Archive for March, 2008

Paper or Plastic never looked so bad!

Friday, March 28th, 2008

I'm no saint, but one thing I swear by is bringing my cloth bags to the market.   I have to admit, it's a bit of an embarassment bringing my green 'Whole Foods' bags to Safeway or Trader Joes. The International Market gave me a couple free from their venue so ...

Annual Seal Hunt Begins

Friday, March 28th, 2008

CANADA'S annual seal hunt kicked off today, touting for the first time new more humane killing methods, but still sparking criticism from animal rights groups. Canada set a limit for its seal harvest this year of 275,000 harp seals, and adopted Independent Veterinarians Working Group recommendations to ensure the slaughter was ...

Stand with Tibet – Support the Dalai Lama (petition)

Friday, March 28th, 2008

After decades of repression, Tibetans are crying out to the world for change. China's leaders are right now making a crucial choice between escalating repression or dialogue that could determine the future of Tibet, and China. We can affect this historic choice -- China does care about its international reputation. But ...

Two Major Solar Projects Announced in California

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Southern California Edison Co. plans to build the nation's largest solar energy installation — an array of collector cells covering two square miles of rooftops that could power about 162,000 homes, the utility announced Thursday. Edison said it asked state regulators for approval to begin installing the technology on the rooftops ...

The Call for an "islamic Union"

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Harun Yahya asked: The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were a turning point for the world, one that completely altered its political and strategic balances. Some political commentators even say that Sept. 11, 2001 marked the real beginning of the twenty-first century. Looking back at the century just passed, the most ...

The Rational for Establishing World Peace

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Brian Ankner asked: We can logically assume that World Peace is something that 99.9% of the 6.5 billion People in this world would want and support if there was a way to achieve that World Peace that was practical, logical, morally right, non-violent and serves the good of All People ...

The Land of Canaan Should be a Place of Peace and Reconciliation for All True Religions

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Harun Yahya asked: The place referred to in historical sources as "the land of Canaan" is where currently Palestine and Israel reside in. This is a blessed land of many holy sites, a land where many prophets have lived and called on their peoples to believe in God's existence and ...

Blockbuster About Jesus Raises Passions

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Harun Yahya asked: The famous actor-director Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ has finally gone on general release after months of debate. Watched with enormous interest in the USA, the film caused some cinemas to assume the air of churches. Millions of Christians have queued to watch this ...