We all know climate change leads to more hurricanes, longer droughts, colder winters and rising sea levels. But did you know it also causes caterpillar invasions? Well, that's the latest theory on why the African countries of Liberia and Guinea are currently overrun with Achaea catocaloides - millions of black ... keep reading
Written by Rena Sherwood in February, about Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Health, Water, Weather (1 comment)
Jane Goodall is best known for her work on uncovering chimpanzee behavior, but she is also amazingly astute about the behavior of all primates. In her efforts to preserve land for chimpanzees, she has learned to work with the natives as well as rich Western people telling the natives what ... keep reading
Written by Rena Sherwood in January, about Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Population (1 comment)
We're suffering from a human overpopulation explosion. It took millions of years for there to be one billion people on the planet in 1804. Now, there are about 6.7 billion of us and a lot of dead species under our feet and a lot more going out the ... keep reading
Written by Rena Sherwood in January, about Philosophy & Religion, Population (1 comment)
Would you consider powering your car not with petrol or biodiesel, but human fat? That's the question being asked all around the blogosphere as claims that a California cosmetic surgeon ran his SUV and his girlfriend's car on the liquid remains from liposuctions. Perhaps this "lipo diesel" could ... keep reading
Written by Rena Sherwood in December 2008, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Emissions, Philosophy & Religion (2 comments)
The good news is that the Environmental Protection Agency will certainly do better under President Obama's reign than under President Bush - because the EPA has absolutely done nothing for the last eight years. This is not an exaggeration, according to an exhaustive investigative four-part report by The Philadelphia Inquirer ... keep reading
Written by Rena Sherwood in December 2008, about Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Politics & Government (1 comment)
Incarceration is a time of self-reflection, learning survival instincts and rehabilitation. When it comes to coping with climate change, everyone on planet Earth is doing hard time. But many prisons across the world are learning to cope with climate change by going green - and saving money in the process. However ... keep reading
Written by Rena Sherwood in December 2008, about Agriculture & Food, Industry & Business, Recycling (2 comments)
Did you know that a common rock, peridotite, soaks up carbon dioxide (CO2)? Now you do. This amazing discovery has been making eyebrows raise since it's publication in the November 11 issue of the "Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences." But just how much it soaks up and ... keep reading
Written by Rena Sherwood in November 2008, about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change (1 comment)
Full of surging hormones and unbridled enthusiasm, colleges and universities are becoming leaders in integrating green living with good old capitalistic partying. But are some colleges going a little extreme in their desire to be green? Many students at places like St. John's University think so after their campus ... keep reading
Written by Rena Sherwood in November 2008, about Education, Energy Saving, Food, Water
When we think of a group of people who enthusiastically utilize the latest in technology, we don't tend to think of the Amish. They shun cars, photography and wars. But the Amish communities of America have taken to solar power in a big way. And I'm not just ... keep reading
Written by Rena Sherwood in November 2008, about Clean Technologies, Green energy, Philosophy & Religion, Solar (1 comment)
Romania, 1990 - the dictator Nicole Ceausescu and his wife have been overthrown and executed less than a year ago. Lines of pregnant women wrap around the block waiting for a legal abortion. In 1966, Ceausescu had made having less than five children punishable with heavy fines. Despite the fact that ... keep reading
Written by Rena Sherwood in October 2008, about Children and Families, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Philosophy & Religion, Population (6 comments)
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