Tag: Preservation - Page 12
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Taxidermy Lightens Up
Taxidermy, the Victorian art and tradition of stuffing animals, is becoming fashionable again. Only this time round with young artists who see it as an ethical design choice. If the animal is already dead, why not preserve it in a new and cutting
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The Rarest Shark in the Seas Caught...Then Eaten
The 41st megamouth shark ever documented - one of the rarest fish in the world - was caught the Philippines on March 30th, where it was promptly butchered and eaten. As a sharp underline to the downsides of fishing, a 1,100
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Greater Outdoors Project Giving $50k to Best NonProfit (Video)
There's a competition going on! The Greater Outdoors Project is rewarding nonprofit organizations that work towards preserving, protecting and providing access to America's great outdoors. In conjunction with Planet Green, the project's creator,
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Land Degradation Endangers Quarter of World Population
Land degradation is the decline in soil, water, and vegetation quality - the very things we depend on for life. For the first time scientists have used satellite pictures and GIS software to assess the degradation of land
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Eco-Organizations Come Together to Form the Alliance for Water Stewardship
Water conservation leaders from around the world are joining forces to set basic standards for water stewardship programs worldwide. The Alliance for Water Stewardship hopes to establish the gold standard certification for new and
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Rooftop Gardens Will Save the Bugs
Rooftop gardens are being proposed for the top of some of London's biggest buildings. By installing them on the rooftops of places like universities and town halls, it is hoped that endangered species of birds and bugs will be
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Development Is A Drag for Baja (Video)
A short documentary called Tomorrow's Baja addresses the impact that tourism has on the unique and fragile ecosystem of the area. Among the many statistics that'll make your jaw drop is one that underscores what
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Biologist Nalini Nadkarni Discusses Living Life in the Canopies (Video)
Nalini Nadkarni gives an amazing talk at TED about the diversity of life up in the canopies of rainforests and what can be done to preserve them. She also unveils an exciting project that will help reconnect people to rainforest conservation. Nadkarni
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How Do You Regrow a Rainforest? Willie Smits Knows
Rainforest clearcutting is devastating. The majority of the time, it opens up the area to such extensive soil erosion that even the tenacious (native) plants of the rainforests can't easily regrow. So how do you get a clearcut area to regenerate? Willie
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One Big Laugh - Technological Familiarity Breeds Contempt
Happened to light onto The Techium today, written by Kevin Kelly - several delicious articles there, and the site is well worth bookmarking. The above perky video featuring Louis C.K. on the Conan O'Brien show probes a very basic question - if
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Sylvia Earle Wins TED 2009 With Talk on Our Oceans (Video)
Sylvia Earle won this year's TED Talks with her speech about the Earth's oceans. She describes them as our life support system, and questions why we preserve land spaces but not water. She also discusses Google Earth's new underwater features. Check out
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World's Most Efficient Supercomputer Used for World's Largest Simulation to Rebuild Prairies
Prairies are a major ecosystem in North America and yet they're nearly gone. In an effort to find out how to preserve what little is left and rebuild prairies, University of Houston and SiCortex - creator of the most energy
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Biotech Scientists and Curators Join Forces to Prevent Decay of the World's Art
With climate change still on the rise and a worldwide financial crisis still in full swing, a perfect storm is brewing that could claim a victim few could've expected: the world's art and cultural heritage sites. More extreme
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The Totoro Forest Project Art Exhibition In San Francisco
Yesterday, when I wrote about Satoyama, I was delighted to discover the Totoro Forest Project Art Exhibition in San Francisco. What a wonderful idea - animators, anime artists and designers who
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Humans are Eating Too Many... Frogs
"Order the tofu instead," says the Frog. Public domain image. Put the Frog Down, Sir. Step Back! Frogs aren't very lucky. They are facing habitat destruction and poisoning via various toxins in the food chain. But they're also getting eaten by humans:
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Journalist Kayaks Texas Coast to Highlight Environmental Volatility
If you've ever wanted to explore a volatile ecosystem, to discover the ways humans are
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Ecologist Josh Donlan on Bringing Sexy Animals Back via "Rewilding"
Josh Donlan wants conservation biology to have teeth. He's at the forefront of a hot new discipline called REWILDING. If he has his way, the bump in the night might be a lion or cheetah stalking you for dinner, and deer
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Land Art at Risk
Land art is the name given to monumental pieces of art that are created in and part of nature. Usually they are so huge that they could not be placed in a museum or private house. The most famous is the Spiral Jetty, 1970, by Robert Smithson, which is
