Australia will join some 14 other countries -- including Japan, New Zealand and the United States -- in allowing xenotransplantation, the transplanting of animal organs and cells into humans to substitute for human organ donors and to treat diseases like

The Our Lady of Calvary Abbey, a Trappist monastery, located in Rogersville, New Brunswick has recently been urged by several animal rights groups to shut down its farming operation due to grossly inhumane treatment of animals. The monastery is operating

Despite oft-repeated claims by sources ranging from the UN to Paul McCartney, it is simply not true that consuming less meat and dairy products will help stop climate change, says a University of California authority on farming and greenhouse gasses.

There are answers to convert garbage to wealth. Environmentally and financially. There is an alternative to plastics, healthy for environment. Please check this out! Composting source seperated organics and using compostable plastics is the future #doit

ON A COLD winter's day following a storm that covered the surrounding ground and trees in heavy snow, the wood-framed, canvas-covered yurt is snug and warm; its wool-felt insulation blanketing the interior with a pungent lanolin scent.

"Despite the difficulties we face, we should take heart from the sheer miraculousness of our planet, says Smit. The Eden Project's purpose is to build "an understanding that we can rise to the challenges and face the future with hope."A great message'proj

Though I am AGAINST cutting down trees for a few golden moments of 'ornament-hanging', I must admit I admire this guys 'green' approach to the tradition.

Reforestation fixes carbon, increases aquifer recharge, and reduces soil erosion. Deforestation has been a major cause for the increased rate of global warming, carbon emissions, and the extincion of many plant and animal species.

Deforestation and climate change are intimately connected: Globally, deforestation releases nearly 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, and is responsible for nearly 25 percent of man-made CO2 emissions. Lets work together to TAKE ACTION

The Department of Interior and Office of Surface Mining have publicly stated that they intend to revise regulations, gutted by the Bush administration, known as the "Stream Buffer Zone Rule"--a decades-old prohibition on surface mining activities within 1