But Are Poachers Winning the War? It’s always sad to hear about animal poaching, especially when it’s endangered species that are being killed, and even moreso when the killing is caused by baseless superstitions.
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Photo: NOAA Photo Library / cc When a newborn humpback whale calf washed ashore on a beach in Australia’s Gold Coast early Monday morning, officials knew that time was of the essence to save the animal, and rescuers did not disappoint. Image credit: New York Times/Nicholas Kristoff Some time ago I posted on the efforts of Joe Jenkins and GiveLove.org to promote humanure composting toilets in Haiti . Join us at 3:30EDT as we livestream the great debate, with Prefab Prima Donna Michelle Kaufmann speaking for the affirmative, while Developer, Builder and prefab critic Chad Ludeman speaks for the negative, with respect to the resolution: Be It resolved that Prefabrication is a greener way to build. Judges are author Allison Arieff and Jetson Green’s Preston Koerner ( bios here ) and you, the viewer, via a poll we will post after the debate starts. … Photo credit: Mammut Mammut will soon celebrate 150 years of business and for much of that time they have been crafting product for climbers and mountaineers. (Some years ago this Swiss company purchased the Norwegian sleeping bag brand Ajungilak, who have an even longer history – they started 156 years ago) How hurricanes will respond to climate change , the future of agriculture in a warming world , and the link between tornadoes and global warming have long been cause for concern here on TreeHugger. But attributing any one event or phenomenon to climate change is both impossible, and probably counterproductive. Photo: ahisgett / cc Late last week, after more than a hundred whales threatening to beach themselves were spotted off the coast of an island in Scotland, dozens of locals worked together to save them — and their efforts seem to have worked. Thanks to a team of conservationists, fishermen and others, one group of disoriented pilot whales off the coast of South Uist were driven back towards deeper waters, and further from a suicidal fate that biologists have yet to fully understand…. Simran Sethi starts dreaming of spring gardening, with the goal of renewing her efforts to grow real food. Thanks to habitat restoration and the efforts of conservation groups, wild turkey populations have bounced back. Also discover heritage turkeys . One need not be a sailor to swear like one, and now a study suggests there’s a benefit to using bad words at the right time |
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