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Shamanic Retreat in Peru
EcoDeaf Meghan Shannon, whose EcoDeaf Bio is posted below shares some exciting news with us...Hey everyone, I wanted to make sure everyone knew about the first ever Deaf and Hearing Signers Shamanic Retreat in the Amazon Region of Peru! Historically, it is hard for hearing people to find good, safe, powerful shamans out in these small villages, where spirituality is natural f...
Culture Tue, Jun 03 2008 hide this blog

EarthGirl pushing for a greener Gallaudet!
EcoDeaf This film was created by a proud EcoDeaf member, Miss Jody Barrong, as a final project for one of her classes at Gallaudet University. Many thanks for your super-green powers! You inspire us!
Art and Storytelling Tue, May 27 2008 hide this blog

TaylerInfomedia Sets A Green Example
EcoDeaf As you all know, Earth Hour is coming up this Saturday from 8 to 9 pm in your time zones, wherever you are. The goal is to turn off all the lights in your house, at work, in your car (I wouldn't recommend turning off the headlights on your car while driving, though ;)). Tayler comments on his blog:  "I signed TaylerInfomedia up as a business at EarthHour.org...
Language Tech Culture Thu, Mar 27 2008 hide this blog

Earth Hour
EcoDeaf Description Who: YOU! Everyone around the world What: [link] When: March 29, 2008, 8pm your local time Where: In your own home and/or workplace Why: To create AWARENESS about energy consumption On March 29th, 2008 at 8pm local time Earth Hour will commence ALL AROUND THE WORLD. Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, ...
Mon, Jan 28 2008 hide this blog Moved from DeafRead Extra

Brave EcoDeaf members jump into the Chesapeake Bay!
EcoDeaf Watch this vlog where EcoDeaf members plunge in the Chesapeake Bay! This event was hosted by CCAN (Chesapeake Climate Action Network) on December 9, 2007. On the CCAN website, you can also view different Polar Bear Plunges in the United States. Other participants involved were: Gallaudet students, faculty, and staff, Maryland School for the Deaf students and their te...
Wed, Jan 09 2008 hide this blog Moved from DeafRead Extra

EcoDeaf on Facebook Reaches 100!
EcoDeaf EcoDeaf group was created on Facebook a few days ago, and we've surpassed 100 members! We set up EcoDeaf on Facebook because the format of Facebook allows for more opportunities for dialogue among all members as opposed to blog-style comments. Members can set up topics, add cool eco-websites, respond, comment and even add photos and videos themselves! Plus, EcoDea...
Mon, Dec 31 2007 hide this blog

Improve Your Vocabulary and Help End World Hunger at the...
EcoDeaf Did you know that by the age of 3 years old, children who come from high socioeconomic families with parents who are professionals or professors accumulate nearly 50 million words... Children from working class or middle class families accumulate a little less than 30 million words by the age of three, and... children from welfare families accumulate just barely o...
Education Wed, Nov 28 2007 hide this blog

Nature & Deaf: Many Parallels
EcoDeaf In this ASL vlog by Heidi Zimmer, she proposes some parallels between eco-crusaders and the struggles of the deaf community. Cities are a blur of people and cars - nature brings serenity and calmness, and the same goes for ASL to the Deaf community. Heidi loves being in nature, but more Deaf people are in cities. Let's push cities to be more eco-friendly, and the same...
Language Education Culture Tue, Nov 27 2007 hide this blog

Deaf Hygienist Presents Shocking Teeth Information
EcoDeaf In this ASL vlog, Karen Schettle, a Deaf dental hygienist shares many shocking facts about teeth and our health. Why are your teeth important? Hint, it has something to do with your heart! Which is better for your teeth, water irrigation (Water Pik) or plain old flossing? Flossing, hands down!! Which toothpaste should you use? Water. Water?! Just water?! Watc...
Sun, Nov 18 2007 hide this blog

Deaf Mountaineer Shares her Goals
EcoDeaf In this ASL vlog, Heidi Zimmer, a Deaf mountaineer shares her life goals: 1) summit the highest peak on each continent, 2) summit the highest point of each US state, and 3) summit each of Colorado's 54 peaks over 14,000 feet. Heidi has the honor of being the first deaf person to summit Mt. Elbrus in Europe, and she is also the first woman to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro in ...
Culture Sat, Nov 17 2007 hide this blog

NZ Deaf Scientist Involved in Nobel Peace Prize Award
EcoDeaf Shared by Carrie Solomon From the DeafAcademics Listserv: Press release: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that ar...
Tue, Oct 23 2007 hide this blog

Deaf Read goes Green (literally)
EcoDeaf DeafRead is now experimenting with colors for it's front page, and green is the color for today! But wait, they're not simply just colored green, DeafRead is also jumping on the eco-green bandwagon... see part of their post below: DeafRead upgraded to a new processor chip and also increased the amount of RAM (Random Access Memory) from 1gb to 2gb. The new processor ...
Mon, Oct 22 2007 hide this blog

Solar-powered hearing aids? It's possible!
EcoDeaf Do you find yourself often wondering where to recycle hearing aid batteries or complaining about how difficult it is to find eco-friendly or recycleable kinds? Do you ever wish that your hearing aid batteries weren't so much hassle- searching endlessly for 675 zinc or size 13 batteries in pharmacy stores? Worry no more! Solar-powered hearing aids and batteries have b...
Tech Sat, Oct 20 2007 hide this blog

Quick Peek at GreenFestival
EcoDeaf For those who want to see a quicker combined vlog of the Greenfestival- click here! This clip is 4 minute 30 seconds long and includes shortened clips from the vlogs below: Green Gallaudet volunteers, EcoProducts, and Deaf Faces at the Greenfestival. Enjoy!
Education Sun, Oct 14 2007 hide this blog

Deaf Faces at Green Festival
EcoDeaf An ASL vlog collage of many different deaf people at Green festival! The vlog in its entirety is 5 minutes 5 seconds. There were many more deaf people there, but for some reason they couldn't be convinced the camcorder wasn't a ray gun in disguise!
Culture Sun, Oct 14 2007 hide this blog

Green Festival Products Reviewed by Deaf People
EcoDeaf Check out what the Green Festival had to offer all of us who went. Different deaf people review eco-products such as Elephant Dung paper, a wrap you can swing in, and vegan chocolate ice cream in this vlog. Also, a short clip of Ralph Nader presenting at the festival, some t-shirt slogans and posters are peppered throughout this vlog (4 minutes, 13 seconds).
Wed, Oct 10 2007 hide this blog

Gallaudet Volunteers at Green Festival
EcoDeaf Meet the president of the Green Gallaudet organization, Leala Holcomb, and their faculty sponsor, Carrie Solomon as well as Gallaudet volunteers at the Green Festival last weekend in DC. And get a brief glimpse of what the volunteers did... (2 minutes and 13 seconds)
Tue, Oct 09 2007 hide this blog

No Wall Outlet Recharge Your Pager? Let the Sun Do It!
EcoDeaf by a EcoDeaf contributor who found this product the Green Festival last weekend in DC Imagine the possibilities... ....you're backpacking for days or weeks at time ....going to the beach for the day ....sailing at sea ....pinicking ....walking your dogs ....parked your car somewhere for a while ....taking long biking trips ....a power outage in your neighborhood... ...
Tech Mon, Oct 08 2007 hide this blog

Outward Bound Wilderness
EcoDeaf contributed by shira Outward Bound Wilderness is an expeditionary education program with the wilderness as the proverbial classroom. Teachers are Mother Earth, trained Outward Bound instructors, other participants, and yourself. Its adventure-based courses range from canoeing in Maine to backpacking in Colorado, from Desert Backpacking in the Southwest Canyons to S...
Language Education Fri, Oct 05 2007 hide this blog

Yo Deaf Peeps! Got a Broken Pager?
EcoDeaf Name five deaf people that don't own a pager. Can you? I know I can't! My pager broke recently (probably my 4th or so by now), and I've been struggling with disposing it in the trash. I would walk up to the trash and somehow my hand would refuse to just let it go. It's BROKEN! Who cares, right? Where else would it go than to the landfill? How many of our deaf ...
Tech Sat, Sep 29 2007 hide this blog

Welcome to EcoDeaf!
EcoDeaf Hello, welcome to EcoDeaf! We are delighted your eyes are here! This blogsite was created to raise consciousness within the Deaf community about environmentally conscious ways of living as well as the growing field of experiential, or hands-on, education. It is also a site to develop connections and a sense of unity among people who share common interests in living...
Education Wed, Sep 26 2007 hide this blog

EcoDeaf Vision
EcoDeaf EcoDeaf Mission and Vision Mission EcoDeaf is a space for people within the Deaf community to convene to share ideas and resources about eco-conscious living and experiential education. Vision Through contributions made by EcoDeaf readers, the community of Deaf/ASL people sharing common interests in ecologically sustainable lifestyles and learning-by-doing becomes m...
Education Wed, Sep 26 2007 hide this blog