Tag: Ecuador - Page 3
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Amazing, Newly Discovered Salamander Looks Like ET
So it's not exactly adorable, but it's pretty amazing looking. Recently discovered on an expedition through Ecuador by Conservation International, the salamander belongs to the Bolitoglossa family, and yes, it looks a lot like
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Andean Collection Fuses Eco-Chic Jewelry With Social Conscience
From superfood to super-chic, acai doesn't belong just in your power smoothie. The Andean Collection will ply your ears, necks, and wrists with the multitasking berry, along with other sustainably harvested nuts and
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Ecuador Rainforest Conservation Plan Would Leave 20% of Oil Reserves Untapped
Under a new plan being worked out by conservationists, a vast swath of the Ecuadorian Amazon, under which lies about 20% of the nations oil reserves, would be set aside so the nation could reap profits in the future carbon
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Ecorazzi on DiCaprio + Van Jones, Worldchanging Interviews Wangari Maathai, Chevron Toxico, and More
Chevron Toxico: Chevron Produces Phony Online News Coverage to Spread Misinformation about Ecuador Disaster "To promote a misinformation campaign about its role in the oil contamination of a pristine area of the rainforest in Ecuador, Chevron recently
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The Brumby Pump Needs No Moving Parts to Gather Well Water (Video)
The Health Ranger - AKA Mike Adams from Natural News - demos the Brumby Pump, a pump system that has no moving parts. It utilizes compressed air to suck water from wells, making it an ideal piece of equipment for farmers and villagers in rural areas.
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Ecuador Extends Rights To Ecosystems
Kate Wilson via The New York Times A few months after Lloyd reported on the Swiss government's conclusion that plants have rights the Ecuadorian population went one step further and voted to change their constitution to proclaim that nature has "the
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5 Things You Must Do When Eco-Touring in Fragile Ecosystems
I've just returned from spending two weeks traveling through some of the most fragile, intricately weaved ecosystems in existence—the Galapagos Islands. Many took issue with my being there at all. Some believe such habitats should be hermetically
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Could New Fair Trade Flower Bouquets Soften the Blow of a Damaging Industry?
After I learned the eco-issues behind the cut flower industry I was never able to look at a dozen roses the same again. No longer was it a symbol of a sweet loving gesture, but rather, the sign of often pesticide laden blooms and
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Middle School Teachers Pioneer New Globally Focused Environmental Education Plans
It seems that we only hear about environmental plans and initiatives being made at legislative, university, and corporate levels—and we can forget that there are still folks like progressive secondary school teachers making
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Revolutionary Recycling Plant Blazes Trail in the Galapagos
One of the final stops on the International Teacher Program was a site not quite as quintessentially Galapagos as wandering an uninhabited beach filled with sea lions and marine iguanas, or gazing at sad ol'
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Why is a Japanese Car Company Promoting Environmental Education in the Galapagos, Anyways?
Every year, Toyota sends a crop of hand-picked teachers to the Galapagos on an environmental study tour. It's a costly program, it doesn't get much press, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the auto industry.
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Galapagos and US Teachers Present New Environmental Education Plans
Only a few days ago, top secondary school teachers from the US and Galapagos were working together to create environmental education plans. Incorporating ideas from their disparate locales, they'd forged some progressive, globally
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What Would Darwin Do? Killing Goats So Others May Live
Why are environmentalists shooting goats? Why have they undertaken an elaborate plan to systematically kill hundreds of thousands of goats by means of aerial and ground hunting operations? Why to preserve life, of course.
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The Last of His Kind: The Lamented Life of Lonesome George
Lonesome George slovenly lumbers out of the brush in his compound, painstakingly climbs the minor incline up to his pool, and collapses. The famed giant tortoise seems exhausted and lethargic, even by tortoise standards. And I
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Survey: Should Brian Be Tromping over the Galapagos?
TreeHugger Brian has been visiting the Galapagos and it has been controversial. He writes: "I've been receiving comments (some angry-seeming) on my series of dispatches from Galapagos with suggestions like only scientists should be allowed entry, and
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To Tour or Not to Tour—Should An Environmentalist Visit the Galapagos?
From a die-hard ecologist's standpoint, the unequivocal answer is simple:
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3 Amazing, Galapagos-Only Birds Possibly Headed for Extinction
The Galapagos Islands are brimming with avian life—some of the world's most famous birds call them home. From the Blue-Footed Boobies to the famed Darwin's finches, the world's only penguin
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Galapagos and US Teachers Collaborate to Develop Environmental Education Programs
The Toyota International Teacher Program has taken 30 of the top secondary school teachers in the US to some pretty fascinating talks and even more spectacular locales. But perhaps the best part of the program yet is the
