Ms. Monley worked on more than 60 movies, including “The African Queen” and “Out of Africa.”
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Wikimedia / CC BY 1.0 Local Kenyans and environmentalists are celebrating British firm G4 Industries Limited’s recent pullout from a 28,000-hectare biofuel project in Kenya that they say would have destroyed a wetland ecosystem crucial for regional wildlife, the Tana River Delta. The company said it is pulling out because of increasing evidence of environmental issues…. Read the full story on TreeHugger © Sanergy The problem of dealing with human waste in a world with seven billion people is enormous and controversial; that’s why the Gates Foundation is investing $42 million in developing high tech solutions. Photo: prixpictet Bull elephant killed for his tusks, Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy Chris Jordan’s work may be familiar to TreeHuggers because he has been photographing environmental issues for years. He has depicted the ravages of the oceans, and many photos showing the horrors of mass-consumerism in the world. Now he has turned his talents to Africa Image: DFID via flickr We hear a lot about the impact of climate change on agriculture , especially smallholder farmers , but there’s a group of people who advise those farmers who are also affected: rainmakers. This may sound like a joke to people who have constant access to advanced technology (and, for example, can consume their news online), but in regi… Read the full story on TreeHugger Image credit: McKay Savage , used under Creative Commons license. Oh dear. Even as the promising signs of a clean energy revolution keep coming and as low carbon technologies provide a bright spot in a faltering economy , there are those who push for lower ambitions and a heavy dose of fossil fuels to magically get us out of our environmenta… Wangari Maathai’s was a life of firsts — and many parts. Visionary founder of the Green Belt Movement , Maathai was an advocate in Africa and beyond for social justice, human rights, democracy, and peace Image: Mainichi Corporation via The Green Belt Movement When I interviewed Wangari Maathai in July 2004, I had no idea she would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize just a few months later. By the time the award was announced, I had booked tickets from New York to Nairobi to volunteer with her organization, the Green Belt Movement… Image credit: Ecofilms Australia The other day, I posted a video on how one Australian farmer was using weeds and water to regenerate degraded land . Perusing Permaculture TV , I came across another video from Ecofilms Australia of one Aussie farmer who planted more than 1000 trees along a 2km “swale” (a water harvesting di.. Wangari Maathai knew her country’s wilderness was priceless. Still, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate — who died of cancer on Sunday at the age of 71 — dedicated much of her life to the idea that putting a price tag on nature’s goods and services can pay huge dividends for human health, the environment and local economies. |
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