This excellent 20-min animated short film is a unique analysis of the birth and death of everyday products and suggestions on how individuals can change the current unsustainable linear life of these products to a sustainable closed cycle. Well worth the 20 minutes!
Watch it at http://www.storyofstuff.com/
Join Us: SWUP Annual Meeting This Thursday
SWUP hopes that our members and supporters will join us at our annual membership meeting in Marquette at the Presque Isle Pavilion on March 27 from 5-8 pm. The pavilion offers a beautiful view of Lake Superior and Middle Island and is known locally as Sunset Beach!
Re-election of current Board members and changes to the organizations By-laws will be on the agenda. There will be snacks and entertainment provided. We are eager to hear from our membership and look forward to talking with you.
Paradise Found: Marquette Receives National Recognition
Outdoor Life Magazine Names Marquette as #7 in Best 200 Towns List
In the April 2008 issue of Outdoor Life Magazine, Marquette received the honor of ranking #7 in the top 200 towns in the United States for hunters and anglers.
“We’ve all visited those towns, the ones with the river running through them, the woodlands nudging the outskirts and the cafe that’s crowded at 5 a.m. with duck hunters and trout guides.
Maybe it’s a Western mountain town tucked into drop-dead scenery. Or a whitewashed New England village or a charming Southern river city. Maybe it’s a Midwestern county seat or a coastal vacation spot with forever views of the blue-green beyond.”
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Coasters Considered For Federal Protection
“TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took a step Thursday toward placing the coaster brook trout, which once thrived in the upper Great Lakes, on the endangered species list.
A petition filed by two groups in 2006 made a strong enough case to justify a formal review, the service said in a Federal Register notice. The Sierra Club and the Huron Mountain Club sued the agency in December for failing to act earlier. Officials blamed the delay on budget restraints.”
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Click here for more information on Coasters from NMU Fish Biology Lab
Marquette’s Mining Journal Revokes Online Comment Feature
From the March 5, 2008 Mining Journal Article:
“Some Mining Journal readers have no doubt taken note that as of Monday our Internet edition no longer offers a readership comment option at the end of each story. The Journal felt compelled to withdraw the comment option as the result of abuse by a small minority of readers.”
NY Times Editorial: Protecting All Waters
From a March 7, 2008 Editorial in the New York Times:
“Half of the waters in the United States are at risk of pollution or destructive development because of a wrongheaded Supreme Court decision in 2006. The decision narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act, weakened the law’s safeguards and thoroughly confused the federal agencies responsible for enforcing it.”
Interesting Perspective on Worldwide Uranium Mining
The following is from a 3/6/08 FN Arena news story:
“Remember uranium? It was not that long ago the uranium price was going to the moon and every one who could lay claim to any old piece of dirt was sticking up a shingle and calling itself a uranium start-up. But while every commodity from oil, to gold, to copper and wheat has been rocketing in 2008, the uranium price has remained steadfastly depressed. No one seems much interested anymore – there are other opportunities at play – and there are plenty of small investors looking at losses in their portfolios from once promising uranium juniors (and seniors as well, for that matter). What has happened?”
New Toon: Nickel-plated Carrot
New Toon: No More!
Enough is Enough! Worldwide, communites tell mining companys “NO More!”
Here are some story’s on sucessful opposition movements from around the world.
Mendoza, Argentina says no more mining!
Peru Town votes on mine plan amid pollution fears
Eastern European Governements Agree to Tackle Mining Pollution