Chasing Clean Air

Chasing Clean Air Radio: The Tachi-Yokut Tribe Speaks!

Will you join me? 

Mark your calendars for Monday April 29th, 10:30 a.m. PST when I interview Lalo Franco, the head of Historical Preservation of one of America's largest Native American tribes (located in San Joaquin Valley).

We'll learn about their "environmental" traditions, and what's been happening since the Europeans arrived to their homeland.

Many people write me, seeking the "perfect" location to breathe. It's challenging and many times individual-- pollens, altitude, wet, dry, etc. I was just thinking had the Native Americans had their ways 300+ years ago, we'd all be breathing easier.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/chasingcleanair/2013/04/29/chasing-clean-air-the-tachi-yokut-tribe-speaks

Photo of Apache Indian by photographer Edward Curtis around the turn of 19 century.

My musings:

Indian seems like a strange word to describe the aboriginal people of America just because Christopher Columbus thought he'd reached India. And then there are a lot of misconceptions about this land and its people. Tune-in to my Tachi-Yokut radio program to learn more, for ignorance is not bliss and knowledge is power. (Radio show also to be archived for future listening) 

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1947 Los Angeles Traffic

I met a darling lady in Three Rivers, by the name of Gaynor, named after the movie star. :-) She told me her dad moved to Three Rivers, CA. in 1947 because he couldn't stand all that traffic!

So I found this 1947 photo courtesy of Metro's Transportation Library.

So that was traffic!

Believe it or not, according to statistics, they had twice the number of fatality car accidents in 1947 as today. The mayor at the time tried to educate pedestrians and motorists alike how to prevent accidents, as seen in this YouTube video.

I didn't see the stop lights and pedestrian walk signals in this historical gem, such as we rely on today.

Read more about 1947 traffic and ideas to improve it here.

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PBS Nature: What Plants Talk About

What Plants Talk About premieres tomorrow on PBS, part of their awesome Nature series.

This is a must see, so check your local listings.

A British Columbia scientist proves that a mother tree sends nutrients through her roots to her budding "baby" tree nearby. A plant about to be attacked by a predator sends a message to nearby ally insects to help protect. That smell emanating from cut grass and flowers, what does it really mean? Ouch?!

I will never view my already spiritual experience of walking through a grove of trees like in Muir Woods, California (photo above), the same. The world is alive and conscious everywhere!

To watch a preview of this amazing What Plants Talk About documentary click here!

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