Techfun » conservation http://blog.techfun.org Linux, Politics, Whatever... Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:10:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 World Water Week http://blog.techfun.org/2009/08/world-water-week/ http://blog.techfun.org/2009/08/world-water-week/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:45:23 +0000 JD Thomas http://blog.techfun.org/?p=1885 Even if you can’t make it to Stockholmthis week, you can still have an impact when it comes to conserving this very special resource.

Cool People Care | World Water Week.

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From: UK Fishermen Dump Catch Overboard to Make More Money

The European Union put fishing quotas in place for a reason: to prevent the kind of overfishing that experts warn could lead to mass extinction of marine life in the coming decades. But, European fishermen aren’t pleased with the quotas because they limit profit possibilities. So to get around that, they’re doing something pretty horrifying: dumping tons of perfectly good dead fish back into the water. Fish that should never have been caught in the first place.

Recently, the Norwegian Coast Guard shot video of UK fishermen doing just this, and the sight of such wastefulness (a whopping 5 tons of dead fish) has shocked many people who didn’t realize the extent of what was going on. Check it out at The Guardian.

Read the full post at EarthFirst.com

NOTE: The practice is legal, as the EU only sets quotas for fish landed at ports, not what is actually caught at sea. In this case, it appears the fishermen were discarding low-value small (but legal) fish in order to fill their quota with higher-value big fish.

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Philadelphia Energy Conservation Workshops:
Learn How to Save Energy and Money at Home

  

Next week, Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz will host several energy conservation workshops in Philadelphia. At these free workshops, experts from the Energy Coordinating Agency will offer tips and strategies on how to lower your overall energy use and save money on heating costs this winter.
 
For more information, constituents should contact Congresswoman Schwartz’s Philadelphia office at 215-335-3355 or visit her website at http://schwartz.house.gov/.

 

Northeast Philadelphia Energy Conservation Workshops

 

Tuesday, October 23 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Torresdale Branch, Free Library of Philadelphia
3079 Holme Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19136
 
Wednesday, October 24 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Lawncrest Branch, Free Library of Philadelphia
6098 Rising Sun Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
 
Thursday, October 25 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Grace Church and the Incarnation
2645 E. Venango Street
Philadelphia, PA 19134


 
Contact Information
Washington Office
423 Cannon Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
phone: 202/225-6111
fax: 202/226-0611 		Montgomery County Office
706 West Avenue
Jenkintown, PA 19046
phone: 215/517-6572
fax: 215/517-6575
Philadelphia Office
7219 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19135
phone: 215/335-3355
fax: 215/333-4508
 

 

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