Ecotax
.
Ecotax refers to taxes intended to promote ecologically sustainable activities via economic incentives. Such a policy can complement or avert the need for regulatory (command and control) approaches. More
.
Showing posts with label Ecology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ecology. Show all posts
Blossom Tree
.
By Peter S. Quinn
The nights are young and days still
Promises of worship life shall fulfill
As rain comes to earth and forest
A flower shall give its beautiful crest
And a heart will come and be within
Take day by day its twilight’s spin
What into the heart grows to learn
Forest of man and street shall earn
Come give your truth to the dreams
Which like a flower from beauty streams
And wishful thinking will come again
And join these powers that now reign
Grow your green on the high hill
Take what is yours and from earth will
All is not there what you now see
Look at the leaves look at the tree
Hold your own with reading of sign
And draw your doubt from its horizon line
Powers within are everywhere about
Giving you spirit and showing you doubt
The question lies there which has power
Street with their names or dawn’s own hour
Rise to each name shine with its beams
Moments will come and have their deems
.
.
By Peter S. Quinn
The nights are young and days still
Promises of worship life shall fulfill
As rain comes to earth and forest
A flower shall give its beautiful crest
And a heart will come and be within
Take day by day its twilight’s spin
What into the heart grows to learn
Forest of man and street shall earn
Come give your truth to the dreams
Which like a flower from beauty streams
And wishful thinking will come again
And join these powers that now reign
Grow your green on the high hill
Take what is yours and from earth will
All is not there what you now see
Look at the leaves look at the tree
Hold your own with reading of sign
And draw your doubt from its horizon line
Powers within are everywhere about
Giving you spirit and showing you doubt
The question lies there which has power
Street with their names or dawn’s own hour
Rise to each name shine with its beams
Moments will come and have their deems
.
Home
.
We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate. The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being. For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film. HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, GoodPlanet Fundation President
.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, GoodPlanet Fundation President
.
![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=82d71b99-0a23-4d4a-b50c-d6f885857879)
Save Our Planet
.
To spur biofuels research and commercialization, President Barack Obama signed last Tuesday a Presidential Directive establishing a Biofuels Interagency Working Group. He announced his administration's notice of a proposed rulemaking on a national Renewable Fuels Standard and announced $786.5 million in additional Recovery Act funds for renewable fuel projects.
"We must invest in a clean energy economy that will lead to new jobs, new businesses and reduce our dependence on foreign oil," said President Obama. "The steps I am announcing today help bring us closer to that goal. If we are to be a leader in the 21st century global economy, then we must lead the world in clean energy technology. Through American ingenuity and determination, we can and will succeed."
The Biofuels Interagency Working Group will be co-chaired by the secretaries of agriculture and energy and the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and will operate in cooperation with the National Science and Technology Council's Biomass Research and Development Board.
The Working Group is tasked with developing the nation's first comprehensive biofuel market development program. It will use existing authorities and identify new policies to support the development of next-generation biofuels, increase flexible fuel vehicle use, and assist in retail marketing efforts.
>>> Read the full article
.
"We must invest in a clean energy economy that will lead to new jobs, new businesses and reduce our dependence on foreign oil," said President Obama. "The steps I am announcing today help bring us closer to that goal. If we are to be a leader in the 21st century global economy, then we must lead the world in clean energy technology. Through American ingenuity and determination, we can and will succeed."
The Biofuels Interagency Working Group will be co-chaired by the secretaries of agriculture and energy and the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and will operate in cooperation with the National Science and Technology Council's Biomass Research and Development Board.
The Working Group is tasked with developing the nation's first comprehensive biofuel market development program. It will use existing authorities and identify new policies to support the development of next-generation biofuels, increase flexible fuel vehicle use, and assist in retail marketing efforts.
>>> Read the full article
.
.
Meadow of Grass
By David Anthony
I lie here in this meadow of grass
Counting clouds as they pass
Day dreaming without a care
The soft wind blowing through my hair
The warm sun feels good on my bare skin
I wish this feeling would never end
But soon the dark clouds reappear
Bringing back all my fears
To never feel the warmth of her hand
To never see her beauty again
To only know her leaving words
To only remember those piercing swords
To never feel her gift of love
To never be her only one
The rain pours down on me all around
Drowning out all the sounds
No birds' songs no crickets' chirps
No way to avoid all this hurt
I want to run but cannot move
My body feels the overwhelming blue
Then a rainbow shows through the lightning and rain
To remind me soon there will be no more pain
The sun comes again as the dark clouds pass
And my dreams return in this meadow of grass
(The poem appeared on authorsden.com)
.
Meadow of Grass
By David Anthony
I lie here in this meadow of grass
Counting clouds as they pass
Day dreaming without a care
The soft wind blowing through my hair
The warm sun feels good on my bare skin
I wish this feeling would never end
But soon the dark clouds reappear
Bringing back all my fears
To never feel the warmth of her hand
To never see her beauty again
To only know her leaving words
To only remember those piercing swords
To never feel her gift of love
To never be her only one
The rain pours down on me all around
Drowning out all the sounds
No birds' songs no crickets' chirps
No way to avoid all this hurt
I want to run but cannot move
My body feels the overwhelming blue
Then a rainbow shows through the lightning and rain
To remind me soon there will be no more pain
The sun comes again as the dark clouds pass
And my dreams return in this meadow of grass
(The poem appeared on authorsden.com)
.
Carlos Martinez
.
.
Carlos Martinez is a great Spanish journalist, working for Rebelion.org, a nonprofit online newspaper that started in Spain at the end of 1986 with a group of journalists.
This fantastic site contains opinion articles covering topics such as current political issues, culture, ecology, economics, and resistance to globalization.
(This is an oil painting)
.
This fantastic site contains opinion articles covering topics such as current political issues, culture, ecology, economics, and resistance to globalization.
(This is an oil painting)
.
Polluted Civilization
.
.
Mind Pollution
.
By David Moe
.
What is the solution
To mind pollution?
Will it take a revolution
To reform this evolution?
Our youth are being bombarded
With music, pornography and drugs,
Their souls are not highly regarded
By the pollutants of the mind.
So much art
Is not enlightened,
But designed to dehumanize
And destroy the spirit.
Let us unite
Ecologists of the mind,
To clean up the world
And the minds of all mankind.
-----------------
.
By David Moe
.
What is the solution
To mind pollution?
Will it take a revolution
To reform this evolution?
Our youth are being bombarded
With music, pornography and drugs,
Their souls are not highly regarded
By the pollutants of the mind.
So much art
Is not enlightened,
But designed to dehumanize
And destroy the spirit.
Let us unite
Ecologists of the mind,
To clean up the world
And the minds of all mankind.
-----------------
--> The poem appeared on poemhunter.com
.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)