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Underwater Forest Vs. Underwater Chainsaw
It may seem like a pipe dream for someone to come up with a viable solution to stop the endless logging in many parts of the world. Logging that is driven by people’s materialistic needs, usually the very same people who bemoan the loss of our rainforests and the effects of global warming. Yet one company, Triton, who have been in business for a number of years, discovered perfectly adequate resolution quite a while ago.
Continue reading...Ben Ray: Why “An Inconvenient Truth” Didn’t Actually Accomplish Anything
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Allow us to present the best reason imaginable to take action on Earth Day. Instead of merely attempting to raise awareness: the single biggest contribution to the climate change debate, “An Inconvenient Truth,” did that well, shouldn’t it be time to go further? Crud. Image from bulldog1 Since [...]
Continue reading...I know nuclear power is bad, but…
Sunday, March 30, 2008
..what if there was a type of nuclear power that: Three Mile Island Nuclear power Station. Image By US Government
Continue reading...Gorillas, Guns and Blogs
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Kenyan writer Dipesh Pabari sent us his report on how Africans are using blogging to help conservation efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Senkekwe, one of the gorillas killed in the Rugendo massacre. Image from Wildlife Direct 29TH OCTOBER 2007 – 1200HRS: “A Ranger was killed and another [...]
Continue reading...Salmon Conservation Methods Inspired by the Simpsons
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
If you’re a Simpsons fan, you may remember an episode in which Lisa inadvertently releases an invasive lizard in the town that eats pigeons. These delicious salmon are for people, Mr. Sea Lion. Not yours! Everyone is happy, and when someone points out that they’ll soon have a problem [...]
Continue reading...It’s “Manure Day” in Georgia
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Has Environmental Graffiti reached the point yet that it can get a “Georgia” category to rival the “Florida” tag at Fark? We’ve had a border war, robocop, sugar gliders, and now it’s “Manure Day.”
Continue reading...Baby Dolphins Disappearing from Mekong River
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
After allowing hope to rise in recent times, wildlife experts are once again fearing for the survival of the Mekong dolphin after a severe decline in birth rates. A rare Mekong dolphin. Image from Kratie Province government. The Irrawaddy dolphin is one of the world’s most endangered species, [...]
Continue reading...South Africa Brings Back Elephant Killing
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
All across Africa conservation groups are working to preserve populations of threatened elephants from threats like ivory poachers. An elephant in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Image by Rob Hooft. Recently, however, the South African government decided that the population in their country was sufficiently large to reinstate elephant [...]
Continue reading...The City that Just Said No to Nuclear
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Some 30 years ago, I lived in the small city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Freiburg, Germany. Photo by CrazyD At that time, Ontario Hydro wanted to build a nuclear plant in nearby Pickering, Ontario. Between sets at the annual summer concert in Peterborough’s Crary Park a man got [...]
Continue reading...Health Department Blows $400,000 on Bottled Water
Monday, February 18, 2008
As the environmental problems associated with bottled water gain more attention, the industry has begun to suffer a backlash. Photo by Alex Anlicker Pundits are attempting to make drinking bottled water the new smoking, with the British environmental minister even calling bottled water “daft” and bordering on “morally unacceptable.”
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Monday, January 5, 2009
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