activism

Occupy Wall Street Info, draft of demands and Twitter Feeds

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A first draft of demands from people @ OccupyWallStreet here:  http://bit.ly/pBs5Ju – more info on the protests here: http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/occupywallstreet

Twitter tags to follow: #OccupyWallStreet #OccupyWallSt #TakeWallSt #OurWallSt

Twitter accounts to follow: OccupyWallSt / OccupyWallStreetNYC
(there are more cities joining in, to find them do a Twitter search for “Occupy”)

To all you people out there – you have my full support – rock on! It seems like you’re doing so much good with the time, besides of course just the fact that you’re there. But I also love the work shops, culture groups, your general assemblies, the tests and development of direct democracy at meetings, etc. I find you great. Big hugs!

 

Mycoremediation of the Japanese landscape after radioactive fallout: Nuclear Forest Recovery Zone by Paul Stamets

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“By sampling other mushroom-forming fungi for their selective ability to hyper-accumulate radioactivity, we can learn a great deal while helping the ecosystem recover. Not only will some mushroom species hyper-accumulate radioactive compounds, but research has also shown that some mycorrhizal fungi bind and sequester radioactive elements so they remain immobilized for extended periods of time. Surprisingly, we learned from the Chernobyl disaster that many species of melanin-producing fungi have their growth stimulated by radiation.”

 

http://goo.gl/WOJvO

Gomphidius glutinosus hyper-accumulates radioactive Cesium 137