Faith the Dog

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Faith the Dog was found in the backyard of a flea market area on January 21, 2003.  She was born with severe birth defects in front legs, making her unable to walk on either of them.  Neighbors took her in and taught her to walk and run on just two legs.  Her feat is so inpsiring, that she and her human family have been all over the world, on the internet, and on TV.  You can see her on Oprah, read about her in Animal Wellness Magazine, read books by her owner (Faith Alone: Stories of an Amazing Dog and With a Little Faith) and even meet her in “person.”

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AfriCam: Just Like a Safari


Check out the AfriCam, where you can watch live footage of the happenings at a watering hole. The webcam is located at a private game lodge in the Kruger National Park in South Africa.

You make also want to check out a YouTube video of a battle between a herd of water buffalo versus a pride of lions. Its a little long, but it has a good ending!

Green Options Turns One!

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Happy Birthday, Green Options!

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Green Options, that community of superheroes dedicated to environmental resources, education, and discussion, doesn’t have to fly around the Earth at an incredible speed, reversing our rotation and sending us back in time to make our reality better, cleaner and, most importantly, more sustainable. No, what the team at Green Options has been doing for us, while our beautiful planet revolves normally in the vastness of the universe for the past year, is combine together the expertise of a diverse group of talented individuals who are committed to ecology in the broadest sense.

There are many people to appreciate in the one-year-old GO project- from Publisher David Anderson and Senior Editor Jeff McIntire-Strasburg to the many blog writers and podcasters who activate their growing readership in amazing (and interesting) ways. The robust, link-layered posts bring us from our home garden to science class to Wall Street to the White House, with an eye toward internationalgreen trends, too. Don’t forget the kids on this trip!

Top Ten Again: Green Building Projects

 This photo shows the lobby with its bi-fold doors open to passerby.

 The American Institue of Architects’ (AIA) Committee on the Environment holds a contest for the year’s Top Ten Green Projects.  You can see details of the last several years winners at their website.  This picture above is of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Global Ecology Center
(Global Ecology Research Center), a winner for the 2007 competition.  Some of its environmental aspects included reductions in carbon emissions during the building process and the with the materials used, as well as a focus in water use efficiency, and innovative ventilation and lighting systems throughout the building. If you or a freind have a green project you’d like to enter, there’s still time!  The deadline is February 14th.