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McPartland premiere's new Silent Spring

McPartland Elected to National Radio Hall Of Fame
With almost seven decades in show business behind jazz ambassador/pianist/educator/radio personality Marian McPartland, an NEA Jazz Master, it's hard to imagine additional milestones left to achieve in such an illustrious and celebrated career. But this November, McPartland will be inducted into the prestigious National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago on Nov. 3.

On Nov. 15 the 89-year-old legend will premiere a new piece she composed in honor of the influential environmentalist author of "Silent Spring," Rachel Carson. The orchestral piece will be performed by McPartland and the University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra in Columbia, S.C.,  as part of a special program conducted by Dr. Donald Portnoy.   Long an admirer of Carson's book and a staunch environmentalist herself, McPartland penned the tribute and collaborated with renowned jazz and film pianist/arranger Alan Broadbent, who sculpted the orchestrations around McPartland's piano-based compositions.
Added on October 12, 2007 by RachelCarson100

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Organic lawn care for National Mall

A Capitol Idea
Organic lawn care to be tested on National Mall in D.C.

SafeLawns.org has received permission to use organic gardening techniques on a portion of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for a two-year trial period. Can environmentally friendly soil treatments such as compost tea hold up under the heavy foot traffic near the U.S. Capitol? One could cut the tension with a spade.

sources: National Park Service [PDF]
Added on October 10, 2007 by RachelCarson100

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TESTS FIND LEAD IN LIPSTICK

Top brands test positive for lead
 Thursday, Oct. 11, 10:30 a.m.   Press conference to release results of new product tests that found lead, a potent neurotoxin, in popular lipsticks. Names of lead-containing brands will be released, along with new report: A Poison Kiss: The Problem of Lead in Lipstick Rm. 437, Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA
Stacy Malkan, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, author of the new book, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry.
 Sean Palfrey, MD, Medical Director, Boston Lead Poisoning Prevention Center
Rep. Denise Provost (D-Somerville), Co-sponsor, Safer Alternatives bill
Joel Tickner, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, UMASS Lowell
Moderator: Erin Boles, Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition
For more information: contact Cindy Luppi, 617-338-8131  ext 208; cluppi@cleanwater.org

 The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a national coalition of women's, public health, labor, environmental health and consumer-rights groups. Our goal is to protect the health of consumers and workers by requiring the beauty industry to remove toxic chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other health problems from personal care products. See www.safecosmetics.org

Added on October 10, 2007 by RachelCarson100

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Give leaf blowers the boot

According to a French proverb, a person does not like noise unless he or she is making it. Many landscape contractors and homeowners are making plenty of noise this fall season, chasing leaves with their powerful blowers. Routinely using leaf blowers near unconsenting pedestrians and neighboring homes that may be occupied by home workers, day sleepers, children, the ill or disabled, these noisemakers are pleasing no one but themselves. In the process they are contributing to the considerable effects of noise and air pollution, causing distress to humans, neighborhood wildlife and landscapes, too. It's time to give leaf blowers the boot.  READ MORE
EcoAlert from American P.I.E.
Public Information on the Environment, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
P.O. Box 676, Northfield, MN  55057-0676
Telephone: 1-800-320-APIE(2743)  Info@AmericanPIE.org
Added on October 09, 2007 by RachelCarson100

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Global Geotourism Initiative

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/sustainable/
To create a global movement encouraging and enabling geotourism, defined as tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place--its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and the well-being of its residents. With its emphasis on place-based assets and benefits, geotourism can help residents increase employment opportunities with production of indigenous craft, providing local cuisine, offering local guide services, and offering hospitality products that provide unique and valued cultural educational experiences for visitors. With tourism the number one export for many countries and destinations, the geotourism approach directs visitor spending toward those providing services at the local level.
Added on October 07, 2007 by RachelCarson100

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Bill Moyers Journal: Rachel Carson

Bill Moyers Journal: Rachel Carson
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Forty-five years after the publication of Rachel Carson's landmark book Silent Spring, which launched the modern environmental movement, her disturbing story of how toxic chemicals were poisoning the earth still resonates. But who was Rachel Carson? And what can the ferocious debate she started and the vicious attacks she endured tell us about environmentalism in the 21st century?

Bill Moyers Journal looks at the life and legacy of Rachel Carson through an extraordinary portrayal of her in a one-woman play performed by veteran stage actress Kaiulani Lee, whose play A Sense of Wonder has been the centerpiece of regional and national conferences on conservation, education, journalism, and the environment for more than ten years. The broadcast combines excerpts from the play, an interview with Lee and documentary reporting on Carson's life and work in a powerful look at this scientist, writer, and seeker of the truth.

Web Exclusive Video: Ms. Lee explains what drew her to Rachel Carson

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Added on October 04, 2007 by RachelCarson100

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National Call-in Day for Clean Water

October is the 35th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act is one of America's most important laws for protecting the environment and human health, and Food & Water Watch will be celebrating this legacy in a number of ways.

You can be a part of the action by spreading the word and joining in our National Call-in Day for Clean Water on Thursday, October 11th. Sign up now to call your Congressional Representative, and go the extra mile by getting your friends involved in the Call-in Day too. Click here to learn more and spread the word!

Added on October 02, 2007 by RachelCarson100

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GLOBAL WARMING ACTION CONFERENCE

MASSACHUSETTS CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK'S 6th ANNUAL CONFERENCE:  GLOBAL WARMING ACTION CONFERENCE
MIT'S Stata Center
32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA
Cost: $45 for MCAN members, $60 for nonmembers by November 9, $75 for  nonmembers after November 9 Plenary sessions and more than 16 workshops, organized and hosted by MCAN and by MIT's Technology and Culture Forum.  Information and registration: http:// www.massclimateaction.org .
Added on October 01, 2007 by RachelCarson100

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