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Clearwater Festival 2012

April 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

2nd Annual Festival Friday Gala June 15! Dear Clearwater Community, Inspired by Pete Seeger's efforts to clean up the river over forty years ago, Clearwater's annual music and environmental festival and fundraiser- the Great Hudson River Revival- initially helped raise the funds to build the sloop Clearwater, which has since become a world-renowned floating classroom and a symbol of effective grassroots action. This year, we're celebrating a multitude of anniversaries- from Woody Guthrie's 100th Anniversary to Preservation Hall Jazz Band's 50th Anniversary to Walkabout Clearwater Chorus' 25th Anniversary! We invite you to support Clearwater and Revival by becoming a Patron Fish. Your support as a Patron Fish is one of the best ways to help us to continue our important work, giving you … [Continue reading...]

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6 Things You Should Know About The Value Of Renewable Energy

April 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Clean energy should play a central role in revitalizing our economy, putting Americans back to work, and keeping America on the cutting edge of innovation and growth. Recently a slew of misguided attacks on the merits of clean energy have exchanged petty partisanship for hard facts.   Here are the top six things you really need to know: 1.       Clean energy is competitive with other types of energy 2.       Clean energy creates three times more jobs than fossil fuels 3.       Clean energy improves grid reliability 4.       Clean energy investment has surpassed investments in fossil fuels 5.       Investments in clean energy are cost effective 6.       Fossil fuels have gotten 75 times more subsidies than clean energy   Here are the … [Continue reading...]

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MWB Presents: Dawes, Ani DiFranco, Matthew Sweet, Michael Bolton, Punch Brothers and many more

April 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, founded by Pete Seeger, presents its Earth Day Benefit Concert: Celebrating Woody Guthrie's 100th Birthday on Sunday, April 22 at the Tarrytown Music Hall in Westchester.  Featured artists include: Janis Ian, Tom Paxton, The Klezmatics, Tom Chapin, Toshi Reagon, David Amram, Lucy Kaplansky, Garland Jeffreys and Cheryl Wheeler.  Tickets and info below and at TarrytownMusicHall.org. For the Clearwater Festival, June 16 &17 at Croton Point Park in Westchester, we've just added Joan Osborne & The Holmes Brothers, Alejandro Escovedo, Bhi Bhiman, Jose Conde Y Ola Fresca, Forro in the Dark, and Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole to a line-up that already features: Ani DiFranco, Martin Sexton, Bela Fleck, Dawes, Deer Tick, Tinawiren, Preservation Hall Jazz … [Continue reading...]

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Earth Day 2012

March 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment

  Planet Heart 6th Annual World Peace Earth Day Forum - The Coming of Times 2012: Messages from the Elders Two Day Earth Day Forum Apr 21-22, NYC Evening Event Apr 23, NYC   We are going to have the greatest opportunity to meet with our Native Elders, First People’s of the Earth, to listen to their important Messages and participate in their Sacred Ceremonies. Each person will get out of the event with a sense of a new direction and to learn more about this special time in the history of Mother Earth. Together we are awakening Humanity’s consciousness for a better Planet. Come be with us. We are all One. It is time to come together now. To Register and buy advance tickets, go to Website: www.PlanetHeart.org         … [Continue reading...]

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Arigato (Thank You) from Japan ~ 3.11 Rememberance ~ May Peace Prevail On Earth

March 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

3.11 Rememberance One year since the great Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Tragedy of Japan, we remember the lives lost and sacrifices made but most of all we remember the great waves of kindness, encouragement, love and prayers which reached the hearts of Japan.   We pray for the continued recovery and rebuilding of the affected region. May Peace be in Japan In memory of this day a thank you video from the people of Ishinomaki. Please Click Here to Watch YouTube Video   … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Environment and Nature, Japan, Overcoming Obstacles, The Water Hour

Veronique Choa Pittman, Green Schools Alliance

February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

http://www.greenschoolsalliance.org Superficially, the new website looks very similar to the old. However, it has actually been completely rebuilt in Drupal, so that up to 4 contacts at a school can upload content (news, resources, events). Students can upload videos, photos, presentations, and register their student clubs. Got something we should add to the site? Send it to info@greenschoolsalliance.net we'll post if it's beneficial to schools. Finally, you can "ask an expert" about almost anything you can think of! So excited that it is finally launched. We are going to build out the toolkit and resource pages in a big way but the framework is there for it to scale it to whatever size we want. Think of it as Google for green schools…but it's much more. Member schools will be able to … [Continue reading...]

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Olivia Manning, mother of NFL PROS provides tips on how to get the most out of Football Season

February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

OLIVIA MANNING, MOTHER OF NFL PROS, photo by The New York Times Olivia Provides Tips for Busy Moms and Dads On How to Get the Most Out of Football Season Background: Football season is finally upon us and for many families, that means another autumn jam-packed with sports practices, high school, college and pro football games, and of course plenty of tailgating and game-watching activities at home! As a busy wife and mom to two Super Bowl champions, Olivia has developed simple tips and tricks over the years to help her stay organized from kickoff right through Super Bowl Sunday. To keep things fresh on the field and in the home, Olivia is available to share her secrets on everything from freshening the home on game day and eliminating sweat odors on sports gear to managing … [Continue reading...]

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East End Volunteer Lifeguards Help Raise Money for the Montauk Playhouse Aquatics Center

January 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Forget about the winter soon you will be swimming just like these people.  Here is some information about the 2012 Montauk Ocean Swim Challenge Swim the waters along Montauk’s beautiful oceanfront in this annual event to raise funds for the Aquatics Center at the Montauk Playhouse. All ages are welcome to participate in the 1/2-mile, 1-mile or 2-mile ocean swims, which all end at Montauk’s popular Ditch Plains Beach. Check back soon for more http://www.montaukplayhouse.org   … [Continue reading...]

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Reid and Crew Sail Onward

December 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Dec. 21, 2011 29.50 N, 59.58 W, Course SE, Wind light In our last update, we sent a picture of the crew in the cockpit together. The ocean didn’t show it but we were bounding along at over six knots. Shortly thereafter we decided to shorten sail as the wind increased. It seemed like the wind picked up even more and before we got the mainsail down there was a tear in the leach. After dark, the wind increased more from the SW and because with just the staysail up we could only run off the wind, we lowered all sail and rode the storm under “bare poles.” The wind howled and the weather forecast said “winds gusting up to 50 knots.” The waves were bigger than any we have seen the whole voyage. After two days the storm calmed down and we raised sail again. We marveled at the big … [Continue reading...]

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Amazing Information About Cancer

December 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

              THIS IS AMAZING INFORMATION ON WHAT FEEDS CANCER, AND WHAT OTHER TREATMENT IS AVAILABLE. PLEASE READ AND PASS ON TOYOUR LOVED ONES.   This HAS to be of interest to everyone... FINALLY!!! News from the medical world that makes sense!!!       Johns Hopkins Update  This is an extremely good article. Everyone should read it. AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY', BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY . Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins: 1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied … [Continue reading...]

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