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Oil Spills

Painting on a thrown out, old, heavy door. Madison WI.

6/7/10 for CMB

Crude - The movie (2009)

DVD Review: Crude: The Real Price of Oil
by Paul Schultz
Published: May 5, 2010
from the article:
"Everyone loves a David versus Goliath story. And with the oil rig explosion and subsequent spillage in the Gulf of Mexico dominating the news of late, it's hard for a ginormous oil conglomerate to deny the environmental impact caused by their industry."

Also read about this new film - From the New York Times -
Big Oil's Stain in the Amazon by A. O. Scott

Juan Diego Pérez/Entendre Films

8X10 Acrylic on Canvas - Matthew Stolte

Read Harvest for Hope (Warner Wellness 2005) for information on mindful eating.
From Harvest for Hope: "We have to face the fact that industrial fishing is causing terrible damage to our oceans, the wondrous ecosystem that sustains us all. Coral reefs - the rain forests of the sea - have declined 30 percent in the last thirty years, largely because of overfishing and shrimp trawling. Industrial fleets have fished out at least 90 percent of all large ocean predators - marlin, swordfish, shark, cod, halibut, skate, and flounder - in the past fifty years."

The World is Blue by Sylvia Earle, 2009
About this Book (from Random House)

A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a planet teetering on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis.

In recent decades weve learned more about the ocean than in all previous human history combined. But, even as our knowledge has exploded, so too has our power to upset the delicate balance of this complex organism. Modern overexploitation has driven many species to the verge of extinction, from tiny but indispensable biota to magnificent creatures like tuna, swordfish, and great whales. Since the mid-20th century about half our coral reefs have died or suffered sharp decline; hundreds of oxygen-deprived "dead zones" blight our coastal waters; and toxic pollutants afflict every level of the food chain.

Fortunately, there is reason for hope, but what we door fail to doin the next ten years may well resonate for the next ten thousand. The ultimate goal, Earle argues passionately and persuasively, is to find responsible, renewable strategies that safeguard the natural systems that sustain us. The first step is to understand and act upon the wise message of this accessible, insightful, and compelling book.

Sweet Pea Oil Spill Paintings