May, 2011
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, May 10
Written by Darci Palmquist | May 10th, 2011
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You’ll find helpful beavers, sustainable tuna and more in today’s 5 cool green news links:
- Sea-level rise is finally catching up to the Golden State. (Green)
- How are beavers helping reduce the recent massive oil spill in Canada? (Mongabay)
- A 2-month ocean expedition hopes to find ways to catch tuna without harming other species. (BBC)
- Are you a budding botanist? A new iPhone app helps you identify trees from a photo of a leaf. (Wired)
- Despite opposition, a new dam is planned for Chile’s Patagonia region. (Huffington Post Green)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, May 9
Written by Brad Parker | May 9th, 2011
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Start your week with off right with 5 cool green news links:
- The South is preparing for Mississippi River flooding. See which communities are threatened. (USA Today)
- Extinction is likely for the world’s rarest bear subspecies. (Extinction Countdown)
- Human activity is causing wildlife to gradually shrink. (Treehugger)
- Fisherman in Europe may get paid to fish for plastic in the seas. (Guardian Eco)
- Spotted bowerbirds mimic alarm calls of other birds when stressed. (BBC Earth News)
Wielding Words to Protect Australia
Written by Michael Looker | May 6th, 2011
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For our inaugural Nature Writing Prize in Australia, we solicited essays that celebrate both nature writing and the country’s magnificent landscapes. Meet the winner and read her essay.
My Kind of Mother’s Day
Written by Brad Parker |
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Not everyone wants to celebrate with brunch and flowers. See why Laura Landon’s perfect Mother’s Day involved a canoe and crawdads … and happened last fall.
Sharks Hold Key to Healthy Marine Systems
Written by Mark Tercek |
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Mark Tercek, our president and CEO, went scuba diving off the Palmyra Atoll and was surrounded by a large number of sharks. See the video and find out why that’s a very good thing.
Cool Green Morning: Friday, May 6
Written by Nicole Levins |
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It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get green news on Friday (sorry):
- Our president/CEO Mark Tercek writes about sharks, healthy marine ecosystems and the beautiful Palmyra Atoll. (Huffington Post Green)
- Students at one university are using Twitter to monitor bird behavior. (DotEarth)
- A new study says that climate change is responsible for poor harvests, food shortages and high prices. (New York Times)
- Executive Order 13154 basically forces federal agencies to lease more fuel-efficient vehicles, ultimately saving taxpayers $9 million and 2.4 million gallons of gas per year. (CleanTechnica)
- Are “blimp-like hybrid airships” the alternative air travel of the future? (YaleE360)
Nature Photo of the Week: Louisiana Sunset
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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We’re not the only ones who think this photo is a winner: Lana Gramlich’s stunning shot of sun shining through live oaks—taken at Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville, LA—also won first place in the Art for Madisonville Members’ Show, Feb. 2011. Congrats, and thanks for sharing it with The Nature Conservancy’s Flickr group! See all of The Nature Conservancy’s featured daily [...]
Reality (of Shark Finning) Bites
Written by Mike Sweeney | May 5th, 2011
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73 million sharks are killed every year, largely to meet the rising demand for shark fin soup. Can California help reverse this catastrophic loss?
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, May 5
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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Happy Cinco de Mayo! Celebrate in green style:
- San Francisco teenagers are suing the government for failure to protect the Earth for future generations. (NY Times)
- Speaking of which: the latest predictions for world population growth could amount to serious environmental challenges. (Green)
- Forest protection takes one step forward in Indonesia, two steps back in Brazil. (EarthWatch)
- Take your lawn to a whole new level this year: go organic! (The Daily Green)
- Electronic medical records could cut 1.7 million tons of carbon emissions. (EcoGeek)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, May 4
Written by Nicole Levins | May 4th, 2011
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Birds and lady lizards and urban sprawl, oh my!
- According to the latest State of the Birds report, public preserves provide habitat for at least half of the American populations of 300 bird species. (Green)
- Idaho has more wind power than it knows what to do with. (CleanTechnica)
- Sprawl can be worse than the buildings themselves, energy-usage-wise. (EcoGeek)
- A drop in green cleaning product purchases is hurting one big brand. (GreenBiz)
- Researchers have bred an all-female species of lizard. (Wired)
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