Pollution can make you fat, study claims
Children exposed to pesticide in womb twice as likely to be overweight, refuting idea of sole personal responsibility.

As seen in The Independant

by Geoffrey Lean
Sunday, 7 September 2008

Pollution can make children fat, startling new research shows. A groundbreaking Spanish study indicates that exposure to a range of common chemicals before birth sets up a baby to grow up stout, thus helping to drive the worldwide obesity epidemic.

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As seen in the Guardian Observer

by Juliette Jowit
Sunday, September 7, 2008

People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help tackle climate change, the world's leading authority on global warming has told The Observer

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which last year earned a joint share of the Nobel Peace Prize, said that people should then go on to reduce their meat consumption even further.

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Bradley, Charity, Jurgen and Jane slowly chug out of Sebastopol in the Green Van (OA 2), top speed 59 mph on the largest downhill grade, the flats we cruised at a mellow 43 mph bound for Portland. Departing the OATC around 1pm on Monday, after four fig picking stops, a candlelit dinner at the Red Bluff rest area, we pull into a campground around midnight just below the Mighty Shasta herself. We prowl around with our headlamps, looking for a spot to lay our pads and bags, there was discussion of setting up a tent, we all opted to sleep under the stars... AMAZING!

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It's not all work at the OATC...we are all easily entertained as Charity shaves Bradley's head, which turns into a amusing free-for-all for Andy, Justin, Karin, Jurgen and myself.

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Hello Everyone,

OA Sonoma County will be leading a backpack trip in Point Reyes National
Seashore. I have reserved a group backcountry site for Friday and
Saturday night, Oct 10 & 11 at Wildcat camp.

Hike: is 6.3 miles from Bear Valley Trailhead, which is just from the Bear Valley Visitors Center with ample overnight parking.

MTB: trail is on Stewart trail ONLY from the Five Brooks trailhead (which I believe has overnight parking as well) 6.7
strenuous miles. Checkout website for map details.

Short hike from camp to the beach. The camps have toilets and drinking

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Jane, Charity, and I took Jurgen on a bike ride tonight. It was longer than 100 meters.

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Charity, Justin, and I went riding and fig-picking to recover from the Tour d'Organics.

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Bradley, Brett, Andy and myself mark part of the Tour d'Organics course. It was a long day on and off the bike, thanks Bradley for pulling the trailer.

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Tour D' Organics Sebastopol was amazing! After all the long hard hours of preparing for the ride and getting through registration, I was fortunate enough to get in the 35 mile ride with Sara. We found Brett and her mom Betsy helping at the Golden Nectar rest stop. Listen to what they had to say.

Jane