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Written by Celsias yesterday, about Children and Families, Consumerism, Health, Industry & Business
The movement demanding that public interest institutions divest their holdings from fossil fuels is on a serious roll. At last count, there were active divestment campaigns on 305 campuses and in more than 100 US cities and states. The demand has spread to Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Britain. And ... keep reading
Written by Naomi Klein/The Nation yesterday, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money
My name is Steve Macario, I am 15 years old and I am part of the eco club at Canyon Crest Academy, a public high school here in San Diego, California. Our eco club is a very organized group of people who just have this desire to help the world ... keep reading
Written by Steve Macario for the Canyon Crest eco club yesterday, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Consumerism, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
Ion Exchange a native wildflower and seed nursery has delivered the first Bio Floating Island to the Illinois DNR. The Floating Island was recently anchored in a lake at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Headquarters. John Wilker, DNR natural areas program manager who managed the project, said "the floating ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this week, about Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
The mere presence of wolves, previously shown to affect the behavior of elk in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, is not potent enough to reduce the body condition and reproductive rates of female elk, according to new research published today. The research, led by recent University of Wyoming Ph.D. graduate ... keep reading
Written by USGS and University of Wyoming this week, about Education, Environment & Wildlife
The Union of Concerned scientists have collected the answers to the question of whether your state has a plan From accelerating sea level rise to longer and more severe heat waves to extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy, Americans are already suffering from the costly consequences of climate change. It ... keep reading
Written by Union of Concerned Scientists. USA this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Politics & Government, Population
Instead of guns in their hands they clutch spades and rakes. Instead of bullets and bombs, they have seeds and plants. Those are the guerilla gardeners, a type of soldiers of nature if you will. Guerilla gardeners find small or large patches of abandoned or neglected land and turn them ... keep reading
Written by PSFK/Leah Gonzalez this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife (3 comments)
A major ingredient in those green coffee bean dietary supplements — often touted as “miracle” weight-loss products — doesn’t prevent weight gain in obese laboratory mice fed a high-fat diet when given at higher doses. That’s the conclusion of a first-of-its-kind study published in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this week, about Consumerism, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior
Why are the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico hotspots of sea level rise? Global, regional, and local factors all affect the rate of local sea level rise. In the Gulf region, land is subsiding, which allows the ocean to penetrate farther inland. Along the East Coast, changes in the ... keep reading
Written by Union of Concerned Scientists this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Weather
It is, unfortunately, society’s nature to discard the unwanted or forgotten. This tendency is on display across the globe, from slums of mega-cities to undernourished children in rural villages to the ugly endangered creatures that never receive attention. Nowhere, however, is this tendency more apparent than in our trash ... keep reading
Written by Worldwatch Institute this week, about Agriculture & Food, Consumerism, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape
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