Comments on: A CBC Member Tries to Save the Earth from Extinction http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2007/06/a-cbc-member-tries-to-save-the-earth-from-extinction/ A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ryanhttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2007/06/a-cbc-member-tries-to-save-the-earth-from-extinction/comment-page-1/#comment-746 Ryan Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:14:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=341#comment-746 I really hope Hastings can convince others to sign the bill! I've heard bad news about this bill not being too well recieved, thinking it's too much money to spend on the bees. Ridiculous! I hope Hastings can educate them!<br/><br/>I've been trying to raise money for this potential bee epidemc by selling tshirts. I hope you'll check it out!<br/><br/>Ryan<br/><a HREF="http://www.savetheblank.com" REL="nofollow">http://www.savetheblank.com</a> I really hope Hastings can convince others to sign the bill! I’ve heard bad news about this bill not being too well recieved, thinking it’s too much money to spend on the bees. Ridiculous! I hope Hastings can educate them!

I’ve been trying to raise money for this potential bee epidemc by selling tshirts. I hope you’ll check it out!

Ryan
http://www.savetheblank.com

]]> By: Jack Turnerhttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2007/06/a-cbc-member-tries-to-save-the-earth-from-extinction/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Jack Turner Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:09:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=341#comment-741 thanks for the post, Jill.<br/><br/>Alternet has a great story on the bee issue right here: <br/><br/>http://www.alternet.org/environment/53491/<br/><br/>There are a number of frightening threats to our highly industrialized, efficient, just-in-time society. Many of the things we treasure most are also our greatest vulnerabilities when we remove a single incredient: oil, fresh water and bees apparently. <br/><br/>some notable quotes from the AlterNet story:<br/><br/>"The honeybee is so important for pollination of hundreds of agricultural crops, because humans have made it so," Caron explained. "We destroyed the natural pollinators, plowed up the area they needed to live and continued to replace their habitats with strip malls and housing developments. So, farmers have come to rely on honeybees because of mushrooming human populations and our own destructive habits to the natural ecology."<br/><br/>And not just here, either: The disappearance is under way across the world. Regions of Iran are experiencing the same phenomenon, as are countries like Poland, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and more every day, including Latin American and Asia. The breadth of the problem suggests that a major environmental balance could be to blame -- what else is new? -- yet no authority will sign off on the possibility and the specific causes still remain unknown. thanks for the post, Jill.

Alternet has a great story on the bee issue right here:

http://www.alternet.org/environment/53491/

There are a number of frightening threats to our highly industrialized, efficient, just-in-time society. Many of the things we treasure most are also our greatest vulnerabilities when we remove a single incredient: oil, fresh water and bees apparently.

some notable quotes from the AlterNet story:

“The honeybee is so important for pollination of hundreds of agricultural crops, because humans have made it so,” Caron explained. “We destroyed the natural pollinators, plowed up the area they needed to live and continued to replace their habitats with strip malls and housing developments. So, farmers have come to rely on honeybees because of mushrooming human populations and our own destructive habits to the natural ecology.”

And not just here, either: The disappearance is under way across the world. Regions of Iran are experiencing the same phenomenon, as are countries like Poland, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and more every day, including Latin American and Asia. The breadth of the problem suggests that a major environmental balance could be to blame — what else is new? — yet no authority will sign off on the possibility and the specific causes still remain unknown.

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