December, 2009
Cool Green Morning: Friday, December 18
Written by Robert Lalasz | December 18th, 2009
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Five great green stories to distract you while you wait anxiously for the latest news from Copenhagen: Weird Solar Device of the Day goes to…this solar-powered, Joseph Cornell-like live insect theater box (Treehugger). Buy an electric car for less than $900? You can in Oklahoma through New Year’s Eve…although it tops out at 25 mph [...]
Adapting to Climate Change? Try Adapting to Water Change
Written by Jeff Opperman | December 17th, 2009
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Climate change is changing water in big and potentially dangerous ways, says Conservancy water expert Jeff Opperman — and we need to start adapting now.
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, December 17
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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The top five stories we’re seeing on the web this morning: The U.S. has offered to help raise $100 billion/year to help developing countries fight climate change — if a deal is reached at Copenhagen (Los Angeles Times). Is living near a wind turbine dangerous for your health? A new report says there is no evidence of audible, [...]
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: Weird and Wonderful Corals
Written by Alison Green | December 16th, 2009
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(Editor’s note: Conservancy Senior Marine Scientist Alison Green is on an expedition to the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia — amidst some of the most spectacular and biodiverse coral reef ecosystems in the world. Catch up on all her posts from the expedition.) We are in Southeast Misool, which boasts some of the most biologically [...]
7 Ways to Green Your Holiday Season
Written by Margaret Southern |
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Here are 7 ideas on how to put your holiday on a green diet…and make it more satisfying in the process.
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, December 16
Written by Nicole Levins |
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The top five stories we’re seeing on the web this morning: Obama visits a northern Virginia Home Depot to promote energy efficiency and weatherization, refers to insulation as “sexy” (Green Inc.). A new report says that the economic stimulus bill will create 900,000 green jobs (Treehugger). Do the most recent drafts of the international climate [...]
Domesticating Nature…and Ourselves
Written by Rob McDonald | December 15th, 2009
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I work on the ecosystem services team at The Nature Conservancy, which strives to find ways to protect and strengthen the services that nature provides that are crucial to human well-being while also protecting biodiversity. But there are at least two definitions of “ecosystem service” floating around the conservation community. And within the tension between [...]
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, December 15
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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Check out the Top 5 green news stories we’re seeing on the web this morning: The site of a former brothel in Nevada could become a free-roaming river and sanctuary for wildlife, with restoration help from The Nature Conservancy (NYTimes). Besides the big climate summit, Copenhagen is a city known for its biking culture. So it makes [...]
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: Monitoring Coral Reef Resilience
Written by Alison Green | December 14th, 2009
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(Editor’s note: Conservancy Senior Marine Scientist Alison Green is on an expedition to the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia — amidst some of the most spectacular and biodiverse coral reef ecosystems in the world. Catch up on all her posts from the expedition.) In conservation circles, everyone is talking about helping nature adapt to climate [...]
The Future of Wild Places in China: Experiments in Private Management?
Written by Charles Bedford |
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(Editor’s note: Charles Bedford, the state director for The Nature Conservancy in Colorado, is living and working in China for the next year and will be writing about conservation issues there. Read all his posts.) A couple posts back I noted the similarities between Potatso (Pudacuo) National Park in Diqing, Yunnan and Rocky Mountain National [...]
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