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Dr. Sanjayan, Lead Scientist for the Nature Conservancy (Podcast)
Dr. M. Sanjayan works as Lead Scientist for The Nature Conservancy, one of the largest and oldest environmental organizations in the world. His job leads him into some of the most diverse and endangered ecosystems of the planet. Sanjayan is also your
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Beyond the Gulf Oil Spill: Five Ongoing Ecological Disasters With No End In Sight
Living some 6,000 miles away from the Gulf of Mexico, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that the oil spill often seems like an abstraction to me. A big, big abstraction, but still.
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Forest Fires Become Weapon, Battleground in Turkey
As the weather finally starts to heat up in Turkey, hot and dry parts of the country move into their annual state of high alert over forest fires, which generally strike each summer. But villagers in the
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Endless Urban Forest Made with Mirrors and a Single Tree
In the middle of a city, finding a semblance of the wilderness is tough to do. Sitting yourself in a park is about the closest you can get. But DUS Architects have come up with a way for you to trick yourself into thinking you're in a forest with no
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Paper Industry Eyes Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus to Conserve Forests
In the US, eucalyptus trees already have a big strike against them in that they're non-native and somewhat invasive. Brought here from Australia as drought-resistant wind-breaks for farms and
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Can 'Ecological Exploitation' Save Teghut Forest?
Supporters of protecting the Teghut Forest in northern Armenia from a company's plans to build an open-pit copper mine there have an uphill battle to fight against the perception that mining
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A Tree Grows in Philly
Philadelphia is about to get a whole lot greener thanks to a major tree planting effort. Mayor Michael Nutter has set a goal of planting 300,000 trees in the city by 2015, according
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Plant it Forward: Bringing Fruit Trees to London
The London Orchard Project's pick-your-own ethic is tackling climate change and food security in the city. Thanks to The
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Google's Earth Day Doodle Focuses on Rainforests
Good morning! It's Earth Day! Were you unsure that today is a celebration of 40 years of Earth Days (which would require living under a rock), all you had to do was flip on your computer and head to Google for your search
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Reforestation As a Past Time with Geocache-A-Forest DIY Kit
Geocaching can be a great green activity, and the people running the website have always stressed being aware of the environment. Cache In, Trash Out is a mantra for geocachers who head off into the wildnerness or even urban settings
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Eco-Certified Paper Razing Sumatran Orangutans' Rainforest Homes, Displacing Indigenous Peoples
European consumers of Golden Plus and Lucky Boss brand copy paper got an unpleasant surprise this week when a federation of EU environmental groups announced that the
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Japan Wants World's Largest Woodchip Exporter to Sell FSC Certified Product
It takes time, sometimes decades, but people power can turn around seemingly unstoppable juggernauts. That seems to be what is happening with regard to Tasmania's old growth forests. For decades environmentalists have
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Spectacular Brazilian Treehouses by Casa Na Arvore (Slideshow)
If you're a regular at TreeHugger, you probably know our love for treehouses: they usually have a great use of space, connect us with nature,open up ground space, and -- let's face it -- they're a lot of fun. We've
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From the Forums: Genetically Engineered Forests
PeterLepacus is worried for his forests: Genetic engineering is coming to the forests...Two industry giants, International Paper Co. and MeadWestvaco Corp., are planning to transform plantation forests of the
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Pulp & Paper Industry To Cultivate Genetically Modified Eucalyptus In Southestern USA
I grew up amidst the commercial poplar stands of God's Country. Sure, there were clear cuts; but, in June we got to pick blueberries in last year's openings; and, in summer, wild
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Unchopping A Tree - A Video That Puts Deforestation In Perspective
An image from artist Maya Lin's "Unchopping a Tree" Deforestation. It might seem obvious that rainforests are needed to continue life on earth - but why? Maya Lin lays it out in a gorgeous video with a message that will make every viewer pause and
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High Fidelity, Low Impact: New Earbuds from Thinksound
Popping some wood or bamboo on an electronic accessory (we saw both at this year's Consumer Electronics Show) is certainly not an automatic recipe for a greener, more earth-friendly product . But budding audio company Thinksound has gone several steps
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On Sandbanks Dorset, It's Tree Mugging Now, Not Hugging
It's called tree mugging, not treehugging, and it's not nice. Property values are at the root of it. In exclusive Sandbanks Dorset, the better your view of the harbour and the sea, the more your apartment is worth.
