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Developing Ecotourism
Environment  (tags: Ecotourism, Conservation, Sustainability )

Ben
- 226 days ago - conservation.org
The Galapagos Islands, Madagascar and Indonesia's Sulu-Sulawesi sea. Can you imagine if these breathtaking travel destinations were lost? Some of the most amazing places on Earth are also the most threatened. Our modern wonders, and their unique...
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Mexico Looks Beyond Oil and Toward the Wind
Environment  (tags: Renewable energy, Sustainability, CO2emissions, climate-change, pollution, ecosystems, globalwarming )

Ben
- 288 days ago - article.wn.com
Mexico inaugurated one of the world's largest wind farm projects on Thursday as the nation looks for alternative energy, in part to compensate for falling oil production. Mexico is trying to exploit its rich wind and solar potential after relying...
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Slow Progress on Ocean Protection
Environment  (tags: Oceans, Over Fishing, Pollution, Sustainability )

Ben
- 351 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Less than 1% of the world's oceans have been given protected status, according to a major survey. Governments have committed to a target of protecting 10% by 2012, which there is NO chance of meeting. Talks, talks, talks, talks, talks....
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Vegetarianism and the Environment
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, organic farming, climate-change, sustainability )

Ben
- 502 days ago - animalliberation.org.au
The real movers and shakers in the environmental policy are not plastic bags, shower nozzles, recycled cans, or bricks in the toilet cistern. They are food, housing, water and land. No human behaviour has a bigger environmental impact than diet.
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Like Christmas Day Every Day!
Environment  (tags: Earth Day, consumerism, sustainability, Recycling, Profit, sales, corporate America )

Steve
- 555 days ago - lionsledbysheep.com
Earth Day is wonderful - 17,000 organizations in 174 countries, coordinating millions of community development and environmental projects. But - and that's a big 'but' - we are allowing it to be hijacked for big business to make big bucks.
3 comments
Global Warming - the Beautiful Hoax!
Environment  (tags: climate change, conservation, consumerism, disease, environment, extinction, food shortages, fuel efficiency, global warming, green energy, green fuel, recycle, recycling, rising sea levels, sustainability )

Steve
- 576 days ago - lionsledbysheep.com
Is global warming the most beautiful hoax of all time? The evidence for it has never been conclusive, and fresh evidence now suggests we're panicking over nothing! Is global warming just a crock!?
141 comments
14 Easy Ways to Be An Everyday Environmentalist
Environment  (tags: environment, green, eco-friendly, global warming, climate change, environmentalist, environmentalism, recycling, energy, sustainability, conservation, tnc, nature conservancy, home, green living, life, people, society, ethics, good news, work, easy )

Jonathon
- 649 days ago - nature.org
Remember when "environmentalist" just meant... recycling? Today there's a lot more choice! Check out these tips from scientists and leading green bloggers on how to make personal, everyday choices to help save the planet.
17 comments
Climate Tourism: Does Travel Create Environmental Awareness?
Environment  (tags: climate change, tourism, travel, ecotourism, sustainability, global warming )


- 655 days ago - treehugger.com
A recent article published by Tierramerica warns about the growth of the so called 'climate tourism,'
2 comments
Uganda: Our Hope May Lie in Forest Farming
Environment  (tags: forestry, sustainability, climate change )

Pekka
- 775 days ago - allafrica.com
UGANDA needs to promote agro forestry as one of the ways of adapting to climate change - the variation of global and regional climate, over a period of time, an expert has advised.
1 comment
The English Countryside Is Disappearing
Environment  (tags: habitat destruction, England, UK, countryside, urban intrusion, sustainability )

Kim
- 779 days ago - thinkingshift.wordpress.com
50% of the English countryside has now disappeared thanks to urban intrusion. In the 1960s, only 26% had disappeared.Within 80 years, there will be no tranquil, green forests or countryside left. What a sad state for humanity!
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Rain Forest Protection Works In Peru
Environment  (tags: conservation, ecosystems, environment, forests, government, habitat, GoodNews, world, trees, sustainability )

Erika
- 815 days ago - terradaily.com
A new regional study shows that land-use policies in Peru have been key to tempering rain forest degradation and destruction in that country.
1 comment
Freegans Are Radical Recyclers: Freegans Dumpster Dive, Share Food and Protect the Environment
Environment  (tags: environment, recycle, food, eco-friendly, sustainability, dumpster diving )

Sandra
- 817 days ago - waste-reduction.suite101.com
Freegans recover a multitude of items besides food when foraging. They find furniture and appliances that they can use or repair which prevents less landfill pollution.
22 comments
Province Of Ontario Canada Plans To Close All Coal-Fired Plants
Environment  (tags: energy, environment, emissions, sustainability )

Jarrett
- 819 days ago - treehugger.com
The province of Ontario, Canada's biggest energy user, aims to close its last coal-fired power plant in 2014 and become the only jurisdiction in North America to completely phase out coal.
1 comment
What We Can Learn From The Biggest Extinction In The History Of Earth
Environment  (tags: carbonemissions, destruction, ecosystems, environment, extinction, habitatdestruction, humans, world, science, research, sustainability )

Erika
- 820 days ago - terradaily.com
Approximately 250 million years ago, vast numbers of species disappeared from Earth.
13 comments
Found at Yellowstone: Hot Spring Bacteria That Harvest Light
Environment  (tags: conservation, environment, habitat, protection, sustainability, water, light, bacterium )

Blue
- 822 days ago - nytimes.com
Ah, Yellowstone. Home to elk and bison, wolf and beaver, eagle and hawk -- and a newly discovered light-harvesting bacterium.
1 comment
 
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