Audubon invites public to participate in Hands across the Sand, an event to help protect the coast from oil

To read the full message, please click on Hands Across The Sand to go to the Audubon Web page that explains the plan.

Hands Across the Sand A Nationwide Event to Protect Our Coast from Oil Join us on June 26th to deliver a clear message that America wants Clean Energy Now! The disaster in the Gulf reminds us every day of the true price we pay for oil. On June 26th join a national day of action calling on President Obama to lead us to a clean energy future. In over 500 communities across the globe we'll join hands at 11am to create a line in the sand against offshore drilling. We'll bear witness to the ongoing tragegy in the Gulf and the communities, habitat and wildlife that have been devastated by this spill. Most importantly, we will call on our leaders to move our country beyond oil. If not now, when? For more information or to find an event in your community, go to HandsAcrosstheSand.org Help us to spread the word!  Tell-a-friend!

John Rule to read from his own poetry today at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Nightbird Books on Dickson Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas. TONIGHT!

Please click on image to enlarge to read introductory page and half of book's first poem.

This buckeye butterfly was on nonnative butterfly bush in the peace-circle portion of the World Peace Wetland Prairie on June 11, 2010. You may be able to see it and many other pollinators Saturday June 12, 2010, at some of the 8 private gardens on the OMNI Tour of Peace Gardens

Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Buddleia with
Precis coenea nectaring on it on June 11, 2010, at World Peace Wetland Prairie in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
For interactive map and information about 2010 OMNI Peace Garden Tour, please see OMNI Peace Gardens blog.

'New report shows aquatic life declines at early stages of urban development'

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