was coined for trauma that could be literally translated as 'to take out your heart and put it back upside down.' " a feature at WxNW.org
Mar 20, 2008
Voices of the Northwest
The RG's Porter/Mickey Exchange Over BLM's Western Oregon Plan Revision
Sam Porter and Ross Mickey
"But the BLM is required to comply with the Endangered Species Act to 'provide the means whereby the ecosystems upon which an endangered species depends may be conserved.' And although this crucial and ecologically insightful NFMA regulation 'to maintain all native vertebrate species in a viable state across their ranges' is not legally binding on the BLM, that agency should"...and the reply from Ross Mickey, the Western Oregon Manager for American Forest Resource Council. And Porter's second letter in reply. a feature at WxNW.org and a thanks to Sam Porter and the RG
Mar 20, 2008
Voices of the Northwest
The LNG/Pipeline Conversation
Sha Spady
Oregon Public Broadcasting has a new call-in show called Think Out Loud covering regional issues. This thoughtful writer replied:"Simply put the LNG/No LNG issue is a classic example of the meeting of conflicting paradigms: the pre-21st century 'Human Entitlement' paradigm vs. the 21st Century 'Sustainability' paradigm." with a link to OPB's Think Out Loud
Mar 20, 2008
Environment in the News
LNG Terminal Carries Long-term Threats
Don B. Henning
"I cannot understand why 'the fix' appears to be in for proposals to site LNG facilities on the Columbia when similar proposals have been rejected for good reasons in California, Washington and Mexico... It appears large vested private money interests are behind these proposals to create an entirely new bulk energy importation stream for interstate markets and that these business interests will continue to push these plans forward without due regard to the welfare or safety of Oregons citizens, environment and economies." with a link to the Hilsboro Argus/oldnorthcoastoregon.com
Mar 20, 2008
Environment in the News
West Coast Salmon Season Imperiled by Low Stocks
David B. Wood, The Christian Science Monitor
"Dave Bitts, a Eureka-based salmon trawler for more than 30 years, says he could lose half his yearly income, and coastal towns from Oregon to the Mexico border will lose a mainstay of their economy and culture. Savina Duran, manager of Sea Harvest restaurant in Moss Landing, Calif., says diners will have to forgo a hot-ticket menu choice wild, fresh, local salmon for cheaper, farm-grown varieties from elsewhere. Steve Scheiblauer, harbor master for Monterey, Calif., says the town could lose the quaintness of a coastal California fishing village as fleets of fishing boats disappear from the harbor. Their concerns come with the cutback and possible shutdown of ocean salmon fishing in California and Oregon. It could happen because US government assessments showed the spawning chinook at half the minimum number needed for current statewide industry demand. A total shutdown of salmon fishing one of three options to be decided by April 6 would be the biggest fishing closure in West Coast history, experts say..." with a link to The Christian Science Monitor
Mar 20, 2008
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