Thank you to the many who pointed out that in previous newsletter I gave an email address instead of the blog site address, which is: http://naturenewssf.blogspot.com/
Thanks to the many of you have told me they will receive the newsletter at the blog site in the future. However, some have not specifically requested to be deleted from the email list. In the near future I will stop sending the newsletter to anyone who does not specifically request receiving via email. So if you want to continue to receive via email, you must tell me. Also, you can have it sent from the blogspot automatically as soon as posted by putting your email address in the box (Follow by email) in upper right corner, then clicking Submit.
1. Stop AT&T from appropriating our public sidewalks for private profit - hearing June 28
2. Internships available at Golden Gate Parks Conservancy
3. News from Acterra: Hiring Communications and Creative Director/Sharing Revolution/Acterra given top charity rating
4. Save McLaren Park's wildlands from Disc Golf
5. More support for saving Knowland Park's wild areas
6. Words on the first commandment of economics vs hard work of conservation
7. Billy Collins on falling in love, again
8. Six-legged tigers, cool creatures - with pix
9. Needless expense of killing coyotes, wolves, mountain lions - let Congress know
10. Nature Sounds annual field recording workshop in Sierra June 24-26
11. Join Muir's March in the Tuolumne watershed - only two months away
12. SciAm: E coli/laws of physics may well prevent the human brain from evolving into an ever more powerful thinking machine
13. From readers: More E coli/Jonathan Swift advises local and free-range food
14. Too many credit card offers? Want to stop phone book delivery? Click this logo
15. Sunday Streets: See inspiring pictures from last one in Bayview/next one July 10 on Great Highway
16. FIRST NATIONS FILMS distributes and creates award-winning television Aboriginal documentary films and videos
17. Strategic Approaches for Managing Invasive Plants - June 22 in Presidio
18. EBRPD Botanic Garden classes--many, yummy
19. The Economist asks: are we going through a financial sticky mess or a meltdown?
20. CORRECTIONS: Venue for Wildflowers of Monterey 6/17 in Los Altos/egretfully VII dance at Audubon Canyon Ranch
1. Dear fellow San Franciscans:
Your help is needed. On June 28th, the Board of Supervisors will vote on whether to allow AT&T to install 726 metal utility boxes on sidewalks throughout San Francisco neighborhoods. Absolutely no one would resist if AT&T were to underground or pay fees to place these boxes on private property. However, that is not AT&T's plan; they will install them on our sidewalks unless we stop them.
Please take a few minutes to send an email to the below Supervisors asking them to request an
EIR on AT&T's proposed installation of 726 utility boxes on San Francisco streets and public right of way.
AT&T claims these these boxes (and an unknown additional number) will not have any significant impact on the environment, These boxes are approximately 4' x 2' x 4' - both large and noticeable on streets where they are now. Worse, thousands more may be placed on the street by other telecommunication companies if this attempt by AT&T is not stopped.
Tell these Supervisors that San Franciscans are entitled to an EIR and a thorough evaluation as to of whether or not installation of these utility boxes will result in significant environmental impacts including creating additional blight, attracting graffiti, collecting blowing trash, and creating additional sidewalk navigational hazards especially for people with disabilities. These boxes may have sight significant or cumulative aesthetic impacts and no exemption from CEQA is allowed in this case.
EMail: David.Chiu@sfgov.org
Mark.Farrell@sfgov.org
Scott.Wiener@sfgov.org
If your Supervisor is different from those named above email him or her as well. And please ask your friends to help .
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2. From Golden Gate Parks Conservancy
Jake Sigg: Could you let people know about two internships the Parks Conservancy has available. Here is the link to the website. The website actually has 5 internships up, so it is worth checking out.
http://www.nps.gov/goga/supportyourpark/volunteer-opportunities-and-internships.htm
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3. Acterra Rated Top Charity for Fifth Year
For the fifth consecutive year, Acterra has been given a 4-Star rating by Charity Navigator.
Only 5% of the charities Charity Navigator rates have received at least 5 consecutive 4-star evaluations, indicating that Acterra consistently executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way, and outperforms most other charities in the US. [Read the announcement]
Make a donation to Acterra before the fiscal year ends on June 30. Your gift supports exceptional work for the environment.
Don't Miss It: The Sharing Revolution
Saturday, June 18
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Mountain View Senior Center
266 Escuela Avenue, Mountain View [map]
To help everyone reduce the "stuff" in our lives, Acterra has organized this conference to ignite The Sharing Revolution here in Silicon Valley. We've pulled together the top ideas, new online tools, leading thinkers - and invite YOU to join in!
For more information and to register, please visit The Sharing Revolution webpage.
Acterra is Hiring! Communications and Creative Director (Part-Time, Paid)
Acterra is seeking an experienced and personable professional able to effectively handle the organization's graphic design needs. This is a part-time (20 hours per week) contractor position.
To view the full announcement, please click here.
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A Few Words about Disc Golf in McLaren...
We have been assured by more than one representative of SF Recreation and Parks Department that the McLaren disc golf proposal is not currently active, and that if it were to become so, we would be promptly informed as to public hearings and other processes to include the community's input. We remain at the ready to present the case against disc golf in the Natural Areas of McLaren Park.
Through Sunshine Ordinance requests, we have discovered that last year Rec & Park developed four more potential layouts for an 18-hole disc golf course in McLaren. Every single alternative would place the entire course in wildlife habitat, including areas designated as Sensitive Species and Important Bird Habitat by SFRPD's Natural Areas Program. Every alternative also intrudes on Philosopher's Way, which is a new system of trails that circle the entire park, providing several miles of guided access to a variety of natural surroundings, sweeping views, and secluded spots.
All of McLaren's Natural Areas are crucial components of the park's rich and diverse community of life, and can only sustain recreational pursuits that are generally compatible with the preservation of this habitat. Disc golf is fundamentally incompatible with established uses and wildlife areas of McLaren Park. Save McLaren Park will continue to study the potential impact of these alternative course layouts.
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Knowland Park
"As part of the our mission to conserve native grasslands, the California Native Grasslands Assn Board of Directors has joined in an appeal of the Oakland Zoo's hugely expensive proposed expansion into the highlands of Oakland's Knowland Park.
The proposed building location is City park land. It supports a diverse native community of oak woodland, chaparral, and high-quality native grasslands. These grasslands are some of the best native grasslands on the west-facing hills of the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Zoo wants to spend $72 million to create a large "California Exhibit." The City of Oakland Council and the Mayor will decide whether to go ahead with this plan following an appeal hearing on Tuesday night, June 21.
Under CEQA procedures, the City and Zoo claim that there are no significant environmental impacts and that there is no need to look at alternative designs, despite the fact that the project is significantly changed from a master plan of 13 years ago. Along with California Native Plant Society and Friends of Knowland Park, CNGA is appealing to the City Council to consider designs that are less environmentally damaging.
Here is a link to a Bay Nature Online article with great photos and a brief write-up on the Knowland Park site.
http://baynature.org/articles/web-only-articles/the-subtleties-of-knowland-park
And here is a link to an OP ED that appeared in the June 15 Oakland Tribune titled, "Zoo Should Consider Alternatives in Its Expansion" http://www.insidebayarea.com/opinion/ci_18271245
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"Locally, our biggest challenge is breaking down barriers created by those more interested in messaging than working together. It's hard to lay ideology aside and find common ground, but it must be done for real solutions to emerge." Tim Peterson, Grand Canyon Trust
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7.
Aimless Love
This morning as I walked along the lakeshore,
I fell in love with a wren
and later in the day with a mouse
the cat had dropped under the dining room table.
In the shadows of an autumn evening,
I fell for a seamstress
still at her machine in the tailor’s window,
and later for a bowl of broth,
steam rising like smoke from a naval battle.
This is the best kind of love, I thought,
without recompense, without gifts,
or unkind words, without suspicion,
or silence on the telephone.
The love of the chestnut,
the jazz cap and one hand on the wheel.
No lust, no slam of the door –
the love of the miniature orange tree,
the clean white shirt, the hot evening shower,
the highway that cuts across Florida.
No waiting, no huffiness, or rancor –
just a twinge every now and then
for the wren who had built her nest
on a low branch overhanging the water
and for the dead mouse,
still dressed in its light brown suit.
But my heart is always propped up
in a field on its tripod,
ready for the next arrow.
After I carried the mouse by the tail
to a pile of leaves in the woods,
I found myself standing at the bathroom sink
gazing down affectionately at the soap,
so patient and soluble,
so at home in its pale green soap dish.
I could feel myself falling again
as I felt its turning in my wet hands
and caught the scent of lavender and stone.
~ Billy Collins ~
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8.
TIGER BEETLES
Faster than the eye can see!
With their eye-catching iridescent colors and bold markings, tiger beetles have long been targets for collectors. However, capturing these beautiful animals can be a challenge, as they can run faster than any other known insect. Some species have been clocked at over five miles per hour, which may not seem blisteringly fast, but in terms of body size, this makes them almost ten times faster than Olympic sprinters.
Thanks to the many of you have told me they will receive the newsletter at the blog site in the future. However, some have not specifically requested to be deleted from the email list. In the near future I will stop sending the newsletter to anyone who does not specifically request receiving via email. So if you want to continue to receive via email, you must tell me. Also, you can have it sent from the blogspot automatically as soon as posted by putting your email address in the box (Follow by email) in upper right corner, then clicking Submit.
1. Stop AT&T from appropriating our public sidewalks for private profit - hearing June 28
2. Internships available at Golden Gate Parks Conservancy
3. News from Acterra: Hiring Communications and Creative Director/Sharing Revolution/Acterra given top charity rating
4. Save McLaren Park's wildlands from Disc Golf
5. More support for saving Knowland Park's wild areas
6. Words on the first commandment of economics vs hard work of conservation
7. Billy Collins on falling in love, again
8. Six-legged tigers, cool creatures - with pix
9. Needless expense of killing coyotes, wolves, mountain lions - let Congress know
10. Nature Sounds annual field recording workshop in Sierra June 24-26
11. Join Muir's March in the Tuolumne watershed - only two months away
12. SciAm: E coli/laws of physics may well prevent the human brain from evolving into an ever more powerful thinking machine
13. From readers: More E coli/Jonathan Swift advises local and free-range food
14. Too many credit card offers? Want to stop phone book delivery? Click this logo
15. Sunday Streets: See inspiring pictures from last one in Bayview/next one July 10 on Great Highway
16. FIRST NATIONS FILMS distributes and creates award-winning television Aboriginal documentary films and videos
17. Strategic Approaches for Managing Invasive Plants - June 22 in Presidio
18. EBRPD Botanic Garden classes--many, yummy
19. The Economist asks: are we going through a financial sticky mess or a meltdown?
20. CORRECTIONS: Venue for Wildflowers of Monterey 6/17 in Los Altos/egretfully VII dance at Audubon Canyon Ranch
1. Dear fellow San Franciscans:
Your help is needed. On June 28th, the Board of Supervisors will vote on whether to allow AT&T to install 726 metal utility boxes on sidewalks throughout San Francisco neighborhoods. Absolutely no one would resist if AT&T were to underground or pay fees to place these boxes on private property. However, that is not AT&T's plan; they will install them on our sidewalks unless we stop them.
Please take a few minutes to send an email to the below Supervisors asking them to request an
EIR on AT&T's proposed installation of 726 utility boxes on San Francisco streets and public right of way.
AT&T claims these these boxes (and an unknown additional number) will not have any significant impact on the environment, These boxes are approximately 4' x 2' x 4' - both large and noticeable on streets where they are now. Worse, thousands more may be placed on the street by other telecommunication companies if this attempt by AT&T is not stopped.
Tell these Supervisors that San Franciscans are entitled to an EIR and a thorough evaluation as to of whether or not installation of these utility boxes will result in significant environmental impacts including creating additional blight, attracting graffiti, collecting blowing trash, and creating additional sidewalk navigational hazards especially for people with disabilities. These boxes may have sight significant or cumulative aesthetic impacts and no exemption from CEQA is allowed in this case.
EMail: David.Chiu@sfgov.org
Mark.Farrell@sfgov.org
Scott.Wiener@sfgov.org
If your Supervisor is different from those named above email him or her as well. And please ask your friends to help .
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2. From Golden Gate Parks Conservancy
Jake Sigg: Could you let people know about two internships the Parks Conservancy has available. Here is the link to the website. The website actually has 5 internships up, so it is worth checking out.
http://www.nps.gov/goga/supportyourpark/volunteer-opportunities-and-internships.htm
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3. Acterra Rated Top Charity for Fifth Year
For the fifth consecutive year, Acterra has been given a 4-Star rating by Charity Navigator.
Only 5% of the charities Charity Navigator rates have received at least 5 consecutive 4-star evaluations, indicating that Acterra consistently executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way, and outperforms most other charities in the US. [Read the announcement]
Make a donation to Acterra before the fiscal year ends on June 30. Your gift supports exceptional work for the environment.
Don't Miss It: The Sharing Revolution
Saturday, June 18
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Mountain View Senior Center
266 Escuela Avenue, Mountain View [map]
To help everyone reduce the "stuff" in our lives, Acterra has organized this conference to ignite The Sharing Revolution here in Silicon Valley. We've pulled together the top ideas, new online tools, leading thinkers - and invite YOU to join in!
For more information and to register, please visit The Sharing Revolution webpage.
Acterra is Hiring! Communications and Creative Director (Part-Time, Paid)
Acterra is seeking an experienced and personable professional able to effectively handle the organization's graphic design needs. This is a part-time (20 hours per week) contractor position.
To view the full announcement, please click here.
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4.
A Few Words about Disc Golf in McLaren...
We have been assured by more than one representative of SF Recreation and Parks Department that the McLaren disc golf proposal is not currently active, and that if it were to become so, we would be promptly informed as to public hearings and other processes to include the community's input. We remain at the ready to present the case against disc golf in the Natural Areas of McLaren Park.
Through Sunshine Ordinance requests, we have discovered that last year Rec & Park developed four more potential layouts for an 18-hole disc golf course in McLaren. Every single alternative would place the entire course in wildlife habitat, including areas designated as Sensitive Species and Important Bird Habitat by SFRPD's Natural Areas Program. Every alternative also intrudes on Philosopher's Way, which is a new system of trails that circle the entire park, providing several miles of guided access to a variety of natural surroundings, sweeping views, and secluded spots.
All of McLaren's Natural Areas are crucial components of the park's rich and diverse community of life, and can only sustain recreational pursuits that are generally compatible with the preservation of this habitat. Disc golf is fundamentally incompatible with established uses and wildlife areas of McLaren Park. Save McLaren Park will continue to study the potential impact of these alternative course layouts.
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Knowland Park
"As part of the our mission to conserve native grasslands, the California Native Grasslands Assn Board of Directors has joined in an appeal of the Oakland Zoo's hugely expensive proposed expansion into the highlands of Oakland's Knowland Park.
The proposed building location is City park land. It supports a diverse native community of oak woodland, chaparral, and high-quality native grasslands. These grasslands are some of the best native grasslands on the west-facing hills of the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Zoo wants to spend $72 million to create a large "California Exhibit." The City of Oakland Council and the Mayor will decide whether to go ahead with this plan following an appeal hearing on Tuesday night, June 21.
Under CEQA procedures, the City and Zoo claim that there are no significant environmental impacts and that there is no need to look at alternative designs, despite the fact that the project is significantly changed from a master plan of 13 years ago. Along with California Native Plant Society and Friends of Knowland Park, CNGA is appealing to the City Council to consider designs that are less environmentally damaging.
Here is a link to a Bay Nature Online article with great photos and a brief write-up on the Knowland Park site.
http://baynature.org/articles/web-only-articles/the-subtleties-of-knowland-park
And here is a link to an OP ED that appeared in the June 15 Oakland Tribune titled, "Zoo Should Consider Alternatives in Its Expansion" http://www.insidebayarea.com/opinion/ci_18271245
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6. "Conservation is hard work. People who are motivated by the belief that we are obliged to pass on a healthy world to our kids, or who love wild places and animals, soon learn that we are in the messy and human-centered business of social change." Bill Hedden, executive director of Grand Canyon Trust
"Locally, our biggest challenge is breaking down barriers created by those more interested in messaging than working together. It's hard to lay ideology aside and find common ground, but it must be done for real solutions to emerge." Tim Peterson, Grand Canyon Trust
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Growthbusters.com "The first commandment of economics is: Grow. Grow forever. Companies get bigger. National economies need to swell by a certain percent each year. People should want more, make more, earn more, spend more - ever more.
The first commandment of the Earth is: enough. Just so much and no more. Just so much soil. Just so much water. Just so much sunshine. Everything born of the Earth grows to its appropriate size and then stops."
- Donella Meadows, Co-Author, Limits to Growth
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7.
Aimless Love
This morning as I walked along the lakeshore,
I fell in love with a wren
and later in the day with a mouse
the cat had dropped under the dining room table.
In the shadows of an autumn evening,
I fell for a seamstress
still at her machine in the tailor’s window,
and later for a bowl of broth,
steam rising like smoke from a naval battle.
This is the best kind of love, I thought,
without recompense, without gifts,
or unkind words, without suspicion,
or silence on the telephone.
The love of the chestnut,
the jazz cap and one hand on the wheel.
No lust, no slam of the door –
the love of the miniature orange tree,
the clean white shirt, the hot evening shower,
the highway that cuts across Florida.
No waiting, no huffiness, or rancor –
just a twinge every now and then
for the wren who had built her nest
on a low branch overhanging the water
and for the dead mouse,
still dressed in its light brown suit.
But my heart is always propped up
in a field on its tripod,
ready for the next arrow.
After I carried the mouse by the tail
to a pile of leaves in the woods,
I found myself standing at the bathroom sink
gazing down affectionately at the soap,
so patient and soluble,
so at home in its pale green soap dish.
I could feel myself falling again
as I felt its turning in my wet hands
and caught the scent of lavender and stone.
~ Billy Collins ~
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8.
TIGER BEETLES
Faster than the eye can see!
With their eye-catching iridescent colors and bold markings, tiger beetles have long been targets for collectors. However, capturing these beautiful animals can be a challenge, as they can run faster than any other known insect. Some species have been clocked at over five miles per hour, which may not seem blisteringly fast, but in terms of body size, this makes them almost ten times faster than Olympic sprinters.
Tiger beetles make use of this astonishing speed for hunting, easily outrunning the small arthropods on which they feed. While hunting, tiger beetles have a distinctive habit of running in short bursts and then pausing. This is because they run so fast they go blind! The pauses allow them to re-focus their large eyes on their prey, which they grab in their razor-sharp, sickle-shaped mandibles after the final sprint.
The beetles' caterpillar-like larvae are also predators, but use stealth rather than speed. They hunt from a narrow tunnel dug into bare soil, snatching any hapless insect within grasp. Sharp hooks on the larvae's backs anchor them in the burrows so struggling prey can't drag them out.
There are more than 2,600 species of tiger beetles worldwide. North America has a little over a hundred species, with diversity highest in the southwest and southern plains. Tiger beetles are found across the continent in a wide variety of habitats, from river banks to mountain tops and sand dunes to forest floors.
For more information about these cool creatures, read the article "Six-Legged Tigers," by David L. Pearson, published in the most recent issue of our member magazine, Wings.
Xerces Society
“If we represent knowledge as a tree, we know that things that are divided are yet connected. We know that to observe the divisions and ignore the connections is to destroy the tree.” Wendell Berry
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9. Camilla Fox:
As described in my recent Huffington Post blog, each year our federal government spends millions of taxpayer dollars to shoot, trap, poison, and snare more than 115,000 coyotes, wolves, mountain lions, and other wild animals -- largely at the behest of agribusiness and ranching interests.
Representatives John Campbell (R-CA) and Peter DeFazio (D-OR) have offered an amendment to the Agricultural Appropriations spending bill that would stop funding this unconsionable wildlife slaughter -- saving taxpayers close to $11 million annually.
Please contact your Representative today and ask him or her to support the Campbell-DeFazio Amendment, which cuts government funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services predator control program.
(JS: I had plenty of personal experience with this subject, having been raised on a sheep ranch in Montana. We had 500 head of sheep, and during the seven years I herded them we didn't lose a single sheep to coyotes. Strangely, this fact didn't even occur to me until late in adult life when I reflected on the subject. At the time, I believed that coyotes were killing our sheep--because my father told me so, and it was believed by everyone around us. I now know that coyotes do not kill healthy sheep, only the sick, and they don't kill lambs either; mothers are effective at defending them. This mythology has been around ever since European settlers pushed into coyote territory, and it is still believed by many--perhaps most--residents in this type of country.)
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Spaces Still Available
At the Nature Sounds Society's 27th Annual Field Recording Workshop June 24-26
The Nature Sounds Society (NSS) will present its Twenty-seventh Annual Field Recording Workshop June 24-26 at San Francisco State University’s Yuba Pass Field Station, in the beautiful Sierra Nevada. Featured speakers this year include Gina Farr, of Wild Sound Stories, Martyn Stewart, world traveler and renowned nature recordist, Scott Huber and Maggie Rufo, birding by ear experts, and sound designer Dan Dugan.
The field workshop is an opportunity for participants to learn about nature sound recording and technical equipment during daily sessions in the field with experienced recordists. The workshop is open to both amateurs and professionals, and families are welcome. Accommodations are in tent cabins in a beautiful setting beside the Yuba River.
The Nature Sounds Society is an organization dedicated to the recording and creative use of natural sounds.
The Workshop fee is $229 for NSS members, $249 for non-members, which includes meals and lodging. For the registration form click here.
For more information, contact the Nature Sounds Society at www.naturesounds.org or call (415) 821-9776.
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11. Restore Hetch Hetchy executive director Mike Marshall:
Our annual fundraiser, Muir's March, begins in less than two months and I wanted to take a moment to personally invite you to join me on this exciting adventure. Over the course of 7 days more than 60 committed "Hetch Hetchyistas" will march across Yosemite to raise critical funds for the campaign to bring Hetch Hetchy Valley back to life.
Something for Everyone
This is a unique opportunity for you to experience the Yosemite backcountry with a great group of people. Whether you are a backpacking novice or a lifelong high country vagabond, our guides will create a once-in-a-lifetime experience for each and every "Marcher." You will dine alongside mountain lakes, sleep under a canopy of stars and cross paths with marmots, bears and every bird you can imagine.
hetchhetchy.org
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12. Scientific American
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE: The Limits of Intelligence
The laws of physics may well prevent the human brain from evolving into an ever more powerful thinking machine
http://links.email.scientificamerican.com/ctt?kn=27&ms=MzY3MTgzOTcS1&r=NTM5NzIzNTA1NgS2&b=2&j=MTAzOTMyNjU3S0&mt=1&rt=0
NEWS: Sprouts? Cucumbers? Authorities Still Searching for Source of E. Coli
Bacteria like E. coli can flourish on certain types of farms. Here's a look at why
http://links.email.scientificamerican.com/ctt?kn=51&ms=MzY2OTE3NDES1&r=NTM5NzIzNTA1NgS2&b=2&j=MTAzMzM5NDE2S0&mt=1&rt=0
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`13. Items from readers
Alice Moseley:
Dear Jake,
Here is a most interesting article about the difficulties of tracing the e coli outbreak, but nonetheless pointing fingers in the direction of agribusiness, by Eve Mitchell, EU Food Policy Advisor for Food and Water Europe
www.foodandwater.org
Here is an excerpt, published in the Ecologist magazine - perhaps it would be of interest to your readers?
"For example, while much more research is needed to gain a thorough understanding of the sources of microbial contamination in produce, scientific evidence finds that cattle, particularly those that are fed grain, are the most significant source of some strains of E. coli and that flies from cattle feedlots may serve as a major vector for E. coli contamination on leafy greens. The practice of feeding livestock antibiotics for growth promotion has increased the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant strains of pathogens like E. coli, and with it, related food safety risks."
What really caused the deadly E. coli outbreak?
http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/other_comments/926958/what_really_caused_the_deadly_e_coli_outbreak.html
Robin Chiang:
Thank you for your newsletter. Thought you might enjoy this view of our epicurean condition.
The Midas Touch - Lapham¹s Quarterly. You can view it here:
http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/preamble/the-midas-touch.php?page=6
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14. Catalog Choice
Too many credit card offers?
Want to stop phone book delivery?
Click logo:
OR - http://blog.catalogchoice.org/?utm_source=cchoice_news&utm_medium=email&utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=384
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15. See pictures from the last Sunday Streets - in the Bayview: http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/417137/7122d52fba/1490000697/c6af090a69/
Next Sunday Streets: Great Highway July 10
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16. FIRST NATIONS FILMS distributes and creates award-winning television Aboriginal documentary films and videos for, by and about First Nations people. Our exclusive educational native programs are shared with schools, universities, libraries, organizations and other groups and institutions throughout the world. Please visit our website for a complete list and video highlights from each film. Buy online at the website.
www.firstnationsfilms.com
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17. Strategic Approaches for Managing Invasive Plants
Golden Gate Club's Cypress Room, The Presidio Trust
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Strategic Approaches has been developed as the hub of our field courses, with the goal of drawing all of Cal-IPC's Wildland Weed Field Courses together. This course provides the context for all of your weed management skills. Topics include: goals and objectives, prioritization, management strategies, permitting, and adaptive management.
Invasive Plant Control Methods field course provides hands-on, practical demonstrations of weed control methods, taught by invasive weed experts with years of on-the-ground experience. Participants can expect to emerge with a deeper understanding of and ability to implement all major control approaches, including: mechanical methods, chemical control, cultural strategies, biological control and integrating control strategies.
Go to www.cal-ipc.org for a complete calendar of trainings & more info.
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In a study at Sanford U's Jasper Ridge Preserve that mimicked the natural order of species loss in a grassland ecosystem, researchers found that declining biodiversity greatly reduced resistance to invasive species and that the presence of even small numbers of rare species had profound functional effects. (Science News March 05)
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments—only consequences.” Robert G. Ingersoll
“A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his father but borrowed from his children.”
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Birds are the ultimate expression of liberation and freedom, which may explain why so many Britons "twitch" when watching them. Japanese men trapped in the corporate world, when surveyed, have indicated that in their next life they would most like to return as a bird. (Letter to The Economist 2 April 05)
18. East Bay Regional Parks Botanic Garden classes
Sketching Birds
Sunday, July 17, 9 am-4 pm
Drawing and Painting Plants
Saturday-Sunday, August 20-21, 9 am-4 pm
Act Locally: Using Local Native Plants in Your Garden
Sunday, August 28, 10 am-3 pm
Botany Basics
September 7-November 30, 9:30 am-12:30 pm
Taxonomy Workshop: The Multitudinous Composites
Saturday-Sunday, September 24-25, 10 am-3 pm
Fall Propagation of California Native Plants
Saturday, October 8, 10 am-1 pm
Botanizing California: The Varied Faces of Mount Saint Helena
Saturday, October 15, 10 am-3:30 pm
Ethnobotany: An Introduction
November 6-December 4, 10 am-2 pm
Click on Class Registration button to print registration form
For additional information call John Rusk at 510-528-0526 or email at john@rusk.com.
(Advance registration is required for all classes. Drop-ins are not permitted.)
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Editor's Highlights | June 16th 2011
Sticky patch or meltdown?
This week we look at the slowing of the world economy . Is it, we ask, going through a sticky patch, or is it headed for meltdown? We reckon that the reasons for the recent dip in activity—the knock-on effects of the Japanese tsunami, the high oil price, tightening monetary policy in emerging markets—suggest that it should be only transient. But—and this is a big but—there is a real danger that political brinkmanship in both America (over the deficit) and Europe (over the euro crisis) may turn a temporary hiccup into a big problem.
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20. CORRECTIONS
- venue changed
The Wildflowers of Monterey County
Speakers: Michael Mitchell & Rod Yeager
Friday, June 17, 7:30 PM
Los Altos Library Program Room
13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos
The venue of the June 17 talk has changed to the Los Altos Youth Center, 1 San Antonio Rd, Los Altos. It is in the same Civic Center Campus as the library, around the corner from the library. A map is attached. The inconvenience is regretted.
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Clarification on this notice in last newsletter:
Patricia Bulitt, dancer, will present solo dance with cello music by Gretchen Yanover on June 18th
Audubon Canyon Ranch
( egrets are nesting in the trees above the dance!)
FREE performance though contributions welcome! Requested donations are for Audubon Canyon Ranch
INFORMATION: ( 415) 868-9244
www.egret.org
Editor's Highlights | June 16th 2011
Sticky patch or meltdown?
This week we look at the slowing of the world economy . Is it, we ask, going through a sticky patch, or is it headed for meltdown? We reckon that the reasons for the recent dip in activity—the knock-on effects of the Japanese tsunami, the high oil price, tightening monetary policy in emerging markets—suggest that it should be only transient. But—and this is a big but—there is a real danger that political brinkmanship in both America (over the deficit) and Europe (over the euro crisis) may turn a temporary hiccup into a big problem.
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20. CORRECTIONS
- venue changed
The Wildflowers of Monterey County
Speakers: Michael Mitchell & Rod Yeager
Friday, June 17, 7:30 PM
Los Altos Library Program Room
13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos
The venue of the June 17 talk has changed to the Los Altos Youth Center, 1 San Antonio Rd, Los Altos. It is in the same Civic Center Campus as the library, around the corner from the library. A map is attached. The inconvenience is regretted.
_________________________
Clarification on this notice in last newsletter:
Patricia Bulitt, dancer, will present solo dance with cello music by Gretchen Yanover on June 18th
Audubon Canyon Ranch
( egrets are nesting in the trees above the dance!)
FREE performance though contributions welcome! Requested donations are for Audubon Canyon Ranch
INFORMATION: ( 415) 868-9244
www.egret.org
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