Ecosystem

Five Natural Sites Where Humans Threaten Biodiversity (PHOTOS)

Laura DiMugno | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Barrier Reef, World Heritage Sites, Poaching, Conservation, Habitat, Pollution, Animals, Everglades, Endangered, Ecology, Nature, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Madagascar, Deforestation, Wildlife, Slidepollajax, Green News

Sadly, 35 of 200+ sites designated as natural World Heritage properties are considered in danger and face threats such as pollution, human armed conflict, poaching, uncontrolled urbanization, and unchecked tourism and development.

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Making the Earth Our BFF

Patricia Draznin | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Digital Technology, Recycle, Compost, Ecosystem, Environment, Green, Earth Day 2012, Reusable, Pollution, Carbon Footprint, Comedy News

With Earth Day hurtling toward us faster than you can skin a free-range carrot, we consider our nation's progress in cleaning up the ecosystem that we've been trashing for decades. Here at the Oh Zone, we did what any skilled researcher would do to find the answer. We asked Siri.

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WATCH: Jaw-Dropping Vertical Forest

Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Stefano Boeri, Video, Milan, Vertical Forest, Green Architecture, Bosco Verticale, Ecosystem, Italy, Crazy Architecture, Milan Architecture, Self Sufficient, Arts News

Milan, one of the trendsetting capitals of the world, is applying their avant-garde tactics off the runway as well with 'vertical forests'. The ci...

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Are We Part of a Single Living Organism?

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Ecosystem, Plants, Cells, Green Living, Animals, Biodiversity, Consciousness, Green News

I have learned that life is a complex play of cells, some that are around when you're young, some when you're old, but that all, regardless of species, are parts of one organism expanding and contracting in space and time.

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Infinite Wealth for All

Robert David Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bio-Capital, Synergy, Cybernetics, Human Scale, Resilient Earth, Diet, Imagination, Integrity, Seven Generations, Holistic Thinking, Ecosystem, Ecological Economics, Cyber-Intelligence, Books News

Last week, in the aftermath of the No Labels debacle, I focused on the Diversity of Voices & Values, while standing to salute Tom Atlee's proposition ...

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Time To Put The Pressure On For Small Hydro

Dar Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ecosystem, Renewable Energy, Hydropower, Dar Williams, Department of Energy, Hydro, Green News

There's something about smaller scale hydro power that gets the imagination going.

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Climate: A "Plan B" for Team Obama

William S. Becker | Posted 05.25.2011

Congress's failure to act on global climate change was one of the reasons the diplomatic atmosphere was so chilly last year in Copenhagen. Now, Congress has chilled the atmosphere again.

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Into the Wild

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiking, Granite Chief, Forest Hill, Children, Backpacking, American River, Remote, Nature, Mother Earth, Ecosystem, Wilderness, Camping, Camp, Sierras, Travel News

We call an experience like camping going into "nature" or "the wilderness." But actually, if you think about it, these words are quite unnecessary. We should really just have a word for "not nature".

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Great Blog Post But Bad Commenting Ecosystem

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pet Peeve, Facebook, Injustice, Tumblr, Initial Post, Blogs, Pros and Cons, Heart, Share Information, Social Networks, Blog, Disservice, Ecosystem, Dozens, Intense Debate, Mistake, Media News

There is very little value in having a blog and creating exceptional content to then have a poor commenting system or worse no commenting system at all.

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Dream a Little Dream of Me

Norman Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ecosystem, ENOUGH ALREADY?, Entertainment News

Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner CEO, is a decent person, but his company's relentless pursuit of profitability stifles what I would call true freedom of expression in our country.

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Are Privacy Groups Being Hyper-Sensitive Over Google Buzz

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Google Buzz is a week old and it has set the social networking ecosystem into a frenzy. Many opinions are polarized -- love it or hate it.

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One Cubic Foot Of Life (PHOTOS): More Than One Thousand Organisms Found In Small Spaces

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Geographic, One Cubic Foot Life, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Environment, One Cubic Foot Organisms, E.O. Wilson, Animals, Organisms, Slideshow, Slidepoll, Green News

Special from National Geographic by Edward O. Wilson, photographs by David Liittschwager "When you thrust a shovel into the soil or tear off a piece ...

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Big Stakes at Pebble Mine: NRDC Launches Bristol Bay BioGem Campaign

Taryn Kiekow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Seals, Salmon, Bristolbay, Biogems, Whales, Mining, Bristol Bay Salmon Population, Ecosystem, Environment, Pebble Mine, Alaska Mining, Cook Inlet Beluga Whale, Bristol Bay Mining, Ecosystem Protection, Green News

Although the foreign mining partnership claims that it will "respect all of Alaska's natural resources," the stakes are too great to roll the dice.

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Taking a Haircut for Our Grandchildren

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Quality, Ecosystem, Environment, Environmental Performance Index, Air Quality, Green Living, Green News

Rich or poor, from the most advanced to the most primal, all citizens of the world and their governments must make lifestyle changes to clean up the planet.

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