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UK’s Soil Association has been a tireless advocate for sustainable, planet friendly farming for years. In preparation for the upcoming Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, the organization has released a report that states organic farming as the “missing link” at COP15. Up to 86% of climate change mitigation in the field of agriculture lies in [...]
China-made drywall causes over 2,100 homeowners in Florida, Louisiana and Virginia to move out of their homes for health reasons. Most of these houses were built between 2005 to 2007 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Wilma during which a shortage of US-made building materials occurred due to massive rebuilding and construction.
A recent study [...]
It seems everyone excited over KLM announcing that it will run the first ever commercial flight using biodiesel fuel. For years we’ve been hearing all about biodiesel fuel, perhaps more so jokes about the french fry smell it emits when being burned. But what exactly is biodiesel and can it really help the environment?
First, let’s [...]
In the oceans around the world tuna stocks are disappearing due to massive overfishing, causing imbalances in ecosystems and a loss of livelihood for many who depend on their healthy stocks. General Santos City in the southern Philippines is one place where plummeting tuna populations spell economic hardship for many of residents. Much of the [...]
Some very old ice in northern Greenland may provide insights into how our climate might change in the future. Scientists at the NEEM ice coring project in Greenland are drilling into ice sheets to retrieve ice from the previous interglacial period. Interglacials are warm intervals within ice ages. The previous interglacial, called the Eemian, ended [...]
Do any of you know a person who brags about the size of their brain? You know the type—they go on and on about how smart they are, they may have an x-ray of their brain framed somewhere in their home, and most likely they rank their intelligence as that of Einstein (or higher). If [...]
Cute, furry and vulnerable despite being the largest land dwelling carnivore species on the planet, polar bears have become icons for climate change. Now they are being used in a controversial new anti flying campaign by the environmental activist group Plane Stupid. If it’s attention they want, it seems to be working.
According to Plane Stupid, [...]
The Republic of Sudan in East Africa has been the focus of much media attention in recent years due to its brutal civil war and the practices of ethnic cleansing and genocide associated with the conflict, particularly in the region of Darfur. Though the civil war has now ended, Sudan’s strong divide between the north [...]
CNN’s Going Green reports that the inequalities of gender in many developing societies are intensified by the increased hardships brought on by the changing climate.
It is the developing world that contributes less to global emissions, benefits less from them and suffers more because of them. Within these poorer nations, it is women more than men [...]
A new form of migration is taking place and it does not involve any creature of air, sea or land. This movement is of land itself—and one that should not be happening at all. Hundreds of icebergs have broken away from Antarctic ice shelves and are making their way towards New Zealand; which, according to [...]
The tiny rich country of Norway and the tiny poor country of Guyana have made a deal to preserve the rainforests of the South American nation. The project will see an investment by Norway of £150 million (250 million USD or 167 million euros) with the aim of implementing the limitation of emissions and stopping [...]
Humans are more wasteful than originally thought.
The Global Footprint Network recently put out a report stating that humans use resources equivalent to 1 ½ Earths to meet their needs, and Americans are the worst of all. If the entire world lived as recklessly as those in the US, humans would require 5 Earths to produce [...]
Congratulations! It’s the moment every girl (or guy) has dreamed of – your wedding day! Weddings these days can be a mad affair, with all the preparations involved with putting one together, you’d think brides were invading another country, not preparing for a one-day affair!
There are all types of weddings out there, with an endless [...]
You know that buzz that you get when you buy something shiny, brand new and completely unnecessary? Well apparently it feels even better to simply buy nothing! International Buy Nothing Day takes place on Saturday, November 28th this year for most of the world and November 27th for those in the United States because they [...]
A New York Times story from November 17th explains that ‘carbon offset’ programs run by airlines and travel companies are less about neutralizing the large amounts of CO2 produced by air travel and more about assuaging any pangs of ‘climate guilt’ that might go with it. The fact is that flying emits a lot of [...]
Life in the deep sea is just as weird and wonderful as any alien creatures from outer space that our imaginations might conjure up, a massive study of marine biology shows. Comprising of some 210 expeditions spanning ten years by over 300 scientists from 34 nations, the international Census of Marine Life is in fact [...]
Earlier this month it was reported that scientists were creating a special barcode system to help identify animals by DNA samples.
Recently, a group of labs have been obtaining fish samples for their database, appropriately called “FISH-BOL”. The FISH-BOL database is currently 20% complete; however, the one drawback is scientists can’t seem to agree on how [...]
Kenyan keepers hold up umbrellas and slather sunscreen onto tiny baby elephants’ ears to protect them from the harsh sun as they walk the grounds of a Kenyan wildlife trust. Cute little creatures that will one day grow into giants of the African plains. Unfortunately, many elephants are dying due to serious drought conditions in [...]
A breed of crocodiles thought to be extinct was found in Cambodia by researchers at the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center. The Siamese crocodiles had not been spotted in years and are considered critically endangered within 99% of its known habitat. Scientists found more than 30 of them living in Cambodia. A DNA test was [...]
A lot of people may wish to believe that you can’t put a price on anti-green living. Well, guess what: if you live under the rule of the Dutch government, you may be sorely mistaken. The Dutch government is now working towards the possibility of a “green tax” in order to cut down on carbon [...]
The U.S. Department of Energy is funding trials to extract geothermal energy using carbon dioxide. The concept of pumping geothermal fluid using supercritical CO2 was first discussed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2000.
The output was expected to exceed projections, as well as, yield a 50% hotter geothermal resource as mentioned by Lawrence Berkeley [...]
Entitled ‘Ghost Forest’, Scottish artist Angela Palmer’s installation in the famous Trafalgar Square in central London is a synthesis of art and environmental activism. Though Palmer downplays the activism aspect in an interview with CNN, it is clear that her work is meant to provoke thoughts and emotions about deforestation, especially in the rainforests of [...]
Having a Christmas tree has become a tradition for most of us and it is one of the most valued symbols during Christmas season. The downside is the countless dead trees that line our streets after the holidays. Not only is it unsightly, it is also wasteful.
This year, San Francisco-based Friends of the Urban Forest [...]
Scary, spooky or plain haunting, these lines from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” drew up visions of a whole ship full of sailors dying of thirst, while floating in the middle of an ocean. So much water but not one drop fit for drinking! While Coleridge never knew of the water crisis brewing in [...]
Leading beverage manufacturer, Coca-Cola, has announced its plans to use a more eco-friendly bottle for its Dasani water product. This bottle is made from a mix of petroleum and plant-based materials and has 25% less carbon emissions than traditional PET bottles.
An estimated 1.6 billion servings of Coca-cola made products are consumed daily, these outstanding numbers [...]
The Jaguar XT5, owned by the Dept. of Energy was named the fastest computer in the world. It is housed in The Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Knoxville, Tennessee and is being used to help solve issues on climate change by creating models and simulations for predicting regional climate change, studying enzymes for developing better [...]
According to an article in the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan, men are more likely to be enemies of the environment, while women tend to be more climate-friendly – at least in Sweden. Men drive cars and fly more, while women cycle and take trains and buses more often than men. The other big indicator as to [...]
How many of you would like to make your business or workplace a bit more green?
I know some of you might be thinking that such a venture could be quite expensive. You’ll have to look into installing solar panels or wind turbines and replace all of your equipment with more eco-friendly versions, right? Wrong! While [...]
Many look onto the COP15 meeting as a major event with a high potential to affect real change. But news in recent weeks have revealed that UN’s climate change conference in Copenhagen scheduled this December won’t be a legally binding agreement; nevertheless, it will be used to come up with an interim “politically” binding agreement [...]
‘No one can do everything – but everyone can do something.’
– Sofie Österheim, Malmö, Sweden (from sydsvenskan.se)
An article in the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan explains how so-called ‘light green’ habits can make a difference when it comes to your personal carbon footprint. For example, take cycling instead of driving: A bike with a wire [...]
