• BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Humans ‘drive out large mammals’
  “Almost 80% of the Earth’s surface has experienced a sharp fall in the number of large mammals as a result of human activities, a study suggests.”
  (tags: news animals wildlife conservation environment)
• Feedlot meat production: nothing if not profitable | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist
  “Tyson Foods chief nets $10 million — oops, no, $24 million”
  (tags: food animals environment capitalism news)
• Small-Scale Businesses Forestall a Green India – washingtonpost.com
  “Many Can’t Afford Or Grasp Need for Energy Efficiency”
  (tags: news environment green capitalism india)

• Center for Biological Diversity: Endangered Earth Onlline: No. 390, December 17, 2007
  Eco Kudos: Center’s Michelle Harrington Honored With Verde River Civic Award & more
  (tags: newsletter centerforbiologicaldiversity animals wildlife conservation environment)
• Toxic Chemicals in Washington Residents — Pollution In People
  “In 2005, ten Washington residents agreed to testing of their hair, blood, and urine for the presence of toxic chemicals as part of an investigative study by the Toxic-Free Legacy Coalition.”
  (tags: environment pollution health news)
• My audio book experiment | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist
  “I’ve been experimenting with audio books, not only because they may one day replace the tree-eating variety, but also because I like the idea of listening to a book while performing other less entertaining tasks.”
  (tags: books reduce environment trees paper)

• Why “the end of cheap food” isn’t automatically a good thing | By Tom Philpott | Grist | Victual Reality | 20 Dec 2007
  Lessons From the Oil Patch
  (tags: food)
• Home Sweet, Sustainable Home
  “The challenge in a nutshell: apply sustainable building design practices to a gingerbread house.”
  (tags: green holidays xmas diy crafts)
• Flickr: Green Buildings + Sustainable Communities
  “In the Sustainable Building photogroup you can see fabulous photographs of green buildings and sustainable communities from Paris, Chile, Toronto, Seattle and Vancouver.”
  (tags: flickr photos green)

• “I Shop. Therefore I Give.” | Center for Media and Democracy
  “people who feed their philanthropic urges by shopping should beware. This kind of fund-raising is largely unregulated, and the few state laws that exist are mostly unenforced.”
  (tags: shopping gifts capitalism)
• The Magnificent ’07 – The top green stories of 2007 | By David Roberts, Lisa Hymas | Grist | Grist Feature | 20 Dec 2007
  “Green has gone from “dead” to ubiquitous in just a few short years, and it peaked with the crazy buzz of 2007.”
  (tags: news environment green)
• Inhabitat » REVERSE GRAFFITI: Clean Green Street Art
  “When is cleaning the sidewalks a crime? When you’re doing it to create art. Obviously.”
  (tags: art activism pollution)

I’m posting this for a member of the Kansas City Freecycle list. If you have any information, please send an email to thecatsmeowbox [at] sbcglobal.net.

- Kelly G.
Kansas City Freecycle list owner
kelly [at] kcfreecycle.org

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From: “thecatsmeowtreasurechest” – thecatsmeowbox [at] sbcglobal.net
Date: Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:30 pm
Subject: Wanted: Info on Missing Family Pet Gladstone

We are looking for our family pet that was missing from our Gladstone home on December 3, 2007. Jasper is all white small to medium build approx 20 to 30 lbs he was wearing a collar with 3 forms of ID. Rabies, city and home tag. He is micro-chipped with Home Again.

We have him listed at all shelters, vets and animal hospitals, in every venue on the internet including the KC Star.

He is an American Eskimo, but some will think he is a Pomerian, or Spitz.

Thanks,
The Jourdan Family

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- Kelly G., your sick-but-still-fairly-merry holiday moderator

• Care2 – X-Mas eCards
  Christmas ecards – Free Christmas Cards from Care2.com, Christmas Greetings, Holiday E-Cards, Christmas Greeting Cards, Seasons Greetings
  (tags: care2 ecards holidays xmas green)
• Save $840 Million by Sending a Christmas eCard – from The Fun Times Guide to Living Green
  “This year, Americans are projected to send 2 Billion…that\’s billion, with a “B”…christmas cards.”
  (tags: news ecards holidays xmas)
• Animail.com – Free Christmas eCards
  Animail.com – Animal, Wildlife and Nature E-Cards – Animail.com offers a large selection of free animal, wildlife and nature e-cards!
  (tags: ecards holidays xmas green)

• New American Dream: New Dream News: Issue No. 38, December 20, 2007
  Edwards and Kucinich Respond to New Dreamers’ Questions & more
  (tags: newsletter newamericandream newdreamnews environment politics)
• Earthjustice: eBrief: December 2007
  Vote for the “eco-Grinch of 2007″ & more
  (tags: newsletter earthjustice environment takeaction)
• Sleep of Faith – On organic mattresses | Grist | Ask Umbra | 19 Dec 2007
  “I need a new mattress and really want to buy one that is not doused in chemicals — in other words, an organic mattress.”
  (tags: advice organic home pollution)

• Sierra Club: Club Insider: December 18, 2007
  Sierra Club: Email – You Decide: Best Green Story of 2007
  (tags: takeaction newsletter sierraclub clubinsider environment)
• Sierra Club: Club Currents: Volume VI, #94: December 18, 2007
  Sierra Club: Email – Sierra Club Currents — Chill the Drills: Protect the Polar Bear
  (tags: takeaction newsletter sierraclub clubcurrents environment)
• National Wildlife Federation: Congress and Global Warming
  Confronting Global Warming Through Federal Legislation
  (tags: takeaction nwf environment climatechange legislation politics)

• The poop on a perfect Christmas gift – Weird news- msnbc.com
  “The International Rhino Foundation is auctioning four pieces of rhino dung separately and will use the proceeds to fund conservation efforts.”
  (tags: animals wildlife conservation holidays xmas gifts news)
• GreenBiz News | DHL, USPS Top List of Climate Conscious Shippers
  “A non-profit trying to fight climate change has rated the shipping sector for its global warming efforts.”
  (tags: news green shipping environment climatechange)
• 2008 Presidential Primaries Voter Guide — League of Conservation Voters
  “the League of Conservation Voters offers this 2008 Presidential Primaries Voter Guide to arm the American people with the information they need to choose our next president and the future of conservation and environmental policy.”
  (tags: politics elections theinternets lcv)