Tag: Prince Charles
Of Fish and Princes
Written by Mark Spalding | March 13th, 2012
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“There was optimism in the air” at the Prince of Wales’ recent special meeting on sustaianble fisheries. Read our marine scientist’s first-hand account.
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, February 10
Written by Darci Palmquist | February 10th, 2011
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Polar bears are on a climate-induced diet while we eat salad in winter…it’s a perplexing world:
- A new study reveals a grim future for polar bears–and this video of a starving mom and cubs brings it all home. [Warning: the video is very hard to watch.] (Green)
- Green design is helping Nike recycle 82 million plastic bottles into shirts, shoes and more. (GreenBiz)
- Sewage as a source of energy–why not? (NY Times)
- The global economy depends on healthy ecosystems, says Prince Charles. (Mongabay)
- If you’ve eaten a salad recently, you might want to pay attention to Southern California’s water issues. (NPR)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, February 18
Written by Nicole Levins | February 18th, 2010
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Get ‘em while they’re hot (cool?)– the five green links you need to read today:
- Breaking: U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer resigns, will join consulting group KPMG. (New York Times)
- Quebec’s permafrost line has retreated 80 miles in just 50 years, according to a new study. (Yale e360)
- Fashion icon Prince Charles wants to see us all wearing eco-friendly wool this season. (Treehugger)
- The Obama administration will create a $130 million building efficiency research center. (GreenBiz)
- What isn’t there an app for? “What’s Green Nearby?” connects users to green people and places. (The Daily Green)
