Read 'n' Seed

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1. The title of my book is Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis In America by Susan J. Marks
2. This book is about our water supply: where most of it is currently, how has it changed, and why should be be concerned about are present and future in regards to it. 
3. I chose this book because I keep hearing that the "next war" is going to be over water and how our northland will see an "economic boom" due to our great lakes. I realized that I don't know much about this current issue, so it would be best to use this Reed 'N' Seed opportunity to educate myself. 
4. Links:  Great Lakes Information Network, Georgia Drought.org, World Bank.org 
5. There are 208 pages in this book and eight chapters. The first quarter will have the introduction and the first two chapters. The second, will have chapters 3-5, and the third quarter will have chapters 6-8. 

I'm really glad to be researching a new topic and being able to share it with everybody. I'll do my best to make my posts clear like the water we desire to drink.

Call to Support Local Farmers

                                                       A two minute phone call to go green!

This phone call is to have our MN politician, Senator Amy Klobuchar, to step on board and help local farmers by passing the Fair Farm Bill. We are shooting for 1,000 calls! Please post and let me know if you called!

What to say when you call. (202) 224-3244

"Hi, My name is _______ and I live in (City, State). As a constituent, I urge Senator Klobuchar to oppose delaying or derailing the fair livestock marketing rules that the USDA proposed from the last Farm Bill." 

Pass the word onto family and friends to do this too! 

For more information, go to

http://foodandwaterwatch.org/food/farm-bill-2012/

Thanks a ton, and good job on going green!

Sincerely

~the green machine

Welcome to GreenMachine by Shannon F

Hey eco Guys and Gals! I'm Shannon Flaherty and I'm so glad you could make it to my blog!

This blog is going to be about the things we chose to put in our bodies as fuel. This includes food and water. My Read 'n' Seed is on Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America so there will be ample information on water: what are the current issues with it, how that affects agriculture, and how we can change to conserve and provide clean water. I'll also be reading "The Food Revolution" to give information on the food that water grows for us to keep living. One specific quote by Hippocrates motivated me to study the relationship between man and food in terms of health. He said, "let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food." I know this hasn't been America's strongest point: being the fast food nation, but we are already making efforts to go back to our grass roots. Our mothers said urged us to drink water instead of pop and eat our greens, but this blog is taking it further than that. I'm on a mission to motivate people to turn into GreenMachines. 

There are 5 possible types of posts on my blog. They include:

1. Advocacy Project
2. Eye Openers
3. Reflections
4. Read 'n' Seed
5. Share and Voice

If you notice at the bottom of this post, the categories will be listed as labels. This post has been labeled with all five kinds of posts. You will also see the number of each kind of post in my Labels Gadget at the top of the page. All post titles from now on will begin with one of the categories above.

The members of my web group are: 

1. http://colefisher.blogspot.com/
2. http://enviro-surfingwithamyandkristen.blogspot.com/
3. http://creativewithcayla.blogspot.com/
4. http://www.blogger.com/profile/05507051340565114957a

You can also follow my blog by clicking "Follow this Blog" in the gadget column. You can see my complete profile and all the blogs I am following by clicking on "See Complete Profile." (Make sure all these gadgets are in place).

I'm really excited to share all that I know on this topic. I'm hoping to do the read'n'seed and I'll definitely be sharing on this. If you have an interest in this similar topic, you can blog and talk to me. Go Green while being a GreenMachine!