published June 4, 2010 and has No Comments
A water buck attempts to swim from Starvation Island to the mainland in northern Zimbabwe. Photo by the Associated Press It may take another Noah's Ark to save the population of Zimbabwe 's sadly aptly named Starvation Island, where record seasonal rains have flooded the Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published May 28, 2010 and has No Comments
Whale meat on sale at the Tsukiji fish market in Japan, photo: Stefan Powell . Threatened for some time now , Australia has begun legal action against Japan to stop whaling in the Southern Ocean . Formal proceedings will begin in The Hague next week and would lead to a provisional order for Japan to halt whaling ahead of ...
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published May 25, 2010 and has No Comments
Photos: NineMSN , GoGet , ChargePoint . It was 2005 when we last reported on Australia's pioneering car share business GoGet . The guys have been going places since then, figuring that their service now keeps the equivalent of more than 230 cars off the road, through their more than 26 car share pods in four states (though we ...
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published May 14, 2010 and has No Comments
Grey-crowned Babbler, one of the species losing its habitat; photo via lostandcold The Macquarie Marshes , one of Australia's iconic wetlands, is dying a slow death as droughts and water diversion infrastructure take their toll, and feeling the squeeze along with the river are the birds that inhabit the woodlands along its edge. As the river dries, large areas ...
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published May 10, 2010 and has No Comments
Photos: Ron D Swan What's not to like about a brand about a business that promotes materials reuse and cycling? Their brand name, maybe? Ron D Swan hardly conveys the tenor of the company, nor its product. But may the business thrive in spite of the nomenclature. Hailing from Castlemaine, in Central Victoria, Australia this small company produces shoulder ...
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published April 21, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via dicktay2000 We've been watching the drama unfold around the Chinese coal-carrying ship that grounded on the Great Barrier Reef, causing damage to the fragile ecosystem that could take decades to heal. Two of the crew members have been arrested by the Australian government and we're waiting to find out if a fine and/or jail sentence will be ...
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published April 11, 2010 and has No Comments
This is a Snakehead fish, but you can just call him "Fishzilla." Australia has long battled with all sorts of harmful, invasive species --and wildlife authorities are concerned that they may soon be facing a new threat from what may be one of meanest-looking of unwelcome guests. The culprit is a particularly troublesome creature called the Snakehead fish, which ...
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published April 2, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: Richard Ling ( Wikipedia ) Weedy Sea Dragons: beautiful and maybe even magic Could the aquarium trade threaten this amazing little guy? According to conservationists and scientists, the weedy sea dragon - a miniature, leafy-looking creature found only in the shallow waters off southern Australia - needs better protection from threats ranging from habitat loss to collectors, who ...
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published March 16, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: Paul Rovere, The Age It takes time, sometimes decades, but people power can turn around seemingly unstoppable juggernauts. That seems to be what is happening with regard to Tasmania's old growth forests. For decades environmentalists have expressed their concern that these ancient forests, with all their attendant biodiversity were being irrevocably destroyed to feed a rapacious wood chip ...
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published March 16, 2010 and has No Comments
Freefold Furniture is, as the above video indicates, a versatile shelving system. But the system can also serves as partition, screen, plinth or bench. Made of Xanita X-board (more below), which is 97% post consumer waste paper, the Freefold system can, at the end of its useful life be recycled alongside normal paper recycling. Yet until that day, the robust ...
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