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Thursday, June 6, 2002

Vegetarian Society of Hawaii Lecture by Bruce Friedrich "Bruce Friedrich will discuss his view that a vegan diet is the only diet that takes seriously the health and environmental implications of animal agriculture, at the June lecture of the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii. He will also discuss the impact of factory farming and slaughterhouse consolidation on worker safety, third world poverty, and animal welfare. As Director of Vegan Outreach for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the largest animal rights organization in the world, Mr. Friedrich directed the efforts to force fast-food behemoth McDonaldÔFD5s to become the first corporation in U.S. history to adopt animal welfare guidelines. His controversial ÔFD2Got Beer?ÔFD3 campaign encouraging college students to drink beer instead of milk made headlines across the country and generated a record number of visits to PETAÔFD5s DumpDairy.com website. Bruce has appeared on countless television and radio programs, including NBCÔFD5s Today show, CNN, the Fox News Network, MSNBC, and Court TV. His work to champion veganism and animal rights has made headlines throughout the country, including repeated stories in The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today. " 8:49:48 PM  Google It!    comment []

Coral Reef Awareness Library I've been working on the new Coral Reef Awareness Library. It's a FileMaker Pro online database of coral reef materials. Check it out... i'ts going to go live a few weeks. "The ICRIN Library is an inventory of brochures, books, videos and other items suitable for coral reef awareness and education efforts. Items in the library have been generously donated by organizations and individuals from around the world. Each entry contains a brief description of the item and contact information on how to obtain the item listed." 6:57:35 PM  Google It!    comment []

Cool Robot Of The Week "The honor of being listed as "Cool Robot Of The Week" is bestowed upon those robotics-related web sites which portray highly innovative solutions to robotics problems, describe unique approaches to implementing robotics system, or present exciting interfaces for the dissemination of robotics-related information or promoting robotics technology." 6:51:26 PM  Google It!    comment []

My Weblog Neighborhood There's a new tool in Radio UserLand... It's called the Weblog Neighborhood and here's the kind of result it generates. "Last harvest of subscriptions file started: 6/6/02; 5:48:59 PM." 6:46:58 PM  Google It!    comment []

Some local farmers have high hopes for industrial hemp. [Marijuana.Com] 5:43:55 PM      comment []

Making Contact The National Radio Project is an independent non-profit media organization,founded in 1994. NRP heightens public consciousness, broadens debate on critical social issues and encourages civic participation by giving voice to diverse perspectives and opinions not typically heard in the mass media. In pursuit of this vision, NRP produces and distributes high quality public affairs and news programs. NRP also trains independent journalists and local organizers in radio skills to improve popular access to the media. 5:42:08 PM  Google It!    comment []

Where does garbage go? I'm working on a story on garbage where it goes, from the curb to landfill. Bulk. Think bulk on an unthinkable scale. Tons and tons of garbage, sorted thru and dumped. [Scorcher Radio] 1:20:59 PM  Google It!    comment []