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Local Beach Area Jan. 2008, by Rachel Breet Richmond

After months and months of waiting, it is official now – the seals can stay on the beach in California!

“A judge ruled Friday that harbor seals that have colonized the cove in La Jolla for more than a decade can remain there. That overruled an earlier decision to have the city remove the seals because their waste and bacteria was dangerous for humans.” – From the Associated Press, Judge says seals can stay in California cove, San Diego, Saturday 14, 2009 -

Remember – California is sending out I.O.U.’s to the taxpayers for anyone that was going to get a return.  What the city wanted was $10,000 a day (that is $3,650,000 a year) to be set aside to have a person walk up and down the beach with a bull horn to shoo away the seals.  (Yup, wrote about it here on The Breet Report.)  With modern technology though, the approach would surely change over time….anyway….

Now, there are citizens who do not like the seals being present on the beach cove. The smell is probably horrible; however, they are animals that do poop. We poop, they poop, it is nothing but poop. The idea that a clean up project is going to help the cove be clean enough for children to play on is crazy.  It took years for germs to build up (literally everywhere if ya think about it) and it would take years for it to be semi-okay to get back on the beach.

The added bonus to this is – without realizing it (in the 30’s) the area made a darn good man-made habit for wild animals.  This is serendipitous and quiet lovely.  At least the animals have a habit, since the beaches that were used by them anyway before have been developed over.  That is what caused the seals to come there in the first place.  Everything has a home and needs a home.

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In a surprise move, doctors have finally started to weigh in their opinions on what a healthy environment could me for each of us – BETTER HEALTH. While I still have my issues with doctors not listening to their patients, them being overworked, and a few other “gray areas,” it is important to give credit when credit is due.

The doctors are urging strong cut in “greenhouse gas emissions” with the countries getting ready to meet in Copenhagen.  They want other doctors to really weigh in and point out the already obvious information – we are dying.  (…at an accelerated rate…poison does that.)

See generations of life pass along the genetics, and that’s all well in good, because that is life. However, we are creating dampers and barriers in our genetic code.  Everything in the environment relies on the perfect balance in order to give healthier and fuller lives.  As admitted on here before, I am no doctor, but I know when my body is hurting or by golly kicks me in my bottom to get my attention.

With that, I am sure each of you knows too.  How? Again, how many are diagnosed with cancer at an early age now?  How many suffer a heart attack at an early age? How many suffer from asthma?  And why wouldn’t that tie into the environment?

Again, you have to examine the known and thoroughly documented history.  Look at current situations or at least within the last twenty to thirty years of lawsuits.  These are perfect examples of people realizing that the environment around them caused them to ALL get sick and/or have the same sickness.  Just because our hair hasn’t fallen out yet or lungs collapsed or cancer been detected, does not mean we are immune.  We are all affected.

The cycle of the planet has wind patterns that kick up dust (earth), and water (rain). Think about the rain for a minute…Everyone who lives on the East Coast knows that a hurricane forms/shapes up off the coast of Africa.  That single storm system possesses a lot of water and the wind (air) by the time it becomes a mega storm on the coastline.

If you are like me and want good health, fight for you environment.  Fighting for the environment is not about power, money, or gains, but rather doing what we know is right.

Doing the right rather than just talking the right thing – are very different acts.

Who cares if you are called weird, uncool, or dork? You didn’t gain power by over taking the few, you didn’t fool thousands to build a pyramid scheme of lies (thus causing destitution), and you didn’t do it for anyone but yourself.  That is called setting an example.  If you are a parent, you already know how powerful it is to set an example.

If you would like to know more about the doctors calls for action, check out
Climate cuts urged to avert “health catastrophe” — Coming to us from Reuters — by Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent – September 15, 2009 —-

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Okay, here it is, but not about the lithium…about other metals that we harvest in great volume.

“As hybrid cars gobble rare metals, shortage looms”

“Worldwide demand for rare earths, covering 15 entries on the periodic table of elements, is expected to exceed supply by some 40,000 tonnes annually in several years unless major new production sources are developed. One promising U.S. source is a rare earths mine slated to reopen in California by 2012.”

The idea of being green, living a greener lifestyle, or just being eco-friendly, means that we use what we have.

Continuing to take and make something new, from materials that have not been harvested, is not going to solve the global issue.  We are just creating new problems – like nothing left and nothing to replace what has been taken.

What we know as a species is that we do not have the ability to make these precious metals.

What we know as a species is that we do not have the ability to make the precious rain.

What we know as a species is that we do not have the time machine to find out what the planet is going to look like continuing this path.

With the things that we have right now, we should be able to survive and have that quality of life.  The resources left and people not shopping, will save time an individuals precious time, gasoline (black gold), rare metals, timber (I mean look at all the empty houses and businesses), and be able to become a humanitarian – with no alternative motive.

We just cannot keep taking.

On an interesting note, the latest Newsweek is stating that “IT’S TOO LATE TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING” (#14, of their “Surprising Things You Need To Know”)

Well, as it has been clearly stated on here – they are right.  The eloquent and most direct quote is, “The big worry now is that the planet may not adhere to the diplomatic timetable.” Thank you Newsweek – you have just summed up WHY we all have to work together.

Nature has all the time in the world to re-balance, with or without us being around.

The above and other entries here on this site, still gear towards survival, without saying “survival.”  Our communities need to have knowledge of not how to shop for the best deals or how much money you have in your pocket – those things come from Nature.  It will be what a person knows in gardening, recycling old clothes, or cooking enough beans to feed a lot of mouths.

The issue of Global Warming/Global Climate Change – is here and it has been here for so many years.  Working together and stopping all emissions – then waiting (because we have to) will be key in whether the problem is going to get bigger or reduce.  If Nature has taught each of us anything, it is the fact that it finds a way to survive.

Remember: Going green or Eco-Lifestyle doesn’t mean buying the latest “save me money gadget” – it means using what you have already.  Think.

Now, in the same breathe, I have to put it on here because this is “kudos”…

THE ENVIRONMENT IS HEALTHIER THAN EVER (#21, of their “Surprising Things You Need To Know”)

“Acid-rain levels have dropped 60 percent since the early 1990s.”

Question — And Be Honest – How many of you didn’t believe the acid rain fact?  There are many levels and stages to all things in Nature.  NOW, why are areas (such as the article mentions) like the Hudson River “much cleaner?” Because we took action to make the Hudson River cleaner – that means effort.  A little more effort and we could nip this Global Warming/Global Climate Change in the butt.

Sometimes, we just gotta take a path that is least taken.

A Path In The Park

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