Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Blog Action Day and Water
Blog Action Day 2010: Water from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.
Join the global conversation around water on October 15th.
http://blogactionday.change.org
Blog Action Day 2010 Is All About Water
Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking a global discussion and driving collective action.
Last year, Blog Action Day included influential voices ranging from the White House to former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. This year, we're looking forward to an even larger group of influential voices, from celebrities to politicians, to help widen the scope of our conversation.
The topic for Blog Action Day 2010 is water.
Right now, almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water. That’s one in eight of us who are subject to preventable disease and even death because of something that many of us take for granted.
Access to clean water is not just a human rights issue. It’s an environmental issue. An animal welfare issue. A sustainability issue. Water is a global issue, and it affects all of us.
You don't need to be a water expert to participate — you just have to be interested in joining thousands of other bloggers from more than 100 countries in collectively raising awareness of one of the most important issues facing our world.
If you are a blogger, register today and help kick-off Blog Action Day 2010.
http://blogactionday.change.org
Last year, Blog Action Day included influential voices ranging from the White House to former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. This year, we're looking forward to an even larger group of influential voices, from celebrities to politicians, to help widen the scope of our conversation.
The topic for Blog Action Day 2010 is water.
Right now, almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water. That’s one in eight of us who are subject to preventable disease and even death because of something that many of us take for granted.
Access to clean water is not just a human rights issue. It’s an environmental issue. An animal welfare issue. A sustainability issue. Water is a global issue, and it affects all of us.
You don't need to be a water expert to participate — you just have to be interested in joining thousands of other bloggers from more than 100 countries in collectively raising awareness of one of the most important issues facing our world.
If you are a blogger, register today and help kick-off Blog Action Day 2010.
http://blogactionday.change.org
Monday, October 4, 2010
Lenape34 Trail Walk October 11th
The Lenape34 is a one-day 34-mile walk scheduled for Columbus Day, Monday, October 11, along the Lenape Trail in Essex County, NJ.
The FreeWalkers are organizing this walk to help support the 130-mile Liberty Water Gap Trail (LWGT) across the state, of which the Lenape Trail is a major segment.
I have written here before about the Lenape Trail which was part of the original home of the Lenni-Lenape Indians. They developed extensive trails in parts of today's Essex
in what are now Brookdale, Yantecaw and Branch Brook Parks.
Luckily, as urban as the county as become, it is also home to America's first park system which was established in 1895. There are still 17 parks and 5 reservations that cover more than 6,000 acres.
The Lenape Trail is 40 miles of walking and bike trails that links nineteen of Essex County's parklands. Those areas include a surprising diversity of terrains and includes mountain vistas, rivers and waterfalls, as well as manmade points of interest like museums, gardens, a cathedral, an environmental center, a zoo, a dog run, an archery course and a dinosaur fossil site.
The walk on October 11th is a total of 34 miles starting at the train station in Millburn, NJ and going across the marked trail into the South Mountain, Eagle Rock and Mills Reservations. It includes suburban towns such as Montclair, West Orange, Nutley, and Belleville, and ends in urban Newark.
There are alternatives for shorter segments, so you don't have to do the entire trail. A 34 mile "walk" is not something to take on lightly. The group has been taking practice walks along sections of the trail to prepare participants. There are also two train lines and several bus routes for mass transportation both to and from several points along the way.
As with all the walks by the group, this walk is free and everyone is invited.
Most of this trail is a major segment of the 130 mile Liberty Water Gap Trail, the 130-mile east-to-west trail across the entire state of New Jersey. The LWGT is sometimes called "the nation's most unique greenway."
LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION
Read About The Lenni-Lenape Indians
The Down River People of the Lenni-Lenape Indians
William Penn's Own Account of the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians
Friday, October 1, 2010
Wildlife Rehabilitators
New Jersey has a number of volunteers, known as wildlife rehabilitators, who can answer your questions and if necessary, properly care for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife.
These volunteers are licensed by the NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife and donate their time and do not charge for their services. They treat and care for wild animals until they can, hopefully, be released back into the wild.
For more information on the state's rehabilitators, as well as links for contacting them and learning more, visit http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/artrehab10.htm
Wildlife Rehabilitators
Becoming a Wildlife Rehabilitator
Healers of the Wild: Rehabilitating Injured and Orphaned Wildlife
These volunteers are licensed by the NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife and donate their time and do not charge for their services. They treat and care for wild animals until they can, hopefully, be released back into the wild.
For more information on the state's rehabilitators, as well as links for contacting them and learning more, visit http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/artrehab10.htm
Wildlife Rehabilitators
Becoming a Wildlife Rehabilitator
Healers of the Wild: Rehabilitating Injured and Orphaned Wildlife
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