Tag: Peru
The Green Buzz: Friday, May 17
Written by Madeline Breen | May 17th, 2013
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Happy National Bike to Work Day! After you lock up your wheels, read today’s green news:
- If climate scientists overwhelmingly agree on global warming, why doesn’t the public? (NY Times)
- Want healthier tomatoes? Grow them with LEDs. (TreeHugger)
- Jaguars are large, beautiful and thankfully thriving in the Peruvian Amazon. (Mongabay)
- It’s Earth’s most iconic summit. And it’s melting. Fast. (Huffington Post Green)
- Vehicles in the U.S. hit an estimated 1-2 million animals every year. (Scientific American)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, April 11
Written by Nicole Levins | April 11th, 2012
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Isn’t technology grand?
- An electric DeLorean is in the works (time travel not included). (EcoGeek)
- Here’s more on the connection between climate change and wacky weather. (DotEarth)
- A new study says shrinking numbers of large predators wreak havoc on forest ecosystems. (YaleE360)
- Might want to double-check– are you buying illegally harvested wood? (Mongabay)
- Research links pesticides to declining bee populations. (Grist)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, January 19
Written by Madeline Breen | January 19th, 2012
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Sit back and enjoy a bowl of prehistoric popcorn.
- Climate change gets a $18 million boost. Thank you, Prince Charles. (TreeHugger)
- 6,700 year-old popcorn found in Peru. Yum! (Daily Mail)
- Wind farm threatens to blow Donald Trump’s golf course dreams. (Guardian)
- White-nose syndrome affects six times more bats than previously thought. (TIME)
- Here’s an interesting recycling story: butter sculpture becomes biofuel. (Green)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, June 16
Written by Nicole Levins | June 16th, 2011
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Whales and foxes and monkeys, oh my!
- Two very dedicated New Yorkers have mapped every one of Central Park’s 19,000+ trees. (Treehugger)
- You might have a climate crisis if… (NRDC, via Grist)
- Want to have fun like a whale, fox or monkey? Here’s how. (Wired)
- After years of community opposition, Peru cancels a massive dam project in the Madre de Dios River. (Mongabay)
- NOAA predicts that the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone will be bigger than ever this year. (YaleE360)
How I Fell in Love With Nature
Written by Bill Ulfelder | May 13th, 2011
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Why did a city kid that thought a half-acre park with azaleas was “wild” end up dedicating his life to nature? New York state director Bill Ulfelder shares his story.
Barton Seaver: Eat Sustainably
Written by Brad Parker | March 28th, 2011
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Chef Barton Seaver reminds us that sustainability is not about finding more food, it’s about doing a better job nourishing people with the food we have. And we can do it without sacrificing flavor.
Cool Green Morning: Monday, November 30
Written by Bob Lalasz | November 30th, 2009
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Thanksgiving: Gain 5 pounds, take 5 days off. Monday After Thanksgiving: Come back to work, find 5 great new green stories, fresh from the online space. I’ll make that trade-off any Cool Green Morning. (See you on the elliptical.) Who’s going to save one of the world’s largest peat swamp forests from being drained (and [...]
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, August 13
Written by Darci Palmquist | August 13th, 2009
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Seen the marvelous spatuletail hummingbird? You must check him out — see video above — and read on to find out why this unusual little guy is endangered in Peru. It’s all the Cool Green News you need this morning. A new report from the American Bird Conservancy and a South American conservation group highlights the plight of the endangered marvelous [...]
The Peruvian Amazon Explodes…But Is Anyone Watching?
Written by David Cleary | June 23rd, 2009
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The death of at least 45 people in rioting between police and indigenous demonstrators in the town of Bagua in the Peruvian Amazon on June 5th was, among other things, a neat demonstration of what doesn’t count as news in the global village. (See video above of the clash from Enlace Nacional, a Peruvian news [...]
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, June 9
Written by Darci Palmquist | June 9th, 2009
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It’s a pick-your-poison kind of day: ocean acidification, cow methane, Amazon rainforest destruction or Wind Turbine Syndrome? But don’t despair: today’s round-up of Cool Green News features plenty of hope that people are trying to make a difference (just watch the trailer above). One man’s quest to learn more about ocean acidification has resulted in a documentary film [...]
