Tag: dogs
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, December 11
Written by Madeline Breen | December 11th, 2012
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What’s cool, green and read with your morning coffee? That’s right, it’s Cool Green Morning time.
- Take a closer look at the amazing (and hilarious!) courtship rituals of birds-of-paradise. (Wired Science)
- Two young activists set out out to save rhinos, one letter at a time. (MNN)
- “Archaeology dog” sniffs out the past and locates 100-year-old bones. (National Geographic)
- Should doctors warn pregnant women about environmental risks? (Scientific American)
- Hurricane Sandy reveals New Jersey’s conspicuously lenient land-use regulations. (Huffington Post Green)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, April 26
Written by Darci Palmquist | April 26th, 2011
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If the Clean Air Act helps us live longer, just think what a climate change policy could do:
- A new federal report paints a grim picture of water resources in the 21st century. (Green)
- Australia’s 2009 wildfires may have helped save the rare Buxton silver gum tree. (Extinction Countdown)
- Three dogs helped sniff out the habitat of an endangeredVietnamese turtle. (Conservation Journal Watch)
- Have you thought about the energy footprint of your web surfing habit? Greenpeace has. (Grist)
- In case you doubted the benefits of the Clean Air Act, a new study says it helps you live 4-8 months longer. (Treehugger)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, October 18
Written by Nicole Levins | October 18th, 2010
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We’ve got a case of the cool green Mondays:
- Fearful of West Nile virus, scientists are trapping and vaccinating Santa Cruz Island’s rare scrub jays one by one. (LA Times)
- How to purify drinking water without chlorine: add a little silver, cotton and electricity. (CleanTechnica)
- A blogger explains why we have to invest in green infrastructure now. (ClimateBiz)
- Are toilet seat covers just a waste of paper? (Ask Umbra)
- Hey dog owners! Your pooch’s poop could be a source of energy. (The Daily Green)
Attention: Dog Owners
Written by Margaret Southern | October 18th, 2010
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A simple trip to the pet store turned completely frustrating for our writer. Find out what was missing, and the alarming impact it could have.
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, June 29
Written by Darci Palmquist | June 29th, 2010
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In today’s top 5 green news links: the combined efforts of dogs, honey bees and fig trees could save us.
- One outcome of the oil spill: the future will be full of Avatar Environmentalists. (Green Biz)
- This beats a celebrity sighting at LAX: German airports are using honey bees to monitor air quaility. (The New York Times)
- Need proof that canines are a superior species? Researchers have found that dogs are better at finding invasive plants than people. (Conservation Journal Watch)
- Plant a fig tree in Borneo and save an endangered species — could it be that easy? (Mongabay)
- And… Andy Revkin rounds up more carbon songs. (Dot Earth)
The Nationality of Wild and Domesticated Nature
Written by Erik Meijaard | April 17th, 2009
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Do dogs have nationalities? Do orangutans have nationalities? And if so, why? Who has got the right to claim them as their own?
Cool Green Morning: Monday, April 6
Written by Bob Lalasz | April 6th, 2009
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We’re big on waste this morning — menswear that was once a Diet Coke bottle, how Omega 3s reduce methane from cows, and how the absolutely greenest way to scoop Rover’s poop could save the newspaper business. (Weave all those into a family-appropriate limerick and post it as a comment — we’ll feature it tomorrow [...]
