published April 29, 2010 and has No Comments
Since 1970, non-human animal populations have declined by 30%. Photo: Photo8.com via flickr. If you regularly follow what often seems like a never-ending string of reports talking about how biodiversity is declining around the planet and the bad impact this will have on humanity, whether we want to admit it or not, this may seem like an 'I told ...
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published April 26, 2010 and has No Comments
The Red Hills salamander is found in just five counties in Alabama. Photo by C.K. Dodd Jr., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Guest bloggers Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer are co-founders of NaturallySavvy.com . A little salamander that is found in only a handful of counties in south Alabama got a boost from the Nature Conservancy last week. The ...
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published April 9, 2010 and has No Comments
Two USGS researchers collect data in Glacier National Park in 2008. Photo courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey . Guest bloggers Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer are co-founders of NaturallySavvy.com . We all know warmer temperatures have led to shrin... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Bye Bye Glaciers: 2 More Gone From Glacier National Park
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published March 27, 2010 and has No Comments
Paper Person from Earth Day '09 trash hovers over LA's eco-zone. Created by Kim Abeles. Photos by RCruger Guide the bobcat home on a tilt game. See maggots recycle rot. Compare insulation of feathers vs. blubber. Be a barnacle and find food. These are a few of the many hands-on experiences at the 45,000-square-foot permanent $135 million wing of ...
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published March 21, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: Roi Caspi, Hebrew University Decades after DDT and "Silent Spring," scientists are still searching for better ways to improve agricultural yields and protect desirable plants and animals (including humans) from plagues of insects. The fact that DDT is still advocated by those who argue that protecting humans from diseases carried by insects outweighs the environmental risks demonstrates ...
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published March 15, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: Valerio Pandolfo The island of Socotra may lie a mere 150 miles off the coast of Africa, but judging from its strange and exotic organisms that live there, it could be 150 light/years away. From towering, umbrella-shaped trees, to yellow-faced vultures and architect crabs, the island's wildlife evolved for millions of years, isolated from the rest of the ...
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published March 3, 2010 and has No Comments
Forest recovering after the B&B Complex fire in 2003 in the central Oregon Cascade Range. Photo by Garrett Meigs, Oregon State University via Flickr . Guest blogger Cara Smusiak is a journalist and regular contributor to NaturallySavvy.com 's Naturally Green section. About half of the overstory trees were killed in the B&B Complex fire in 2003 near Canyon Creek ...
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published March 2, 2010 and has No Comments
Image from Grannies,inc . Tea cosies are a quintessentially British concept which has spread and developed into an art form. They have a very simple, and useful function: to keep the pot of tea hot. This beauty of a tea cosy was designed in association with npower, an energy company . The idea is to encourage drinkers to make ...
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published February 21, 2010 and has No Comments
In the Indian Ocean , about 150 miles off the Horn of Africa , lies an archipelago of which the island of Socotra is a part. Unlike most island landforms, Socotra was not formed by volcanic activity, but was once attached to the African mainland . Indeed, for millennia the island's plant-life has been isolated, forced to adapt to ...
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published February 9, 2010 and has No Comments
Image from Daily Mail With all the best intentions, most of us don't have the nerve to really change our life style dramatically. We do as much as we can within the limitations of our busy lives, but haven't the true grit to go that extra mile. Here are 3 inspirational stories of young families that are taking things ...
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