THE PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH
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From: Anne Frances M.
Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 10:10 AM
Subject: The Pacific Garbage Patch
Reply to: 270548
ID: 270550

Thank you so much Akasa for forwarding this petition. I am so grateful for all the positive things happening. Water as a human right -Yeah! and now California on the cusp (again) for all of us in moving towards banning plastic bags. I have signed the petition.

I have also added the 10 river basins I mentioned before and the Citarum, and the Pacific Garbage Patch, Indian Ocean, and Mediteranean Sea to the Medicine Buddha (worldwidehealingcircle.net) for this full moon cycle. Another very powerful chant that I chant is the Gayatri Mantra and there is also a website for adding recipients to that mantra at worldwidelightcircle.net. That website is a little more friendly to 'places' than the Medicine Buddha site but you can add 2 leggeds, 4 leggeds, locations, nations, etc. to either.

I also just picked up a book that might be of interest to some of you called 'Heart of Dryness'. You can check out the website at www.heartofdryness.com. It tells the story of the Bushmen and their remarkable ingenuity in dealing with drought. I will share more as I read it.

with love and gratitude to all, blessings to LaVonne for all your travels, AnneFrances

--- On Thu, Jul 29, 2010, in msg270548, Akasa WolfSong wrote ---

Greetings Water Keepers....

There is a stretch of ocean just 1,000 miles off the California coast where plastic outweighs zooplankton.

It's called the Pacific Garbage Patch, and this floating mass of plastic bags and garbage has grown to twice the size of Texas.

A bill pending in California would ban single-use plastic bags. Tell California leaders we want them to ban the bag and spark a national trend! »

The bags are piling up in landfills and they don't biodegrade. You see them everywhere! In trees, on the beach, at the park, and collecting in the ocean where wildlife mistake them for food.

This should be a no-brainer -- we have alternatives to single-use bags right now. We can ban them altogether, and California can lead the way!

Take action and urge California leaders to pass the nation's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags »

We're all watching and rooting for California to get us on a path to ban the bag!

Thanks for making a difference!

Andrea W. ThePetitionSite

I think this is a must do in regards to Our Beloved Water....if you care to sign the petition just go to: http://www.care2.com

Hopefully it will take off worldwide!

With honor and respect, Akasa

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