tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71741539034591045232011-10-04T21:22:11.389-07:00What might gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation have to do with historical and current environmental degradation? Is there a connection between disappearing green spaces and domestic violence? How might negative social behavior and attitudes impact the carbon footprint of individuals and their cities? We might not know all the answers but we know it's time to start asking some questions.Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-26436142265239914082011-05-06T13:49:00.000-07:002011-05-06T13:49:51.428-07:00<a href="http://www.emagazine.com/magazine/the-whole-blue-truth">The Whole Blue Truth EMagazine.com</a> A new book is out. It is an alarm sounding. The one we've slept through until the urgency to get to work has arrived. BEEP, BEEP,BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP,BEEP...<br />We don't hear the alarm because we think it is for someone else. We don't see ourselves as nature, as ocean, as water bodies. We don't think we are endangered. We'll it's true, some of us are more endangered than others. Some water bodies are at greater risk. Watch the TEDx talk on this site, if you haven't. Think about it while you read the book.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-2643614226523991408?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-13747700275446175742011-03-03T12:03:00.000-08:002011-03-03T12:03:52.914-08:00<a href="http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/mustard-seed-stops-bladder-cancer-growth/">Mustard seed puts the heat on bladder cancer. — Environmental Health News</a><br /><br />My father died fom bladder cancer 17 years ago. It actually disproptionally impacts white men, although my father was African-American. So many answers are in creation. Metaphors and cures. What happens when the promise of a cure for the nations is genetically modified?<br /><br />What seed will stop breast cancer?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-1374770027544617574?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-20258500888163542482011-03-01T17:07:00.000-08:002011-03-01T17:07:56.341-08:00<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IRSAF2h3GtE?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="295"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-2025850088816354248?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-57397747412059137952011-01-24T15:04:00.000-08:002011-01-24T15:04:08.838-08:00<a href="http://www.americanrivers.org/take-action/tips-and-tools/communicating-with-congress.html?log-event=sp2f-view-item&amp;nid=183224981">Communicating with Congress</a><br /><br />This link lays out steps you can use to communicate on any issue you are concerned about! Don't mourn, organize!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-5739774741205913795?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-69879395168792648782011-01-23T17:16:00.000-08:002011-01-23T17:18:34.296-08:00<a href="http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/bpa-crosses-placenta-is-active-form-in-fetus/">BPA crosses the placenta, remains active in the fetus, show rat and human studies. — Environmental Health News</a><br /><br />What if this study had been conducted by the FDA or the EPA before it had contaminated our wombs and our generations?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-6987939516879264878?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-33686419030980799442011-01-23T17:04:00.000-08:002011-01-23T17:09:23.021-08:00<a href="http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/link-between-pcbs-and-blood-pressure-stronger-than-suspected/">Link between PCBs and blood pressure broader than suspected. — Environmental Health News</a><br /><br />What population has the highest rates of blood pressure in the nation? African Americans. What makes the accumulation of toxins in our bodies have a greater impact? Is it that we have a higher rate of initial exposure due to the location of plants and that we pass on changes to our children which results in pre-mature death?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-3368641903098079944?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-86487089107938463262010-09-09T12:03:00.000-07:002010-09-09T12:03:03.721-07:00<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012846023_restore09.html?prmid=related_stories_section">Local News | EPA awards 13 million for Puget Sound restoration | Seattle Times Newspaper</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-8648708910793846326?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-65662860045626983972010-05-28T14:53:00.000-07:002010-05-28T14:53:59.818-07:00<a href="http://www.theskanner.com/index.php/article/view/id/8419">Healing Cultural Fears of the Wild</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-6566286004562698397?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-36962315943881234232010-05-14T16:11:00.001-07:002010-05-14T16:11:26.077-07:00<a href=http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100513/NEWS/5130327/-1/NEWSMAP>Silent Spring water tests reveal contamination | CapeCodOnline.com</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-3696231594388123423?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-26738291635156459812010-05-14T14:19:00.000-07:002010-05-14T14:19:52.219-07:00<a href="http://www.theskanner.com/index.php/article/view/id/8419">Healing Cultural Fears of the Wild</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-2673829163515645981?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-43320153623540810092010-05-12T17:56:00.001-07:002010-05-12T17:56:35.134-07:00<a href=http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/presidents-cancer-panel>President's Cancer Panel: Environmentally caused cancers are 'grossly underestimated' and 'needlessly devastate American lives.' — Environmental Health News</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-4332015362354081009?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-20078895624018758892010-05-12T17:53:00.001-07:002010-05-12T17:53:43.157-07:00<a href=http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/phthalates-antibiotics-reduced-after-vegetarian-diet/>Phthalate, antibiotic levels plummet after five-day vegetarian diet. — Environmental Health News</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-2007889562401875889?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-68169791852191895462010-05-12T17:39:00.000-07:002010-05-12T17:39:04.284-07:00<a href="http://www.aolnews.com/health/article/top-perfumes-contain-hazardous-secret-chemicals-report-finds/19473592?sms_ss=blogger">Top Perfumes Contain Hazardous Secret Chemicals, Report Finds - AOL News</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-6816979185219189546?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-17025113917204200942010-04-02T15:39:00.001-07:002010-04-02T15:39:31.564-07:00<a href=http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/phthalates-and-attention-deficits>Children more likely to have attention, behavioral problems when exposed to phthalates in womb, New York study says — Environmental Health News</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-1702511391720420094?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-66724912334983458132010-04-02T15:13:00.001-07:002010-04-02T15:13:52.823-07:00<a href=http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/new-study-identifies-persistent-chemicals/>Study identifies hundreds of obscure - yet persistent - chemicals. — Environmental Health News</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-6672491233498345813?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-48278185921734118632009-02-11T08:49:00.001-08:002009-02-11T08:49:23.070-08:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-4827818592173411863?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174153903459104523.post-74741988532534888592009-02-11T08:22:00.000-08:002009-02-11T08:53:10.010-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UtnlDoneOmY/SZMBUYNIDNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_f-fFvt7G74/s1600-h/urbanwildlogo_large.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UtnlDoneOmY/SZMBUYNIDNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_f-fFvt7G74/s320/urbanwildlogo_large.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301582635951721682" border="0"></a><br /><font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><font size="4"><font face="verdana">Tomorrow a few us will gather<br />seeds from the Strange Fruit<br />fallen onto fertile ground<br />wrestling our way back through the earth<br />back through the soil of red, brown and black bones<br />back through the white sheets stained by ancestral blood and memory<br /><br />We are creating a memorial with our words<br />we are creating a witness<br />we are calling to court the unwilling limbs made complicit<br />in burning and murder<br />a different legacy<br />so that we can forgive the forest<br /><br />We are calling the ghosts of shame that are not our own<br />to let go of the haunting<br />to remember the limbs that were willing<br />that hid Harriet by the waters, who willow whispered through the night<br />the limbs that bent down and bent over with us to harvest<br />freedom<br /><br />We remember this continents holocausts<br />so that our ancestors can sing<br />we call it to the witness stand of light<br />****<br />Join us on Thursday in Seattle as we bear witness in the spirit of truth and reconciliation.<br />www.urbanwildernessproject.org<br />Restoration Works</font></font></font><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CCOMPAQ%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><font style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">™</font> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7174153903459104523-7474198853253488859?l=urbanwildernessproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jourdan Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176241587054590748noreply@blogger.com0