January, 2009
Cool Green Morning: Friday, Jan. 30
Written by Robert Lalasz | January 30th, 2009
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OK, so where did that month go? All we have is this moment, my friends — and its green news of weird sustainable houses, fertilizing the ocean with iron, and green alternatives to the iFart. Read on, and seize the day: There’s the Beef: Cattle ranching is responsible for nearly 80 percent of the Amazon’s [...]
Climate Change: Adapt or Die
Written by Peter Kareiva | January 29th, 2009
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If you stop 100 people on the street and ask them about climate change, 87 of them would know something about it, according to polls. But if you asked the same 100 people if they’ve ever heard of “adaptation to climate change,” I bet you’d get 100 blank stares. That’s a problem. For sure, we [...]
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, Jan. 29
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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Green Super Bowls and carbon-neutral cell phones… what’s next? Find out in this morning’s round-up from enviro blogs. Super Bowl Goes Green: The NFL will expand its environmental program to include renewable energy and carbon offsets to help power this year’s Super Bowl. Get Out the Books: The European Commission will be holding a summer school [...]
We’re Drying Up…But Will We Notice?
Written by Diedre Paterno-Pai |
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When a resource crisis hits in developed countries, we begin to see how wasteful our behaviors are. When gas prices in the United States and other countries soared over the summer months, we learned how to be more careful with our fuel in a very short period of time! Suddenly we were driving less, doing [...]
“Super Sucker” Saves Reefs in Hawai’i
Written by Darci Palmquist | January 28th, 2009
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Inspiration comes from the most unlikely places sometimes. That noisy, clumsy but oh-so-convenient household machine the vacuum cleaner is now being applied underwater to help save Hawaii’s coral reefs from invasive algae. Marine researchers in Hawai’i are ecstatic about the “Super Sucker”, a new invention that can remove up to 800 pounds of alien algae in [...]
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, Jan. 28
Written by Robert Lalasz |
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Can 80,000 goats be wrong? Could the UN climate conference be too crowded? Could energy-efficient light bulbs not make you look like Herman Munster? The answers to these and other riveting questions lie below in today’s roundup of online green: Got Their Goat: Conservationists have eradicated all 80,000 invasive goats from Santiago Island in the [...]
Bird Brains to the Rescue
Written by Jen Molnar |
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When thinking about all of the challenges in conservation — climate changing, habitats being lost, populations increasing — it can seem like a lot of doom and gloom. Especially when discussing extinction. But in these optimistic days, it is good to see signs of hope. Like in this recent article on a study (pdf) by [...]
Why Cap-and-Trade is Better Than a Carbon Tax
Written by Bob Bendick | January 27th, 2009
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I was recently asked to become a contributor to the National Journal‘s Energy and Environment blog, joining contributors from the environmental community, government and business trade groups to debate the future of environment and energy legislation. Here is an adapted excerpt from my first post for the National Journal outlining why I believe a cap [...]
Remembering a Friend of Conservation
Written by Bob Bendick |
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Many of us at The Nature Conservancy were privileged to work with Jim Range. We are all saddened by the news of his untimely death at the far too young age of 63. The world is a better place because of Jim’s passion, political savvy and commitment to conservation. Jim was chief counsel to former [...]
The Falconer
Written by Matt Miller |
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If you ask me to identify the most effective conservationists around, I’ll answer without hesitation: Falconers. Falconers? Those fixtures of Renaissance fairs and Saturday Night Live skits? No, not them. The falconers I’m referring to form a serious, obsessive subculture who train raptors to hunt various game. Falconry takes anywhere from two to seven years to [...]
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