What's being said about the environment around the World
Greenpeace
Fishing out the Pirates of the Mediterranean updated
Just a few days into our three-month “Defending Our Mediterranean” tour, and already the Arctic Sunrise has come face-to-face with pirates. In the early hours of the morning, we confiscated almost two kilometres of illegal driftnet, containing dead, undersized bluefin tuna - and a small sea turtle.
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Safety of GM Crops? Alarm bells ring for European Commissioners
The GM food industry suffered another serious setback today as European Commissioners overturned the verdict of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), who had given assurances that three new types of GM crops were safe. For the first time, Europe's most senior lawmakers are publicly doubting the safety of GM crops.
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IUCN - The World Conservation Union
Put biodiversity at centre of climate debate, says new experts survey
New global survey of on-the-ground climate decision makers in 100+ countries launched.
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International organizations launch initiatives for sustainable water use in Asia Pacific
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched concrete initiatives to achieve more sustainable management of precious water resources in the Asia Pacific region.
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The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy Appoints Mark Tercek
The Nature Conservancy today announces that Mark R. Tercek will become its new president and CEO beginning in July.
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Conservationist/state leader, Clifford L. Jones, dies
Jones former member of The Nature Conservancy's board of trustees
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Conservation International
Legless Lizard among New Species Discovered in Cerrado Region of Brazil
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Small Change Can Make a Difference
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Lighter Footstep
EcoTech Daily: Green technology, gadgets, and news
Lighter Footstep has a brand new sister publication.
EcoTech Daily: Green technology, gadgets, and news launched late last month, and is filling out quite nicely. If you like keeping current on the technologies changing your home and community, EcoTech Daily might deserve a place in your bookmarks or RSS reader.
One of EcoTech daily's most popular new features is The Daily Five: a five item, five minute quick-read available each morning by 5:00 Eastern. Current feature articles include SUNRGIs Coal-Killing Solar Body Slam, How the Media Abandoned the Environment, and Urwerks Hyper-Expensive Windpower Watch.
If you'd like to subscribe to EcoTech Daily's RSS feed directly, you can follow this link.
As for Lighter Footstep -- we'll be back. Soon. Watch this space or our RSS feed for more details.
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Save Paper and Energy with Holiday eCards
Have you mailed your Christmas cards yet?
No? You're not alone. Holiday greeting cards have followed the general decline of written personal correspondence. From an environmental perspective, that's not necessarily bad news. But there's something nice about reaching out to from distant friends and family members around the holidays.
Which is where eCards can come in handy. No paper; no wasteful shipping -- and you can leave them until the last minute without feeling guilty.
Not all electronic greeting cards are created equal. There's no shortage a free cards, and some of them look great. But there's nothing festive about exposing your card's recipient to a site full of tacky ads or dubious email privacy policies. Do your homework when choosing an eCard vendor, and consider some of the paid services.
Hallmark has a quality mix of free and paid eCards. Blue Mountain has a clear privacy and anti-phishing policy. Looking for a nature-themed card? Check out the Nature Conservancy's eco-greetings.
So start typing. At least you won't have to lick the stamps.
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Lighter Footstep on NPR's Morning Edition
A couple weeks back, I was interviewed by NPRs Neda Ullaby for an upcoming environmental piece on Morning Edition.
The segment is scheduled to air today. Its topic is whether the environmental movement has become preoccupied with global warming. Morning Edition's report is based, at least in part, on a piece I wrote for Lighter Footstep last June: Five Things that Are Worse than Global Warming. I published it on the day of the Live Earth concerts, and it ended up being one of our most read (and most controversial) articles.
Lighter Footstep is primarily about personal approaches to Green Living, so we dont directly address climate change that often. The position I took with Neda is that the success of the movie An Inconvenient Truth marked a real sea change for the environmental movement. At the same time, all the attention being paid to global warming is giving a variety of issues the cold shoulder.
I thought it might be appropriate to reprint the original article. Click through to see what the fuss was about, and please feel free to share your thoughts in our comments section.
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