tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post1041747753281496647..comments2024-03-28T10:05:36.756+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: The value of campaigningCrafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-67560071797349803372011-02-19T08:05:15.852+00:002011-02-19T08:05:15.852+00:00About time we had some positive news! I too signe...About time we had some positive news! I too signed the forest petition just goes to prove that if we do campaign strong enough we will get there :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-5750454021663676802011-02-18T21:40:18.541+00:002011-02-18T21:40:18.541+00:00Nice to see this run down, and that even little ac...Nice to see this run down, and that even little actions can add up to change.d. moll, l.ac.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16007607538375968631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-21503906123146561162011-02-18T17:48:07.819+00:002011-02-18T17:48:07.819+00:00Good and bad news as always Juliet. A huge hurrah ...Good and bad news as always Juliet. A huge hurrah for the forests but now we have to worry about the oaks dying. I thought it was a disaster of unmitigated proportions when the elm trees died. I couldn't bear to lose the oak as well.<br /><br />Great news about the whaling and the factory farming of cows though. However we don't seem to be getting very far with climate change. Very sad about the polar bears. They have such a tiny, narrow niche in the environment that they will have nowhere to go.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095469968246647873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-66607173355084913092011-02-18T07:34:18.607+00:002011-02-18T07:34:18.607+00:00Caroline and Gabrielle - i had deliberately waited...Caroline and Gabrielle - i had deliberately waited to find some really good news before writing this post; the bad news links all turned up earlier!<br /><br />Caroline - thanks for the link to the Tiger project, I'll try and send them something. <br /><br />Sandy - yes, tigers are in a bad way, I should have included something about them in this post, but I have posted about tigers several times in the last year, <br /><br />PM Doolan - I read (and commented on) your article about Smithfield Foods. Bad news, thanks for sharing. <br /><br />Kay, Rabbits' Guy, naquillity yes successful campaigning can g ive us all hope!Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-43467367677584284752011-02-18T01:37:44.570+00:002011-02-18T01:37:44.570+00:00so glad for the good news and sad over the other. ...so glad for the good news and sad over the other. i'm not sure that we'll live to see a balance between economic growth and saving our wild areas. but, i am hopeful when i see so many demonstrating concern. hope all is well.Naquillityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04784964201596357136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-69910781518131978182011-02-18T01:13:31.935+00:002011-02-18T01:13:31.935+00:00I doubt any of those things would have happened wi...I doubt any of those things would have happened without the campaigning. Otherwise the big money rules and big money rarely cares about the future.<br /><br />I think the last 40 years, since the first Earth Day show that much progress has been made and more will be. Don't despair - keep working!RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017190779860810318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-76212556107274729402011-02-17T23:48:06.090+00:002011-02-17T23:48:06.090+00:00Wonderful post - good to see some good news balanc...Wonderful post - good to see some good news balanced with the never ending bad list, otherwise people just feel like giving up. Great message about campaigning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-39188905986526270182011-02-17T21:56:58.639+00:002011-02-17T21:56:58.639+00:00wow..good news and still the problems show up. But...wow..good news and still the problems show up. But I am ever hopeful we will get it together!Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819844673551315071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-8066323708171151562011-02-17T19:12:22.920+00:002011-02-17T19:12:22.920+00:00A well balanced post.
Your readers might care (i...A well balanced post. <br /><br />Your readers might care (in the light of the tiger mention above) to support Helen Calcutt's <a href="http://carolinegillpoetry.blogspot.com/2011/01/anthology-alert-8-tiger-tiger-wwf.html" rel="nofollow">Tiger, Tiger</a> campaign. Richard Bonfield, the Poet-in-Residence for the Born Free Foundation has added his support.Caroline Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-10190411586116582652011-02-17T18:54:02.438+00:002011-02-17T18:54:02.438+00:00Nice to see some good news. I was amazed and happ...Nice to see some good news. I was amazed and happy to hear the news this morning about the Japanese fleet. Other bad news though is how environmental terrorist Smithfields Foods has increased its penetration of the European (and British) market. The company's treatment of pigs is near criminal and everywhere Smithfields goes the environment suffers. Yes indeed - campaigning can certainly help - I couldn't agree more. I have written about Smithfields here: http://www.pauldoolan.com/2010/04/evil-of-smithfield-foods.htmlP. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-63976956404946802402011-02-17T17:51:31.337+00:002011-02-17T17:51:31.337+00:00I heard about the forests and the cow farm on the ...I heard about the forests and the cow farm on the news yesterday - that's good news. Not sure there's much can be done for the poor old polar bear - tigers are heading the same way too.Sandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.com