Celebs Join Inuits at Earth Day Event
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 22, 2005
Filed at 8:04 p.m. ET
TORONTO (AP) -- Hollywood stars Salma Hayek and Jake Gyllenhaal joined Canadian Inuits in the Arctic Circle for a traditional spring dance on Earth Day Friday, seeking to highlight the effect of global warming on northern Canadians.
The celebrities joined some 1,000 Inuit -- half of whom were children -- in their traditional dress and followed elders onto an ice floe to form the image of an Inuit drum dancer. From the air, photographers were able to see the humans spell out the words: ''Arctic Warning: Listen.''
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Canada-Inuit-Earth-Day.html
When Nature Assaults Itself
LATE one afternoon not long ago, I stood on the bridge of an Alaska-bound oil tanker, trying to divine our ecological future from the encircling horizon: a gray band of haze separating an overcast sky from the slate-gray sea.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/22/opinion/22burdick.html
Tech giants boost recycling efforts
David Becker, Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: April 21, 2005
Dell and Hewlett-Packard cut fees for their recycling programs this week, in advance of Friday's Earth Day observance.
Technology companies have come under growing pressure in the past few years to address the growing mounds of dangerous waste created by outdated computer hardware. Gear such as monitors and circuit boards are full of hazardous chemicals that can leach into the soil and groundwater if dumped into landfills. Groups such as the National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative have successfully pushed computer makers to responsibly recycle more and more of their obsolete goods.
http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1003_3-5679907.html
HP Celebrates Earth Day
In honor of the day devoted to all things earth-healthy, HP offers a limited-time 50-percent discount on its recycling services. And then some.
Libe Goad - PC Magazine
April 22 In honor of Earth Day, HP is offering new initiatives to encourage consumers to recycle their old computers and computer-related products. First on the list – a 50 percent discount on the company's recycling program, along with a push to educate the general consumer about e-waste and how to take care of it.
HP's Manager, Corporate Environmental Strategies & Sustainability John Fray said that recent HP surveys shows a surprising lack of consumer knowledge about e-waste and related recycling programs.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ZDM/story?id=695017
The Wilderness Society
Take an Arctic Journey
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, located off the coast of the Beaufort Sea on Alaska's north shore, is prized for its wilderness and wildlife. It is also coveted by multi-national oil companies for its possible oil reserves. The Wilderness Society is working to set this area off limits to oil development, and protect its most precious resources: Wilderness and the wildlife that depend on it.
http://www.wilderness.org/OurIssues/Arctic/journey.cfm?TopLevel=Journey
