"But summer had a way of making her smile and feel happier. It was sort of amazing how for those months of summer she always believed in herself and all that she could be."
-Unknown-
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Be Heard
I'm fully aware of the fact that there are people out there who criticize this group and the movement that they're creating.
Get over it.
These people are doing more for human rights than any of us have in our lifetime. I say we step up and help out. Whether you believe in the actual organization or not. Stop thinking of yourself and finding fault with everyone, get out and let your voice be heard.
After all, we are just one big family. We have a responsibility to look out for each other.
AROHA
(See you all April 20, 2012-8 pm at the Utah state capitol. Bring your fliers!)
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Animals
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| They still love you even if you forget to fill up their water for a minute or two... |
"Until one has loved an animal, a part of ones soul remains unawakened."
Anatole France
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Getting Involved
I had one of those "life changing" experiences recently. It all started with Ellen. (Seriously though.) On my lunch break at work I was watching her show in the break room and she had Ted Danson on as a guest. Now, I've never been a Cheers fan really, so I zoned out slightly, lucky for me I zoned back in at the perfect moment!! Ted apparently has been an ocean activist for the last 30 years or something and he recently wrote a book called Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do To Save Them. I was intrigued-then he mentioned that he recently went vegan and I was captivated.Best. Investment. Ever. Truly, I've never spent $32.50 more wisely in my entire life.
I had no idea what is going on in our oceans!! That's probably due partially to the fact that I live in Utah. We're not super close to the coast here. This book is fantastic in multiple ways: first, there are pictures all over the place-it's a very reader friendly book, second at the end of the "chapters" there are suggestions of ways that you can help and third, even complex issues (like the molecular breakdown of oil vs water) is put in a way that even a blond girl in her early 20's can understand.
Bravo Ted Danson.
As I was reading I discovered a series of articles in the Los Angeles Times from 2006 by Kenneth Weiss called Altered Oceans. Of course, I had to google them. It turns out that the articles spawned an awesome website which I just happened to have linked to my blog here -----> http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-oceans-series,0,7783938.special
As I've been discovering all of this new information and all of these very real problems facing us on a daily basis I began defaulting to signing online petitions to my senators, joining Greenpeace online and studying as much as I could. But I still wasn't feeling very active in making the world a better place.
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| Dead sea floor. |
If you do anything because of this blog just go to this website http://act.oceana.org/cms/letter/l-turtles-comprehensiveprotections/ and sign your name. Sea turtles are my favorites.
Here are some other interesting websites if you're interested
http://www.oceana.org/
http://www.savethehighseas.org/
http://www.mcbi.org/shining_sea/s2ss_globe.htm
AROHA
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Improve or Enjoy?
"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."
E. B. White
Sometimes I feel like this. Actually, quite a bit I feel like this. Maybe I should be focusing on finding a way to do both...
Aroha
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