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An interesting article about pesticides says that "in the United States, 672 million birds every year are exposed to agricultural pesticides, and an estimated 10 percent, or 67 million, die, according to a study titled 'Disrupting the Balance: Ecological Impacts of Pesticides in California,'" reported on by Jane Kay in the San Francisco Examiner, May 25, 1999.
In Shanghai, China, "Authorities say say just 67 percent of the city's air is breathable and that the rest is contaminated with arsenic, lead and mercury - elements found in coal, a widely used energy source," according to CNN. Also in China, according to a May 31 article in The Irish Times, "attitudes to birds have undergone a big revolution in China, as ecological awareness increased during the opening up policy. This month several Chinese cities are holding Love-the-Birds weeks, under the slogan: 'Let birds share the sky with people'. Promoted by the China Wildlife Conservation Association, the idea is to underline the need for wild bird protection in a country with 1,256 recorded bird species, many endangered, including nine of the world's 14 species of crane and 62 out of 200 species of pheasant." If you happen to live in Chicago or get there on a trip in the summer or fall of 2000, Chicago's Shedd Aquarium plans to display a $16.5 million exhibit on "the lessons of the floodwaters of the Amazon," about the ecosystems of various regions and show the ways animals, plants and people are linked for survival. The exhibit will include a tropical rain forest inhabited full of birds, sloths, anacondas and piranha. Until the Amazon exhibit is completed, you'll just have to make do with exhibits on a tropical coral reef, a coral reef alert and an Asian river. American Demographics magazine says in an article by Lisa E. Phillips on Green Attitude that "The first generation of Earth Day children - the ones who learned about ecology beginning in pre-kindergarten - are beginning to graduate from high school and are taking their environmental values into the workplace and the marketplace." Phillips writes: " Born between 1979 and 1994, these Generation Y kids are 60 million strong, and have definitely learned their lessons well. ERA's (Environmental Research Associates) study, "The Power of Children," shows that children of all ages are significantly more concerned about the environment Go To Page: 1 2 |
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