Posts Tagged as ‘Our Earth’

May 6, 2008

Earth Day…Or Is It WeEarth’s Day?

WeEarth Launches Its Online Network Around the World
LOS ANGELES, CA (May 6, 2008 )

On Earth Day, April 22, WeEarth launched not just a website, but an integrated online media network powered by the voices of its members. WeEarth provides its users with a unique portal through which they can explore and share environmental and [...]

May 5, 2008

Stephen Hawking: A Force of Nature

You can’t discover what’s in a black hole unless you go inside. But if you do, you never come back. Such is the problem physicist Stephen Hawking has faced when attempting to deepen his knowledge on the subject, and such was my experience listening to the latest lecture Hawking gave through his cheek. The lecture [...]

May 5, 2008

Secular Cyber Sabbath Catches On

So this article may convince you to take a day off from We Earth every now and then, a dangerous proposition that probably won’t do me any good, but I’ll take my chances.
Internet addicts are committing to “Unplug Days,” where they shut off the computer, don’t talk on instant messenger, don’t blog, and don’t answer [...]

May 5, 2008

PETA Encourages Meat-Eating, Sort Of

For the first time in history, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are actually encouraging people to eat meat, but under unique conditions that only future science can develop.
On the group’s website they claim to offer $1 million to the first scientist who can create “in-vitro-meat,” real, edible animal flesh that is [...]

May 5, 2008

Young Man Makes Then Creates Good

Most 17-year-old boys are too busy playing sports, and finishing high school to think about becoming a millionaire, but British born Todd Hadfield made his first fortune at just that age. Creating Soccer.net while still in high school, he sold it to ESPN in the states for 40 million dollars. The now 25 year old [...]

May 5, 2008

Clean Energy Plan Cancelled To Protect Environment

As awareness of green technology increases, so do the dilemmas it presents.  Most recently, a decision in Scotland shows how some efforts to go green could harm more than they help, and the environmentally conscious are hopelessly divided.
According to the Guardian UK, Scottish ministers rejected a plan to build one of Europe’s largest onshore wind [...]

May 5, 2008

Join the WeEarth Network

If you are on this site, you are likely a person who is concerned about the environment and about being socially responsible toward other people. Why not join us?

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May 5, 2008

Vegetarians State Case for Healthier Planet

One reason the 66 year-old former Beatle claimed eating meat was bad for the environment is the amount of land and water wasted to raise, pack and preserve the meat. Reuters reports that “a 2006 United Nations report found that cattle-rearing generated more greenhouse gases than transportation” so Sir Paul’s argument has some pretty powerful legs.