{"id":1506,"date":"2012-03-11T16:28:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T16:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2012-03-12T05:38:18","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T05:38:18","slug":"fukushima-year-1-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/11\/fukushima-year-1-and-counting\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukushima: Year #1 and Counting\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFukushima\u201d, it used to be a name of a town in Japan where people once lived and worked.\u00a0 Now Fukushima is known as the dark triune catastrophe that began \u00a0a year ago today with an earthquake, a tsunami, and ultimately a nuclear meltdown.\u00a0 We covered Fukushima with various angles over this year in <a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/fk-links.html\">World Team Now\u2019s blogs<\/a>. \u00a0 As we move towards more light today, we hope to shine more light on a perspective of what happened, the situation now, and bring you possibilities for our future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/640px-fukushima_i_by_digital_globe.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1509\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/640px-fukushima_i_by_digital_globe.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/640px-fukushima_i_by_digital_globe.jpg 640w, https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/640px-fukushima_i_by_digital_globe-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On this day of the Fukushima catastrophe, we remember the lives that were lost. In support of the people this ongoing disaster continues to affect with the health challenges, loss of livelihood and displacement of home, wee reach out with love in our hearts, minds and with compassion we offer our prayers of condolence, and in unity we stand.<\/p>\n<p>World Team Now began our coverage of Fukushima with an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/25\/its-ti\">open letter to President Obama<\/a>. \u00a0A year later we are happy to be participating in a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/08\/open-letter-to-world-leaders-calls-for-an-end-of-the-threat-of-nuclear-power\/\">global open letter<\/a>! \u00a0Your comments on our blogs help to build our mutual cause and our global\u00a0constituencies\u00a0for our environment and our future. We want to serve all, so please do re-post our blog coverage of Fukushima, or feel free to share these links:<\/p>\n<p>3\/25\/11\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/25\/its-time-to-end-reliance-on-nuclear-power\/\">It&#8217;s Time to End Reliance on Nuclear\u00a0Power<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4\/01\/11\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/01\/season-for-change-fukushima-nuclear-power\/\">Season for Change- Fukushima Nuclear\u00a0Catastrophe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4\/20\/11\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/20\/earths-day-deep-water-horizon-oil-spill-fukushima-nuclear-radiation\/\">Earth&#8217;s Day? Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill\/ Fukushima Nuclear\u00a0Radiation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5\/03\/11\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/03\/living-terror\/\">Living\u00a0Terror<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5\/06\/12\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/06\/non-sense-the-nuclear-path\/\">Non-sense: the nuclear\u00a0path<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5\/16\/11\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/16\/innovation-takes-flight-destruction-on-heals\/\">Innovation Takes Flight, Destruction on\u00a0Heals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5\/26\/11\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/26\/new-sign-of-radiation\/\">New \u201cSign\u201d of\u00a0Radiation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>6\/01\/11\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/01\/never-ask-if-it-can-get-worse-fukushimas-radiation\/\">Never Ask If It Can Get Worse-Fukushima&#8217;s\u00a0Radiation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>6\/02\/11\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/02\/our-ocean-and-fun-science-beyond-radiation\/\">Our Ocean, Fun Science- Beyond\u00a0Radiation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>6\/16\/11\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/16\/fukushimas-radiation-3-months-still-counting\/\">Fukushima&#8217;s Radiation-3 Months &amp; Still\u00a0Counting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2\/13\/12\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/13\/2012-a-parable-in-the-rose-parade\/\">2012-A Parable in The\u00a0Rose\u2026Parade<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3\/08\/12\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/08\/open-letter-to-world-leaders-calls-for-an-end-of-the-threat-of-nuclear-power\/\">OPEN LETTER TO WORLD LEADERS CALLS FOR AN END OF THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR\u00a0POWER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFukushima\u201d, it used to be a name of a town in Japan where people once lived and worked.  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