---- Free educational material http://www.ed.gov/free/ ---- Weather information taken from the free online newsletter called Backyard Nature Notes, see: http://www.backyardnature.com Weather Affects, A Collection for Weather Enthusiasts http://www.weatheraffects.com Wunderground weather station: http://www.wunderground.com ---- An optimistic indicator for future science taken from: SW BULLETIN, a free publication sponsored by ScienceWeek. SW BULLETIN is published 3 times per week, and delivered only via Email. A free sample issue and subscription details are available at the SW website: http://www.scienceweek.com SW BULLETIN - July 16, 1999 WORLD SCIENCE CONFERENCE EMPHASIZES IDEALS IN NEXT CENTURY A recent week-long World Conference on Science held in Budapest involved 1800 scientists, activists, and policy-makers ostensibly planning the future of science in the 21st century. Physicist Joseph Rotblat, who won the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize for his work as founder of the Pugwash Conference, called for a Hippocratic- style oath for all scientists. The conference produced two final documents, a "Declaration on Science" and a "Framework for Action". The declaration is said to define a new social contract between science and society. The two sponsors of the conference were the International Council for Science and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In general, the conference blueprints for the next century call for governments across the globe to support science adequately because of the importance of science for sustainable development, call for more support for science education at universities, and call for science to be made more open to women and other groups such as the disabled, ethnic minorities, and indigenous peoples. (Science 9 Jul 99) ************************************************** Seen on a T shirt in Australia: "My wife says that I don't listen (and then in smaller print below) At least I think that's what she said." *************************************************** Political contributions (a key to voting for ecological candidates in the US) was described in: The Net-Happenings mailing list is a service of the Internet Scout Project -- http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ Describing itself as "The Online Source for Maoney-in-Politics Data," this site lists all the political contributions reported by candidates for federal office in 1998 (filed in 1999): <http://www.opensecrets.org/> You can find out who in the health-care industry contributed what to whom at: <http://www.opensecrets.org/news/mcare/index.htm> ---------- Jeff Owens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Zone 7, http://www.teleport.com/~kowens Underground house, solar energy, reduced consumption, no TV
