i wanted to take a moment today to promote the latest Avaaz.org petition to ban Zimbabwe blood diamonds.
'Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe has sent his brutal army to seize control of his country's diamond fields. 200 civilians have been murdered and profits from our wedding rings are used to fuel violent political conflict.
Official diamond regulators meeting in Namibia this week will decide whether to suspend Zimbabwe and stop Mugabe selling his blood diamonds on the world market.'
yeah, this is really disturbing. i just read the article 'plastic ocean' in best life magazine. i strongly recommend everyone read this account of the state of plastic pollution in the world's oceans.
i only hope that the world can pull together to undo the (massive amount of) damage; otherwise it may be 'children of men' without the possiblility of a hopeful ending...
some particularly chilling excerpts:
"...This swath of sea contains six times as much plastic as it does plankton"
"You could take your (blood) serum to a lab now, and they’d find at least 100 industrial chemicals that weren’t around in 1950."
"Except for the small amount that’s been incinerated—and it’s a very small amount—every bit of plastic ever made still exists"
etc...
more links about plastic in the ocean here.
things you can do to help at we are what we do
information on banning plastic bags
taking a break from bringing you the finer things in life, i present to the hummer h2! as seen through the lenses of more than 4,000 people who feel as i do: the hummer h2 is the ultimate poseur vehicle; it sucks in more ways than i have time to list right now; and people who drive the h2 are ignorant douchebag jerkoffs (ahem, pardon me!).
FUH2.com is 'home of the official Hummer H2 salute.' i highly recommend taking a peek at their submissions gallery, if only to be inspired by the sheer volume of images.
