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ForumsTom Kruzen's facebook group: Not made in China- My children and grandchildren, all of my tools, my nursery and plants, etc.I'm starting a new facebook group, "Not made in China: My children and grandchildren, all of my tools, my nursery, plants, and my wood stoves", to help create awareness in the unaware and reinforce the awareness in others that we Americans need to begin making things here . We need to vote with our dollars here. I grow my own vegetables. When I cannot, I buy them from local farmers. I grow all the North American Native Plants from seed I collect here or in other parts of the United States. I order recycled pots or have local potters make them.
Totalitarian DemocracyThis article was published for Tom Kruzen. Published on Truthout (http://www.truth-out.org) Richard Lichtman | Friday 18 March 2011 What follows is clearly not a thoroughly articulated perspective, but a call to others to present their own understanding of the situation we face.
Local and Organic Food Specials in FayettevilleIn honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, over 20 local restaurants and bars in Fayetteville are offering organic items and Local Specials during the week of April 17-24! See the full menu at : http://ozarkslowfood.org/ed40.htm
Seed Swaps to promote agricultural biodiversity conservationSeed Swaps 2nd ANNUAL OZARK SEED SWAP TO PRESERVE
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Public’s Ability to Participate in National Forest Decisions and Challenge Unlawful RegulationsFor Immediate Release, September 29, 2008 Contacts: Matt Kenna, Western Environmental Law Center, kenna@westernlaw.org (970) 385-6941 Supreme Court to Hear Case on Public’s Ability to Participate in National Forest Decisions and Challenge Unlawful Regulations
Arkansas Public Service CommissionDoes It Do Any Good To Complain? The answer is Yes! Complaints are an important part of the Arkansas Public Service Commission's (APSC's) regulatory duties. They help us monitor utility compliance with our rules. Over 50,000 questions and complaints are handled each year by our Consumer Services Office. The APSC has the authority to investigate utility service, safety, billing, and rates. We handle complaints about service outages, connection and suspension of service, billing problems, payment arrangements, and disputed charges.
Shady Point II Coal PlantThis is a brief introduction to a new coal burning power plant proposed for eastern Oklahoma. Shady Point II: (It is "Shady" that's the Point). Shady Point and Panama are two small towns in Oklahoma about 20 miles south of I-40 near Arkansas. They are home to a 330 megawatt coal burning power plant owned by AES (Shady Point I). AES is seeking permits to build an additional plant in the same location (Shady Point II). The additional plant would be 630 megawatts.
Reducing Herbicide Use in the OzarksElectric utilities throughout the Ozarks are presently using a combination of herbicides to kill the native plants, trees, and shrubs that grow beneath the power lines throughout our region. Thousands of miles of Right of Ways (ROW’s) are being sprayed, causing harm to a wide range of species. Chemical residues from herbicides wash into area creeks, ponds, springs, wells, and groundwater.
Ozark ProseFull Moon Flood Continuous Lightening The Wind Changes Marla Bird 2008
Bats Perish, and No One Knows WhyBats Perish, and No One Knows Why By TINA KELLEY Al Hicks was standing outside an old mine in the Adirondacks, the largest bat hibernaculum, or winter resting place, in New York State. It was broad daylight in the middle of winter, and bats flew out of the mine about one a minute. Some had fallen to the ground where they flailed around on the snow like tiny wind-broken umbrellas, using the thumbs at the top joint of their wings to gain their balance.
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