August, 2009
Follow Nathan: One Man, One Bike, One Great Cause
Written by Robert Lalasz | August 12th, 2009
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So, whacha doin’ with your summer? Anything constructive…like biking 4,000 miles to support nature? That’s what Nathan Winters is doing to raise $50,000 for The Nature Conservancy — and raise awareness of issues such as climate change and of people who are working with agriculture, wilderness and efforts to preserve natural places. Looks pretty good [...]
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, August 12
Written by Robert Lalasz |
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Camels and mosquitoes — what do they have in common? They’re invasive species troublemakers, according to today’s Cool Green Morning green gatherings…and they must be dealt with. (Read that last bit in a horror-show-narrator voice. Yeah, like that — that’s spooky…) Camels are in numbers Australia’s largest invasive species (probably in size, too), so the [...]
Climate Change: What Do You Want to Save?
Written by Dave Connell | August 11th, 2009
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If you’ve followed the climate change debate over the last several months – indeed, even over the last year – you may have noticed something odd: Taking action on climate change is no longer about protecting nature. Taking action is now about how climate change will boost the economy, create green jobs, protect our national [...]
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, August 11
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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Killer algae sounds pretty bad, but we won’t leave you with depressing news today… instead, take heart in knowing that volunteers gave 4,000 baby loggerhead turtles a helping hand in Australia. From A to Z (or 1 to 5), we’ve got the top Cool Green News links of the morning. Ah, wouldn’t you like to [...]
By the Numbers: Can We Save the Last Herds, Flocks and Swarms?
Written by Matt Miller | August 10th, 2009
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500,000 sandhill cranes roosting along the Platte River. One million wildebeests migrating across the Serengeti plains. Ten million bats emerging from a Texas cave. Literally uncountable masses of mayflies hatching along a beautiful spring creek. Perhaps nothing captures a naturalist’s imagination quite like the world’s great herds, flocks and swarms. There’s something beyond words when [...]
Cool Green Morning: Monday, August 10
Written by Robert Lalasz |
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Ants attacking honeybees? The Pacific Ocean’s “giant patch of garbage” being a little patchy? Bjorn Lomborg reversing himself on climate change? It’s shaping up to be a “do the opposite” kind of week — and Cool Green Morning kicks it off for you below: The new threat to honeybees? “Rasberry crazy” ants, reports Associated Press [...]
Nature Photo of the Week: Pied-Billed Grebe
Written by Robert Lalasz | August 7th, 2009
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If only all of us were this limber — thanks to Todd Dixon for this image of a pied-billed grebe grooming itself in waters near Corpus Cristi, Texas. Check out all The Nature Conservancy’s featured daily nature images, submitted to the Conservancy’s Flickr group by people like you — at my.nature.org. And don’t forget to [...]
Cool Green Morning: Friday, August 7
Written by Robert Lalasz |
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What’s the best song about climate change? Grist’s Dave Roberts has his picks (see below), and we have ours (see video above), which we’re sure will get your weekend off to a silently rolling (if not flying) start. It’s all in another edition of Coolness: Jobs, jobs, jobs — that’s what it’s down to for [...]
Hunt for the Hellbender
Written by Jessica Keith | August 6th, 2009
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Let’s be honest. A hellbender salamander isn’t the type of creature most of us would seek out. For starters, it’s just plain ugly — long, fat and slippery, with dark brown wrinkly skin and beady little eyes. And then there’s its unfortunate name, which by itself would be enough to scare someone off. It definitely [...]
Shameless Plug: Buy a Duck Stamp!
Written by Dave Mehlman |
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While I personally would never advocate that bloggers like myself flog merchandise, I have to make an exception for a very valuable thing you should consider purchasing for your very own: a Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp. This stamp, better known as the “Duck Stamp,” is an inexpensive way to support the conservation of [...]
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