Fee's World

Today I read an article about how, none other than the President of the United States … Obama, has come out in defense of the honey bee.  Read the article here Now, don’t get me wrong, I think this is amazing, however, just how much “saving” it will actually do is debatable. Last June (2014) the White House created a task force to find ways to save the bees. See, even though big corporates run the western world, I will say that Obama at least has enough savvy to realise that if the bees go … so does life as we know it. And the extinction of the bees (and other pollinators) is getting all too close. So the task force has come out with a 10 year plan. In a nutshell this is it:

1. Bump monarch butterfly numbers to 225 million.
2. Reduce winter honey bee colony losses by about half.
3. Make 7 million acres of land more pollinator-friendly.
4. Research how to minimize bees’ exposure to pesticides.
5. Re-evaluate the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides.

Perhaps they can achieve the increase in monarch butterfly and maybe they can reduce the winter honey bee losses.  They definitely can make 7 million acres of land more pollinator-friendly. But the last two???? They already know that neonicotinoid insecticides and pesticides are the number one killer of bees – see my bog post here=&2=& And how many bees will die while they do their research?=&3=& Of course we know that the White House is organic and has it’s own bees.

Maybe that’s one of the reasons the President took this stance. However, he’s not gone far enough and groups are now by-passing the President and asking the First Lady to help as reported by the Washington Examiner.

A letter provided by Friends of The Earth asks that Michelle Obama use her influence with the administration and support a ban on these chemicals. Let’s hope she can be a mother for the bees and defend them. This is a critical situation and a lot more urgency is needed ….. the bees can’t wait much longer.   You can help by choosing organic or spray free whenever you can.=&4=& =&5=&

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Well blow me over with a feather and tell me it’s a sledge hammer.  Now the Pope is being criticized for being concerned about climate change. It appears that the Pope, bless his plain white robes, met with the UN Secretary-General and in that meeting they discussed the upcoming United Nations Climate change conference which is going to be held in Paris at the end of this year.  (30 November – 11 December 2015)

But wait, there’s more.  Not only did the Pope put his tuppence worth into the climate pot, but the Pontifical Academy of Sciences also met with the UN Secretariat and some other really important non government organizations.

Vatican & UN team up on climate issues

Now, the fact that all this climate change discussion was going on by the Vatican powers that be, created a bit of a stir in certain quarters.  Like the Heartland Institute, a right-wing American organization known for its global warming skepticism, got their knickers in a right twist.

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Funniest thing I’ve heard in awhile.

So any ideas what a Pegan might be? To give you a clue, other labels can include Pescetarian – those who only eat fish and no other animal – or Fruitarians who eat only raw fruit and seeds.

So a new label has come into being originating from Dr. Mark Hyman and read more

Many New Zealanders have such a close bond with Nepal regardless of whether they have been there or not.  This is due to one of our great explorers/adventurers Sir Edmund Hillary.  So when the news of the devastating earthquake reached us, we, as a nation poured out our love to the people there.

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Have you seen the movie “Surviving Earth” yet?  It’s really very good and worth seeing if you get the chance.

I belong to a movie club (docos) and last night’s movie ‘Surviving Earth’ was definitely worth trotting along to.

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