From rmwj@soonernet.com Wed Jul 2 04:34:52 2003 From: rmwj@soonernet.com (robert waldrop) Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 22:34:52 -0500 Subject: [ok-sus] Updates to Oklahoma food website References: <3EFB09DF.576764F8@soonernet.com> <3EFBB26E.C387FC87@soonernet.com> Message-ID: <3F0252DC.F09BB43@soonernet.com> I have just updated the Oklahoma Food website with 253 new local food resources and reorganized the pages a bit so they are like "aisles" in a supermarket. Bon apetit! Robert Waldrop http://www.oklahomafood.org From jim@mindthunder.com Thu Jul 3 20:40:20 2003 From: jim@mindthunder.com (jim botkin) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 14:40:20 -0500 Subject: [ok-sus] US Appeals Court Kills DEA Interpretive Rule Banning Hemp Message-ID: <003801c3419a$f0f89da0$b7b1fea9@sbcglobal.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C34171.07379960 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable US Appeals Court Kills DEA Interpretive Rule Banning Hemp Foods, But More Battles Remain http://www.drcnet.org/wol/294.shtml#hempfoodwins The hemp industry Monday won another in a string of victories in=20 its two-year-old legal battle with the Drug Enforcement=20 Administration (DEA) over the agency's effort to block the sale=20 and possession of foods containing hemp products. The 9th Circuit=20 Court of Appeals overturned the DEA's interpretive rule barring=20 hemp foods, ruling that the agency violated its own rulemaking=20 procedures by failing to give advance warning or allow for public=20 comment before it promulgated the rule in October 2001. Writing for the majority, Judge Betty Fletcher said, "Because the=20 DEA rule is inconsistent with the THC regulation at the time of=20 promulgation, it is a procedurally invalid legislative rule, not=20 an interpretive rule. The petition requesting that we declare the=20 rule to be invalid and unenforceable is granted." But while the ruling kills the DEA's interpretive rule barring an=20 appeal to the Supreme Court, the agency's later Final Rule banning=20 hemp foods still stands and the multi-million dollar hemp foods=20 industry remains in danger. That rule is also being challenged by=20 the industry via the Hemp Industries Association (HIA), which=20 represents hemp manufacturers and retailers. Neither rule has=20 actually been implemented because the HIA has successfully sought=20 restraining orders to block them, and despite the DEA's best=20 efforts, hemp foods remain legal and available to the public. =20 [Ed: And tasty, too.] In its 2-1 opinion, the 9th Circuit also made findings that are=20 causing some hemp supporters to see signs of a favorable ruling on=20 the DEA's Final Rule. The court found that that DEA itself in=20 1975 had published in the Federal Register a statement that non- viable hemp seed was exempt from the Controlled Substances Act=20 (CSA) and that the listing for THC in the drug schedules only=20 referred to synthetic THC. The DEA has argued that the CSA allows=20 it to ban hemp-based foods with even trace elements of naturally=20 occurring THC. "This is definitely a huge victory," said David Bronner of Dr.=20 Bronner's Magic Soaps (http://www.drbronner.com), who heads the=20 HIA's hemp foods war council. "First of all, the court struck=20 down the interpretive rule, in which the DEA claimed that the CSA=20 covered hempseed oil along with fiber and stalk, because the=20 agency had not done proper rulemaking. But as important," Bronner=20 told DRCNet, "the court also said that the CSA only covers=20 synthetic THC. What's great about this is that the court made=20 findings that speak to congressional intent to exempt hempseed and=20 oil from the CSA. That means there is no room for agency=20 discretion; it can't countermand congressional intent with its=20 rulemaking, and that means it looks good for our case against the=20 Final Rule. The court really handed us a nuclear bomb here," he=20 added. HIA lead attorney Joe Sandler was a bit more circumspect. "While=20 this was about the interpretive rule, not the final rule, the=20 majority opinion contains language indicating that two of the=20 judges do understand that hempseed and oil are not covered by the=20 CSA, trace elements of THC notwithstanding," he told DRCNet. =20 "Those same judges will be hearing arguments on the final rule=20 case," he said, "but I don't make predictions." But one member of the three-judge panel that heard the case, Judge=20 Alex Kozinski, issued a sharp dissent calling the ruling "moot"=20 and "gratuitous" and predicted that the ban will stand. "The most=20 likely outcome," he wrote, "is that we will uphold the=20 regulation." Kozinski was miffed because HIA insisted that the decision on the=20 interpretive rule be made because the DEA would not agree to=20 acknowledge the rule was moot, said Bronner. "The DEA is so slimy=20 and untrustworthy that it is conceivable that it could still come=20 back and harass the marketplace even if its Final Rule is thrown=20 out, and when the DEA failed to concede the interpretive rule was=20 moot, we felt we had to cover all the bases." As for Kozinski's bet that the rule banning hemp foods would=20 stand, Sandler blamed judicial ignorance. "In his dissent, Judge=20 Kosinski said in passing that it seemed likely the court would=20 uphold the Final Rule because of the presumption that the courts=20 should give great deference to the agency doing the interpretation=20 of the law," he explained. "But as we explained in our brief for=20 the court on the Final Rule case, which Kosinski has probably not=20 yet had a chance to read, there is nothing to interpret here. The=20 plain language of the Controlled Substances Act excludes hempseed=20 and oil and does not bring them under its purview as THC," he told=20 DRCNet. Oral arguments before the 9th Circuit are set for September 17,=20 with a ruling expected sometime before year's end. Visit http://www.votehemp.com/PDF/HIAvDEA_9th_opinion.pdf to read=20 the court's opinion online. =20 Visit http://www.votehemp.com/PDF/HIAvDEA_finalrules_petition.pdf=20 to read the HIA brief and other documents in the Final Rule case. Visit http://www.thehia.org to learn more about the Hemp=20 Industries Association and their upcoming conference in Lakota=20 Sioux country, South Dakota, next month. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C34171.07379960 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
US Appeals Court Kills DEA Interpretive Rule Banning = Hemp
  =20 Foods, But More Battles Remain
   http://www.drcn= et.org/wol/294.shtml#hempfoodwins

The=20 hemp industry Monday won another in a string of victories in
its=20 two-year-old legal battle with the Drug Enforcement
Administration = (DEA)=20 over the agency's effort to block the sale
and possession of foods=20 containing hemp products.  The 9th Circuit
Court of Appeals = overturned=20 the DEA's interpretive rule barring
hemp foods, ruling that the = agency=20 violated its own rulemaking
procedures by failing to give advance = warning or=20 allow for public
comment before it promulgated the rule in October=20 2001.

Writing for the majority, Judge Betty Fletcher said, = "Because the=20
DEA rule is inconsistent with the THC regulation at the time of=20
promulgation, it is a procedurally invalid legislative rule, not =
an=20 interpretive rule.  The petition requesting that we declare the =
rule to=20 be invalid and unenforceable is granted."

But while the ruling = kills the=20 DEA's interpretive rule barring an
appeal to the Supreme Court, the = agency's=20 later Final Rule banning
hemp foods still stands and the = multi-million=20 dollar hemp foods
industry remains in danger.  That rule is = also being=20 challenged by
the industry via the Hemp Industries Association = (HIA), which=20
represents hemp manufacturers and retailers.  Neither rule has=20
actually been implemented because the HIA has successfully sought=20
restraining orders to block them, and despite the DEA's best =
efforts,=20 hemp foods remain legal and available to the public.  =
[Ed:  And=20 tasty, too.]

In its 2-1 opinion, the 9th Circuit also made = findings that=20 are
causing some hemp supporters to see signs of a favorable ruling = on=20
the DEA's Final Rule.  The court found that that DEA itself in =
1975=20 had published in the Federal Register a statement that non-
viable = hemp seed=20 was exempt from the Controlled Substances Act
(CSA) and that the = listing for=20 THC in the drug schedules only
referred to synthetic THC.  The = DEA has=20 argued that the CSA allows
it to ban hemp-based foods with even = trace=20 elements of naturally
occurring THC.

"This is definitely a = huge=20 victory," said David Bronner of Dr.
Bronner's Magic Soaps (http://www.drbronner.com), who = heads the=20
HIA's hemp foods war council.  "First of all, the court struck =
down=20 the interpretive rule, in which the DEA claimed that the CSA
covered = hempseed oil along with fiber and stalk, because the
agency had not = done=20 proper rulemaking.  But as important," Bronner
told DRCNet, = "the court=20 also said that the CSA only covers
synthetic THC.  What's great = about=20 this is that the court made
findings that speak to congressional = intent to=20 exempt hempseed and
oil from the CSA.  That means there is no = room for=20 agency
discretion; it can't countermand congressional intent with = its=20
rulemaking, and that means it looks good for our case against the =
Final=20 Rule.  The court really handed us a nuclear bomb here," he=20
added.

HIA lead attorney Joe Sandler was a bit more=20 circumspect.  "While
this was about the interpretive rule, not = the=20 final rule, the
majority opinion contains language indicating that = two of=20 the
judges do understand that hempseed and oil are not covered by = the=20
CSA, trace elements of THC notwithstanding," he told DRCNet. =20
"Those same judges will be hearing arguments on the final rule =
case," he=20 said, "but I don't make predictions."

But one member of the = three-judge=20 panel that heard the case, Judge
Alex Kozinski, issued a sharp = dissent=20 calling the ruling "moot"
and "gratuitous" and predicted that the = ban will=20 stand.  "The most
likely outcome," he wrote, "is that we will = uphold=20 the
regulation."

Kozinski was miffed because HIA insisted = that the=20 decision on the
interpretive rule be made because the DEA would not = agree to=20
acknowledge the rule was moot, said Bronner.  "The DEA is so = slimy=20
and untrustworthy that it is conceivable that it could still come =
back=20 and harass the marketplace even if its Final Rule is thrown
out, and = when=20 the DEA failed to concede the interpretive rule was
moot, we felt we = had to=20 cover all the bases."

As for Kozinski's bet that the rule banning = hemp=20 foods would
stand, Sandler blamed judicial ignorance.  "In his = dissent,=20 Judge
Kosinski said in passing that it seemed likely the court would =
uphold the Final Rule because of the presumption that the courts =
should=20 give great deference to the agency doing the interpretation
of the = law," he=20 explained.  "But as we explained in our brief for
the court on = the=20 Final Rule case, which Kosinski has probably not
yet had a chance to = read,=20 there is nothing to interpret here.  The
plain language of the=20 Controlled Substances Act excludes hempseed
and oil and does not = bring them=20 under its purview as THC," he told
DRCNet.

Oral arguments = before the=20 9th Circuit are set for September 17,
with a ruling expected = sometime before=20 year's end.

Visit http://www.v= otehemp.com/PDF/HIAvDEA_9th_opinion.pdf=20 to read
the court's opinion online. 

Visit http= ://www.votehemp.com/PDF/HIAvDEA_finalrules_petition.pdf=20
to read the HIA brief and other documents in the Final Rule=20 case.

Visit http://www.thehia.org to=20 learn more about the Hemp
Industries Association and their upcoming=20 conference in Lakota
Sioux country, South Dakota, next=20 month.

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------_=_NextPart_001_01C344B1.16150C49-- From sshields@cox.net Tue Jul 8 03:24:07 2003 From: sshields@cox.net (Susie Shields) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 21:24:07 -0500 Subject: [ok-sus] Water quality affects land value Message-ID: <00a501c344f8$0288be00$7e00a8c0@ok.cox.net> Water quality affects land value BEMIDJI, MN - A new study of lakes in north-central Minnesota shows that clear water can boost the value of lakeshore property, giving property owners and elected officials a new reason to think about land-use and development issues. Researchers at Bemidji State University calculated how much property values would rise or fall on 37 lakes if water clarity improved or worsened. They examined 1,205 residential property sales from 1996 to 2001 on lakes in the upper Mississippi River watershed. The land values were compared with water-quality data for those lakes. "We concluded that water clarity is very significantly related to the price per foot of lakeshore," said Charlie Parson, a geography professor and co-author of the study. "We have enough lakes and enough parcels to establish that this is a real relationship." Water clarity, a measure of how deep you can see into a lake, can be affected by pollution, erosion and other factors, such as the removal of shore vegetation. Lakeshore property is under tremendous development pressure, she said, and builders and landowners change the landscape. "They need to follow guidelines that are advantageous to good water quality and that prevent erosion and nutrient runoff," she said. Parson said the worst practices include removing trees, native plants and aquatic vegetation in front of the property, "and then mowing everything down to the water and fertilizing the heck out of it." Land use law questioned in court LAKE ELSINOR, CA - The June 25 ruling by U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson in the case of Elsinore Christian Center versus City of Lake Elsinore, Calif. facilitates what many thought was inevitable: a higher court ruling on whether the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Person Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) is constitutional. Elsinor Christian Center claimed its religious exercise rights were denied when the city refused to grant it a conditional use permit for a building in the downtown area. The church intended to purchase and use the building as a worship center, but zoning restrictions prohibited religious assemblies and worship there. "It was expected that eventually a federal judge somewhere would challenge the constitutionality of RLUIPA because of the fact it is the most sweeping, revolutionary civil rights statute ever enacted in U.S. history directly impacting the rights of churches," said Brad Dacus, president of Pacific Justice Institute in Citrus Heights, Calif. "So, it was understood that eventually the constitutionality would be challenged or addressed by all the circuits or eventually by the United States Supreme Court." Dacus, whose organization is one of the law firms representing Elsinore Christian Center, said attorneys would ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to overturn Wilson's ruling. "We anticipate this case will be eventually reversed before the Ninth Circuit (or) if not the Ninth Circuit then the (U.S.) Supreme Court." Mukwonago mailing will seek landowners' help to curb sprawl MILWAUKEE, WI - Owners of 35 or more acres of land in the town of Mukwonago can expect to receive letters in late July, seeking support for a program to buy property development rights as a way to block suburban sprawl in this largely rural community. During the past year, town officials and residents have worked on a three-tier effort to curb residential development. The first tier, the letter campaign, revolves around a concept in which the town buys development rights from landowners, similar to a company's buying a mineral rights. The owner does not lose ownership of the property but is not allowed to develop the land for residential, commercial or industrial uses. Money for the program would be acquired through federal sources and possibly a property tax to raise the needed cash. The second tier is to encourage developers to fit their subdivisions within the environment of the land. Known as a conservation subdivision, the development is designed with a sensitivity to its natural surroundings, instead of being driven by the number of lots and homes. The third tier is an allotment system in which, generally, only 50 homes are allowed to be built each year. More homes can be built in subsequent years if the allotment of 50 isn't used up in previous years. Mukwonago mailing will seek landowners' help to curb sprawl By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ denriquez@journalsentinel.com Last Updated: June 25, 2003 Town of Mukwonago - Owners of 35 or more acres of land can expect to receive letters in late July, seeking support for a program to buy property development rights as a way to block suburban sprawl in this largely rural community. A committee of town supervisors, landowners and conservationists agreed Wednesday night to the wording of the mailings, and to ask landowners to meet with them on Aug. 19. Plans discussed Wednesday called for the Purchase of Development Rights Committee to send 62 mailings, the number of residents who own parcels of 35 acres or larger. During the past year, town officials and residents have worked on a three-tier effort to curb residential development. The first tier, the letter campaign, revolves around a concept in which the town buys development rights from landowners, similar to a company's buying a mineral rights. The owner does not lose ownership of the property but is not allowed to develop the land for residential, commercial or industrial uses. "A PDR program gives landowners the option to be compensated for the development value of their property without having to sell their land for development," a rough draft of the letter says. It does not require public access to the land, and certified appraisers would be hired to determine the development value, the letter says. Money for the program would be acquired through federal sources and possibly a property tax to raise the needed cash, said committee member Barb Holtz. The second tier is to encourage developers to fit their subdivisions within the environment of the land. Known as a conservation subdivision, the development is designed with a sensitivity to its natural surroundings, instead of being driven by the number of lots and homes. The third tier is an allotment system in which, generally, only 50 homes are allowed to be built each year. More homes can be built in subsequent years if the allotment of 50 isn't used up in previous years. This month, the Metropolitan Builders Association of Greater Milwaukee, the Waukesha County Farm Bureau and some landowners filed a claim against the town, a precursor to a lawsuit to challenge the legality of the quota system and seek damages. Opponents of the allotment system call it an an unlawful rationing of building permits and that it forces developers to look elsewhere. Large landowners contend the allotment system ruins their ability to sell their farms, which are seen as retirement nest eggs. From the June 26, 2003 editions of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel From sshields@cox.net Tue Jul 8 03:37:32 2003 From: sshields@cox.net (Susie Shields) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 21:37:32 -0500 Subject: [ok-sus] THE GREEN GUIDE, JULY 1, 2003 Message-ID: <00d901c344f9$e8778bc0$7e00a8c0@ok.cox.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00D6_01C344CF.FBDD28C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Green Guide to Go =20 THE GREEN GUIDE TO GO, JULY 1, 2003 =20 =20 NOW at http://www.thegreenguide.com: =20 =20 1. SURF'S UP FOR SEA-WISE SHOPPERS Informed consumer choice does matter. Overfishing and oceans = pollution may be best countered at the check out counter by consumers = saying no to fish that haven=E2=80=99t been sustainably harvested or = contain harmful toxins including mercury, which can cause nervous system = and developmental harm. Read David Helvarg's Sustainable Seafood for = inspiration, then make your own sea-wise shopping choices (read: better = for you and the ocean) with The Green Guide's own "Yes Fish, No Fish" = seafood selector, and create some delicious salmon cakes. 2. MORE FOR THE GREEN GOURMET NEW GRILLING GUIDES TO THE BEST CHICKEN AND MEAT It's summer once again...grilling season. You're a great backyard = chef, and like most, want top quality chicken and meat for grilling, = which increasingly means that which is ecologically and humanely = produced. But what to choose? Today's shopper faces a plethora of = confusing sustainable labels on meat and poultry products. Make sense of = all the labels and get what you want with The Green Guide's Smart = Shopper's Pocket Guides -- one to chicken and one to meat. 3. NOT IN MY BACK YARD Planning to put in a new deck off the kitchen or a play set in the = yard? Avoid wood products treated with CCA (chromated copper arsenate). = The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has warned that exposure to = CCA can increase risk of lung and bladder cancer. Turn to The Green = Guide's Buyer Beware for advice on CCA-free options and "what you can = do" with CCA-treated back yard furniture you may already have. 4. COUCH POTATO NIGHTMARES If the "cush" in your couch is polyurethane foam, chances are that = 25 percent of its foam weight is actually a fire retardant known as = PBDE, found in studies to interrupt brain development, disrupt thyroid = hormone levels and maybe cause cancer. Making matters worse, PBDE's are = showing up in women's breast milk in increasing concentrations. 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Informed consumer choice does matter. Overfishing and = oceans=20 pollution may be best countered at the check out counter by = consumers=20 saying no to fish that haven=E2=80=99t been sustainably harvested = or contain=20 harmful toxins including mercury, which can cause nervous system = and=20 developmental harm. Read David = Helvarg's=20 Sustainable Seafood for inspiration, then make your own = sea-wise=20 shopping choices (read: better for you and the ocean) with The = Green=20 Guide's own "Yes = Fish, No=20 Fish" seafood selector, and create some delicious salmon=20 cakes.


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NEW GRILLING GUIDES TO THE BEST CHICKEN AND=20 MEAT

It's summer once again...grilling = season.=20 You're a great backyard chef, and like most, want top quality = chicken and=20 meat for grilling, which increasingly means that which is = ecologically and=20 humanely produced. But what to choose? Today's shopper faces a = plethora of=20 confusing sustainable labels on meat and poultry products. Make = sense of=20 all the labels and get what you want with The Green = Guide's Smart = Shopper's=20 Pocket Guides -- one to chicken and one to meat.


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Planning to put in a new deck off the kitchen or a play = set in the=20 yard? Avoid wood products treated with CCA (chromated copper = arsenate).=20 The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has warned that exposure = to CCA=20 can increase risk of lung and bladder cancer. Turn to The = Green=20 Guide's Buyer = Beware=20 for advice on CCA-free options and "what you can do" with = CCA-treated back=20 yard furniture you may already have.


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------=_NextPart_000_00D6_01C344CF.FBDD28C0-- From sshields@cox.net Tue Jul 8 03:47:19 2003 From: sshields@cox.net (Susie Shields) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 21:47:19 -0500 Subject: [ok-sus] Transportation Planning, Clean Water and Air stories Message-ID: <00ff01c344fb$403808c0$7e00a8c0@ok.cox.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00FC_01C344D1.571EDD40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Defenders of Wildlife Publishes Citizens Guide to Transportation = Planning (6/30) Defenders of Wildlife has published a new citizen's handbook that = describes the effects of roads on wildlife and habitat, clearly explains = the confusing transportation planning process, and informs people how to = become involved effectively so they may be advocates for wildlife and = important natural areas. The impacts of roads on wildlife and habitat = reach far beyond the pavement. Harm can occur in many forms, from highly = visible road kills, to the often unrecognized yet critical severing of a = population's territory. It is important to plan roads carefully, and to = minimize their intrusion into a state's most ecologically significant = natural areas. Citizens can be tremendous advocates for wildlife if they = know how the process works and how to contribute effectively. The = Conservation-Minded Citizen's Guide to Transportation Planning: How to = Get Involved in Minimizing the Impacts of roads on Florida's Wildlife, = is available at http://www.defenders.org/publications/CitizensGuide.pdf, = or you may request a hard copy by calling (727) 823-3888. Minnesota Governor Casts His Vision for Clean Water (Star Tribune 6/25) Outlining a broad initiative to assure clean water for drinking, = recreation and farming, Gov. Tim Pawlenty vowed to protect the state's = "greatest natural resource" and not to let it "slip further down the = slope of silt, sewage and sludge." In a major policy address to the = Minnesota Environmental Initiative, a nonprofit advocacy group, the = Republican governor promised new funding to clean up waterways from the = Red River in the northwest to the Mississippi through the Twin Cities = and trout streams in the southeast. With 14,000 lakes, 92,000 miles of = rivers, 10.6 million acres of wetlands and 1 trillion-plus gallons of = groundwater, Minnesota has more fresh water than any other state, he = said. But it is being stressed by overdevelopment, flooding, poor sewage = practices, and urban and agricultural pollution runoff. Pawlenty, who = has taken several prominent pro-environmental stands as governor after = compiling a legislative record rated as poor by activist groups, also = said clean-water efforts took only "a minimal loss of funding" as he = balanced a projected $4.5 billion two-year state budget deficit. The = Senate DFL caucus, however, noted that Pawlenty and Republican = legislators this year cut in half $31 million in Senate-passed = appropriations to upgrade wastewater treatment systems to protect and = restore streams, and that another $1.5 million Senate plan to improve = public water access was blocked by GOP leaders.=20 =20 DE Urges Early Industry Compliance with Federal Fine Particulate Matter = Regs. (Newszap.org 6/29) Hoping to beat the clock and bypass EPA regulations, Delaware is urging = power, transportation, and fuel-burning industries to lower their = emission of fine particulate matter through voluntary measures. Fine = particulate matter is a poorly-understood irritant emitted directly from = such industries or formed when sulfur dioxide interacts with other = chemicals in the atmosphere. Too small to be filtered by the nose or = mouth, the 2.5 micron particles settle in the lungs, causing asthma, = heart problems, coughing, and shortness of breath. EPA regulations allow = 15 micrograms of fine particulate matter per cubic meter per year and = states will soon be required to implement their plan to ensure = compliance. By acting quickly, Delaware is hoping to avoid the more = stringent standards that would result from non-compliance.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_00FC_01C344D1.571EDD40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Defenders of Wildlife = Publishes Citizens=20 Guide to Transportation Planning (6/30)
Defenders of = Wildlife=20 has published a new citizen's handbook that describes the effects of = roads on=20 wildlife and habitat, clearly explains the confusing transportation = planning=20 process, and informs people how to become involved effectively so they = may be=20 advocates for wildlife and important natural areas. The impacts of roads = on=20 wildlife and habitat reach far beyond the pavement. Harm can occur in = many=20 forms, from highly visible road kills, to the often unrecognized yet = critical=20 severing of a population's territory. It is important to plan roads = carefully,=20 and to minimize their intrusion into a state's most ecologically = significant=20 natural areas. Citizens can be tremendous advocates for wildlife if they = know=20 how the process works and how to contribute effectively. The = Conservation-Minded=20 Citizen's Guide to Transportation Planning: How to Get Involved in = Minimizing=20 the Impacts of roads on Florida's Wildlife, is available at http://www.defenders.org/publications/CitizensGuide.pdf, or you may request a hard copy by calling (727)=20 823-3888.
 
Minnesota Governor Casts His = Vision for=20 Clean Water (Star Tribune 6/25)
Outlining a broad = initiative to=20 assure clean water for drinking, recreation and farming, Gov. Tim = Pawlenty vowed=20 to protect the state's "greatest natural resource" and not to let it = "slip=20 further down the slope of silt, sewage and sludge." In a major policy = address to=20 the Minnesota Environmental Initiative, a nonprofit advocacy group, the=20 Republican governor promised new funding to clean up waterways from the = Red=20 River in the northwest to the Mississippi through the Twin Cities and = trout=20 streams in the southeast. With 14,000 lakes, 92,000 miles of rivers, = 10.6=20 million acres of wetlands and 1 trillion-plus gallons of groundwater, = Minnesota=20 has more fresh water than any other state, he said. But it is being = stressed by=20 overdevelopment, flooding, poor sewage practices, and urban and = agricultural=20 pollution runoff. Pawlenty, who has taken several prominent = pro-environmental=20 stands as governor after compiling a legislative record rated as poor by = activist groups, also said clean-water efforts took only "a minimal loss = of=20 funding" as he balanced a projected $4.5 billion two-year state budget = deficit.=20 The Senate DFL caucus, however, noted that Pawlenty and Republican = legislators=20 this year cut in half $31 million in Senate-passed appropriations to = upgrade=20 wastewater treatment systems to protect and restore streams, and that = another=20 $1.5 million Senate plan to improve public water access was blocked by = GOP=20 leaders.
 
DE Urges Early Industry Compliance = with=20 Federal Fine Particulate Matter Regs. (Newszap.org = 6/29)
Hoping=20 to beat the clock and bypass EPA regulations, Delaware is urging power,=20 transportation, and fuel-burning industries to lower their emission of = fine=20 particulate matter through voluntary measures. Fine particulate matter = is a=20 poorly-understood irritant emitted directly from such industries or = formed when=20 sulfur dioxide interacts with other chemicals in the atmosphere. Too = small to be=20 filtered by the nose or mouth, the 2.5 micron particles settle in the = lungs,=20 causing asthma, heart problems, coughing, and shortness of breath. EPA=20 regulations allow 15 micrograms of fine particulate matter per cubic = meter per=20 year and states will soon be required to implement their plan to ensure=20 compliance. By acting quickly, Delaware is hoping to avoid the more = stringent=20 standards that would result from non-compliance. =
------=_NextPart_000_00FC_01C344D1.571EDD40-- From sshields@cox.net Tue Jul 8 03:50:04 2003 From: sshields@cox.net (Susie Shields) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 21:50:04 -0500 Subject: [ok-sus] The Culture Jammers Media Network Message-ID: <010901c344fb$a298aa60$7e00a8c0@ok.cox.net> From: The Culture Jammers Media Network [mailto:media@lists.adbusters.org] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 1:54 AM To: The Culture Jammers Media Network Subject: Black spot on NYT -- Thursday! We did it! Flip through the New York Times (Thursday, July 3rd) and you'll stumble onto a nervy, full-page black spot in all its subversive glory. Thanks a bunch to all of you who made it happen -- $47,000 is the most we've ever raised for a single campaign. Next up . . . TV. Check out the Unbrand America TV spot that's heating up network boardrooms, http://www.unbrandamerica.org/tv/ In the mean time, keep the black spots popping. Cheers, Adbusters Staff & Volunteers ----------------------------------------------------------------- Want to join the Culture Jammers Network? Visit http://adbusters.org/information/network/ To unsubscribe from the list, simply send an email to media@lists.adbusters.org with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject. From sshields@cox.net Tue Jul 8 04:11:04 2003 From: sshields@cox.net (Susie Shields) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 22:11:04 -0500 Subject: [ok-sus] More from Wildlines Report Message-ID: <014701c344fe$91acaaa0$7e00a8c0@ok.cox.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0144_01C344D4.A89B2040 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Antibiotics in Agriculture=20 The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) estimates that 70% of all = antibiotics used in the United States -- more that 24 million pounds per = year -- are routinely put in the food and water of healthy livestock. = More than one half of these drugs are identical to antibiotics doctors = rely upon to treat human illness. They are given to animals to make them = grow faster on less feed and to compensate for the crowded, unhygienic = conditions typically found on today's industrialized livestock "farms." = This practice has the unintended impact of increasing the spread of = antibiotic resistant bacteria. In a recent move, the McDonald's = Corporation announced it will ask its meat suppliers around the world to = reduce their dependence on antibiotics; McDonald's expects its suppliers = to phase out use of some antibiotics that promote growth in healthy = animals, and to significantly reduce use of other antibiotics that = typically protect animals against disease. This repositioning is in = response to growing pressure worldwide against the practice of using = antibiotics in a nontherapeutic manner. Many federal agencies, including = the CDC and the FDA, have extensive studies that show that the use of = antibiotics in this manner is dangerous and a threat to public health. = Yet the federal government has not taken significant action, and instead = is taking more time to study the issue. Antibiotics are a critical tool = in the fight against disease, but their effectiveness is weakened by = current agricultural practices. For more information on how your state = can eliminate the practice of using subtherapeutic levels of antibiotics = in agriculture visit: = http://www.serconline.org/antibiotics/pkg_frameset.html.=20 =20 Maine Climate Change Law First in the Nation (Portland Press Herald = 6/25) The first law in the nation to set specific goals and a timeline to = reduce carbon dioxide pollution was signed by Gov. John Baldacci last = week. Elements of the Climate Change Act include the creation of a = "climate change action plan" by July 2004 to reduce carbon dioxide = levels to 1990 levels by 2010; to 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020; = and, eventually, by as much as 80 percent below 1990 levels. The = Department of Environmental Quality will be working with state agencies, = businesses, and individuals to facilitate the creation of the action = plans. The new law also aims to spur at least 50 partnerships with = businesses and nonprofit organizations. According to Rep. Ted Koffman, = who sponsored the legislation, "We're not mandating a = command-and-control approach as to how we're going to get these = emissions down. It could be that, in certain cases, a regulatory = approach would be the most effective and appropriate way of achieving = some piece of our overall goal. In other cases, it may be education or = technical assistance that is needed." Other states, including Rhode = Island and Vermont, have begun to tackle the issue by issuing executive = orders or forming action plans to address greenhouse gasses.=20 Midwest Prefers Road Building to Mass Transit (Indianapolis Star 6/26) The "Keep it Moving" study released recently by the Joyce Foundation = reveals that the Midwest is losing the battle against traffic congestion = and air pollution because local governments continue to focus on paving = highways -- not building public transit. The study found that, since = 1992, Midwestern states spent 83 percent of $42 billion in federal = transportation dollars on road and highway projects and, yet, traffic = congestion continues to rise. Indiana received poor marks from the study = for investing relatively few dollars into public transportation and = having high levels of air pollution. Other states in the Midwest faired = similarly. In response, Indiana's Department of Transportation reported = they had not received enough federal dollars to implement other projects = besides building roads. Another report released by The Civil Rights = Project at Harvard University said that trends toward more highways hurt = minorities in America, who are more likely than whites to rely on public = transportation. The American Public Transportation Association on = Tuesday released its third in a series of reports on the need for relief = from congestion through improved access to public transit. These studies = are being released to coincide with the debate US lawmakers are having = over how to allocate funds for transportation for several years. For = more information on how your state can keep traffic moving, visit: = http://www.serconline.org/trafficcongestionrelief/index.html.=20 =20 Oregon Moves to Take Back Bush's Big SUV Tax Break (ENN 6/26) Oregon SUV owners who claim their vehicles as a business expense on = their federal tax return will end up paying some of what they save to = the state if a proposed bill passes. Under President Bush's new tax cut, = small business owners can reduce their taxable income by as much as = $75,000 by claiming an SUV as a business expense. This is costing Oregon = about $750,000 a year at a time when the state faces a $2 billion budget = shortfall. The proposed bill disconnects Oregon law from federal law, = according to Jackie Dingfelder, one of the bill's sponsors. "It makes = good public policy for a number of reasons," Dingfelder said. "It = encourages people to buy vehicles that create less pollution, and it = puts money back into the state coffers. It's a win-win." The bill, which = only applies to larger SUVs and would not affect farmers or construction = workers, is currently in the Senate Revenue Committee. For more = information on how your state can help the environment and the bottom = line at the same time, visit: = http://www.serconline.org/fiscal_issues.html.=20 =20 Groups Decry Alaska's Return to Aerial Wolf Killing (ENS 6/23) Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski has signed into law a bill that again = allows private citizens to shoot wolves from the air over tens of = thousands of square miles in areas of Alaska approved for predator = control by the Alaska Board of Game. The legislation overturns two = statewide ballot measures in 1996 and 2000 that banned public, same-day = airborne wolf shooting in any form for any reason, including predator = control. Same-day airborne wolf hunting, also known as "land and shoot," = is the practice of spotting wolves from a plane and then landing and = immediately shooting them from the ground. Environmental groups = condemned the legislation. The practice is controversial even among = hunters, many who consider the practice unsportsmanlike, unethical and = nearly impossible to regulate and can lead to many other violations of = hunting regulations such as chasing, herding, and harassing wolves. For = more information on how your state can protect wolves, visit: = http://www.serconline.org/wolfpreservation/index.html.=20 =20 Suburban Sprawl Blamed for Obesity (The Boston Globe 6/20) At the 11th annual Congress for the New Urbanism, an organization that = pushes for all new development in the United States to be more compact = and walkable, researchers presented more evidence blaming spread-out = suburban development for America's obesity epidemic, and for a variety = of other public and mental health woes. People who live in the suburbs = tend to drive everywhere and do not get exercise by walking, said = Lawrence Frank, a professor at the University of British Columbia, who = has tracked the weight, height, and home location of 12,000 people in = the Atlanta area. Fewer men and women were overweight or obese in dense = neighborhoods -- defined as eight dwelling units per acre -- than in = places with one home per acre. Suburban culture and monotonous = landscapes can also make people depressed, Richard Jackson, Director of = Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control, told a = gathering of planners and architects in Washington. The researchers' = assertions drew immediate criticism from home builders and others who = decried the studies as scare tactics based on sketchy science. Health is = viewed by many planners at the conference as an ideal way to get = citizens and politicians thinking about new styles of development. = Results of two more studies linking sprawl and health are expected in = September. For more on how your state can stop sprawl and revitalize = communities, visit: http://www.serconline.org/sprawl/pkg_frameset.html = and http://www.serconline.org/community/pkg_frameset.html.=20 =20 US, States Look to Eradicate Thirsty Plant in West (AP 6/20) A water-guzzling shrub with no natural enemies and an incredible ability = to tolerate heat, fires, flood, and drought is spreading unchecked = across the American West, while states and the Bush administration try = to figure out how to stop it. The shrub, known as tamarisk or salt = cedar, can drink up to 300 gallons of water per day. Across the West, = the plants suck up nearly 800 billion gallons more than the native = plants they have replaced -- enough water for 4.8 million people. The = 10-foot tall shrub is native to Asia and the eastern Mediterranean and = was imported to the US in the 1830s to serve as ornamentals, windbreaks, = and erosion control. Its recent unchecked domination began when two = tamarisk species formed a hybrid and spread. Each shrub can produce = 500,000 to 1 million seeds per year, allowing it to spread over tens of = square miles in a single season. Experts estimate that replacing = tamarisk with native cottonwood, mulefat, or willows along the Colorado = River alone would save up to 150 billion gallons of water annually. Such = a project, however, would cost up to $500 million and could present = additional problems. Scientists have been exploring the use of Chinese = leaf beetles since the mid-1980s, but have not confirmed that the = beetles will target only the tamarisk shrubs. For more on how your state = can stop invasive species before they get started, visit: = http://www.serconline.org/invasives/pkg_frameset.html.=20 =20 Back issues of "Wildlines" are posted at = www.serconline.org/wildlinesarchive.html.=20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0144_01C344D4.A89B2040 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Antibiotics in=20 Agriculture 
The Union of Concerned Scientists = (UCS)=20 estimates that 70% of all antibiotics used in the United States -- more = that 24=20 million pounds per year -- are routinely put in the food and water of = healthy=20 livestock. More than one half of these drugs are identical to = antibiotics=20 doctors rely upon to treat human illness. They are given to animals to = make them=20 grow faster on less feed and to compensate for the crowded, unhygienic=20 conditions typically found on today's industrialized livestock "farms." = This=20 practice has the unintended impact of increasing the spread of = antibiotic=20 resistant bacteria. In a recent move, the McDonald's Corporation = announced it=20 will ask its meat suppliers around the world to reduce their dependence = on=20 antibiotics; McDonald's expects its suppliers to phase out use of some=20 antibiotics that promote growth in healthy animals, and to significantly = reduce=20 use of other antibiotics that typically protect animals against disease. = This=20 repositioning is in response to growing pressure worldwide against the = practice=20 of using antibiotics in a nontherapeutic manner. Many federal agencies,=20 including the CDC and the FDA, have extensive studies that show that the = use of=20 antibiotics in this manner is dangerous and a threat to public health. = Yet the=20 federal government has not taken significant action, and instead is = taking more=20 time to study the issue. Antibiotics are a critical tool in the fight = against=20 disease, but their effectiveness is weakened by current agricultural = practices.=20 For more information on how your state can eliminate the practice of = using=20 subtherapeutic levels of antibiotics in agriculture visit: http://www.serconline.org/antibiotics/pkg_frameset.html. 
  
Maine Climate Change = Law First=20 in the Nation (Portland Press Herald 6/25)
The first law in the = nation to=20 set specific goals and a timeline to reduce carbon dioxide pollution was = signed=20 by Gov. John Baldacci last week. Elements of the Climate Change Act = include the=20 creation of a "climate change action plan" by July 2004 to reduce carbon = dioxide=20 levels to 1990 levels by 2010; to 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020; = and,=20 eventually, by as much as 80 percent below 1990 levels. The Department = of=20 Environmental Quality will be working with state agencies, businesses, = and=20 individuals to facilitate the creation of the action plans. The new law = also=20 aims to spur at least 50 partnerships with businesses and nonprofit=20 organizations. According to Rep. Ted Koffman, who sponsored the = legislation,=20 "We're not mandating a command-and-control approach as to how we're = going to get=20 these emissions down. It could be that, in certain cases, a regulatory = approach=20 would be the most effective and appropriate way of achieving some piece = of our=20 overall goal. In other cases, it may be education or technical = assistance that=20 is needed." Other states, including Rhode Island and Vermont, have begun = to=20 tackle the issue by issuing executive orders or forming action plans to = address=20 greenhouse gasses. 
Midwest Prefers Road Building to = Mass Transit=20 (Indianapolis Star 6/26)
The "Keep it Moving" study released = recently by=20 the Joyce Foundation reveals that the Midwest is losing the battle = against=20 traffic congestion and air pollution because local governments continue = to focus=20 on paving highways -- not building public transit. The study found that, = since=20 1992, Midwestern states spent 83 percent of $42 billion in federal=20 transportation dollars on road and highway projects and, yet, traffic = congestion=20 continues to rise. Indiana received poor marks from the study for = investing=20 relatively few dollars into public transportation and having high levels = of air=20 pollution. Other states in the Midwest faired similarly. In response, = Indiana's=20 Department of Transportation reported they had not received enough = federal=20 dollars to implement other projects besides building roads. Another = report=20 released by The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University said that = trends=20 toward more highways hurt minorities in America, who are more likely = than whites=20 to rely on public transportation. The American Public Transportation = Association=20 on Tuesday released its third in a series of reports on the need for = relief from=20 congestion through improved access to public transit. These studies are = being=20 released to coincide with the debate US lawmakers are having over how to = allocate funds for transportation for several years. For more = information on how=20 your state can keep traffic moving, visit: http://www.serconline.org/trafficcongestionrelief/index.html.
 
Oregon Moves to Take = Back Bush's=20 Big SUV Tax Break (ENN 6/26)
Oregon SUV owners who claim = their=20 vehicles as a business expense on their federal tax return will end up = paying=20 some of what they save to the state if a proposed bill passes. Under = President=20 Bush's new tax cut, small business owners can reduce their taxable = income by as=20 much as $75,000 by claiming an SUV as a business expense. This is = costing Oregon=20 about $750,000 a year at a time when the state faces a $2 billion budget = shortfall. The proposed bill disconnects Oregon law from federal law, = according=20 to Jackie Dingfelder, one of the bill's sponsors. "It makes good public = policy=20 for a number of reasons," Dingfelder said. "It encourages people to buy = vehicles=20 that create less pollution, and it puts money back into the state = coffers. It's=20 a win-win." The bill, which only applies to larger SUVs and would not = affect=20 farmers or construction workers, is currently in the Senate Revenue = Committee.=20 For more information on how your state can help the environment and the = bottom=20 line at the same time, visit: http://www.serconline.org/fiscal_issues.html. 
  
Groups Decry Alaska's Return to Aerial Wolf Killing = (ENS=20 6/23)
Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski has signed into = law a bill=20 that again allows private citizens to shoot wolves from the air over = tens of=20 thousands of square miles in areas of Alaska approved for predator = control by=20 the Alaska Board of Game. The legislation overturns two statewide ballot = measures in 1996 and 2000 that banned public, same-day airborne wolf = shooting in=20 any form for any reason, including predator control. Same-day airborne = wolf=20 hunting, also known as "land and shoot," is the practice of spotting = wolves from=20 a plane and then landing and immediately shooting them from the ground.=20 Environmental groups condemned the legislation. The practice is = controversial=20 even among hunters, many who consider the practice unsportsmanlike, = unethical=20 and nearly impossible to regulate and can lead to many other violations = of=20 hunting regulations such as chasing, herding, and harassing wolves. For = more=20 information on how your state can protect wolves, visit: http://www.serconline.org/wolfpreservation/index.html= .
 
Suburban Sprawl Blamed = for Obesity=20 (The Boston Globe 6/20)
At the 11th annual Congress for = the New=20 Urbanism, an organization that pushes for all new development in the = United=20 States to be more compact and walkable, researchers presented more = evidence=20 blaming spread-out suburban development for America's obesity epidemic, = and for=20 a variety of other public and mental health woes. People who live in the = suburbs=20 tend to drive everywhere and do not get exercise by walking, said = Lawrence=20 Frank, a professor at the University of British Columbia, who has = tracked the=20 weight, height, and home location of 12,000 people in the Atlanta area. = Fewer=20 men and women were overweight or obese in dense neighborhoods -- defined = as=20 eight dwelling units per acre -- than in places with one home per acre. = Suburban=20 culture and monotonous landscapes can also make people depressed, = Richard=20 Jackson, Director of Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease = Control,=20 told a gathering of planners and architects in Washington. The = researchers'=20 assertions drew immediate criticism from home builders and others who = decried=20 the studies as scare tactics based on sketchy science. Health is viewed = by many=20 planners at the conference as an ideal way to get citizens and = politicians=20 thinking about new styles of development. Results of two more studies = linking=20 sprawl and health are expected in September. For more on how your state = can stop=20 sprawl and revitalize communities, visit: http://www.serconline.org/sprawl/pkg_frameset.html and http://www.serconline.org/community/pkg_frameset.html= .
 
US, States Look to = Eradicate=20 Thirsty Plant in West (AP 6/20)
A water-guzzling shrub = with no=20 natural enemies and an incredible ability to tolerate heat, fires, = flood, and=20 drought is spreading unchecked across the American West, while states = and the=20 Bush administration try to figure out how to stop it. The shrub, known = as=20 tamarisk or salt cedar, can drink up to 300 gallons of water per day. = Across the=20 West, the plants suck up nearly 800 billion gallons more than the native = plants=20 they have replaced -- enough water for 4.8 million people. The 10-foot = tall=20 shrub is native to Asia and the eastern Mediterranean and was imported = to the US=20 in the 1830s to serve as ornamentals, windbreaks, and erosion control. = Its=20 recent unchecked domination began when two tamarisk species formed a = hybrid and=20 spread. Each shrub can produce 500,000 to 1 million seeds per year, = allowing it=20 to spread over tens of square miles in a single season. Experts estimate = that=20 replacing tamarisk with native cottonwood, mulefat, or willows along the = Colorado River alone would save up to 150 billion gallons of water = annually.=20 Such a project, however, would cost up to $500 million and could present = additional problems. Scientists have been exploring the use of Chinese = leaf=20 beetles since the mid-1980s, but have not confirmed that the beetles = will target=20 only the tamarisk shrubs. For more on how your state can stop invasive = species=20 before they get started, visit: http://www.serconline.org/invasives/pkg_frameset.html= . 
  
Back issues of "Wildlines" are posted = at www.serconline.org/wildlinesarchive.html.
 
------=_NextPart_000_0144_01C344D4.A89B2040-- From rmwj@soonernet.com Tue Jul 8 15:58:18 2003 From: rmwj@soonernet.com (Robert Waldrop) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 09:58:18 -0500 Subject: [ok-sus] (no subject) Message-ID: <003a01c34561$64c3be80$30a7d242@gabriel> WE CAN BRING THE FARMERS MARKET TO YOUR FRONT DOOR! Yesterday at our Oklahoma Food board meeting we signed the incorporation papers for our organizing committee. We are about to be able to open our buying club/order-delivery service, BUT we need more customers! As of the meeting , about 50 people had returned surveys indicating their interest, but we need at least a hundred, and preferably 200 people to make this really work. yesterday we signed up Worley Farms as a producer, they grow "everything except artichokes and asparagus", and their produce is certified organic. They join Watonga Cheese, Christian Cheese, Redbird Ranch Fare, PDH farms, Sunshine Specialties, and other local producers as part of our order delivery service. And we can deliver this food to your front door. So please, if you support sustainable local food, BE A LOCAL HERO and go to http://www.oklahomafood.org/survey.htm , copy and past it into an email, and send it to me at rmwj@soonernet.com .ASAP. I had a letter about local food in today's Oklahoman. it is copied below. Robert Waldrop, speaker for food > >Buying from farm retailers > >TO THE EDITOR: >Regarding "Food labeling measure loses steam" (news story, June 27): >Wal-Mart and other giant retailers are opposed to "country of origin >labeling" for their mystery meat products. That attitude is why they >don't get much of my grocery dollar anymore. These days I buy superior >food products at competitive prices from a new generation of >farm-to-consumer direct retailers. > >It's been a year since I've bought any beef, pork, poultry, fresh >vegetables or eggs at a major grocery store. I've also found that >shopping directly with Oklahoma farmers is more convenient than hiking >across a sweltering parking lot, navigating a crowded and poorly >organized store and then standing in a long line to pay. Now I simply >meet a retailer every other month and pick up my order, bring it home >and put it in my freezer. That's 21st century convenience for busy >people. > >My advice for Wal-Mart and other old-fashioned 20th century "big box" >retailers who apparently can't meet the demands of the modern >marketplace is "Lead, follow or get out of the way." My advice for >consumers is this: Know the farmers who produce your food. > >Robert Waldrop, City From kimcorrall@hotmail.com Tue Jul 8 16:43:53 2003 From: kimcorrall@hotmail.com (Kimberly Corrall) Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 08:43:53 -0700 Subject: [ok-sus] Re: Attachments Message-ID: Hi all! I don't know if this is a problem for anyone else, but I would greatly appreciate it if we could avoid sending huge attachments. Everytime someone does that it sends my box over the edge and usually it turns out to be a flyer announcement which could be put in simple e-mail format for the purpose of the list. Thanks! Kim _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail From rmwj@soonernet.com Wed Jul 9 19:02:31 2003 From: rmwj@soonernet.com (Robert Waldrop) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 13:02:31 -0500 Subject: [ok-sus] Tulsa, Enid, Tahlequah/Muskogee local food options Message-ID: <01b801c34644$a04b0f60$5fa7d242@gabriel> the Oklahoma Food Project is brainstorming ways to extend the local food buying club network we are developing to other areas. We have two issues. One is there are several producers in those areas who are interested in listing their products with our service, but transportation to OKC is an issue. The second is that there are customers in those locations who would like to buy. So here's what we're thinking about as a solution. We'll pay 36 cents/mile, plus $7/hour, and tolls (if any) to transport products to OKC and then carry customer orders back. BUT, there would be a minimum of number orders needed for each of those areas. For example, for Tulsa we would need 33, for Tahlequah/Muskogee 45, and for Enid 25 orders. There would be a possibility of extra money made if people want home delivery at $5/each. What we need, thus, it (a) to identify people willing to bring the wholesale products to OKC and then carry back customer orders (would probably need a pickup or van), and (b) the critical mass ofcustomers in each area. We could do other areas too, on a similar basis, these three areones we have identified with both customers and producers needing the transportation opportunity. I will be speaking in Tulsa on July 24th, and will talk about this, but in the meantime, start spreading the word. We are now up to 81 surveys returned. keep 'em coming. if anybody wants hardcopies to give to people without internet access, let me know how many you want and howto get them to you. Robert Waldrop, OKC http://www.oklahomafood.org From rex_w@hotmail.com Tue Jul 8 23:22:13 2003 From: rex_w@hotmail.com (Rex Wycherley) Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 22:22:13 +0000 Subject: [ok-sus] Dome home construction Message-ID: Hey all, Check out the construction of this dome home: http://nbi.amps.org/dadak/travel_zine/log29.htm ************************************************ “…what are the marvels of civilization if people are deprived of manifesting themselves, if they do not get any scope to build a healthy body, to invigorate their intelligence with wisdom, and to broaden their hearts with love and compassion?” -–- Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar PROUT (Progressive Utilization Theory) is a new socio-economic philosophy that integrates the physical, mental and spiritual dimensions of life to establish dynamic equilibrium. See the PROUT Journal online at: http://www.proutjournal.org For information about PROUT: http://www.prout.org http://www.proutworld.org "There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world: and that is an idea whose time has come." ---Victor Hugo ************************************************ _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus From ecojy@yahoo.com Fri Jul 11 15:07:41 2003 From: ecojy@yahoo.com (eco jy) Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:07:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [ok-sus] EDMOND “GREENPRINT” PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL Message-ID: <20030711140741.90192.qmail@web10405.mail.yahoo.com> PRESS RELEASE JULY 14, 2003 - FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION - EDMOND “GREENPRINT” PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL EDMOND, Okla. – After more than a year of study and planning, the Edmond Green City Task Force will present its final report tonight to the Edmond City Council. The report, titled the “Edmond Greenprint,” outlines an ambitious plan for new parks and trails, natural resource conservation, watershed protection, and conservation-friendly building techniques. “The Edmond Greenprint is the most comprehensive conservation planning effort ever undertaken by a city in Oklahoma,” said Robert Gregory, Executive Director of Land Legacy, a nonprofit conservation organization that helped facilitate the work of the task force. “Its recommendations are ambitious, comprehensive, and could significantly enhance the quality of life for all Edmond residents and visitors.” The plan details a series of recommendations to the City to create outdoor recreation opportunities, preserve cross-timbers forest lands, establish a greenbelt along the City’s northern and eastern boundaries, and protect water quality through land conservation. The report also calls for the development of a “green builders program” to encourage developers to employ building techniques that minimize destruction of trees and other harmful affects on the environment. Edmond Mayor Saundra Naifeh describes the greenprint as “a vision for the future of our community.” She added, “The task force has carefully evaluated Edmond’s outdoor recreation and conservation needs and provided the City Council with specific recommendations and strategies for addressing them.” The Edmond Green City Task Force is comprised of 15 representatives from throughout the community who were appointed by the City Council. “Task force members have worked very hard during the past year to carefully develop this final report,” said Chairman Carl Hancuff. “Each has devoted considerable personal time to study the issues before us and develop over 40 specific recommendations for future efforts.” Among the task force recommendations is the creation of the “Edmond Land Trust” -- a nonprofit organization dedicated to implementing the Edmond Greenprint. As a land trust, the group would be qualified to accept donations of property, including conservation easements. Conservation easements protect natural resources but allow for continued private ownership. They can also be used to provide access for recreational trails. The Greenprint recommends the use of conservation easements to achieve many of the report’s goals and objectives. Rand Phipps, task force member, views the Edmond Land Trust as one of the report’s most significant recommendations. “It’s rare that a public entity chooses to dissolve to make room for a new private organization. We believe, however, that a private land trust can most effectively acquire conservation easements from landowners throughout Edmond and ensure their permanent enforcement.” The Edmond Greenprint will be formally presented tonight during the regular meeting of the Edmond City Council. The meeting will begin at 5:30 pm at the ________ (location). The Greenprint is available on the City of Edmond website at www.edmondok.com. For more information, please contact Robert Gregory with Land Legacy at (918) 645-0393 or Claudia Deakins with the City of Edmond at (405) #######. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com From dkayg@telepath.com Thu Jul 10 04:39:26 2003 From: dkayg@telepath.com (Donna Gilchrist) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 22:39:26 -0500 Subject: [ok-sus] Dome home construction Message-ID: <410-22003741033926146@telepath.com> ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Thanks for sharing! Did you follow the links to the architect who inspired the structure? Here's a page on that site that shows some more great houses: http://www.calearth.org/photogal.htm . The calearth site has info. on everything from blueprints to teaching children to build responsibly to lunar architecture. Interesting! Donna > [Original Message] > From: Rex Wycherley > To: > Date: 7/9/2003 4:24:05 PM > Subject: [ok-sus] Dome home construction > > Hey all, > > Check out the construction of this dome home: > > http://nbi.amps.org/dadak/travel_zine/log29.htm ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII
Thanks for sharing!  Did you follow the links to the architect who inspired the structure?  Here's a page on that site that shows some more great houses: http://www.calearth.org/photogal.htm .  The calearth site has info. on everything from blueprints to teaching children to build responsibly to lunar architecture.  Interesting!
 
Donna

> [Original Message]
> From: Rex Wycherley <rex_w@hotmail.com>
> To: <ok-sustainability@venice.essential.org>
> Date: 7/9/2003 4:24:05 PM
> Subject: [ok-sus] Dome home construction
>
> Hey all,
>
> Check out the construction of this dome home:
>
> http://nbi.amps.org/dadak/travel_zine/log29.htm
------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8-- From Chikaskia@aol.com Fri Jul 11 17:40:15 2003 From: Chikaskia@aol.com (Chikaskia@aol.com) Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:40:15 EDT Subject: [ok-sus] Rural co-housing possibilties... Message-ID: <157.214aacc8.2c40426f@aol.com> --part1_157.214aacc8.2c40426f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit this sounds like a good theme to collaborate with the sustainability network about. here in tulsa, our group 'sustainable tulsa', is having our next meeting thursday, july 24, (all souls church 29th & peoria, 7 pm) with a theme of local sustainable food systems. we are having robert waldrop speak on the food coop project underway, and then presenting a panel of local food activists. a future meeting of sustainable tulsa could present the co-housing idea as part of a meeting with a focus on habitat, community and shelter~ in many places on the planet, two synchronous concepts are being developed with much success; community land trusts which utilise not for profit status, and many common efforts to build community are emerging as a phenomenon known as 'ecovillage'. take a look here: Ecovillage Network of the Americas and: Global Ecovillage Network curtis andrew beckwith --part1_157.214aacc8.2c40426f_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable this sounds like a good theme to collaborate with the=20= sustainability network about.  here in tulsa, our group 'sustainable tu= lsa', is having our next meeting thursday, july 24, (all souls church 29th &= amp; peoria, 7 pm) with a theme of local sustainable food systems.  we=20= are having robert waldrop speak on the food coop project underway, and then=20= presenting a panel of local food activists.
   a future meeting of sustainable tulsa could present the co-hous= ing idea as part of a meeting with a focus on habitat, community and shelter= ~
  in many places on the planet, two synchronous concepts are being deve= loped with much success; community land trusts which utilise not for profit=20= status, and many common efforts to build community are emerging as a phenome= non known as 'ecovillage'.  take a look here:  Ecovillage Network of the Americas and:  Global Ecovillage Network
     curtis andrew beckwith --part1_157.214aacc8.2c40426f_boundary-- From rmwj@soonernet.com Sat Jul 12 20:54:35 2003 From: rmwj@soonernet.com (Robert Waldrop) Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 14:54:35 -0500 Subject: [ok-sus] Expanding the local food circle Message-ID: <024b01c348af$d1846fa0$e6a7d242@gabriel> We are making great progress towards our goal of developing an order/delivery service as the first step on our way to opening cooperative grocery storesthat only sell Oklahoma food. our attention has been focused on the Oklahoma City area, but recent developments suggest that the program can be expanded throughout the state, based on relatively small groups of interested people in various cities. For example, we can offer our local food order/delivery service to the Tulsa area if we have 33 customers there; Enid would be 25, Muskogee/Tahlequah would be 45 customers, and we could do a Guthrie/Stillwater/Ponca City route for 25 customers total; Chickasha/Lawton would be 25 customers. So would Clinton/Weatherford. so if you haven't filled out our survey because you don't live in Oklahoma City, think again! .You can find the survey at http://www.oklahomafood.org/survey.htm . just copy and paste it into an email, answer the questions, and then send it to rmwj@soonernet.com thus far we have the following outside of the OKC area (consumer surveys returned): Ada 1 Tahlequah 1 Weatherford 1 Tulsa 4 Lawton 2 Ponca City 1 Thanks everybody for your support thus far. We are up to 93 surveys, so we are moving in the right direction. Robert Waldrop, OKC http://www.oklahomafood.org From rmwj@soonernet.com Mon Jul 14 03:39:55 2003 From: rmwj@soonernet.com (Robert Waldrop) Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:39:55 -0500 Subject: [ok-sus] New Oklahoma City farmers market Message-ID: <08b101c349b2$c8318240$1fa7d242@gabriel> I have received information that a new Oklahoma City area farmers market has opened. They are open Thursday evening 4:00-7:30 and Saturday morning 8:00-1:00. We are located at The Children's Center - 6800 NW 39th Exwy (old Rte 66 just east of Rockwell), Bethany, OK. They have openings for growers to sell. Robert Waldrop, http://www.oklahomafood.org From Susie.Shields@deq.state.ok.us Mon Jul 14 15:57:53 2003 From: Susie.Shields@deq.state.ok.us (Shields, Susie) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:57:53 -0500 Subject: [ok-sus] Census 2000 Workshop - Focus on Oklahoma Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C34A18.4D4A2458 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Workshop - Effectively Using the New 2000 U.S. Census - Focus on = Oklahoma =20 The Census 2000 Workshop will teach participants to perform in-depth = demographic studies using the recently released 2000 U.S. Census. = Participants will learn what information is available on the 2000 Census = and how to easily extract the specific data they need. Each student = will learn how to present detailed Oklahoma demographic data in = compelling new ways. =20 =20 The workshop is specially designed to meet the unique needs of community = planners, grant writers, municipalities, economic development councils, = non-profit organizations, health care organizations, analysts and other = individuals interested in performing detailed demographic research. =20 =20 The teaching philosophy of the class is "hands-on" - during the = workshop, each student has access to a PC on the internet and will learn = to create a compelling demographic profile of the Oklahoma community of = their choice. Participants will learn to access valuable data for each = census tract / block group in their specific area of interest. =20 Emphasis will be placed on compiling the race, income, language, = transportation, education, workforce and housing characteristics that = are of interest to your unique needs. =20 The workshop includes an introduction on the power of using a Geographic = Information System (GIS) to overlay data from your organization's = internal databases with detailed local demographic maps. GIS is a = powerful tool for all human service organizations - allowing them to = graphically display insightful trends and patterns not visible in any = other way. =20 =20 State and Federal grants increasingly require in-depth demographic study = of the population you serve - this hands-on workshop will teach you how = to succeed. =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 Workshop participants will receive: * A workbook on creating a compelling, detailed demographic study = specific to your community/target population * Sample data from several Oklahoma Counties showing demographic = trends * Sample GIS (computer) maps for Oklahoma Counties and a free GIS map = browser - ArcExplorer =20 =20 Dates and Times This is a one-day workshop. Classes will be held in Oklahoma City, = Oklahoma as follows: August 20th - from 9:00 until 4:15=20 August 21st - from 9:00 until 4:15 =20 Workshop Location 1900 Springlake Drive Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73111 =20 Cost The cost of the hands-on workshop is $235 per participant - this = includes all materials and access to a PC on the Internet during class. = Class size is limited - the majority of our workshops sell out - please = register early. =20 =20 Registration On-line registration is available at www.CalmRiver.com or you can = register via e-mail sent to Register@CalmRiver.com - please include your = name, organization, telephone number and preferred class date. You will = receive a confirmation e-mail within 24 hours. =20 Payments Payments are accepted via check, credit card or P.O. but must be = received no later than one week prior to class. Payment via purchase = order can be received after the workshop is taught with prior approval. = To pay by credit card please call us at 800 707-2256. =20 Payments can be sent to: Calm River Demographics 15814 Champion Forest Dr. Suite 105 Spring, TX 77379 =20 Contact Calm River Demographics is a demographics, technology and research = company located in Houston, Texas. For more information on the services = we offer please see our web page at www.CalmRiver.com. If you have any = questions concerning the workshop or the registration process, please = call us at 800 707-2256 (800 707-Calm) =20 * Thank you for forwarding this e-mail to other individuals who would = benefit from this workshop! References available upon request. * =20 Workshop Outline =20 General Overview of the U.S. Census in Demographic Research=20 * The Short Form - SF1 * The Long Form -SF3 * Census Supplemental Surveys * The American Community Survey - New Hope for Demographers=20 =20 Understanding Census Geography=20 * Blocks, Block Groups, Census Tracts, Counties, States * Mapping the Census Tracts and Block Groups in Your Community =20 Creating Comprehensive Demographic Profiles of Your Specific Community * Census Summary Profiles and Quick Tables * How to Find Detailed Social, Economic, Educational and Housing = Characteristics * Tips and Tricks on Finding and Downloading the Census Data You Need =20 Beyond Census 2000 - Other Great Sources of Valuable Demographic Data =20 The Visual Presentation of Census Data - How to Create a Compelling = Argument with Census Data * Using Census Data to Get Grants and Gifts =20 Understanding Race and Ethnicity - The "Unique" Census Way =20 The Power of Mapping Demographic Data * How to Create Compelling Thematic Maps of Your Community * Understanding the Power of GIS Mapping - The Wave of the Future References available upon request. =20 If you would like to be removed from our mailing list, simply reply to = this e-mail with the subject heading "Oklahoma - Please Remove." =20 * Thank you for forwarding this e-mail to other individuals who would = benefit from this workshop!=20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C34A18.4D4A2458 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Workshop - Effectively Using the New 2000 U
Workshop=20 - Effectively Using the New 2000=20 U.S.=20 Census – Focus on Oklahoma

 

The Census 2000 Workshop will = teach=20 participants to perform in-depth demographic studies using the recently = released=20 2000 U.S. Census.  = Participants will=20 learn what information is available on the 2000 Census and how to easily = extract=20 the specific data they need.  = Each=20 student will learn how to present detailed=20 Oklahoma = demographic data=20 in compelling new ways. =20

 

The workshop is specially = designed to meet=20 the unique needs of community planners, grant writers, municipalities, = economic=20 development councils, non-profit organizations, health care = organizations,=20 analysts and other individuals interested in performing detailed = demographic=20 research. =20

 

The teaching philosophy of the = class is=20 “hands-on” - during the workshop, each student has access to = a PC on the=20 internet and will learn to create a compelling demographic profile of = the=20 Oklahoma = community of=20 their choice.  = Participants will=20 learn to access valuable data for each census tract / block group in = their=20 specific area of interest.

 

Emphasis will be placed on = compiling the=20 race, income, language, transportation, education, workforce and housing = characteristics that are of interest to your unique=20 needs.

 

The workshop includes an = introduction on=20 the power of using a Geographic Information System (GIS) to overlay data = from=20 your organization’s internal databases with detailed local = demographic=20 maps.  GIS is a powerful = tool for=20 all human service organizations – allowing them to graphically = display=20 insightful trends and patterns not visible in any other way.    

 

State and Federal grants = increasingly=20 require in-depth demographic study of the population you serve – = this hands-on=20 workshop will teach you how to succeed. =20

 

 

 

 

 

Workshop=20 participants will receive:

 =20 * A workbook on creating a compelling, detailed demographic study = specific to your community/target = population

 =20 * Sample data from several Oklahoma Counties showing demographic=20 trends

 =20 * Sample GIS (computer) maps for=20 Oklahoma=20 Counties = and a free GIS=20 map browser – ArcExplorer  =20

 

Dates and=20 Times

This is a one-day workshop. Classes will be = held in=20 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma as follows:

August 20th - from 9:00 until 4:15

August 21st - from 9:00 until 4:15

 

Workshop=20 Location
1900 Springlake=20 Drive

Oklahoma = City, = Oklahoma = 73111

 

Cost

The cost of the hands-on = workshop is $235=20 per participant – this includes all materials and access to a PC = on the Internet=20 during class.  Class size = is limited=20 – the majority of our workshops sell out - please register = early.   =20

 

Registration

On-line registration is = available at=20 www.CalmRiver.com or you can register via e-mail sent to = Register@CalmRiver.com=20 – please include your name, organization, telephone number and = preferred class=20 date.  You will receive a=20 confirmation e-mail within 24 hours.

 

Payments

Payments are accepted via check, = credit=20 card or P.O. but must be received no later than one week prior to = class.  Payment via purchase order can = be=20 received after the workshop is taught with prior approval.  To pay by credit card please = call us at=20 800 707-2256.

 

Payments can be sent=20 to:

Calm=20 River=20 Demographics

15814 Champion=20 Forest Dr. Suite 105

Spring, TX=20 77379

 

Contact

Calm=20 River = Demographics is=20 a demographics, technology and research company located in=20 Houston,=20 Texas.  For more information on the = services we=20 offer please see our web page at www.CalmRiver.com.  If you have any questions = concerning the=20 workshop or the registration process, please call us at 800 707-2256 = (800=20 707-Calm)

 

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Workshop=20 Outline

 

General=20 Overview of the U.S.=20 Census in Demographic Research

* The Short Form –=20 SF1

* The Long Form=20 –SF3

* Census Supplemental=20 Surveys

* The American Community Survey = – New Hope=20 for Demographers

 

Understanding=20 Census Geography
* Blocks, Block Groups, = Census Tracts,=20 Counties, States
* Mapping the Census Tracts and Block Groups in Your = Community

 

Creating=20 Comprehensive Demographic Profiles of Your Specific=20 Community
*=20 Census Summary Profiles and Quick Tables
* = How to Find=20 Detailed Social, Economic, Educational and Housing=20 Characteristics

* Tips and Tricks = on Finding=20 and Downloading the Census Data You Need

 

Beyond=20 Census 2000 - Other Great Sources of Valuable Demographic=20 Data

 

The=20 Visual Presentation of Census Data - How to Create a Compelling Argument = with=20 Census Data

* Using Census Data to Get = Grants and=20 Gifts

 

Understanding=20 Race and Ethnicity – The “Unique” = Census=20 Way

 

The=20 Power of Mapping Demographic Data

* How to Create Compelling = Thematic Maps=20 of Your Community
* Understanding the Power of GIS Mapping - The Wave = of the=20 Future

References available upon=20 request.

 

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------_=_NextPart_001_01C34A18.4D4A2458-- From Susie.Shields@deq.state.ok.us Mon Jul 14 16:06:58 2003 From: Susie.Shields@deq.state.ok.us (Shields, Susie) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 10:06:58 -0500 Subject: [ok-sus] New Urbanism Message-ID: New Urbanism One of the most promising futures put forward for the restoration of = downtown America is the concept of New Urbanism. Other names for New = Urbanism which encompass the same concepts for the revitalizing of our = dying downtowns is 'Smart Growth' or the 'Main Street Programs.' All = three of these concepts have similar goals and express many of the same = concerns about the type of development that destroys the center of our = communities and gobbles up our farmland and scenic treasures. www.newurbanism.org