It may not have shocked everyone to learn that Santa Monica, CA restaurant, HUMP, was selling whale meat sushi but this is gonna really blow you away. The Obama administration has recently teamed up with the International Whaling Commission to lift the 25 year moratorium on commercial whaling for 10 years.
Category: Environment and Green Living
Save The Turtles, Otters and other Sea Life of California!
The folks at Environment California are trying to raise money to save California’s sea life. We here at Shakedown News are big fans of our
California Planting Trees to Battle Smog
Trees. They beautify the landscape, offer shade on a sunny California day and now are at the forefront of an operation to use their wonderful ability to convert Carbon Dioxide into Oxygen in the smoggiest city in America…Los Angeles, CA.
Windmill Tour Update
The windmill tour has begun! Groups, Legislators Call for Passage of 33% by 2020 Bill Supersized Windmill on Capitol Steps Symbolizes State’s Giant Potential for
Festival Season Not Over Yet…It’s Earthdance Time!
Earthdance, the Global Dance Festival for Peace has grown to become the world’s largest simultaneous music and dance event. Founded in 1997, with 22 cities and 18 countries participating, Earthdance events have occurred in over 350 cities in over 50 countries. , with locations ranging from the club-lands of New York to the rainforests of Brazil. Every year, in alignment with the International Day of Peace, over 200,000 people unite in dance with hundreds of thousands more joining online in support of global peace and humanitarian aims.
California Pulling For More Wind Power
In California, we are working to triple our use of wind and solar power — and that vote is imminent. Meanwhile in Congress, the Senate is taking up the global warming bill, which if passed, would revolutionize how we get electricity.
Why Go Green?
In a world of big industry, cost cutting and “I want it fast and easy” mentalities, the need to live green has become more and more apparent. Disposable this and single use that over the years has lead to an abundance of litter and pollution that I have finally said “NO MORE” to. But what exactly have I done, as a human being, to contribute to less waste and more eco-friendly living?
I Love Rothbury Stew
If I told you that for the Fourth of July next year, you should go to central Michigan for four days, you’d likely call me crazy. I’d call me crazy, but nun the less, that’s what I did and I’ll never be the same again. I attended the Rothbury Music Festival.
In a giant pot, put in a heaping helping of The Dead, String Cheese Incident, Keller Williams, The Black Crowes, and Willie Nelson. Then slice up some Railroad Earth, STS9, Ani DeFranco, Yonder Mountain String Band, Toots & The Maytals and Damian Marley & NAS. Finish it all off with a big dollop of Bob Dylan serve it up with some Disco Biscuits and garnished with 20 other great bands and you’ve got yourself a Rothbury Stew. Yes, Varuka, the Rothburies do taste like Rothburies.
