Tag: Georgia
Cool Green Morning: Monday, December 31
Written by Megan Sheehan | December 31st, 2012
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Happy New Year! Enjoy the last suite of cool green news for 2012.
- Nature was busy this past year: see a slideshow of the worst natural disasters in 2012. (Huffington Post)
- Check out this roundup of environmental journalism from 2012. (One Earth)
- Positive for Pachyderms: Los Angeles is considering a ban on circus elephants. (MNN)
- Vultures in the Everglades are eating…cars? (Washington Post)
- Georgia is planning its first suite of bear tunnels to help protect the species and connect their vital habitat. (Online Athens)
Nature Photo of the Week: Tybee Beach, Georgia
Written by Madeline Breen | July 20th, 2012
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What gorgeous colors! Flickr user alfieandco captured this colorful sunset along the beach at Tybee Island, Georgia and submitted it through The Nature Conservancy’s Flickr group. Thanks! See all of The Nature Conservancy’s featured daily nature images — submitted to the Conservancy’s Flickr group by people like you — at my.nature.org. And get inspired to take your own [...]
Fixing the One Dumb Thing That Benjamin Franklin Did
Written by Kerry Crisley | July 4th, 2011
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He was a Founding Father and one of the brightest minds our nation has ever produced. But Ben Franklin made a massive mistake, and we’re trying to fix it.
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, June 23
Written by Nicole Levins | June 23rd, 2010
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A little light(ish) reading to start your day:
- Here are some really terrible things that could happen in the Gulf of Mexico, thanks to the oil spill. (Treehugger)
- In as little as five years, Europe could be reaping the solar-power-benefits of the Saharan sun. (EcoGeek)
- An EPA official says that oil dispersant is helping to tame the Gulf oil spill. (Green)
- California’s climate law might be in trouble, and the Governator is none too pleased. (Grist)
- A Georgia representative thinks that clean energy legislation might actually kill people. Okay then. (Climate Progress)
It’s Still Not Easy Bein’ Green: The Plight of Gopher Frogs
Written by Clay Carrington | May 29th, 2009
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Thanks to the Conservancy’s work restoring gopher frogs in Georgia, Kermit’s not the only amphibian on PBS anymore.
