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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">Agneta, Thanks for remembering and asking. If you google </font></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">balloons kill wildlife </font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">you'll find many articles.</font></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207"><br></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">All kinds of rubbish may cause these problems - fishing line, fishing nets, the plastic holders for 6-packs, etc.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">Here are a few links to get you started. It looks like the UK is a leader in alerting people to this problem.</font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207"><br></font></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">Good luck with your efforts.</font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207"><br></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">Warm regards,</font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207"><br></font></span></font><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">Diane Brandon</font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207"><a href="mailto:diane@keysregion.org">diane@keysregion.org</a></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">www.keysregion.org</font></span></font></div></div></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207"><br></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207"><br></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207"><a href="http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/the-environment/green-bits/tm_headline=balloons-kill-wildlife&method=full&objectid=17645092&siteid=109975-name_page.html">http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/the-environment/green-bits/tm_headline=balloons-kill-wildlife&method=full&objectid=17645092&siteid=109975-name_page.html</a> </font></span></font></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 26.0px Trebuchet MS"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">Balloons kill wildlife</font></span></font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">Aug 23 2006 By Evening Gazette</font></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "><font style="font: 12.0px Verdana"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">Celebrations should never be the cause of death for wildlife, but marine animals such as turtles, dolphins, whales and seabirds are known to have been harmed by balloon pieces and this has led to a new campaign by the Marine Conservation Society.</font></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "><font style="font: 12.0px Verdana"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has found evidence of many marine species that have died from eating or becoming entangled in balloons and their string.</font></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207"><br></font></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><u><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">www.adoptabeach.org.uk/ pages/page.php?cust_id=43</font></u></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207"><br></font></span></font></b></span></div></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207"><a href="http://naturenet.net/blogs/index.php/2006/09/17/balloons">http://naturenet.net/blogs/index.php/2006/09/17/balloons</a> </font></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Verdana; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">MCS are campaigning, with moderate success, for a voluntary and legislative ban on mass balloon releases. They rightly say "</font></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">Mass releases are potent symbols of our wasteful and 'throw away' society</font></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020207">".</font></font></font></p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105">www.mcsuk.org/downloads/</font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105">balloons</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105">/factsheet.pdf </font><font style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><u></u></font></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://ipl.unm.edu/cwl/statbook/florid.html">http://ipl.unm.edu/cwl/statbook/florid.html</a> </span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The legislature finds that the release of large numbers of balloons inflated with lighter-than-air gases poses a danger and nuisance to the environment, particularly to wildlife and marine animals. It is unlawful to intentionally release within a 24-hour period 10 or more lighter than air balloons except for meteorological/scientific government agency balloons, hot air balloons recovered after launching, balloons released indoors, or balloons which are biodegradable or photodegradable, as determined by rule of the Marine Fisheries Commission, and which are closed by a hand-tied knot without string, ribbon or other attachments. Violation: noncriminal infraction; fine $250. Persons may petition the circuit court to enjoin the release of 10 or more balloons within their county (372.995).</span></font></font></font></p></div></span></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.balloonhq.com/faq/deco_releases.html">http://www.balloonhq.com/faq/deco_releases.html</a></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.basq.org.au/facts/balloons.htm">http://www.basq.org.au/facts/balloons.htm</a></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div><br></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></font><div><html><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">On May 21, 2008, at 6:09 AM, Skaparlust wrote:</span></font></font></html><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></font></font><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Hi dear list</span></font></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Someone mailed a warning against letting loose baloons in the air. I´d like to have contact since the city of Stockholm is planning to celebrate our national day on June 6 with the release of 50 000 baloons on the water front! I need facts to start a protest list!</span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font></font> </span></font></font></div><div><font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Another question. Who is working with Open Space in Turkey? A contact of mine, a man in a union organization works with likewise in Turkey. He might need some help and also in thinking around leadership education. Someone out there?</span></font></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></font></div><div><font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Best regards from</span></font></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Agneta Falk</span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sweden</span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#070105"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">* * ========================================================== OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu: <a href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</a> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist">http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</a></span></font></font></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>*
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