Malaysia’s very own supermodel, Amber Chia stripped down almost completely and had her body painted with tiger stripes for PETA’s anti-zoo campaign. She is the first Malaysian celebrity they have roped in to help their cause urging people to boycott zoos.
According to Senior Peta campaigner Ashley Fruno, “Wild animals belong in the wild. An animal who lives a long and healthy life but dies in the wild is not worse off than animals who spend all their lives pacing in enclosures.”
What do you think of the campaign? Should wild animals be kept in the zoo or roam free?
Earth Day is just a couple of days away, April 22, to be exact. Earth Day is an annual event but many are not aware of the importance of preserving Earth. Watch the video below to get a little Earth Day education.
Earth Hour is created by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund) in 2007 and has now become a global annual event. Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses from 35 countries switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008, 50 million people switching off their lights on March 28. Now, Earth Hour 2009 will happen on the same date, March 28 and 80 countries and 1,500 cities are expected to participate.
You too can help to spread the word of the event. Just go to Earth Hour Download page. You can download the banners and widgets to show your support for Earth. Or you can even print your own Earth Hour T-shirts!
International World Water Day is an annual event and is held on March 22 every year. Having said that, World Water Day 2009 is today, March 22, 2009 and the theme for World Water Day is "Shared Water – Shared Opportunities".
Google, as usual, changed it logos for the occasion while Yahoo! uses an animated Flash that will turn both it’s “O” into recycle symbols when you mouse over it while a plant will grow besides the letter, “Y” when you mouse over the logo for the first time.
If you realize, besides Google and Yahoo, YouTube has also changed its logo purposely for Earth Day. Seems like more and more web sites are creating awareness for Earth Day this time around.
On April 22 each year, millions of people around the world will come together to celebrate Earth Day — a commitment to taking care of our planet, and to fighting climate change.
What will you be doing for Earth Day? Take public transport to work? Start using shopping bags at supermarkets? Wash clothes in cold water?
Tell the world what you’re doing for Earth Day (and beyond) by uploading a message to Google’s Earth Day ‘08 site.
How many eggs do you eat in your lifetime? How many newspaper do you eat in your lifetime? How many glasses of milk do you drink in your lifetime?
Human Footprint by National Geographic will show you just that. The number of eggs eaten in one’s lifetime is different in the US compared to UK and Japan. Nevertheless, the objectives of Human Footprint is to make you realize when you eat an egg, you’re not just eating an egg. You’re eating the gas the truck used to deliver the egg, the coal used to generate electricity for its refrigeration, and the resources to boil, fry, or poach that yummy egg. And that’s your human footprint — how much of the world you use in your life time.
For example, if you eat 7 eggs in a week, you’ll consume 28,301 eggs in your lifetime. That compared with an average of 27,559 eggs consume by Japan, 19,826 eggs consume by U.S. and 13,345 eggs consume by U.K. averagely in their lifetime.
Human Footprint is available in HD on Comcast Digital Cable this Sunday, April 13 at 9pm ET/PT and is part of the Preserve Our Planet Project. Do your part to make our planet a better place to live.
Hayden received the Gretchen Wyler Award, given annually at the Genesis Awards to a celebrity who brings attention to animal causes. Wyler, who founded the awards and was also an actress, presented the first award to Paul McCartney. She died last May from breast cancer.
Hayden’s parents and her boyfriend and Heroes co-star – Milo Ventimiglia were in the audience and watched a video of the actress and others paddling out on surfboards and confronting fishermen, who trap and kill dolphins to protect their fish supply. They then gave a standing ovation as Hayden took the stage.
Save the cheerleader! And she’ll save the dolphins! Kudos to Claire Bennett!
Love dolphins? Visit Dolphin Bubbles and learn more about dolphins.
At 8pm on the 29 March 2008 millions of people around the world will use the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming.
Visit www.earthhour.org/ to see how you can make Earth Hour a part of your everyday life and find out ways to reduce your carbon dioxide emissions.
Dolphin Bubbles
