Tag: Atlantic Forest
60 Seconds with Edenise Garcia
Written by Darci Palmquist | October 16th, 2012
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Amazon conservation is her area of expertise, Alaskan malamutes are her favorite dogs–meet a Conservancy scientist helping lower global deforestation and secure indigenous rights.
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, August 15
Written by Megan Sheehan | August 15th, 2012
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Well, it’s not a cool summer, but it definitely is a Cool Green Morning.
- First the drought and now pesticide-resistant insects wreak havoc on Midwest corn. (Grist)
- The once-spacious and now-fragmented Atlantic Forest in Brazil holds little hope for species’ survival. (Green)
- Are great white sharks off the western U.S. coast endangered? Environmental groups think so. (Washington Post)
- Union Pacific is testing clean diesel trains in California. (Treehugger)
- Bill Gates’ Foundation backs solar-powered…toilet? (Scientific American)
The Lorax: Planting the Seed of Conservation
Written by Jon Schwedler | March 1st, 2012
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Did your love of nature spring from the stump of a truffula tree? One Nature Conservancy employee shares the books — and family members — that introduced him to a career in conservation.
Plant a Billion Trees: Q&A With Fernando Veiga
Written by Brad Parker | December 22nd, 2010
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A large contribution is coming thanks to Google’s Chrome for a Cause community. Find out how many trees will be planted and learn more about our Plant a Billion Trees campaign.
From Forest to Toilet Paper… and Back Again
Written by Cara Goodman | July 30th, 2009
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When nature calls, how do you respond? Just 2 percent of us in the United States use 100 percent recycled toilet paper at home, according to a recent New York Times article on the “Charmin effect”. Yet somewhere in the neighborhood of 70 percent of people recycle other products regularly. We buy local when possible, [...]
