Tag: Preservation - Page 11
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The Ocean Has Issues: 7 Biggest Problems Facing Our Seas, and How to Fix Them
The oceans are among our biggest resource for life on earth, and also our biggest dumping grounds. That kind of paradox could give anyone an identity crisis. We seem to think we can take all the goodies out and put all
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Why August is the Best Month for the Oceans
Today is World Ocean Day. Not only is it World Ocean Day, it's the first official World Ocean Day. So what better day to announce that our sister site Planet Green will be embarking on a month-long effort in August
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Sell Your Screenplay and Save the World's Trees
At least, that's what GreenWriter.org is hoping that you'll be able to do. Every year, according to this new organization, screenwriters print out 180 million sheets of paper in their efforts to sell their stories. Within six months of its web site
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Maker Faire 09: Books Are Not Dead
San Francisco's Center for the Book brought some of the old school printing know how to Maker Faire 09 to remind us all that while e-readers might be the buzz word, books are not dead. And with art like this behind them, they
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Ken Burns Films America's Best Idea: National Parks
Thinking about today's post of Merrell teaming up with the National Park Foundation to get people into the outdoors, I wondered is any of my American colleagues had written about Ken Burns' upcoming new documentary. Alas, it seems not. A huge
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World Oceans Day is Approaching - Who is Your Hero?
Oceana is holding a contest to see who of our ocean's activists are the most heroic of them all. Eight people are contenders, and it's up to you to decide who gets the recognition. But with projects ranging from eleven-year-old sea
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Great Outdoors Project Gives $50,000 Grant to Nature-Oriented Non-Profit: Vote Today!
If you don’t have the dough to support your preferred non-profit, there are other ways to help. One super easy one involves one minute out of your day and one click of your mouse (or thumb). It’s the Redwook Creek Wines and Planet Green sponsored
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Louisiana Wetland Activists Demonstrating for Habitat Restoration
The 2009 hurricane season is about to commence and activists from America's Wetland Foundation (AWF) want to draw attention to the loss of coastline habitat that is normally the first line of protection against
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Scientists Say River Systems Take Second Fiddle in Nature Reserves
A new study shows that the conservation efforts that include the Iberian river basins are fragmented, and that fact is doing a lot of harm for the health of the rivers as a whole. They recommend that in order to help
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Images Show How Big Sea Creatures Depend on Healthy Reefs
Scientific American has a beautiful slideshow illustrating how important healthy reefs are to all sorts of sea life, including predators. With the World Ocean Conference going on this week, everyone has their eye on the
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Wear Your Ocean-Loving Heart on Your Sleeve
Looking for a way to wear your ocean-loving heart on your sleeve? The New England Aquarium has an organic cotton t-shirt that you could sport for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Ocean_Day">World Ocean Day next month.
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Thousands of Bat Caves Closed Due to Fungus Infestations
Bad news for bats. Remember that heat box idea for bats suffering from a fungus? Looks like the idea isn't as crazy as it sounds. Thousands of caves in 33 states are being closed to
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Oysters are Restored to Waters in Need
During the last weekend in April, a group of volunteers laid the final necessary pieces into Withers Estuary to reintroduce oysters to their native ecosystem. The project is part of the Withers Estuary Community Collaborative
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DisneyNature Makes Good on Tree Planting Idea by Partnering With Nature Conservancy
Yeah, I know - another DisneyNature thing in the same day? But this news item is worth noting since we discussed the issue back in March. DisneyNature had a plan to plant a tree for each person who bought a ticket to
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One Third of World's Oceans Need a 20-Year Fishing Ban
Experts are saying that if depleted fish stocks in the world's oceans are to recover, there needs to be a 20-year fishing ban covering 20-40% of the oceans. Not only would that require cooperation of the fishing
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U2's The Edge Upsets Malibu Neighbors
It’s not the first time members of U2 have encountered building permit problems. When the band announced erecting U2 Tower, the tallest structure in Dublin, the
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Obama, You Know You're The S**t When Lichen Is Named After You
That's right. A species of lichen was discovered by lichen curator of University of California, Kerry Knudsen, who decided to name it after President Obama in
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KPMB Make the Old Work With the New in Denver
George Bush once said "I don't do nuance" and most big name architects don't either, subtlety not being a virtue among the stars of the profession. This was never true of Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg, who manage to weave
