Category: Ecosystem Services
Is Cashmere Sustainable?
Written by Jack Hurd | April 30th, 2013
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Where does cashmere come from, and how can we make its production more sustainable? Jack Hurd explores in a new installment of All ‘Bout Commodities.
This Earth Day, Let’s Picnic for Earth!
Written by Megan Sheehan | April 19th, 2013
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This Earth Day (April 22!), The Nature Conservancy is hosting picnics around the world. Attend a picnic or host your own and celebrate the planet we call home.
The Green Buzz: Thursday, April 18
Written by Megan Sheehan | April 18th, 2013
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Tasty invasives, confused koalas and green banks are all in this morning’s green news.
- Snail soup? Grilled lionfish? That’s right: one way to combat invasive species is to eat them. (Discovery News)
- It IS easy being green, especially when you check out these 20 things you didn’t know you could recycle. (MNN)
- Heartbreaking: Why is this koala so confused? (Treehugger)
- These monkeys can detect human hunters. (BBC Nature)
- Is your bank green? Check out the world’s top 20 green banks. (Bloomberg)
The Green Buzz: Wednesday, April 17
Written by Megan Sheehan | April 17th, 2013
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Endangered is the key word in today’s Green Buzz.
- Three years after the worst oil spill in American history, where are BP’s oiled animals? (MNN)
- Endangered clean meat? More than half of supermarket meat tested positive for superbugs. (New York Times)
- Lionfish are gobbling up native fish and corals in the Gulf, like a “living oil spill.” (NPR)
- No surprise here: America’s most controlled and plumbed river is also its most endangered. (Huffington Post)
- Lead poisoning: The rare California Condors are ingesting lead bullets and dying. (BBC News)
Two Villages: Notes from the Climate Change Frontline in Papua New Guinea
Written by Charles Bedford | April 17th, 2013
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Charles Bedford visits two small villages in Papua New Guinea where climate change is already changing lives — and communities are already adapting.
ABC: This Valentine’s Day, Consider the Cacao Bean
Written by Jack Hurd | February 12th, 2013
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In honor of Valentine’s Day, Jack Hurd examines the history of the cacao bean and explains how you can make sure your chocolate is responsibly harvested.
Resolutions for Rainforests
Written by Jack Hurd | January 3rd, 2013
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Jack Hurd makes some New Year’s resolutions for 2013 and introduces a fun new infographic that explains how individuals can help save Asia-Pacific’s forests.
‘You Help Everybody’: In Alaska, Giving Wild Salmon Is Tradition
Written by Dustin Solberg | December 21st, 2012
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In Alaska, the holidays are not the only time of year people give back. Catching salmon – and sharing it with others – is at the center of everyday life.
Reducing Risk and Providing for People in a Changing World
Written by Jack Hurd | October 12th, 2012
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A changing world is squeezing the coastal and forest-dwelling communities that need nature to survive. How can we help protect these people and nature?
A Conversation with Peter Kareiva: Rescaling Civilization
Written by Matt Miller | June 6th, 2012
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We sat down with Dr. Kareiva to discuss his new paper published in the journal Nature, and the hope he sees in the daunting task of “rescaling civilization.”
