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even if you can’t vote

i get a lot of questions about how to contribute to the campaign without being able to vote, and right now is a pivotal time for us to be supporting Bernie Sanders in every way we can.

if you’re too young, not registered, not eligible, not a US citizen or living in the US, or already voted and still want to help, you can still contribute! right now closing the delegate gap is more important than the individual state primaries, and to make any difference on that front we need more volunteers.

the best thing to do right now, even if you're voting/have voted, is to volunteer for the campaign and work with your local Bernie supporters to get more delegates. below are links to websites where you can find contact information for the remaining states. contact someone on the local campaign (in your area, or in any state you think needs support!) and ask them how you can best help their efforts. I’ve been doing phone banking and collecting signatures for delegates in rhode island, as well as attending events and hanging out fliers, and trust me when i say any little bit helps. 

remember, Obama lost more states to Hillary at this point in the primary than Bernie has. he had the delegate support, and there’s still time to catch up to Hillary’s numbers if we all pitch in.

here is a list of all the states left in the primary, and the website for their local grassroots movement:

Arizona (Mar 22): Website: http://arizonaforsanders.org/

Idaho (Mar 22): Website: http://voteforbernie.org/state/idaho/

Utah (Mar 22): Website: http://www.utahforberniesanders.com/ Alaska (Mar 26): Website: http://voteforbernie.org/state/alaska/ Hawaii (Mar 26): Website: http://hawaiiforbernie.com/ Washington (Mar 26): Website: http://washingtonforberniesanders.com/

Wisconsin (Apr 5): Website: http://wi.forberniesanders.com/

Wyoming (Apr 9): Website: http://voteforbernie.org/state/wyoming/ New York (Apr 19): Website: http://teambernieny.org/ Connecticut (Apr 26): Website: http://www.berniesandersct.com/ Delaware (Apr 26): Website: http://voteforbernie.org/state/delaware/

Maryland (Apr 26): Website: http://www.berniesandersvideo.com/maryland.html Pennsylvania (Apr 26): Website: www.pa.forberniesanders.com/events Rhode Island (Apr 26): Website: www.rhodeisland.forberniesanders.com/ (or contact me)

Indiana (May 3): Website: http://voteforbernie.org/state/indiana/ Guam (May 7): Website: https://go.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/volunteermeetingtogetorganizedorlearnmore/4v28f Nebraska (May 10): Website: http://voteforbernie.org/state/nebraska/

West Virginia (May 10): Website: http://voteforbernie.org/state/west-virginia/

Kentucky (May 17): Website: http://voteforbernie.org/state/kentucky/ Oregon (May 17): Website: https://oregonforbernie.com Virgin Island (Jun 4): Website: https://www.facebook.com/democratsvi/  (no specific Bernie Sanders website or page yet- make your own!)

Puerto Rico (Jun 5): Website: http://voteforbernie.org/state/puerto-rico/ California (Jun 7): Website: http://voteforbernie.org/state/california/ Montana (Jun 7): Website: http://www.mtforbernie.com/ New Jersey (Jun 7): Website: http://newjersey.forberniesanders.com/ New Mexico (Jun 7): Website: www.nm.forberniesanders.com/ North Dakota (Jun 7): Website: http://voteforbernie.org/state/north-dakota/ South Dakota (jun 7): Website: http://voteforbernie.org/state/south-dakota/

District of Columbia (Jun 14): Website: http://voteforbernie.org/state/washington-dc/

if you have any questions, if you need help registering/finding who to contact, or you just wanna talk about Bernie Sanders, don’t hesitate to send me a message!

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Space Gardening 101

You can’t escape eating (or gardening!) your vegetables, even if you’re in space. On Aug. 10, astronauts on the International Space Station sampled their first space grown salad. This freshly harvest red romaine lettuce was grown in the “Veggie” plant growth chamber that is designed to make gardens flourish in weightlessness.

In a weightless environment, there is no up and down, so roots grow in all directions. Water and soil, the materials used to anchor these plants and allow for root growth tend to float away.

How Do We Grow Plants in Space? 

1. Plant Pillows

The Veggie chamber helps solve the problems of a weightless environment by using ‘plant pillows’, sounds comfy right? These pillows are bags filled with material for growing plants in space. 

2. Wicks

Wicks are implanted into the bags and are used to draw water from inside the pillow to the plant.

These wicks also provide a place to glue the seeds. It’s important to orient the seeds so roots will grow ‘down’, and shoots that emerge will push out of the bag.

3. LED Lights

LED lights are used for photosynthesis and give the shoots a sense of direction so they keep growing upward. The walls of the Veggie chamber can expand to make room for the plant as it grows.

The purple/pinkish hue surrounding the plants in Veggie is the result of a combination of the red and blue lights, which is what the plants need to grow. Green LEDS were added so the plants look like edible food rather than weird purple plants.

Why are we growing plants in space?

When astronauts travel on deep space missions, like Mars, they will need to be self-sufficient for long periods of time. Having the ability to grow their own food is a big step in that direction. There is also a desire to grow flowering vegetables in space, which is why we are currently tending to zinnia flowers on orbit. Growing these flowering plants will help us understand longer duration growing plants that have to flower in space, such as tomatoes.

What’s Next? The next SpaceX delivery will include seeds for a small cabbage and additional red romaine lettuce. Upcoming experiments will use various ratios of red and blue lights and different fertilizers in attempts to improve crop yield, nutrition and flavor. The findings from these experiments can be utilized both on Earth and in space.

In addition to the nutrition benefits of growing vegetables in space, the psychological benefits are also significant. Having living plants can help with stress and increase the crews’ enjoyment. It provides the sights, smells and tastes of Earth.

To learn more about gardening in space, watch ScienceCast HERE.

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Real Photos from Venus

Only a little bit smaller than Earth, Venus is often described as our sister planet - but no human could survive on Venus. It’s the second closest planet to the Sun and is a world rife with intense heat, violent volcanism, craters, mountains, continents, and a thick, toxic atmosphere resulting from a runaway greenhouse effect. The atmosphere is mainly carbon dioxide and nitrogen, with clouds of sulfuric acid, and it traps huge amounts of heat from the Sun. In fact, Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system, with temperatures reaching a hellish 480 degrees C - hot enough to melt lead.

Over 40 spacecraft have studied Venus, including the 1975 Venera landers that sent back the first images from the surface, and the Magellan mission that completed a map of 98% of the planet’s surface in 1993, using radar to penetrate the cloud. Some of these images are features above. Click them for captions!

(Image Credit: NASA / NSSDC / ESA)

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