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by: CP

Thanks Larkia from my side as well. According to my knowledge, Kamilla's statement is absolutely right.

by: Kamilla

Thanks Larkia!

I guess the only two still remaining from the original Kivafriends group are me and CP.

The voting for the American Express Members Project is only open to US cardholders, and CP and I both are European. (Not that I have an American Express card anyway)

But thanks for spreading the message, I very much hope Kiva gets one of the grants!

by: Larkia

I don't know how many of you here were originally with the Kiva group, but I know a few people around here started with them.

Kiva is up for a 1.5 million grant in the American Express Members Project. They're currently ranked #2...1st place gets $1.5M, 2nd place gets $500K, 3rd place gets $300K, and 4th & 5th places get $100K each!

If you have an American Express card, please go to http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/P6KQEI and vote for it!

(Or, check out the other projects and vote for the one you like best!)

by: CP

Thanks Willow for spreading the information.

by: Kamilla

Very good news willow, thanks for posting it here!

by: WILLOW *

Sharing Educate PPL on your Cause!


VICTORY! For the Grey Wolf!!!

Dear Willow

It's the best possible news! The Bush Administration has just announced it intends to withdraw its plan to strip gray wolves of their endangered species protection in the Northern Rockies.

What a huge win for wolves AND for hundreds of thousands of online activists like you who share the credit for this amazing victory!

Let me bring you up to speed. Last March, the Bush Administration declared the Northern Rockies' wolf population "fully recovered," then it handed off responsibility for the wolves to Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. Just as we predicted, a bloodbath ensued, with 110 wolves slaughtered by state agents and hunters in as many days.

NRDC, Earthjustice and 11 other conservation groups raced to court and won an injunction that put a temporary halt to the killing until the full case could be heard. We fully expected to fight a drawn-out courtroom battle in order to win a permanent victory.

But thanks to the Bush Administration's surrender, that battle will NOT happen. Instead, the wolves of Yellowstone and the surrounding region will remain protected by federal law.

That means Wyoming, Montana and Idaho will NOT be allowed to begin the extermination of hundreds of wolves this fall as part of a massive public hunt -- the first in more than three decades. Instead, those wolves will continue to roam the Rockies -- wild and free -- as nature and the law intended!

Why did U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials throw in the towel? They had to face up to the fact that their case against wolf protection would never hold up in court. Above all, they ignored the best available science showing that wolf populations had not fully recovered.

In the end, the Administration had little choice but to put its tail between its legs and beat a hasty retreat.

Make no mistake: the fight doesn't end here. You can be sure the federal government will be back soon enough with a new plan. And the states will learn their lessons and return with yet another scheme for killing wolves.

But you can be equally sure that, with your help, NRDC will stand vigilant, fully prepared to meet and turn back any new and deadly threat.

In the meantime, please join me and all of us here at NRDC in celebrating this red-letter day in the storied history of the Endangered Species Act. It happened because you and thousands of others chose to stand up in defense of embattled wildlife. Thank you!

Sincerely,

Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council

by: CP

Hi Kamilla,

no I didn't know ...

by: Kamilla

That was in 1713, he saw that more trees were cut than grew back naturally and that could turn into a problem, so he propagated nachhaltende Nutzung. A balance between cutting trees and new trees.

by: Kamilla

Message for CP and his German friends:

Did you knew it was a German, Hans Carl von Carlowitz who used the term sustainability, nachhaltige Entwicklung for the first time in our culture?

(Other cultures have always known about the importance of living in harmony with your surroundings, but that is a different story)

by: CP

After the NRDC wins on the 28th of May 2008 and the 23rd of July 2008 we are trying to create continious awareness for this great cause. We already had our wins. Therefore it is the main goal just to keep the great work of NRDC in the mind of all site visitors.

In the round ending 17th of September 2008 we achieved the following result:

#3 Natural Resources Defense Council
500 votes


Thanks for your support !

by: CP

After the NRDC wins on the 28th of May 2008 and the 23rd of July 2008 we are trying to create continious awareness for this great cause. We already had our wins. Therefore it is the main goal just to keep the great work of NRDC in the mind of all site visitors.

In the round ending 10th of September 2008 we achieved the following result:

#3 Natural Resources Defense Council
800 votes


Thanks for your support !

by: CP

After the NRDC wins on the 28th of May 2008 and the 23rd of July 2008 we are trying to create continious awareness for this great cause. We already had our wins. Therefore it is the main goal just to keep the great work of NRDC in the mind of all site visitors.

In the round ending 3rd of September 2008 we achieved the following result:

#3 Natural Resources Defense Council
750 votes


Thanks for your support !

by: CP

Thanks for your hint, Kamilla.

by: Kamilla

The Natural Resources Defense Council is on of the charities listed this week poll on www.searchkindly.org

With every visit you raise money, and once every eight hours you can vote for The Natural Resources Defense Council, or one of the other listed charities.

by: CP

After the NRDC wins on the 28th of May 2008 and the 23rd of July 2008 we are trying to create continious awareness for this great cause. We already had our wins. Therefore it is the main goal just to keep the great work of NRDC in the mind of all site visitors.

In the round ending 27th of August 2008 we achieved the following result:

#3 Natural Resources Defense Council
773 votes


Thanks for your support !