I mentioned last week that Doug and I went to the California Academy of Sciences. (CAS) Well…I’m still thinking about all that I saw and learned. I thought I would do a little series on Sustainability Made Simple: Everyday choices we can make to protect the planet’s future. But really, they are everyday choices that protect the planet so that we, as humans, and animals and all living life, have a future. The planet will most likely survive no matter what we do to it. But the question is: “Will we?” I think we all know the answer to that one.

So…how do we make sustainability simple? Thank to CAS, they made it simple, and I’m going to share it with you. First a little background about CAS and their mission:

Since 1853, The California Academy of Sciences has been devoted to increasing knowledge about the extraordinary diversity of life on this planet. Their mission is an unwavering dedication to environmental awareness and action. Through their exhibits, programs, and ongoing research, CAS is committed to educating the public about the many challenges that we face today in terms of our planet’s environment.

So back to answering the question of how we make sustainability simple. CAS defines sustainability as: “Meeting current human needs without endangering our descendants. There is a broad scientific consensus that our current environmental demands are unsustainable, causing climate change, degradation of natural habitats, loss of species, and shortages of essential resources.”

In order to take action we need to become informed about how we can reduce our impact on the earth, by making smart choices about the everyday things that we do that affect our planet.

In each of the series, CAS is going to help you make sustainable changes in your life easily and simply. In each of the series there are several categories and each has three steps, progressing from the simplest to the most complex.  Sustainability can start with a single change: Try one out. Once you see how easy it is, hopefully you’ll be motivated to try others.

Part 1 of this series is about Getting Around: We all need to get around, but the damage being caused by vehicle emissions is serious. The following changes will reduce your global warming emissions, and can help keep you fit at the same time.

Choosing your mode:

1. Walk or ride your bike for short trips.  (Doug and I rode bikes to the grocery store the other day. It took a bit longer but it felt great to pedal in the sun knowing that we were doing something good for the planet and for ourselves.)
2. Commute using public transportation or by carpooling.
3. Consider purchasing a hybrid, or a fuel-efficient compact car.

Driving Habits:

1. Conserve gas by driving the speed limit.
2. Turn off your engine rather than idling when you are still for more than a few minutes. ( I remember reading an article where a mother encouraged all parents to turn off their engines while waiting to pick up their children from school. It is amazing just how many emissions are let loose from 20 or 30 idling cars waiting for 15 minutes to pick up their kids.)
3. Open your windows when going slowly; close your windows and switch on the A/C when on the freeway.

Vehicle Maintenance:

1. Keep your tires inflated to their proper pressure. It will increase your gas mileage.
2. Check and replace your air filters regularly. It will reduce harmful emissions.
3. Get regular tune-ups. It is beneficial for both mileage and emission reduction

Heading Out Of Town:

1. Reduce the number of business trips you take. Use teleconferencing whenever possible.
2. Take the train or bus instead of flying or driving. If you have to fly, fly direct when possible.
3. Purchase verified carbon offsets. Carbon offsets fund environmental projects that reduce global warming emissions, including wind farms or solar energy installations.

That’s it for Part 1 of the series. What do ya think? Doable yes? Now… go out and do what you can. Thanks :)

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Sophie, Al, Anna, and the rest: Sorry about the photo yesterday. It is fixed now.

Sophie: I just met a few people last night who were on their way to Australia. I have been to Indonesia many times but never made it to Australia. Would love to – thanks for the invite.

Northan:  My pleasure. Thanks for the kind words. I never for a moment think that what I say doesn’t bring up some controversy, nor that I am everyone’s pin-up girl. :) That’s just life. I wish you and the boys safety in Iraq.

Peace & Love: “Live it, Give it”.

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Good morning….. How is every one doing?

I know I mentioned to Ruth yesterday that I was busy and that when tuning in to my blog the question always arises, “Okay, is this going to be an easy morning for me or??” Well….after seeing only two comments this morning, the answer is “Yes.”

Anna: Hafa Adai. I have no idea why it was so difficult to get in but thanks for informing me, and recognizing that it isn’t my fault. I thought all of my readers were just giving me an easy morning this morning :) Anyway, how are you doing? I don’t know about the rest of the world, but in our neck of the woods it felt like a typhoon was over our head last night. I’ve rarely seen the winds blow as they did. Mother Earth is sweeping her shirt. I can’t even imagine what it must be like living on the islands.

I’m posting this article that I found. It’s an overview of the impact of these typhoons. It saddens me to see death and destruction. Our world is going through enough challenges right now.

To all of my islander readers: I’m thinking of you and wishing you and your families safety. I hope that all of you are able to reach the storm shelters, and that a quick return to your homes, to some state of normalcy, happens soon.  If you’re having troubles communicating to your peeps because of the state of the weather, feel free to use my blog to connect. I hope that the channels are free flowing today.

Islanders evacuate as typhoons surge

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Laura:  I had one of my closet friends read my article yesterday and tell me that she has been having trouble with her mat in her Prius too. She too hadn’t even heard of the recall. So I’m glad that she, as well as you, saw my write before anything dire happened.  I am so happy that your mother is safe.

Ah..I see more comments are flowing in

Penny: I am so sorry to hear that your medical bills are near bankrupting you. It is just not right that we don’t have a system that takes care of our own….a system that supports our life, not one that threatens it. hang in there. I hope something comes through for you and others unfortunately in your same situation.

Peter: No worries.  How are you doing? Hafa Adai.

Clark: My pleasure. Happy to hear I have acquired a new reader. Welcome!

Readers: Have a safe Sunday where ever you happen to be!

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Good Morning – This article was brought to my attention and I am grateful that it was. I have quite a few friends who own a Toyota Prius, amongst other hybrids, so I hope that you are reading my blog today. That goes to all of my readers too.  This little didley of knowledge could save your life.  Please pass it on.

DETROIT — Toyota said on Tuesday that it would recall 3.8 million vehicles because a floor mat could cause the accelerator pedal to become stuck. But for now, the automaker and federal officials are urging owners to simply remove their driver’s side mat while Toyota works out a solution.

The recall is the largest ever for Toyota, which is struggling for the first time with heavy financial losses and surplus production capacity amid a miserable car market in the United States. The recall includes many of the most popular Lexus and Toyota vehicles, including Camry sedans in the 2007 to 2010 model years, and Prius hybrid cars from 2004 to 2009.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued an alert on Tuesday about the Toyota floor mats based on reports that stuck accelerator pedals could lead to high speeds and deadly crashes.

“This is an urgent matter,” Ray LaHood, the transportation secretary, said in a statement. “For everyone’s sake, we strongly urge owners of these vehicles to remove mats or other obstacles that could lead to unintended acceleration.”

Until a solution is announced, owners of the vehicles should remove their driver’s side mat but do not need to visit a dealership, the company said.

This month, Toyota ordered dealers to inspect the floor mats in all Toyota and Lexus vehicles after a crash on Aug. 28 near San Diego killed four people; the police said the accident might have been caused by an improperly installed mat. The car was a 2009 Lexus ES 350 on loan from a dealership to the driver, an off-duty California Highway Patrol officer.

Toyota, whose largest recall previously involved about 900,000 vehicles, is still studying the matter before officially beginning the recall, but said it planned a broad safety campaign as soon as next week. Two years ago, the company recalled all-weather floor mats sold for some Lexus ES 350 and Camry sedans. The government said on Tuesday that it received “continued reports of vehicles accelerating rapidly after release of the accelerator pedal” even after that recall.

“The incidents appear to be related to factors including the use of a variety of unsecured mats, the particular configuration of the accelerator pedals in these vehicles, and the unique steps needed to shut off the engines in some of these vehicles with keyless ignition,” the traffic safety agency said.

The recall will include the following models: 2007 to 2010 Camry; 2005 to 2010 Avalon; 2004 to 2009 Prius; 2005 to 2010 Tacoma; 2007 to 2010 Tundra; 2007 to 2010 ES 350; and 2006 to 2010 IS 250 and 2006 to 2010 IS 350.

NY Times, September 29, 2009

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Hey ZL:  I will catch up on my eM’s this weekend and check in with you. I may be out of touch on Sunday but if I can call I will, otherwise I’ll check in through eM.

Oh…wanted to comment about the DPL light therapy. We have a client who bought something like this but he paid a fortune, and his skin is amazing. I wonder how well this works. I watched the video from the website, and I so wish that the people who are raving about this product had before and after vids so we could see the changes. I don’t trust still photos – too easy to touch up. Yes…Sharpei’s look great with wrinkles. I personally like laugh lines. I know some beautiful women who to me look way better than they did in high school or college. Anyway, enjoy your Saturday and hopefully we can find some time tomorrow!

Anna & Peter: This is quite a storm. It looks like Typhoon Melor has unfortunately made it’s way to Guam.  I hope that everyone on the island is staying dry and protected. Looking forward to hearing from you again. Be safe.

Herald: Your comment so resonated with how I feel too. Everything you said in my opinion was spot on. You made me smile when you said, “I need a drink”. I am not very much a drinker but sometimes, I wish I did drink more. Love the relaxing carefree way it makes me feel but hate the foggy-headedness (I know it’s not a word but it describes exactly how I feel afterwards :) Did you know that when the economy is down, people go out drinking more often? The bars are raging so says a friend of mine who owns a very well know bar here is SF. Where people get the money to go out drinking in SF is something I wonder when they have no job. But I hear people will spend their last 100 bucks leaning over the bar.

Susan and Janet: I know if must be tough living with rabidly racist relatives ( hate the meaning of that, but love the alliteration!),  but this has got to stop. Staying silent no longer serves society. (another alliteration to love :) Seriously, our country is going down. We finally have a president who truly cares, we finally have a president who can do something for the people, we finally have a president who can make great changes for our country, and there are those who want to see him drastically fail on all accounts. We can’t let this happen. Is our country not worth standing up for?

If white women are the dumbest, then stand up and be a smart white woman, stand up and be a voice for the dumb white women, be an example of how smart a white woman can be. Be a smart white woman encouraging the dumb ones to speak up. Together women can make a difference.

Anonymous #7: Thanks for  giving me and my readers the update on Medicare. I am relieved that the Premium Fairness Act passed, and I am all for HR3200. We will continue to push for a better health care system.

Matt: Your comment intrigued me so I googled Stacie Ritter. This is just an excerpt of what I found. For the entire article click:  Huff.

Both of her daughters, now 11, were diagnosed with leukemia when they were four. They both needed stem cell transplants and other cancer treatments. They did survive, but the treatments damaged the glands that control their growth beyond repair. Their doctors indicated that in order for them to continue to grow normally, they needed regular growth-hormone injections.

But there was a problem. Each time Stacie took her daughter to the doctor for shots, it cost her $440. CIGNA refused to pay.

Stacie and her husband were not about to deny their daughters the right to grow up, so they spent every spare dollar on the injections. In the end, those expenses — coupled with other costs they had to pay for the twins’ cancer treatment — forced them to declare bankruptcy.

Their story is not unusual. Sixty-two percent of all bankruptcies are caused by medical bills — and often when an insurance company denies care. People think they are doing the responsible thing for their families. They have health insurance, but then a tragic illness hits and they lose everything anyway.

CIGNA didn’t refuse to pay for the kids’ hormone injections because it hates kids, or wanted the twins to stop growing. It denied the shots because its principal mission has nothing to do with those kids’ health — it is making money.

Ed Hanway, CIGNA’s CEO, can tell you about that. In 2008, Ed made $12.2 million. That’s $5,883 an hour. Ed makes more in one day than the average worker makes all year long. He makes 30 times more than the President of the United States.

Ed makes enough each day to cover 106 of those shots.

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Good morning….No post today peeps…I just want to say hello and address some of you. Okey Dokey?

RB: I hear ya but I don’t think you’re going to get the answer you’re looking for from JB.

Doug: We are almost always in agreement on many things but I respectfully disagree with you too. Although I think after reading Nick’s post, you get where he and I are coming from, and see the logic in it. Nick took my point and expanded on it. I was hoping that a man would respond that way so that I didn’t have to. Since I am not a man I can not speak from experience, I can not speak from a man’s knowing point of view. I can only speculate.  But what you said Nick, was exactly how I felt and even more so. And I learned a little bit more. Thanks to both you and Doug for giving your opinions so that the conversation could go deeper.

AL: I hear where you are coming from too. A man can get raped by a woman how you described it. And as you said it happens in jail all of the time. However, I don’t think Nick was being foolish. My point about a woman not being able to rape a man was strictly about penis penetration on the man’s part. So was Nick’s, as he so articulately described in his comment. Your comment took the topic to a totally different direction and added some interest. Hope you are well.

Myra: Seeing a comment from an earthling girl was a nice surprise, but the content of your post was not to say the least.  I am so sorry for the loss of Initi. Thank you for informing me. I wish you and the rest safe travels.

Ruth: How are you? Thanks for the post. I take probiotics from Dr. David Williams. He has blogged here a few times. I am very happy with his products and the results.

Helena: Your post was a good one too. I am aware of the problem of older people taking their spouses meds instead of their own which is very dangerous. But the fact that 1 out of 30 prescriptions are written incorrectly is astounding to me. That is just too many errors in such delicate life situations. I agree with the post…too many doctors prescribe too many meds. I do believe in taking some medications, but I always try the natural or alternative ways first.  I hope that you are well.

Peter and Anna: I hope that you and your peeps are weathering the storm. Hafa Adai.

Anonymous: Wow. That was a very interesting and informative post on cholesterol. I hear so many people (including my mother) talk about their levels of cholesterol (LDL and HDL),  and how to lower it….how one day it is good and the next day it isn’t.  It seems to be very confusing and quite the mystery. But this really simplifies and gets to the meat of it. Thank you. This will definitely get filed in my desktop health folders.

Jerry: That was quite the story. Really, that is all of the energy I have right now for you.

Thanks for the Kudos Caroline…I think you’re a lark. :)

Anonymous #19/Drew: To answer your question plain and simple, “Yes.” Thanks for the info on Moveon. I’ll check it out.

Anonymous # 21, 26, Bg, XR, DL, TA: Right on. Thanks for the kind words. Liked all of your commentary too. We can all thank Ruth for bringing up this continued hot topic.

And now I must go. Happy Friday!

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Hellooo…

Well, Michael Moore’s movie “Capitalism: A Love Story” is hitting the theaters all across the country tomorrow. But today Michael has a gift for all of you that unfortunately have lost your home or your job. Read his letter below:

Friends,

We’re just one day away from the widest opening I’ve ever had for any of my movies. Tomorrow, Friday, October 2nd, “Capitalism: A Love Story” opens on over a thousand screens across the United States, a record for an independent documentary.

This follows last weekend’s limited opening in New York and L.A. where “Capitalism” set the box office record for the highest per screen average of ANY movie released so far this year. Not just any documentary – any MOVIE! It was, as the studio said, a good indicator of just how well the movie may do when it goes wide this weekend. I sincerely hope they’re right because I believe deeply in this film.

To kick off the national release of “Capitalism: A Love Story,” I’ve asked the studio to offer a number of screenings in the nation’s hardest hit cities — the ones with the highest unemployment rates and highest foreclosure rates — where those who’ve lost their jobs or who are in foreclosure (or have already been evicted) may attend my film free of charge. They’ve agreed, and so tonight (Thursday), the night before our opening day, ten cities will grant you free admission if you have fallen on hard times. The list of theaters and cities is below. You don’t need to bring any “proof” of your situation — just show up — it’s the honor system, no questions asked.

Of course, a free movie ain’t much when what you really need is a job or a place to live. And that’s not going to change until the party that controls both the Congress and the White House wakes up and realizes the American people put them in charge to fix the mess created by the previous administration. For that to happen requires the active involvement of each of us. And, as I show in this movie, it’s going to also require us to challenge some fundamental assumptions about an economic system that currently allows the wealthiest ONE PERCENT in this country to have more financial wealth than the bottom 95% combined. That concentration of money and power in the hands of so few people is, I believe, at the core of so many of our problems.

So, if you’re going through tough times and you live in one of the areas below, please be my guest tonight, on the eve of my new film’s opening. Seating will be on a first come, first served basis.

Also, in another five cities tonight, I have made the film available to local groups to hold benefit screenings to raise money for their local organizations — organizations which are working toward a day when a filmmaker doesn’t have to offer free screenings to people who’ve been put through the wringer. If you live in any of these areas (see below for the list of benefit premieres tonight), please come out and support the good work of these grassroots groups.

So, until tomorrow, thanks for your support, and I’ll see ya at the movies!

Yours,

Michael Moore

Awesome. I can’t wait to see it this weekend.

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Ruth: Interesting article. My first thought was, Polanski should be arrested. He left the country after he admitted raping her, to save his ass and escape being prosecuted. At least that is the story that I heard. (Correct me if I’m wrong please.) Just because it is 30 years later doesn’t mean it didn’t happen, even if the woman is over it. Time doesn’t dismiss the dirty deed.

Nor should being gifted dismiss it either. Were it just some Joe the plumber, we most likely wouldn’t be having this discussion. It disgusts me that people revere hollywood and stars as if they were more special than the average Joe. And I’m shocked by the likings of women such as Debra Winger who so easily dismiss his actions because of his genius. It’s women like her that push us back in our struggle to be equal. If women aren’t going to stick up for women, what message does that give to the young girls our there, not to mention the men?

On a side note, I can tell you one thing…..A woman can’t rape a man, let alone, rape a 13-year old boy. It just can’t happen. If a man gets aroused, he wants it…he’s consenting to it whether he’s 13 or 50. You can’t have sex if the dick isn’t hard. So, I’m not saying it’s okay for a woman to have sex with a minor, but you can’t call it rape. A woman on the other hand can be as dry as the desert and that won’t stop a man from raping her. It happens all the time. That’s my opinion. But hey, readers, if you feel differently, I’d love to hear from you.

Anyway, Ruth, I agree with you….it does say a lot about the state of things.

Paul: I’m sorry that happened to you. But I’m glad that you found the ad even it your friend didn’t. The other thing I have no control over is how long the ad stays up. Sometimes if a page is refreshed the ad stays constant and sometimes a new ad is posted.  FYI: The ads are placed relevant to my sites content, and they change with each post depending on the content of each individual post. My suggestion for your friend would be to go to the day (post) where you saw the ad. It might still be there or it might come up.

I know that is not much of a solution but I appreciate you bringing this up as I am learning a few things. One: I know that people are looking at the ads and clicking, because I check the numbers everyday. But that if one wants to find the ad again, it can be difficult. And two: In the future, it would behoove me to acquire paid advertisers so that I can control what ads are placed and how long they will be up and running. Thanks Paul.

Zen Lill:  Sorry that I’ve been behind in my correspondence  to you. Got your phone call the other day but I have been busy with work and my new fashion venture. Maybe we can chat toward the end of the week? Happy to hear things are going good and my women readers are benefiting from your health writes. :)

Al:  Thanks for the interesting article again and for posting the series. They were well worth the reads. I am assuming that this is the last of them since you included the link?  Bummer.

Anna: Your post made me laugh. You have quite the following that depends on you. :) Happy to see you back here.

Alvina:  I was so sorry to hear about Samoa last night and Indonesia. However I am happy to hear that you are safe since you are writing me here. I didn’t know I had a following in Samoa. Nor a male admirer. I do get his horny drift but please do me the honor and smack him for me :) It is my goal to be able to travel again, soon and lots…maybe Samoa will be a destination. How could I resist a parade for moi?! Be well…I am sure some of my readers will be able to help.

Ah…I see a few more comments have come in but I need to run….See ya tomorrow.

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