Thursday, February 28, 2008

I drink tap water - do you ???

Bottled Water! Of course I think it is not environmentally friendly. All those plastic bottles? Never could figure out why people can't drink the same water as I do. And the energy costs and transportation costs...

It has always made me cringe at the grocery store to see all those bottles waiting to go to the landfill. And then apathy sets in. I am just one little person. I can't change anything... That's why we elect governments - to do what one person can't do - sigh...

This article in todays Calgary Sun by columnist Michael Platt really made me think about all the things that go on behind my back or over my head. I was astounded at the statistics in this article showing how much is actually used by ordinary people! And we, the City of Calgary, have a contract to sell our water!

I have always had this naive idea that our elected officials have been looking after my welfare! Well, of course they have - they use our tax money to clean water to sell for a profit! Keeps my personal taxes down, right? So that should be good, right? Dear God, we need help - please. There has to be another way!

later man, jan

Monday, February 25, 2008

wrong - this is wrong...

There is something so wrong with this - I consider myself a good \ nice \ nonviolent person - why would I even do this test...

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sigh

later man, jan

Monday, February 11, 2008

Poop from a Plane???

Just this weekend, we were walking around the bird sanctuary...

Some folks were commenting on the wonder reclamation of land that used to be a refinery...

I was enjoying the sight of the airplanes flying over on their way to land at our airport...

These lucky birds are right in the line of fire...

Is this how land is reclaimed - by fertilizer dropped from the sky ???

later man, jan

Friday, February 08, 2008

How Exciting...

Hi

I'm so excited that I just wanted to follow-up on my blog before Christmas... about Kiva.org - 'loans that change lives'...

We started lending in November and December and now It's So Exciting...

... emails have started coming in telling us that one of our lenders has made a payment... the people we have lent money to are now repaying their loans and we will be able to then send this money out again...

We have money working right now in Paraguay, Sierra Leone and the Ukraine. People in these countries are improving their lives with a little help from us and others...

WOW

later man, jan