Team Earth's Social Networking
"there is an old African proverb that says if you want to go fast go alone if you want to go far go together, we need to go both far and fast if we are to combat climate change"
From former Vice President Al Gore, author of New York Times Bestsellers An Inconvenient Truth, Earth In The Balance, and Assault On Reason — and corecipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
http://ourchoicethebook.com/chapter9/
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Every day, Americans who recycle conserve valuable resources while reducing our Nation's carbon footprint. The reprocessing of materials is fundamental to our future prosperity, as recycling helps preserve our natural environment and sustain our economy. Recycling in the United States is a $236 billion industry, employing 1.1 million workers nationwide in 56,000 businesses. On America Recycles Day, we celebrate the individuals, communities, local governments, and businesses that recycle their waste and continually think of innovative ways to use materials that might otherwise be discarded.
Recycling improves our daily lives and helps to protect our planet for the future. Through recycling, we conserve energy, consume less of our precious natural resources, decrease the amount of waste deposited in landfills, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Communities across America also benefit by avoiding the pollution associated with the extraction of raw materials and their processing into finished products.
If we are to manage materials and products on a life-cycle basis, we must responsibly use and reuse our resources. Curbside recycling, electronics collection drives, community composting programs, and other similar methods contribute to the success of our efforts. Our Nation's health and prosperity depends on the productive and sustainable use of our environment. By recommitting ourselves to recycling, we have the opportunity to secure our long-term success and ensure a bright future for the next generation of Americans.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 15, 2009, as America Recycles Day. I call upon the people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate programs and activities, and I encourage all Americans to continue their recycling efforts throughout the year.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.
BARACK OBAMA
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-proclamation-america-recycles-day
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Conservation International (CI) is helping launch a groundbreaking opportunity—a tool designed to catalyze personal and collective action via the connective power of the web. We are calling it “Team Earth.”
Over the past year, CI has been talking about the power we can harness when we all work together, and Team Earth is designed to rally that kind of impact. Through science, social networking and unique “collective action challenges,” Team Earth will unify the efforts of thousands of people to demonstrate the power we all share.
Because together, we can create the kind of cumulative change we all need.
Check out Team Earth’s new website and begin to discover what will evolve into an unprecedented partnership between companies, non-profits, teachers, students and others—and help us generate momentum for human well-being through nature at a global scale.
Team Earth Web Site: http://www.teamearth.com/content/home/
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