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Books to check out:
Books to check out:
second saturday:
12.13.08
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Taxi to the Dark Side – the official movie
website
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Torture at Abu Ghraib – Seymour Hersh’s famous New Yorker
article, which broke the Abu Ghraib scandal
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The Torture Memo
- investigative report in The Nation regarding the Bush
Administration’s legal support memos for illegal torture techniques
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The
Taguba Report – the official investigative report filed by Major
General Antonio Taguba on the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib
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Amnesty International – protecting
human rights around the world and reporting on human rights abuses
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Human Rights Watch - protecting human
rights around the world and reporting on human rights abuses
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second saturday:
09.13.08
second saturday:
08.09.08
second saturday:
07.12.08
Books to check out:
second saturday:
05.10.08
Books to check out:
second saturday:
03.08.08
Books to check out:
Books to check out:
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The End of Suburbia -
official movie website
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Ten Things Wrong With
Sprawl – MUST READ from E-Magazine.com
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Hubbert Peak – learn about the
prediction of peak oil and how it impacts your daily life
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Slow Home – sustainable living
inspired by the Slow Food
movement
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New Urbanism – learn
about the latest trends in this sustainable development philosophy
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The Oil Drum – find out about the coming energy crisis and what to
do about it
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Post Carbon – living in a post carbon world by reducing consumption
and producing locally
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Path to Freedom – learn how
one family freed themselves and how you can do it, too
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Ecological Footprint Quiz -
find out how many planets would be needed to sustain your lifestyle
across the world's population, then learn what you can do to lessen your
impact
Books to check out:
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The Universe - a 10-episode series on the History Channel about
space, astronomy, and astrophysics
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BadAstronomy.com - blog about
astronomy, science, critical thinking, and healthy skepticism of
pseudoscience written by an astronomer
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Pharyngula -
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a
godless liberal
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ScienceBlogs.com - a collection of science blogs that cover a
plethora of science disciplines
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Seed Magazine - subscribe online or in print to one of the leading
science magazines available
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Google Sky -
"visit" the night sky, stars, planets, nebulas, black holes, galaxies,
and other astronomical wonders from the comfort of your home
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HubbleSite - learn all the latest news and see the latest pictures
from the most important scientific instrument in human history (see
pictures at the Hubble Picture
Gallery)
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The Elegant
Universe - another terrific series on space brought to you by public
television, which you can watch online
Books to check out:
second saturday:
08.11.07
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Hacking Democracy -
official movie website
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BlackBoxVoting.org – Bev
Harris’ website
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VoteProtect.org (EIRS) – the Election Incident Reporting System (EIRS)
website where you can look up the thousands of voter/election incidents
and problems by state, including specific complaints by individual
voters, all individually logged and documented…an invaluable and
eye-opening database
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BradBlog.com Special
Coverage – BradBlog.com has been on the story of the election
discrepancies for years and has broken many of the exclusives that were
later verified by other investigative journalists
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Where are they now? – WashingtonPost.com article on the GOP rioters
during the 2000 Florida recounts who were actually GOP operatives and
staffers, and where they are now
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The Myth of Voter Fraud – WashingtonPost.com article about the
nonexistence of voter fraud and how this trope ties into the 2007
Justice Department/attorney firings’ scandal
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dKosopedia “Election Integrity Timeline” entry – the wiki kept by
the Daily Kos community for all things election-related…be sure to check
out the linked entries to the 2000 and 2004 elections
Must-read articles:
second saturday:
05.12.07
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An Inconvenient Truth -- the
official movie website
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Top 50 Things To
Do To Stop Global Warming – lots of very simple ideas you can adopt
to reduce your global footprint today
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Metro – Portland’s
nationally-recognized agency for all things green and eco-friendly,
they’re your guide to finding a recycler who’ll take that Styrofoam
packaging, those broken appliances, and just about anything else that
you don’t want to send to the dump. They can also point you to places
where you can buy recycled products, as well as the place to take your
old paint or purchase new, completely clean (and totally cheap!!)
recycled paint.
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Energy Trust
of Oregon – Oregon is fortunate to have one of the best, most
comprehensive resources for energy alternatives and conservation.
They offer information and tax incentives for everything from more
efficient appliances to converting to alternative energy…log onto
their website to use their Home Energy Analyzer and find out how much
energy you’re consuming and how you can improve your usage.
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TreeHugger – the preeminent
site and blog for keeping up on the latest in environmental
awareness…sign up for their newsletter to stay updated on the latest
news and products that make a difference
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FiveLimes – Want to know where you can buy recycled glass tile, a
recycled computer, or recycled paint? GreenLimes has maps to show you
what’s available in our area, complete with google maps to show you
how to get there. They’ve just added Portland, so their list of
Portland services and vendors will grow fast.
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TerraPass – this is a great way to balance out your usage of
carbon pollutants by paying to fund renewable energy projects and
other environmental initiatives based on your carbon output
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Greendimes – here’s
a way to counterbalance all that pernicious – and wasteful! – junk
mail, kind of like terra pass for paper
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Green Home Environmental Products
– green cleaning and houseware products for the home
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ReusableBags.com - get
yourself off the plastic train and stop contributing to the 100
billion plastic bags used in the US annually -- here you'll find
durable, reusable bags for your groceries, produce, even your
lunchtime sandwiches
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Wrap Art –
innovative ideas for wrapping gifts with scraps of paper, markers, and
other stuff around the house so you can stop buying wrapping paper and
gift bags…let your creativity run wild and save the earth at the same
time!
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Furoshiki
gift wrapping – using the Japanese art of wrapping to wrap your
gifts with cloth instead of paper
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Zerofootprint – shop their
green marketplace for cool and fun stuff that’s totally eco-cool!
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WorldChanging – get
involved, get active…all you need is enthusiasm and a desire to make a
difference
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Rawganique – clothing and
other products made from hemp, nature’s miracle resource
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SustainLane – Sure, all these
green products and services sound great, but what if they suck? Well,
find out what other people thought of those products and services, and
leave your own thoughts and experiences to reward the ones who’re
doing it right and make sure the ones who aren’t don’t give the rest
of us a bad name.
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Jesus Camp -- the
official movie website, which includes a statement about Ted Haggard
(due to his being featured in the movie)
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Talk to Action –- A well-established and complete internet resource
for information on every aspect of religion, from history and
fact-checking to coverage of issues and battling ignorance.
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Slacktivist –- Fred
Clark’s thought-provoking and insightful blog on religious issues and
progressive politics, including a terrific ongoing series analyzing the
Left Behind books.
Books to check out:
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The Future of Food Website
-- You’ve seen the movie, now see what you can do about it.
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Percy Schmeiser -- You saw
him featured as the farmer in the movie who had to burn all of his seed
stores. Learn more about him and his cause.
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Ecotrust -- A massive resource. Check this site out if it’s the only
one you get to. Exemplifies the link between food and environment.
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Oregon Tilth -- A thorough
resource for sustainability. Has a fertilizer calculator to help you
match nutrients to the crops you are growing.
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Oregon Farmers’
Markets Associations -- A guide to getting food with real dirt on
the roots!
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Local Harvest -- Learn
what a CSA is and where across the country you can find ‘em.
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Viridian Farms -- One example
of many local farm websites; includes a straight forward crop calendar.
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Food Safety Network -- A no
frills searchable database for food related articles.
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Slow Food -- The Holy Grail.
Visit this site and sip deeply.
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Seafood Watch --
Check to see if your seafood is abundant enough to eat.
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Grocery Store Wars
-- Laugh at the Dark Side.
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OSALT
-- You want to know about keeping Oregon farmland as farmland? Great
idea but the site needs to be fleshed out. Keep checking back.
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The Splendid Table
-- Where would we be without this, a torchiere in the cave culinaire?
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Measure 27 Label GMO in Oregon -- More of an explanation on the
measure mentioned in the film.
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HR
4167, The National Food Uniformity Act -- The last hasn’t been heard
of this, hopefully. This issue will touch everyone in the country.
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