Monthly Archives: November 2008

Buy Nothing Day 2008

Waste Package from TV-Shop Buy Nothing Day can be celebrated today 28th november 2008 by bying nothing.
And the other days of the year it would be wise to think twice before you buy. There are those very smart folks who keeps telling that it doesn’t make any difference what a single person consumes. The whole system should be [...]

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Finnish satellite cranes arrive in Africa

Crane and nature quide - where is southFinnish research team studies migration routes and most important stopover sites and over-wintering grounds of the Finnish population of the Eurasian crane (Grus grus).
On 18th November the first satellite crane of the project, a young male colt named as Petteri, was discovered in Tunisia, Africa. On 19th November also a female satellite crane Aino arrived [...]

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No more Bush politics

No Moore Pictures The USA is voting for a new president. One thing is for sure, the Bush era is ending.
To celebrate this event, here are some cartoons about this great statesman admired here in Finland only by the former prime minister Paavo Lipponen and some ministers of the current right wing government…
Good luck, friends over there! [...]

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Feel at home in nature

Day care in nature Some day care centers in Finland and Sweden have a practise called “Feel at home in Nature” or “Rain or Shine”. Children are outdoors in nature as much as possible no matter if it is rainy or cold. Of course kids have proper outfit and experienced childminders. In forest they play, eat lunch by [...]

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