December, 2011
Gift Guide: Green Gifts for Moms
Written by Madeline Breen | December 11th, 2011
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Gift Guide: Green Gifts for Moms By Kerry Crisley I recently stumbled upon a my 2011 resolutions, and I have to say, they were pretty good. They were all about organization in my home and work space, trying new things and maintaining some balance. Of course, I didn’t actually achieve them. Eleven months later I’m [...]
Nature Photo of the Week: Transantarctic Mountains
Written by Madeline Breen | December 9th, 2011
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Photographer Edmund Stump writes, “As the Andes are to South America and the Himalayas are to Asia, so are the Transantarctic Mountains to Antarctica.” This glorious — and desolate — photograph of the Transantarctic Mountains caught our eye and was an easy pick for Nature Photo of the Week. Thanks to Flickr user Edmund Stump [...]
Cool Green Morning: Friday, December 9
Written by Madeline Breen |
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Santa Claus may be jolly, but he is certainly not green.
- Festive infographic calculates Santa’s carbon footprint. (TreeHugger)
- The proof is in the photos: Chilean glacier shrinks half a mile in 12 months. (Mother Nature Network)
- Warming temperatures drive polar bears to cannibalism. (BBC)
- Half of all vehicles will be hybrids by 2040. (Green Tech)
- Deforestation rates in Africa are accelerating. (Environmental News Service)
Nature’s Most Overlooked Benefit: Reefs Breaking Waves
Written by Mike Beck | December 8th, 2011
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What’s the most obvious yet overlooked benefit nature gives people globally? Conservancy scientist Mike Beck says it’s one everyone on a coastline better start paying attention to.
Traveling the Magdalena River: Day 2, Illegal Mining
Written by Madeline Breen |
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Colombia wants to be a top mining country, but is this country really prepared to assume such challenge? We travel to an illegal mine to learn more.
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, December 8
Written by Madeline Breen |
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Today’s green news is music to our ears.
- With the click of your mouse, you can listen to the sounds of nature. (TreeHugger)
- GI Joe and Mr. Potato Head are going green! (GreenBiz)
- Plans to construct a dam on the Mekong River in Laos have been put on hold. (Wall Street Journal)
- An eye-popping fossil shows this ancient marine hunter had 20/20 vision. (Nature)
- You can tell a lot about a country from its lights. (Wired Science)
How to Get Things Done in Washington Today
Written by Bob Bendick | December 7th, 2011
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While the Super Committee failed to agree on a plan to reduce the nation’s budget deficit, Bob Bendick found proof that government can still produce results that serve the broad interests of the American people.
The Moment Is Now: Notes from the Gulf Summit in Houston
Written by Cindy Brown |
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The Harte Research Institute’s Gulf Summit in Houston, Texas has shown that there is a strong and surging commitment to change the future of the Gulf of Mexico for the better.
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, December 7
Written by Nicole Levins |
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What’s cool and green and read all over?
- Bet you didn’t know our president/CEO Mark Tercek is an amateur singer-songwriter (we sure didn’t!). (The Atlantic)
- What’s the deal with “green jobs“? This infographic breaks it down. (CleanTechnica)
- Grizzly bears are the new polar bears. (Christian Science Monitor)
- Microplastic threads in your fleece jacket are causing big problems for oceans. (Grist)
- A two-degree global warming limit is still a “prescription for disaster.” (Scientific American)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, December 6
Written by Madeline Breen | December 6th, 2011
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The Amazon gets an A+ in today’s green news.
- Back to the basics: farmers are favoring horses over John Deeres. (Grist)
- Annual destruction of the Amazon rain forest fell to its lowest recorded level. (Washington Post)
- Bittersweet news from Afghanistan: Persian leopards — and poachers — caught on camera. (TreeHugger)
- Mr. President, parks bolster state economies. (Green)
- All we want for Christmas is to visit the newly discovered Christmas Planet! (Mashable)
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