http://momentscount.com The Moments Count Journal is a weekly Internet magazine bringing worldwide change through collaboration. Thu, 17 May 2012 17:54:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Moments Count is committed to the concept that every person has a purpose and a power to change the world. We work to create worldwide conversation. This diverse engagement energizes ideas and facilitates opportunities to take action to improve the world we all share. Visit us at http://MomentsCount.com/and tell us how you or someone you know is changing the world. The Moments Count Journal no The Moments Count Journal contactmc@momentscount.com contactmc@momentscount.com (The Moments Count Journal) Moments Count You Have Power and Purpose In Your World. moments count, brooke leigh sheldon, valli keller, positive change, create change, inspire http://momentscount.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/MCLogo_Tag2.jpg http://momentscount.com/topics/authors/greenpeace http://momentscount.com/archives/10056 http://momentscount.com/archives/10056#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:00:14 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=10056 http://momentscount.com/archives/10056/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/9943 http://momentscount.com/archives/9943#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:00:36 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=9943 http://momentscount.com/archives/9943/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/9819 http://momentscount.com/archives/9819#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:00:24 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=9819
The origins of rice cultivation can be traced to the valleys of China’s Yangtze River, with some estimates putting it at over 7,000 years ago. In that time, rice has become an integral part of Chinese life and culture. It dictates the lives of millions of farmers in the Chinese countryside, feeds over a billion [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/9819/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/9562 http://momentscount.com/archives/9562#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:00:01 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=9562 http://momentscount.com/archives/9562/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/9318 http://momentscount.com/archives/9318#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:00:11 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=9318 http://momentscount.com/archives/9318/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/9091 http://momentscount.com/archives/9091#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:00:49 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=9091 http://momentscount.com/archives/9091/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/8560 http://momentscount.com/archives/8560#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:00:58 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=8560
It is with enormous pleasure that we can reveal a groundbreaking victory for our oceans campaign: Princes, a leading tinned tuna brand, finally got your message that canning ocean destruction is unacceptable. Thanks to your efforts – the company has just announced a plan to change the way it gets its tuna. You rock! Now [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/8560/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/6413 http://momentscount.com/archives/6413#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:02:39 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=6413 http://momentscount.com/archives/6413/feed 6 http://momentscount.com/archives/6083 http://momentscount.com/archives/6083#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:01:03 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=6083 http://momentscount.com/archives/6083/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/5412 http://momentscount.com/archives/5412#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:00:30 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=5412
From Greenpeace: We asked on Greenpeace’s Facebook page what your green New Year’s resolutions were – and there were some great ideas. Here is the top ten, for those who are still wondering what to do: 1) Eat less meat. While not everyone is ready to become 100% vegetarian, there is little doubt that eating [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/5412/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/4452 http://momentscount.com/archives/4452#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:27:28 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=4452
By John Burton for Greenpeace In 1949 I became a boy whaler. In the three ‘seasons’ I spent whaling in the Antarctic, I felt no disgust at being a participant in the killing of many Blue, Fin, Sperm and Humpback whale. Nor did any of my fellow crew members, to my recollection, ever question or [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/4452/feed 1 http://momentscount.com/archives/3806 http://momentscount.com/archives/3806#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:05:20 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=3806
From Greenpeace Greenpeace is calling on Governments which are part of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to support the Cook Islands plan to close off a large area of international waters to all fishing in order to restore Pacific tuna fisheries, protect biodiversity and eliminate pirate fishing. The Cook Islands proposal to [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/3806/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/3673 http://momentscount.com/archives/3673#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 03:04:26 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=3673
Georgia’s day job right now is splicing lines and chipping paint aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, but that’s not all that’s on her mind. We’ll let her tell you. Please share this story!]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/3673/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/3553 http://momentscount.com/archives/3553#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:31:18 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=3553
By Kurt Davies for Greenpeace Now that was a totally new experience! Last night I got to touch clay and mud fresh from the bottom of the sea, 1,300 meters (4,000 feet) deep in the Gulf of Mexico. That was fun. Today we pulled up a sample and opened the lid to see little patches [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/3553/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/3435 http://momentscount.com/archives/3435#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:53:52 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=3435
This database links Exxon Foundation and corporate funding to a series of institutions that have worked to undermine solutions to global warming and climate change for years. It details the working relationships of individuals associated with these organizations and their global warming quotes and deeds. Cat got your tongue? The ExxonSecrets Blog * Exxon continued [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/3435/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/3254 http://momentscount.com/archives/3254#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:00:42 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=3254
Today, Sept 15, 2010, is the 39th birthday of Greenpeace and we have just arrived in Aberdeen on the Esperanza. Back in 1971 on September 15th – the first Greenpeace ship set sail to protest against a US nuclear test zone and peacefully prevent the destruction of Amchitka, a pristine island ecosystem off the coast [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/3254/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/3211 http://momentscount.com/archives/3211#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:54:24 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=3211
This fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs you. Many, many special thanks to: Avion postproduction, Barrandov Studios, Enzo Cinne, Panther Prague, Vantage Film Prague, and of course Stillking Films and Juraj Rothenbahler. Music and sound design by Hecq. Please share this story!]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/3211/feed 0 http://momentscount.com/archives/2807 http://momentscount.com/archives/2807#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:28:21 +0000 Valli Keller http://momentscount.com/?p=2807
The following comes from Greenpeace. Mr. Obama, yes we can handle a relationship based on open communication.  Yes we can understand the facts of the situation if you give them to us. Yes we can handle truth instead of spin. This blog comes from John Hocevar, Greenpeace oceans campaigner. In a report released on August [...]]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/2807/feed 0 BP,Greenpeace,horizon oil spill The following comes from Greenpeace. Mr. Obama, yes we can handle a relationship based on open communication.  Yes we can understand the facts of the situation if you give them to us. Yes we can handle truth instead of spin. - (http://momentscount.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/arctic_sunrise.jpg)The following comes from Greenpeace. Mr. Obama, yes we can handle a relationship based on open communication.  Yes we can understand the facts of the situation if you give them to us. Yes we can handle truth instead of spin. This blog comes from John Hocevar, Greenpeace oceans campaigner.(http://www.momentscount.com/images/greenpeace/johnhocevar.jpg) In a report released on August 4, the Obama administration declared that 74% of oil from the BP oil spill has evaporated or been burned, skimmed, recovered from the wellhead or dispersed. Obama's Climate and Energy Czar Carol Browner was quoted saying, "The vast majority of the oil is gone." But these conclusions are somewhere between wishful thinking and outright spin. The fact is that even this report acknowledges that no more than a quarter has been recovered.  A bit more has evaporated, leaving somewhere between 3 and 4 million barrels of oil still in the Gulf and on the shorelines of FL, LA, MS, and AL. This is more than 10 Exxon Valdez oil spills still out there somewhere. And while dispersed or dissolved oil is no longer in the same form as when it was released from the wellhead, it's still there, and still causing problems that are poorly understood but likely to be serious and often persistent. The truth is, we have no way of knowing if the numbers released August 4th  are at all accurate. The Administration left out some important details that make it impossible to have much faith in their numbers. In its assessment, NOAA refers to "scientific calculations" and "equations" but doesn't let us see what those calculations are, where they came from or what data was used in them.  So, we submitted a Freedom of Information Act (http://research.greenpeaceusa.org/?a=download&d=4856) (FOIA) request to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, seeking details that led to their "disappearing oil" conclusions. Unless this information if revealed, independent scientists will have no way to review NOAA's methods. No one would be able to re-examine their findings to ensure that the conclusions are accurate. Perhaps NOAA doesn't want anyone double-checking their math? This is, unfortunately, not surprising. Many questions have remained unanswered throughout the entire Gulf oil spill disaster and its response. Last week we submitted 27 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests (http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/news-and-blogs/campaign-blog/greenpeace-submits-twenty-nine-inquiries-on-b/blog/22899) to uncover information on underwater oil plumes, impacts to marine wildlife, chemical dispersants and more. Even if the report's calculations are accurate, we know that the Gulf will be feeling the effects of this disaster long after the oil disappears from the human eye. Despite the fact that the wellhead appears to have been capped, we must redouble efforts to understand the true impacts of this catastrophe. There is no question that some of the oil is being broken down by bacteria, but this eats up a lot of oxygen. How is this process affecting the Gulf dead zone that plagues the Gulf each summer? The impact on commercially and recreationally important fish stocks is another huge concern, but so far remains largely unknown. Of further concern is the impact on Gulf food webs. Oil and dispersant has been observed in plankton, which moves quickly up the food chain to whales and whale sharks. Even more poorly understood is the impact on the deep sea. Cold water coral reefs and the sponges and anemones of the sea floor provide habitat for many species, but very, very little exploration has yet been done to investigate the health of this critical part of the Gulf ecosystem. These are many questions that still need answers in the wake of this disaster.  That's why next week, Valli Keller no http://momentscount.com/archives/2529 http://momentscount.com/archives/2529#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:53:30 +0000 Greenpeace http://momentscount.com/?p=2529 http://momentscount.com/archives/2529/feed 0