I haven't had time to actually read these articles yet, but if one looks a little further at this issue, one can see -- and read :o) about global warming, a huge conservation issue, in several spots within, i.e., On Thin Ice, pp. 66, about Greenland; Selling the Wind, pp. 55, pros and cons about wind energy -- there is also a 1-day conference about this topic coming up in mid-Oct in Wisconsin, for more info on that go to www.audubon.org/mn/mn (The Audubon MN website); and a pull-out poster on what citizens can do at home to conserve energy called Power to the People, pp 61; so I always try to look beyond the travel ads to the substance. I've been finding a LOT more to like about the magazine in recent issues.
Change sometimes takes place at a snail's pace, and old ways of paying for publications die hard. They are making one of the only efforts to be conservation-minded, while still getting their message out. When I go to the book store's magazine section or the local Shinders, I see that hardly any other publications even TRY to use paper that is at least somewhat recycled and have no coatings to make them non-recyclable... And there sure are a lot of them, therefore hundreds of opportunities to write letters to less conservation-minded organizations, is I guess one way to look at it! Holly Peirson Forest Lake, Anoka Co. BTW: I enjoyed reading about raingardens and the like in Bloomington on the blog you put at the bottom of your post, thanks. -----Original Message----- From: mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu]on Behalf Of Terry Houle Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 3:14 PM To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu Subject: [mou] Hornets Nest vs. Birds Nest I am going to lay one out there that will stir up controversy but think needs being said. I wil probably get all kinds of hate mail. Anyway reading the Sep/Oct06 issue of Audubon Magazine and the Audubon View by John Flicker. He talks of the urgency of Global Warming and that is may be already too late. Flicker indicated that birds are a baramoter of changing conditions that signal future danger. Then going on to the Letters to the Editor the first two talk of the disconnect with Audubon and the travel within the magazine. Some make reference to Green Travel but I see none of that. I sent in a Letter to Editor with my comments that I think of it as more a travel magazine that includes birds. I have cancelled my subscription in the past because I do not look at them as 'getting it". I think they have been too tied in with the travel industry. Also realize that many birders want to go other places to see birds. I would urge people to write to Audubon if you feel the same as me. I think we are killing our barometer. -- Terry Houle Bloomington, MN Vision for a Better Blooming coalition Public Group Discussion List http://groups.google.com/group/vbbloomington Blog http://vision-for-better-bloomington.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-...@cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
