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Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. - Francis Bacon
Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
Maldives cabinet meeting chaired by President, took place around table 16ft underwater, bubbles ascended from scuba masks
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Asked what would happen if Copenhagen fails, the president said, "we are all going to die."
The Maldives government has made an eye-catching plea for climate change action by holding the world's first underwater cabinet meeting.
Politicians from the Indian Ocean island nation donned scuba gear this morning to send a message to world leaders ahead of December's UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The meeting, chaired by President Mohamed Nasheed, took place around a table about 16 feet (5 meters) underwater. Bubbles ascended from the face masks the president and the Cabinet wore, and fish swam around them. read more »
Humor & cartoons. Q to Planet: "What on Earth's the problem w/ you?" "hands up" "sweating turtles" "fish & fat cat"
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Keep on drawing to a better world - talented humor cartoonist, johnxag (http://www.johnxag.8m.com) , Greece born in Hermoupolis, Syros, Greece in 1962, published in Greece since 1992, in Italy, in Romania, Spain, Cyprus, France, Poland, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Turkey, Serbia, Russia, Japan, Germany, China and in Azerbaijan.
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Original Source: ToonPool
Merrier and freer on car-free days. "In town without my car!" European Mobility Week in over 2000 cities & towns
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After the organization of two successful "In town without my car!" events in the whole of Europe, the year 2002 marked the start of a new initiative, the European Mobility Week! From 16 to 22 September 2009 the European Mobility Week was the opportunity for European cities and towns to participate to the most widespread event on sustainable mobility. A full week of events dedicated to sustainable mobility has been organized in more than 2000 cities and towns.
"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life..."
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
488 hrs of footage, shocking aerial shots - Earth depleted & destroyed fast & faster - docu film HOME'09 covers 50 nations
Faster & faster. In the last 50 years, massive depletion of Earth has been destroying a fragile balance in Nature, essential to life, putting all human beings in check: shall we act before too late to save Earth, home for all? ... Ice is melting, poles diminishing, sea level rising, Greenland fresh water pouring into the ocean & becoming salt water, severe draughts lingering, 1 out of 10 major rivers incapable of reaching the sea, 20% of Amazon deforested due to demand on soy manufacturing to feed livestock... What is the real terror threatening our home, depriving our children’s chance to survive? It is the destructive depletion of Earth that has been destroying our planet, faster & faster. Driven by Greed. Shall we act before too late to save Earth, home of all?
(click on image to see the documentary on Youtube)
We can easily forgive a child who's afraid of the dark; real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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