Green Deen: April 2009

Going Green: The Islamic Way
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful

Going Green: The Islamic Way

Going green isn't about being trendy – it’s about respecting our environment and fulfilling our obligation as vicegerents on Earth. In spite of being charged with this duty since the beginning of time, today, we find ourselves facing environmental crises from global warming to alarming water shortages.

This event will highlight the prophetic examples given to us through the Qur'an and Sunnah from an environmental perspective. This discussion aims to teach each of us how to interact positively with our environment so that we may preserve it in its own right.

with:

Sh. Said Seddouk
Imam, Islamic Center of San Gabriel Vally

Br. Karim Hakim
Environmental Specialist

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
7:30pm - 9:30pm

Room: Emerald Bay C (Student Center)

University of California, Irvine

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The 10 best foods you aren't eating
Sunday, April 19, 2009

Want to do your body a world of good? It's as easy as expanding your grocery list.

By: Jonny Bowden, Ph. D.

The science is clear: Plant foods are good for you. And the credit often goes to chemicals they produce called antioxidants. Just as the name suggests, antioxidants help protect your cells against oxidation. Think of oxidation as rust. This rust is caused by free radicals, which are unstable oxygen atoms that attack your cells, inducing DNA damage that leads to cancer. Thankfully, antioxidants help stabilize free radicals, which keeps the rogue atoms from harming your cells.

So by eating more antioxidant-rich foods, you'll boost the amount of the disease-fighting chemicals floating in your bloodstream. The result: Every bite fortifies your body with all-natural preventive medicine.

Click here for the list!

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Green Community Dinner *updated flyer*
Saturday, April 18, 2009

Please attend the event and spread the word!

Saturday, April 25th 2009

6:00pm - 9:30pm [Tickets $12 for Adults and $6 for Kids (3-9yrs)]

1220 N. State College Blvd, Anaheim CA 92806

714-533-6271
social@masjidomar.com

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Natural Soda?
Thursday, April 16, 2009

I made one of my rather infrequent stops at Costco today. As I was passing through the drinks isle, something caught my eye. A brown cardboard box with a logo reading "Pepsi Natural." Of course I had to stop and take a look at it to scrutinize the ingredients and finally try a little of it since Costco always seems to have free samples.

Pepsi packages this drink in glass bottles and in containers that look like the traditional brown paper bag. While the color of this drink looks a little dilute, kind of like dirty water, the taste is rather impressive. Needless to say it doesn't really taste like the real thing. Its fair to say that it does taste like a soda even though it lacks the high levels of carbonation.

I'm not sure as to whether the sugar added to the soda is cane sugar or if its regular refined sugar, but either is better than high fructose corn syrup. For more information about Pepsi Natural, the ingredients and nutrition facts visit the Pepsi website and use the drop-down menu to the left to find Pepsi Natural.

Labels: high fructose corn syrup, natural, pepsi, soda

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Baby Green Bean -- NO sniffles for Kleenex!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The University of Florida is one among 12 colleges that have come together to campaigned against, and successfully removed, Kleenex brand products from their campuses.

Kimberly-Clark, owner of Kleenex brand, uses virgin pulp from the Boreal rainforest, which is North America's last remaining ancient forest, to create disposable paper products. They are the world's largest tissue manufacturer, and for that reason alone should take an environmentally responsible stance on its manufacturing processes.

Businesses and schools across the nation are boycotting Kleenex and all other Kimberly-Clark products, and are demanding that Kimberly-Clark adopt sustainably sourced methods, such as using recyled paper, for creating its products.

Virgin tree fibers are used to give the plush feel to the "premium" tissues. But the price we must pay to be so "kind to your behind" is destroying rare-growth and hundred-year-old standing trees in order for five seconds of our noses and tushes to be pampered.

"Kleercut" is the campaign amied at preventing ancient forests become destroyed for the single-use, disposable tissue that are used and tossed in seconds.

please learn more at

kleercut.net

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Join MNN's Student Correspondent Program
Monday, April 13, 2009

Welcome to the Mother Nature Network, a new environmental site founded by Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for the Rolling Stones. As part of our launch, we’re selecting student interns from across the country to be the Mother Nature Network student correspondent for their campus for 2009. We've just launched MNN Local, and we're eager to hear from you. Read the details below, check out the other students who have already been selected, and then submit a resume and cover letter to contact@mnn.com

This is an ideal internship for anyone interested in a career in writing, editing or environmental issues as this will be hands-on, real-life experience. MNN combines unconventional and lively original content alongside breaking environmental news from around the web. From wilderness issues to green technology, from politics to sustainable living — if the topic is of interest to people who love the environment, chances are, we write about it. We want interns with the right combination of talent, interest and commitment, whether they are students or post-students. Because you’ll be working from your campus, the system allows for a lot of flexibility around scheduling (including the ability to do some of your work from the road).

We're looking for great applicants across the country.

What will I do?

MNN student bloggers and videographers are vital to our operation and will have a hand in everything we do. They work (virtually) alongside our reporters as they write and break stories, help our editors keep a finger on the pulse of the environmental day, and produce all kinds of digital media from YouTube clips to slideshows. In addition, our bloggers will have their own channel at MNN ... allowing them to report and analyze the top environmental stories in their area.

This experience can be great for journalism, environmental studies and active students who want a résumé-building experience that might lead to a great job in new or old media.

The Particulars

• The internship is for 2009 and will – in general – require 5 to 10 hours weekly, scheduled at times that are convenient for you (though we welcome correspondents who can contribute more hours).

• The internships are run from your campus and you will be both given assignments and encouraged to come up with your own topics to cover.

• Every participant is part of his or her own state channel at the Mother Nature Network where your résumé-building work can be followed by millions of people interested in the environment.

• While the internships are unpaid, we do plan to reward our top performers at the end of the year.

Just submit a resume and cover letter to contact@mnn.com and specify your interests. If you’re applying as a videographer, you can post your work at our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/MNN and then send us the note.

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Protecting Earth: Our Islamic Duty
Sunday, April 12, 2009

Asalamualikum,

Came across a lecture by Br. Ghaith Mahmood

Enjoy and implement!

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Online Event: The Messenger's Medicine
Friday, April 10, 2009

Click on image for more information and to register - in sha' Allah.

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EPA Water Quality Video Contest- Win $2,500!
Thursday, April 09, 2009

The Environmental Protection Agency is "looking for educational videos that inspire people to help protect our streams, lakes, wetlands, and coasts."

For more information, proceed to view the following website: Click here.

Photo Source: Message in a Bottle.

Labels: education, EPA, health, scholarship, Water, water quality

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Baby Green Bean -- Top 10 Environmental Toxins Most Harmful to Children
Wednesday, April 08, 2009

In the 2006 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) environmental health report, research revealed that "avoidable environmental exposures" are responsible for as much as 24% of all global diseases and more than 33% of diseases in children under the age of five.

The research has also linked environmental exposures to a staggering number of health issues including hyperactivity, learning disabilities, headaches, allergies, asthma, obesity, autism, diabetes, pediatric cancer, eye damage and even rheumatoid arthritis.

Here are the culprits:

1) Mercury- Found in vaccines, certain fish, dental fillings, coal emissions, landfills, etc.
2) Toxic cleaning products- Bleach, VOC's found in household cleaners, including Lysol, Clorox Wipes, and Pledge.
3) PCB's- (Polychlorinated biphenyls) Production was banned in the 70's. Was used as plasticizers in paints and cements, stabalizer for PVC, de-dusting agents and many many other industrial and household uses.
4) Lead- Found in old homes, certain toys, traces in imported foods, and even some leaded fuels.
5) Air pollutants- Dioxins, VOC's, asbestos, etc.
6) Smoke- Environmental, and tobacco smoke, especially industrial emissions.
7) Pesticides- Sprayed inside and outside of the home.
8) Pesticides- Used in lice shampoos.
9) Pesticides- Leeched into food and water supplies.
10) Drinking water contaminants- Exposure to acid rain, storm drain runoff, pesticide runoff, and industrial waste.

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Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic
Sunday, April 05, 2009

An ice bridge linking a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica to two islands in Antarctica has snapped.

Scientists say the collapse could mean the Wilkins Ice Shelf is on the brink of breaking away, and provides further evidence or rapid change in the region.

Sited on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, the Wilkins shelf has been retreating since the 1990s.

Researchers regarded the ice bridge as an important barrier, holding the remnant shelf structure in place.

Its removal will allow ice to move more freely between Charcot and Latady islands, into the open ocean.

Continue at BBC News

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