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Over 1500 European cities are voluntarily banning cars on the streets for at least one day a week to participate in European Mobility Week. The European Commission has encouraged all the cities in the union to dedicated at least one day a week that is “car-free”, encouraging people to walk, bike or take public transport. [...]
Recent studies have discovered that captive pairs of spotted hyenas work very well together in cooperative problem-solving tasks. One task given to them involved tugging ropes together in order to gain a food reward. What’s more, the hyenas that had more experience with these kinds of tests also helped out their less experienced partners complete [...]
Have you ever wanted to friend or follow a gorilla? Well, now you can!
Thanks to the launch of friendagorilla.org, people will be able to monitor the everyday lives of one of the 720 remaining mountain gorillas online, by viewing videos, pictures and rangers’ blogs through Twitter, Facebook and other sites. Satellite tracking is another key [...]
No so long ago, my family and I did our part for the Clean Up the World weekend event. We cleaned up trash and debris strewn across local natural areas, including along the shore of a river and a park area downtown. I did not keep a tally of the items found, but they included [...]
All we hear about lately is how China is such a bad polluter, how they’ve surpassed the U.S. as the number one emitter of greenhouse gasses and that they pursue industrialization at any cost. However, China’s per capita greenhouse gas emissions are still but a fraction of those of the U.S. and other industrialized nations. [...]
Sounds like a strange toy or home knick-knack, doesn’t it? Actually, this does apply to real fish, including eels and sharks.
Scientists have discovered that the fish that are able to generate electric fields for purposes like fighting, navigating or mating, have a battery-like organ in their tails. Within this organ, a dimmer switch of sorts [...]
Thomas Friedman is a respected American journalist known for his articles for the New York Times. He has written extensively on topics relating globalization, the Middle East and environmental issues. His 2008 book, Hot, Flat and Crowded, stresses the importance of the United States embracing clean energy and Green technologies.
In an op-ed piece for the [...]
Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts are established playgrounds of wealthy, liberal New Englanders like the Kennedy family. This stronghold America’s political left – generally known for being socially as well as environmentally progressive – also spawned Save Our Sound, a group that vehemently opposes wind farming in the local Nantucket Sound. Cape Wind is [...]
Remember those rumors a few years ago about Kentucky Fried Chicken changing its name to KFC because it no longer used actual chickens, but rather some ghastly headless lab-grown creatures kept alive by tubes? Well those rumors were true.
OK, they weren’t. But in a bizarre twist of technological fate, scientists are now developing lab-cultured “in-vitro [...]
This week marks the annual Sea Otter Awareness Week, started and sponsored by the Defenders of Wildlife organization. Sea Otters are listed as an endangered species, which makes this particular week very important. During this week, there are a lot of events taking place that will teach people about the otters, promote research and conservation, [...]
In an effort similar to BBC’s excellent eco-advice website Bloom, National Geographic’s Green Guide provides tons of tips and oodles of information for those of us who wish to be more environmentally friendly in all aspects of our day-to-day lives. Yes, this means you. Though not as in-depth, pretty or comprehensive as Bloom, combined with [...]
What are the UNFCC and the Kyoto Protocol?
Unofficially known as ‘Earth Summit,’ the UNFCC first gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June of 1992 with the basic goal of establishing limits on greenhouse gas production. The treaty was non-binding and without legal power. It is therefore commonly referred to as a ‘protocol’. The next [...]
With the seasons changing and weather becoming colder, people may be looking for that last vacation getaway for the year; or if you’re a snowbird, looking for where you’ll be spending the next several months. Going on vacation is no reason to stop “living green” or doing your part to help the environment. Here are [...]
Today, the small Australian town of Bundanoon intends to go bottled-water free, as tapped water becomes the latest craze.
Earlier this year, the town held a vote in favor of supporting events and businesses, in exchange for removing commercial bottled water from sale. Because such a small town (with a population of around 2,500) was going [...]
How would you like to come across a lizard with cat-like eyes, or perhaps a bird-eating frog with fangs? It may sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but these creatures are real, and Southeast Asia is their home.
Since 2008, researchers working with the WWF organization have discovered 100 plants, 28 fish, 18 reptiles, [...]
For years, shipping containers have been used to send a variety of items via train, boat and aircraft. But now, more and more people are beginning to see them as a living and design space, rather than as a mere cargo holding box.
The most recent prototype is being introduced in Buenos Aires, Brazil, at the [...]
We already know that airplanes emit a lot of CO2. But how much of an environmental impact does flying have when compared to other modes of transport? What about offsetting the carbon footprint of flying by participating in ecotourism or running planes on biodiesel?
Besides CO2, airplanes emit water vapor, nitrous oxides, sulfate, and soot. Since [...]
Hundreds of whales are killed per year, using cruel methods like explosive harpoons; and a number of the whales are also listed as Endangered, but apparently this is not enough to stop the horrendous efforts of the Japanese whaling industry.
Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada met with Stephen Smith, his Australian counterpart, in an attempt to [...]
Could Greenland become like the mythical Atlantis someday; completely submerged underwater? It certainly is possible with the increase in speed that the ice has been melting away.
For weeks now, there have been reports coming out on the melting ice problems that Greenland faces, but it seems things are much worse than scientists have anticipated. Shrinking [...]
While writing about Colony Collapse Disorder (the disappearance of the world’s honeybee population) I came across an article by Canadian investigative journalist Alex Roslin about monocrops and their detrimental effects on world hunger, biodiversity, nutrition, food supplies, water toxicity and soil quality. A sweeping change from traditional farming, with its fallow fields, crop rotation and [...]
Attention lazy Greens! I have found someone who presents environmental news stories faster than you can read the Onion (yes, I’m assuming that’s all you read and the only news you watch is The Daily Show.) She does it in two accents too: one sentence in American Valley Girl Dialect and the next in New [...]
In the classic Charlton Heston movie Soylent Green, the world’s population explosion has caused food shortage and hunger. The only solution is processed wafers called “Soylent Green” and without watching the movie, you probably know the twist ending. But, Soylent Green’s “secret” ingredient aside, the dystopian future presented in the movie – people living in [...]
The recession may be a blight on many job seekers and businesses, but it seems to be doing wonders for CO2 emissions.
According to a study conducted by the International Energy Agency (IEA), greenhouse gas emissions have fallen drastically as a result of the world’s economic troubles. Not to give all the credit to financial troubles, [...]
NASA is expected to announce break-through scientific news today.
India’s maiden Moon mission Chandrayaan-1 possibly found water on the moon surface using NASA’s M3 (Moon Mineralogy Mapper) that mapped close to 97% of the lunar surface before the project was aborted due to communication failure.
The ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) is currently analyzing this data and [...]
The Age of Stupid is the new movie from Director Franny Armstrong (McLibel) and producer John Battsek (One Day In September). Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance? [...]
Brainwashing has been prevalent in media for while now. America’s enemies during the war (pick whichever you prefer) were doing it way back since the black and white era of film noir. Then the aliens arrived and are reputed to be at it even now, if one is to believe the X-files. And last but [...]
“The objective of the Summit on Climate Change, which I am convening on 22 September, is to mobilize the political will and vision needed to reach an ambitious agreed outcome based on science at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen.” –UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
It seems that no matter what is happening to the planet – [...]
The Puget Sound – home to a vast array of marine and mammal life (including human) is constantly being threatened by pollutants, and it seems pet poop is one of the culprits. Storm water runoffs, polluted by various household chemicals and oils, (as well as the aforementioned poop) eventually end up in the sound, dumping [...]
They’re big, they’re vegetarian and they’re very much like us. Except they mind their own business. Yet political conflict, the bush meat trade and human thirst for wealth and natural resources are wiping out these gentle, majestic primates. Check out this documentary on mountain gorillas by VBS.
The Vice Guide to Travel: Gorillas in the Midst
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The motor industry is trying hard to meet the environmental requirements of the eco-minded consumer. We were able to notice a shift of interest at the latest Frankfurt motor show where electric cars dominated the event. Now Chrysler follows the movement by replacing the traditional owners’ manual of its vehicles by DVD, customer-friendly guides. Starting [...]
