Veggie Pride Parade, NYC, 2009* is on

*Veggie Pride Parade, NYC, 2009* is on!

Mark your calendar for *Sunday, May 17, 2009*.

This year, bigger and better.

*End point for the parade this year is **Union Square Park* (north end).
(*Start point, the same* as last year.)

*Want to know how you can get involved?*
Click here:
http://www.veggieprideparade.org/dept/longpage/howtoinvolved.htm
and bookmark the page.

*PURCHASE YOUR PROGRAM AD NOW: *
http://www.veggieprideparade.org/dept/program.2009.htm

*Become a sponsor:*
http://www.veggieprideparade.org/dept/sponsors.htm

*Explore entire Web site:*
http://www.veggieprideparade.org/

*Special features at the Web site:*
~ Slide show
~ Blog
~ Bulletin board
~ Lists of exhibitors and speakers 2009
~ Images from last year's parade
~ Media coverage from last year's parade
~ Contest winners from last year, with pictures
~ Official song by Cheryl Hill Band: Get Your Green On!
and much, much more!

Why flat-screen TV's suck

Interesting info's about the flat-screenTV craze and the enormous environmental hazards HDTV's cause:

Guardian, UK
Environment: Climate risk from flat-screen TVs

BBC, UK
Do flat-screen TVs eat more energy?

LA Times, USA
A climate threat from TVs, chips
They’re made with nitrogen trifluoride, a synthetic chemical that has 17,000 times the global warming effect of carbon dioxide, scientists say.

The Independent, UK
Giant plasma TVs face ban in battle to green Britain
New rules will phase out energy-guzzling flatscreen televisions as the EU brings its climate campaign to the living room

Alternet,org
Your Flat Screen Has (Greenhouse) Gas
A chemical used in the manufacturing of flat-screen televisions could rival some of the world's most potent greenhouse gases.

USA specific:

http://www.stophdtv.org/

UK specific:

Guardian, UK
Is it OK ... to buy an HDTV?
Leo Hickman's guide to a good life