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Member Since: 2/23/2008
Band Members: Paul Hollands
Influences: Everything.---------This slideshow is of some of my photography in the medium of Polaroid image transfer/emulsion lift.
Sounds Like:------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Mark Plotkin is a world-renowned ethnobotanist and the current President of the Amazon Conservation Team, an organization dedicated to protecting the biological and cultural diversity of the tropical rain forest,and is the author of numerous scientific papers and reports and recently received the Roy Chapman Andrews Distinguished Explorer award. In addition, he has been working with the elder shamans of Central and South America to learn more about healing plants for much of the last 20 years. “It is an honor and a pleasure to receive such a prestigious award from an extraordinary institution like the Cincinnati Zoo,” said Dr. Plotkin. “And, under the leadership of Thane Maynard and his colleagues, we look forward to our organizations working even closer to protect our planet’s biocultural diversity.”There is no greater legacy to leave than to inspire future generations to continue the preservation and conservation of the plants and animals with which we share this planet.Amazon Conservation team is a Non-Profit organization that works primarily in the South American Amazon Basin...Tropical rainforests house hundreds of thousands of species of plants, many of which hold promise for their compounds which can be used to ward off pests and fight human disease. No one understands the secrets of these plants better than indigenous shamans -medicine men and women - who have developed boundless knowledge of this library of flora for curing everything from foot rot to diabetes. But like the forests themselves, the knowledge of these botanical wizards is fast-disappearing due to deforestation and profound cultural transformation among younger generations. The combined loss of this knowledge and these forests irreplaceably impoverishes the world of cultural and biological diversity.Dr. Mark Plotkin, President of the non-profit Amazon Conservation Team, is working to stop this fate. Plotkin, a renowned ethnobotanist and accomplished author was named one of Time Magazine's environmental "Heroes for the Planet," has spent parts of the past 25 years living and working with shamans in Latin America.Plotkin says the Amazon Conservation Team, working in true partnership with indigenous populations and leading western conservationists, has helped pioneer what it calls "biocultural conservation," a successful and cost-effective approach to protecting biodiversity, strengthening traditional health systems, and helping preserving culture in a holistic and synergistic way."It's our strong belief that the people who best know, use, and protect biodiversity are the indigenous people who live in these forests," said Plotkin. "Our projects are designed to address some of the major threats faced by indigenous groups: loss of indigenous biological wisdom, lack of healthcare, lack of economic opportunity, lack of territorial rights that would protect the rainforest from exploitation, and lack of legal representation. As our executive statement says, the Amazon Conservation Team, 'ACT helps the keepers of the forest keep the forest'Learn more at www.amazonteam.org

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Thank you Extinction SUCKS for the beautiful slideshow.It's a miraculous planet we are living on.The wonders and the beauty of it far exceed our ability to understand just how fragile it is and just how easily we can forget that we are an active part of it....This breathtaking beauty can only be truly contrasted by the evil that is perpetrated on it every day.I am a strong supporter of the abolition of animal abuse and environmental protection. Please donate to and support the humane society and join the campaign to end the Canadian annual seal hunt.Killing seal pups is a particularly horrific thing.There is no market for seal meat.This is an industry whose sole purpose is to produce fur coats. The majority of pups killed for their fur are only weeks old,some only days. They are completely helpless,and know no fear of man,having never been exposed to him.Unable to flee or swim, they simply lie in wait for their mother before being savagely bludgeoned to death and dragged off by grappling hooks through their faces,some still writhing in pain and not even dead. How can any feeling person do this? The cruelty is too much to bear. I believe that the following video should be seen by everyone.It is hard to watch, but please do it. The more we see what goes on the less likely we will be to turn away. Apathy is a social evil too. Learn how you can help at www.protectseals.org---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------..
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