Huge Boost in Fish Numbers in Cabo Pulmo National Park There’s been an amazing reversal of fortune for an undersea wildlife park off the tip of Mexico in Baha, California, according to a press release from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The number of marine species in Cabo Pulmo National Park (CPNP) rocketed by 460% [...]
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Good Environmental News
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged cabo pulmo, environment on September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Not All Environmental News Is Worrisome
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged environment, snow leopards on August 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Snow Leopards Rebounding in Africa “Afghanistan has been devastated by 30 years of conflict, so you might not expect there to be a lot of large wildlife left. But there does appear to be a fairly large population of snow leopards, and that’s wonderful,” said Peter Zahler, who launched the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Afghanistan program [...]
Unsung Heroism
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged environment, sustainability, women on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Remarkable women developing solutions and guiding us towards a sustainable future. Eco Amazons brings together for the first time the women leading the charge to create a sustainable future for all life on Earth. Their efforts demonstrate how individual concern gives rise to passion, how passion leads to action, and how action effects meaningful change—efforts [...]
Expanding Our Minds About What’s Natural
Posted in Images, tagged environment, subway on July 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Donating retired subway trains to the little-known cause of creating artificial reefs. A decade ago, in a moment of inspiration, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority stumbled on a way to help the environment and its own bottom line: donating retired subway trains to the little-known cause of creating artificial reefs.
Not All Environmental News Is Bad
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged environment, frogs on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fungus out! The frog resistance is here Frogs across may be recovering from a fungal disease that has devastated populations around the world.
Life Is Better Than We Think
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged 2008, environment on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Top 10 Environmental Successes of 2008
Good Environmental News
Posted in Articles & Essays, Web Sites, tagged environment, good news on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All the following stories appeared recently on the Environmental News Network: Free Goods At Throwplace.com Help Consumers in Tough Times Eco-friendly Sri Lankan Factories U.S. Renewable Energy Growth Accelerates Hawaii Recycles Record 72 Percent of Beverage Containers Algae: Biofuel Of The Future? Yellow cabs go green faster in NYC
Hero of the Planet! Person of the Year! Genius of the Tribe!
Posted in Videos, tagged bioneers, design, engineering, environment, william mcdonough on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
William McDonough Listen to his speech at Bioneers:
Remaking the Way We Make Things
Posted in Books, tagged environment, manufacturing, michael braungart, recycling, william mcdonough on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, by William McDonough and Michael Braungart Paper or plastic? Neither, say William McDonough and Michael Braungart. Why settle for the least harmful alternative when we could have something that is better — say, edible grocery bags! In Cradle to Cradle, the authors present a manifesto calling for [...]
Imagination Is More Important Than Knowledge and Play Is More Important Than Belief
Posted in Podcasts, tagged environment, erik davis, imagination on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“The Imagination And The Environment” by Erik Davis “The imagination is a pivotal interface between human beings and the natural world.” Rob says: “A talk by one of my fellow lobbyists-for-the-imagination, Erik Davis”
Spiritually Activated Environmentalism: Green Hermeticism
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged environment, green, spirituality on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“A Green Surge” by Thomas P. Healy Green Hermeticism: David Levi Strauss in conversation with Peter Lamborn Wilson and Christopher Bamford What is Green Hermeticism? It’s a response to the problem that there hasn’t been sufficient spiritual focus for the environmental movement. Without a spiritual focus, a movement like this doesn’t generate the kind of [...]