Science: April 2008 Archives
Donate $5.50 and have a tree planted in Indonesia, and watch it grow on Google Earth: www.mybabytree.org
Buy a Tree for the Rainforest - Get a KML
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) offers you the opportunity to buy a tree which will be planted in a rainforest in Sebangau National Forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. In return, they not only plant the tree, but give you a Google Earth KML file in return with the location coordinates of your tree. Theoretically, as Google continues to update with higher resolution satellite and aerial imagery, you should be able to watch the growth of your tree (and the others who donate trees) over the coming years. To get started, you simply go to the web site mybabytree.org. They have a very cute animation that will guide you through the process, and you can use Paypal to make your donation. You can see the location and list of trees purchased so far here . Borneo is another location, like the Amazon, where rain forests are disappearing due to logging at a frightening pace.
Buy a Tree for the Rainforest - Get a KML
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) offers you the opportunity to buy a tree which will be planted in a rainforest in Sebangau National Forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. In return, they not only plant the tree, but give you a Google Earth KML file in return with the location coordinates of your tree. Theoretically, as Google continues to update with higher resolution satellite and aerial imagery, you should be able to watch the growth of your tree (and the others who donate trees) over the coming years. To get started, you simply go to the web site mybabytree.org. They have a very cute animation that will guide you through the process, and you can use Paypal to make your donation. You can see the location and list of trees purchased so far here . Borneo is another location, like the Amazon, where rain forests are disappearing due to logging at a frightening pace.
When I was young I used to go to my Uncle's house in Far Rockaway, Queens for weeks at a time. He had an indirect positive influence on me - his books! They were everywhere: on the floors, on shelves, book cases, in boxes, in closets. My fondest memory is of these two towering book shelves on each side of the living room entrance he had filled with books. I would stare at them sometimes in awe thinking that there were secrets in them.
In a time when the environment is a hot topic books these days may be getting a bad wrap. We know they are the product of processed timber and thus must take some toll on our forests, but if you think about all sides of the environment you would line your walls with them!
In a time when the environment is a hot topic books these days may be getting a bad wrap. We know they are the product of processed timber and thus must take some toll on our forests, but if you think about all sides of the environment you would line your walls with them!
MySpace is a winner in any demographic, which I guess leaves some wondering why it would go after a specific demographic and cater to it thus so...in this case Spanish speaking Latinos. I think I could understand the surface argument of what the writer is saying: why not have a universal MySpace. But...in what Language? Assuming that the same strokes are for all folks is ignorant and plain wrong, in other words you are living in a dream world. Reality is there are many Latinos in the US who prefer to speak Spanish (not to say anything of those in the islands, South and Central America).
So why not a Myspace Latino, and a MySpace Korean...why not a MySpace in every language? A true social network appreciates our differences and seeks to unite them, not wipe them out.
Sidenote: Isn't it strange that computer applications such as MySpace is now part of our Culture?
So why not a Myspace Latino, and a MySpace Korean...why not a MySpace in every language? A true social network appreciates our differences and seeks to unite them, not wipe them out.
Sidenote: Isn't it strange that computer applications such as MySpace is now part of our Culture?
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