Posted by admin in Environment, Green on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments
eBay, Starbucks Launch Green Marketing Efforts Around Rainforest
eBay, Starbucks Launch Green Marketing Efforts Around Rainforest
eBay has launched two green initiatives aimed at positioning itself as a conservationist in the eyes of consumers. The online marketplace has unveiled a new green shopping hub that will help consumers find millions of green products, and launched its eBay Green Team Challenge that commits the online...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments
Humans Pushing Extinction Rates Up Faster Than Species Can Evolve - Will Hit 10,000x Historic Rates
Humans Pushing Extinction Rates Up Faster Than Species Can Evolve - Will Hit 10,000x Historic Rates
photo: Kevin Walsh via flickr. You’ve probably heard the stat that extinction rates are currently somewhere between 100-1000 times historic levels, which is bad enough, but now the Guardian reports the head of the Species Survival Commission for the International Union for the Conservation of...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Tiger Cubs Found Dead in Indian National Park
Tiger Cubs Found Dead in Indian National Park
Image credit: tibchris /Flickr Two tiger cubs were found dead in the Ranthambhore national park in India this weekend. Though an investigation is still under way, officials reported that early evidence suggests the cubs were poisoned…. Read the full story on TreeHugger Originally posted here: Tiger...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
China Importing Rhinos to Harvest Their Horns?
China Importing Rhinos to Harvest Their Horns?
Photo via Flickr Since 2000, China has reportedly purchased 141 rare white rhinos from South Africa–an amount that has drawn the suspicion from conservationists that the animals aren’t being used for friendly purposes. Instead, it is believed that the rhinos are being farmed on wildlife...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
It’s Twins! Mama Elephant Gives Birth To First Known Male Twins in Thailand
It’s Twins! Mama Elephant Gives Birth To First Known Male Twins in Thailand
Image via HaPPi Like A HiPPo Happy - and very unusual - news! Delivered to a cheering crowd, two male calves were born in the north-eastern province of Surin to a 35-year-old mother named Phang Thong Khun. They’re the very first known male twins, and follow the birth of a set of female twins born...
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Posted by in Environment, Green on 03 6th, 2010 | No Comments
Manatee Cousins in Mideast Face Uncertain Future
Manatee Cousins in Mideast Face Uncertain Future
A dugong in an aquarium in Sydney, Australia. Photo by jo3hug via Flickr. It must have required many lonely months out to sea to mistake this face only a mother could love for that of a fair maiden, but encounters with dugongs are indeed said to have been the inspiration for the myth of the mermaid....
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Posted by in Environment, Green on 03 1st, 2010 | No Comments
How Much Carbon Do Different Forests Store & What Size Offsets Your Driving For a Year?
How Much Carbon Do Different Forests Store & What Size Offsets Your Driving For a Year?
photo: Chor Ip via flickr. As any TreeHugger worth his or her epiphytes knows, preserving tropical rainforests is a major part of preventing the worst of climate change –deforestation itself causing nearly as many carbon emissions as the entire transportation sector. But over the past year…...
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Posted by admin in Earth, Eco, Environment on 02 28th, 2010 | No Comments
Shut Up: How Noise Pollution Is Affecting 10 Animals
Shut Up: How Noise Pollution Is Affecting 10 Animals
[ By Chris in Animals & Habitats , Nature & Ecosystems , Science & Research . ] (Images via: Wonders of Pakistan , Daily Mail , Max Waugh , Consejo , Flickr , It’s Nature , Indy Media , Get Eco Now , Invasive Species East , CMS , Jagtheesh ) Defined as man-, animal- or machine-made...
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Posted by in Eco, Environment on 02 24th, 2010 | No Comments
Grizzlies Move into Polar Bear Territory
Grizzlies Move into Polar Bear Territory
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons In Manitoba, Canada, grizzly bears are officially listed as extirpated—a species that does not exist locally, though it is present in the wild elsewhere. With confirmed sightings in the province becoming more frequent, however, this classification may soon change....
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Posted by in Environment on 02 24th, 2010 | No Comments
Why Conservation Matters in Conflict Zones
Why Conservation Matters in Conflict Zones
The snow leopard is one of the species the Wildlife Conservation Society is working to protect in Afghanistan. Photo by Julie Larsen Maher/WCS. It’s easy to be cynical or pessimistic about the spotting of a rare type of bird , the creation of a national park , or th… Read the full story...
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