Tag: plastics
Cool Green Morning: Monday, December 5
Written by Madeline Breen | December 5th, 2011
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To clone or not to clone, that is the question.
- The currently extinct Wooly mammoth may roam again, thanks to cloning. (TreeHugger)
- Climate change = 75 percent man-made. (Scientific American)
- Wasps rely on face recognition to keep the peace. (National Geographic)
- The nation recycles only one-forth of our hard plastic bottle waste. (Green)
- Meet the winter endurance athletes of the animal world: wolverines. (Mongabay)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, October 24
Written by Madeline Breen | October 24th, 2011
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They say clothes make the man.
- Like all fashion trends, the spacesuit has seen many changes over the years. Here’s the evolution of this iconic outfit. (Wired Science)
- Ouch and awww: a red-tailed hawk with a nail in its head was finally successfully captured and is recovering well. (Washington Post)
- The 94,000-acre Saguaro National Park in Tuscon, AZ is a great place for a BioBlitz — but a dead zone for cell service. Verizon Wireless saves the day. (National Geographic)
- Looking for a career switch? Consider a green job like professional acorn picking! (TreeHugger)
- Stop losing sleep over plastics and zip-lock baggies. Here’s how to reduce plastics from your kitchen. (Grist)
Do You Know What a Radish Looks Like?
Written by Margaret Southern | April 13th, 2010
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Eating fruits and vegetables isn’t just good for you — it’s good for the environment, too. But too many people don’t know what plant food looks like, says our green blogger Margaret Southern.
One Thing You Can Do to Help Oceans: Use Reusable Plastic
Written by Phil Kramer | March 25th, 2010
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The oceans are awash with discarded plastic — and all of it is deadly to marine animals. Conservancy scientist Phil Kramer tells you what you can do to help solve the problem.
