"If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."John F. Kennedy
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Celebrate Parks Day, Everyday this Summer!
Celebrate Parks Day, Everyday this Summer!(485 words)Canada’s Parks Day falls on July 16’th this year. First celebrated in 1990, Parks Day is an opportunity for individuals to participate in hundreds of unique and fun events taking place in sites from ...
Cities, States and Others Step up Action on Climate, Despite Federal Reluctance
Last year, Pentagon defense adviser Andrew Marshall issued a harsh warning of the consequences of climate change: mass chaos, national security crises and food shortages. If climate change occurs abruptly, the report declared, there could be a ...
Life . . . It's Beautiful
She grazes peacefully in a small open area. The air is crisp with just a slight chill. The beauty of the turning leaves sparking with frost in the early morning sunlight seems to compliment her beauty. Her tawny fur is now turning to a more somber grayish ...
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Pitch In Canada is celebrating their 39th annual event between Monday, April 18th and Sunday, April 24th this year. This non-profit organization has been working hard since 1967 to bring awareness to consumers through their "It’s up to you" campaigns – continually educating on waste reduction and environment clean-up projects.
Pitch In Canada is based entirely on more than 1.5 million volunteers across Canada comprising of individuals, groups, organizations, schools, businesses and local governments that work together to improve communities and the environment. People spend time cleaning and preserving the environment, improving delicate areas like stream beds and lakes, creating more green areas, cleaning waste from hiking trails, tourist spots and promoting events within the community.
By encouraging volunteers to register on
the website, (www.pitch-in.ca) the organization can keep track of the results their efforts are making in communities. Participants are offered many free aides such as clean up equipment, safety tips, project ideas and education materials on the website. Free gifts from t-shirts, coloring books and posters are also offered to members and volunteers in the program.
If you are interested in spending a few hours to make a big difference on the environment, improve conditions for wildlife and reduce injury to animals and residents, please contact the organizers at register@pitch-in.ca or pitch-in@pitch-in.ca
About the Author
-- Authors Dave and Lillian Brummet write articles based on the concept of their book, Trash Talk - A guide for anyone concerned about their impact on the environment. (http://www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit)
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 USDA taking applications for Cattail eradication - Post-Bulletin
BISMARCK, N.D. -- Federal wildlife officials are taking applications from farmers who want the government to remove cattail-infested wetlands, the preferred habitat of sunflower-snacking blackbirds. Phil Mastrangelo, the state director for the U.S ...
Illegal exports endanger box turtles in Malaysia - Fort Mill Times
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia The box turtle is disappearing across Malaysia because of increased illegal hunting for its meat and use in traditional Chinese medicine, wildlife activists said Wednesday. TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network, said in ...
Increase of sick brown pelicans baffles experts - Hattiesburg American
LOS ANGELES — Wildlife experts are trying to figure out why sick, disoriented and bruised California brown pelicans are being found in record numbers along more than 1,000 miles of coastline. The birds, some of them dead, have been spotted from San ...
Lawmakers Pressure Feds Over New Jersey Dolphins - 1010Wins
BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) -- Federal lawmakers are increasing pressure on wildlife officials who refuse to try and rescue a dwindling group of bottlenose dolphins from two New Jersey rivers. The dolphins' continued presence in the rivers has led to ...
High flood risk in parts of Northwest - WAND TV
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. (AP) - Washington state authorities are warning of heavy flooding. High winds, heavy rain and warmer temperatures have combined to cause widespread avalanches, mudslides, flooding and road closures. There has been rapid melting of ...
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