Mama gnome and the gnome family will be celebrating Earth Hour 2011 with the rest of the world.
It's this Saturday, March 26 at 8:30 pm.
Please turn off the lights and all non-essential appliances to conserve energy for at least one hour.
video from wwfus
Please visit WWF and Earth Hour to see how you can go beyond the hour.
Please celebrate Earth Hour everyday and go green.
(c) Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog
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Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, September 9, 2010
The Deforestation of Africa
Mama gnome wonders if you knew about the deforestation of Africa?
From WWF:
"A new study co-authored by a World Wildlife Fund scientist documents waves of forest degradation advancing like ripples in a pond 75 miles across East Africa in just 14 years."
WWF reports most logging is illegal. In addition, illegal charcoal burning is done by local people who don't have any other source of income.
"A trade survey by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, estimated that in 2005 some 96 percent of harvested timber was exported illegally, losing the Tanzanian government an estimated $58 million of revenue."
It's been reported that:
"In West Africa, nearly 90 percent of the original moist forest is gone, and what remains is heavily fragmented and degraded."
Mama gnome wants to emphasize:
video by: JaneGoodallInstitute
But what is really sad...the slashing and burning of forests is happening in other parts of the world, Mama gnome is quite stricken to say.
Please visit WWF and the Jane Goodall Institute to read about this and pass the information to other humans.
Please help save our forests and go green.
(c) 2010, Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's blog
From WWF:
"A new study co-authored by a World Wildlife Fund scientist documents waves of forest degradation advancing like ripples in a pond 75 miles across East Africa in just 14 years."
WWF reports most logging is illegal. In addition, illegal charcoal burning is done by local people who don't have any other source of income.
"A trade survey by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, estimated that in 2005 some 96 percent of harvested timber was exported illegally, losing the Tanzanian government an estimated $58 million of revenue."
It's been reported that:
"In West Africa, nearly 90 percent of the original moist forest is gone, and what remains is heavily fragmented and degraded."
Mama gnome wants to emphasize:
- Most logging is illegal
- "96% of harvested timber was exported illegally"
- Poverty forces people to cut down trees or burn trees because they have no other source of income. What happens when all the trees are gone?
- Almost 90 % of West Africa's original forests are gone.....That's ninety percent obliterated.
video by: JaneGoodallInstitute
But what is really sad...the slashing and burning of forests is happening in other parts of the world, Mama gnome is quite stricken to say.
Please visit WWF and the Jane Goodall Institute to read about this and pass the information to other humans.
Please help save our forests and go green.
(c) 2010, Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's blog
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Who turned off the lights? Earth Hour 2010
Mama gnome double checked the calendar.
Yes, right there, a blue circle around March 27th, Saturday. A special night. A date night for Mama gnome.
It's Earth Hour 2010.
Earth Hour started in Sydney, Australia in 2007.
Please visit EarthHour.org
Mama gnome made plans for Earth Hour 2010.
On March 27th 8:30 pm, the gnome family will switch off all non-essential lights and electrical appliances in the gnome house for one hour to show support for planet Earth.
You may not be aware of this...but Mama gnome has a very uneasy relationship with Computer.
Computer likes to play mind games. Mama gnome recounts a painful experience about printing pictures and Computer chose to be difficult and there was a gnome-Computer stand off moment.
There has been an uneasy truce between Mama gnome and Computer since then.
So for Earth Hour, Computer will be turned off.
Daddy gnome will not have access to his precious computer for an hour.
Pardon Mama gnome while she laughs like a crazy lady. Bwahahahaha! Bwahahahaha!
Ehemm...ehemmm... Mama gnome fixes her slightly askew hat.
So what are Mama gnome's plans for Earth Hour 2010 at 8:30 pm when she will have Daddy gnome to herself with Computer safely turned off?
Lots of candles strategically placed around the gnome house and
home cooked dinner on Mama gnome's aga stove.
On the menu: vegetarian meatloaf and peach cobbler.
Daddy gnome might just forget about that Computer even longer than an hour.
Maybe Daddy gnome might end up like this human in the video. Toggle the light switch on and off and watch the dramatic changes.
from: EarthHour.org
video by: wwfaustralia
Please have a romantic candle light dinner on Saturday March 27, 2010 at 8:30 pm.
Be part of Earth Hour 2010 and Go Green!
(c) 2010 Jenaelha Friendly Gnome's Blog
Yes, right there, a blue circle around March 27th, Saturday. A special night. A date night for Mama gnome.
It's Earth Hour 2010.
Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.
Earth Hour started in Sydney, Australia in 2007.
Please visit EarthHour.org
Mama gnome made plans for Earth Hour 2010.
On March 27th 8:30 pm, the gnome family will switch off all non-essential lights and electrical appliances in the gnome house for one hour to show support for planet Earth.
You may not be aware of this...but Mama gnome has a very uneasy relationship with Computer.
Computer likes to play mind games. Mama gnome recounts a painful experience about printing pictures and Computer chose to be difficult and there was a gnome-Computer stand off moment.
There has been an uneasy truce between Mama gnome and Computer since then.
So for Earth Hour, Computer will be turned off.
Daddy gnome will not have access to his precious computer for an hour.
Pardon Mama gnome while she laughs like a crazy lady. Bwahahahaha! Bwahahahaha!
Ehemm...ehemmm... Mama gnome fixes her slightly askew hat.
So what are Mama gnome's plans for Earth Hour 2010 at 8:30 pm when she will have Daddy gnome to herself with Computer safely turned off?
Lots of candles strategically placed around the gnome house and
home cooked dinner on Mama gnome's aga stove.
On the menu: vegetarian meatloaf and peach cobbler.
Daddy gnome might just forget about that Computer even longer than an hour.
Maybe Daddy gnome might end up like this human in the video. Toggle the light switch on and off and watch the dramatic changes.
from: EarthHour.org
video by: wwfaustralia
Please have a romantic candle light dinner on Saturday March 27, 2010 at 8:30 pm.
Be part of Earth Hour 2010 and Go Green!
(c) 2010 Jenaelha Friendly Gnome's Blog
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