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Global Warming is Shrinking the Soay Sheep of Scotland

by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada on 07. 3.09
Travel & Nature

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Photo: Wikipedia, CC

The Incredible Shrinking Sheep!
Could the changing climate be shrinking animals? That seems to be the case for the Soay sheep of Scotland. "The island of Hirta, on the western coast of Scotland, is home to a special breed of sheep. Soay sheep, named after a neighbouring island, are the most primitive breed of domestic sheep and have lived on the isles of St Kilda for at least a millennium." These sheep are already smaller on average than other breeds of sheep, but according to a recent study, they have been getting even smaller...

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Richard Branson Opens Farm to Fork Eco-Resort in NJ

by Kristin Underwood, Sacramento, CA on 07. 3.09
food

Sir Richard Branson Rides Tractor at Opening of Ninety Acres Culinary School Natirar
Image via: Ninety Acres Culinary School

Richard Branson, known for supporting all types of wild and high profile schemes (renewable energy, carbon capture, alternative fuels for Virgin Airlines and even eco-resorts on his famous islands), now he's into something a little more mellow: funding a Farm to Fork project/eco-resort.

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Reduce Your Carbon Footprint By Flying to Paris (Slideshow)

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 07. 3.09
Travel & Nature

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I know, that contradicts everything we have been saying about the carbon footprint of flying, but there are a lot of lessons to be learned from visiting other places and cultures. In Paris, it's more than just the smaller carbon footprint of urban dwellers; it is about food, bikes, walking, transit, and a different style of living. So many lessons.

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Re-Think The Shark! Clever Ad by Save Our Seas Foundation

by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada on 07. 2.09
Travel & Nature

We Can't Limit Conservation Efforts to Cute & Cuddly Animals...
Here's a clever ad about "Re-Thinking the Shark" by the most excellent Save Our Seas Foundation (check out their projects here). With humans killing more than 100 million sharks each year, and with many species of sharks in dramatic decline, we definitely need to re-think our relationship with sharks, something that TreeHugger has written about frequently in the past (see links below).

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Endangered Species Alert: Amur Tigers Found to Have an Effective Wild Population of Just 35

by Matthew McDermott, New York, NY on 07. 2.09
Travel & Nature

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Amur Tiger at the Zurich zoo, photo: Tambako the Jaguar via flickr

A few months ago I included the Amur Tiger (also know as the Siberian Tiger) in a slideshow of animals which very well could go extinct in the coming decades. It was for good reason, as a new piece from the BBC shows. This largest of all the tigers has an effective wild population of just 35 individuals:

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Monsters in Our Midst. ‘Mazing Magnified Images

by Warren McLaren, Sydney on 07. 2.09
Travel & Nature

Gigapan ant photo

You might be mistaken for thinking that photo looks like the talons of an eagle, but it ain’t. It’s a Madagascan Eutetramorium mocquerysi. More precisely it’s the base of its leg. Hard to believe that leg belongs to a lil’ ant, albeit photographed at a magnification of 400 times using a scanning electron microscope and stitched together from 400 photos.

The photography is part of work that is being undertaken by the NanoGigaPan project, who are “working to take high resolution images of very small things.” See some more images below and check out the links to their other exhibits.

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Question: Should Cycling be Allowed in All Parks?

by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada on 07. 1.09
bikes

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Photo: Flickr, CC

What a Concept! Bikes in Parks!
I was reading this post about how Copenhagen now allows cycling in parks, and it seemed like such a good and obvious idea, I wondered "why not everywhere?" Of course, some parks already allow it and even have bike paths, but in many parts of the world, you are supposed to actually walk your bike (though not everybody does it). What do you think? Should cities allow cycling in their parks?

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Bike Heaven in Empty Slovenian Hydro Pumped Storage Power Plant

by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada on 07. 1.09
bikes

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Photo: Photos by keki & subtilen

"Surface is very smooth hydroisolation coating, so perfect for riding."
A lot of us treehuggers are cyclists, and I bet most of us have a dream place they wish they could ride in. For some, it might be the quiet Scottish countryside during the summer... and for others it might be the empty accumulation pool of a hydroelectric pumped storage power station!

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