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8 Things We Love That Climate Change Will Force Us to Kiss Good-Bye
Offbeat  (tags: climate change, saying goodbye, tragedy, tears, habitat, wildife, way of living )

Simone
- 3 days ago - alternet.org
If we don't work quickly to curb the effects of climate change we may lose the bird-eating fanged frog. Most of us may not miss that one, but there is an enormous list of species and places we may never see again unless we reverse this crazy climate
The Most Psychedelic Fish On Earth
Offbeat  (tags: animals, bizarre, environment, interesting, photos, pictures, unusual )

Daphna
- 5 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
The Psychedelic Frogfish is not only funky looking (read: trippy) on the outside; its forward-facing eyes are extremely rare for fish, allowing it to have the same kind of depth perception that humans have. As well as this, its colourful, scaleless skin a
PETA's Top Five Ads of 2009
Offbeat  (tags: peta, best advertisments, animal welfare, animal friendly )

Simone
- 6 days ago - blog.peta.org
With 2010 fast approaching, the holiday shopping season is at its peak, and the business of year-end listmaking is well underway. We couldn't resist the urge to take inventory of '09, so we're counting down our five favorite animal-friendly ads of the
Being a Child
Offbeat  (tags: children, therapy, troubled, horses, souls, bonding, helping )

Simone
- 8 days ago - rtfitch.wordpress.com
Back a zillion years ago the "ranch" existed in my backyard. At one point we had around 30 horses behind the house, and about half that many volunteers on a daily basis. One of them was a teenager who insisted that her mom had dragged her here, screaming
Reader Photo of the Day: Cat + Feather Duster = Mess
Offbeat  (tags: cat, defiant, feather duster, playful, mess, funny )

Simone
- 9 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Submitter socalcde was kind enough to share this photographic evidence of the dangers of leaving one's cat alone with a feather duster. (Our favorite viewer comment on this photo: "Another one bites the duster." Well put, commenter amsterdandi, well
SIGN THE PETITION : THE USA IS HOLDING OUT on WORKING WITH NATIONS FOR EQUALITY TO WOMEN
Offbeat  (tags: ==--->WORLD OBLIGATIONS to EQUALITY to F )

Ge
- 10 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Help ensure the rights of women around the world by urging the U.S. Senate to ratify the Treaty for the Rights of Women. CEDAW _the U.S. is one of only 8 countries (including Sudan, Iran, and Somalia) who have not yet ratified this important treaty.
Copps Calls State of Broadband for Native Americans 'A National Disgrace'
Offbeat  (tags: phone, outdated, ancient, updated, humans )

Lone
- 10 days ago - broadbandbreakfast.com
WASHINGTON, December 11, 2009 - The FCC's forthcoming national broadband strategy must include steps to improve services to Native Americans, FCC Commissioner Michael Copps told attendees Thursday delivering the keynote at the Practicing Law Institute's
Cellar Skeleton Thought to Have Been An Indian
Offbeat  (tags: skeleton, Native Americans, interesting )

Lone
- 10 days ago - projo.com
WARWICK -- The skeleton discovered in the basement of a house in Lakewood may be that of a Native American, according to Paul Robinson, an archaeologist with the state Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
World Press Photo 2009 Exhibition in Barcelona
Offbeat  (tags: arts, culture, goodnews, interesting, pictures, photos, world, women, society )

Alba
- 11 days ago - lifeincatalonia.com
The Centre for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) is presenting for the 5th year running the World Press Photo 09, an important event whose main objective is to make us aware of current affairs from around the world.
Churchill, Canada: Science, Art and Curiosity Mingle Where the Great White Beasts Gather
Offbeat  (tags: churchill, polar bear captial, artists, tourists )

Simone
- 12 days ago - seattletimes.nwsource.com
The snowy-white carnivores gather each fall by the tiny port of Churchill, Manitoba, waiting for the slate-grey waters of Hudson Bay to freeze so they can roam the ice in search of tasty seals. This remote town of 1,000, reached only by air or a two-
 
 
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