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Otter Chaos: Otters Frolic In The Snow (VIDEO)

Posted 12.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Yellowstone National Park, Conservation, Youtube, Animals, National Geographic, Otters, Video, Environment, Green News

Watching wild animals interact and play in their natural environment never ceases to amaze us. Check out these otters as they frolic in the water and ...

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Stem Cells' Next Use: Fighting Extinction?

voiceofsandiego.org | JONATHAN PARKINSON | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Conservation, Stem Cell Research, Animals, Extinction, Stem Cells, Green News

Conservationists work constantly through habitat protection and other means to save these and other endangered species. And now they are adding a new ...

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A Jane Goodall Thanksgiving

Michael Winship | Posted 11.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Religion, Gombe National Park, Jane Goodall, Creationism, Louis Leakey, Thanksgiving, Environment, Conservation, Evolution, Habitat, Tanzania, Chimpanzees, Sarah Palin, "Roots for Shoots, Bill Moyers, Tarzan, "Jane Goodall Institute, Thanksgiving Commentary, Entertainment News

My Thanksgiving list this year includes Jane Goodall, who was interviewed by my colleague Bill Moyers for this week's edition of Bill Moyers Journal on PBS.

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Energy Bookshelf: Ten More Worth Your Time Than Super Freaky Crap

A. Siegel | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Richard Littlemore, Farm City, Plan B 4.0, Green, Eco-Friendly, Sustainability, Climate Change, Environmental, No Impact Man, Book Reviews, Global Warming Deniers, Climate Delayers, Global Warming, Energy, Colin Bean, Conservation, Green Building, 2044, Energy Bookshelf, Plan B, Catastrophic Climate Change, Science as a Contact Sport, Almost Green, Stephen Schneider, Building Green, James Glave, Eric Lotke, Keith Farnish, Operation Redwood, Lester Brown, S Terrell French, Evironmental, Carbon Dioxide, Novella Carpenter, Climate Cover-Up, James Hoggan, Greg Caven, Green News

The authors of Superfreakonomics super(freaky)star status means that they and their travesty of a book will get attention despite its non-truthful truthiness and misleading mediocrity on climate-change.

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Money Invested In Conservation Yields Enormous Returns

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Forests, Coral Reefs, Environmental Conservation, Un Climate Summit, Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Study, Environment, Conservation, Green News

Money invested in protecting nature can bring huge financial returns, according to a major investigation into the costs and benefits of the natural wo...

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Rafflesia: New Hope For Saving The World's Biggest And Weirdest Flower

The Independent | Relax News | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Southeast Asia, Flowers, Conservation, Malaysia, Sustainability, World's Biggest Flower, Ecotourism, Rafflesia, Green News

Deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia blooms the world's biggest flower -- a massive fleshy orb designed by nature to attract insects by mimicking the...

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Oceanophilia: The Neuroscience of Emotion and the Ocean

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact

Read More: Conservation, Science, Neuroscience, Emotion, Marine Biology, Impact News

Let's mine neuroscience to develop a set of powerful conservation tools that educators, advocates, policymakers and scientists can use to better and more deeply engage, inspire and lead people in the restoration and protection of our beloved ocean.

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Caught in the Act: Philippe Cousteau's Pet Peeve

Kathy Eldon | Posted 11.06.2009 | Impact

Read More: Clean Water, Environmentalism, Creative-Visions-Foundation, Conservation, Philippe Cousteau, Oceans, Philippe Cousteau Jr, Impact News

I recently caught up with Philippe Cousteau Jr., following in the footsteps of his grandfather, famed French explorer Jacques Cousteau, encouraging young people to use their power to change the world around them.

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Alanis Morisette To Run Edward Norton's Maasai Marathon Challenge

Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: New York City Marathon, Edward Norton, Masaii, Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, Biodiversity, David Blaine, Conservation, Alanis Morisette, Fundraising, Impact News

On the heels of completing a marathon on behalf of a national eating disorder association, musician Alanis Morisette has pledged to run another. She i...

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Watching The World's Water Quality And Quantity

Lissa Coffey | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Population, Lissa Coffey, Global, Water Pollution, Water, The Giving Life, Sustainability, Conservation, Crisis, Green Living, Matt Damon, Pollution, Sanitation, Living News

According to the World Health Organization, approximately 884 million people are without adequate drinking water, and 2.5 billion people are without adequate water for sanitation.

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Newtown Wastewater Treatment Plant, A Smelly and Unique Stop-Off In Greenpoint During Open House New York

Katharine Jose | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Trash, New York Trash, Urban Waste, Enviromental Technology, Brooklyn, Conservation, New York Waste, Green Living, Green Energy, New York, New York City, City Waste, Greenpoint, Water Treatment, Toxic Waste, Newtown Wastewater Treatment Plant, Biodegradable, Waste, New York News

By 12 p.m. on Saturday, October 10, all the free tours of the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant were full. The tall chain-link fence gate was o...

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5 Essential Green Living Skills Our Grandparents Knew

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: How to Save Money, Conservation, Gardening, Green Living, Save Money, Sewing, Go Green, Cooking, Green News

Our grandparent's generation didn't use the word green to describe their lifestyle, but many of the things they knew how to do are now considered to b...

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Go Nuts To Help Save The Dormouse

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Endangered Animals, Conservation, Dormouse, Endangered Species, Cute Animals, Animals, Green News

A conservation charity has urged the public to scour woodlands for half-eaten hazelnuts to help track down and record the whereabouts of the elusive, ...

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US Blocks Drilling At 60 Sites In Utah -- Approval Process Under Bush "Mishandled"

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Energy, Conservation, Natural Gas, Ken Salazar, Oil Drilling, Drilling Blocked in Utah, Utah, Green News

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday that oil and gas drilling will be permitted on some of the Utah land parcels near nati...

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Tell Your Senators to Save Our National Parks From Global Warming

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Glacier National Park could lose all its glaciers, Joshua Tree National Park all its Joshua trees and Saguaro National Park all its saguaros, according to a new report on climate change from NRDC.

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UN's Forest Protection Scheme At Risk For Crime And Fraud

The Guardian | John Vidal | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Prince Charles, Carbon Markets, Carbon Emissions, Rainforest, Carbon Trading, Un Climate Summit, Redd, Conservation, Sustainability, Un, Forest Protection, Prince's Rainforest Project, UN Climate Change, Greece, Tom Cruise, Foreign Policy, Green News

Experts on all sides of the debate, from international police to politicians to conservationists, have warned this week that the scheme, called Reduci...

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Mad Men: "Souvenir" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mad Men, Betty Draper, 1963, Grace Kelly, Conrad Hilton, Rome, Jon Hamm, January Jones, Virna Lisi, Don Draper, Nelson Rockefeller, Conservation, Bryn Mawr, Los Angeles, New York, La Dolce Vita, Entertainment News

This episode was a big showcase for January Jones, a stunning beauty who is also a very good actress. Forget Don, this was the Betty Draper show.

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Walking with Lions: The Myth of Conservation

Panthera | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Walking With Lions, South Africa, Conservation, Hunting, Lions, Cubs, Lion Conservation, Africa, Wildlife, Green News

The 'lion encounter' industry is only that -- an industry. Churning out cubs for photo opportunities is a great revenue earner but none of those cubs are set free.

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Director Dan Stone Brings The Battle to Save The Whales to Us

Brad Balfour | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Environment, Whales, Dan Stone, Ecology, At the Edge of the World, Conservation, Dolphins, Cetaceans, New York News

Stone discusses his documentary At The Edge of The World, screened tonight at the HBO Theatre. It's the true story of a David-like struggle to stop the unnecessary and egregious hunting of whales.

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Best Idea: See for Yourself What's Worth Saving

Susan Smartt | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Education, Conservation, Second Century Commission, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, National Parks, Green News

Instilling in our children a strong personal connection to our National Parks can be a catalyst for life-long conservation and stewardship.

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Team Earth Campaign Brings Together Harrison Ford, the President of Guyana, CEOs, and a Life-Size Origami Forest

ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

As a "global sustainability movement" that'll include just about everyone - from educators to scientists to businesses to non-profits and little kids - Team Earth's first campaign centers on tackling deforestation.

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Is Saving Pandas A Giant Waste Of Time?

The Guardian | Interviews by Leo Benedictus | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Conservation, Saving Pandas, Animals, Pandas, Green News

I don't want the panda to die out. I want species to stay alive that's why I get up in the morning. I don't even kill mosquitoes or flies. So if panda...

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A Kilowatt Earned is a Kilowatt Saved

Patti Prairie | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Conservation, Social Media, Climate Change, Franklin Roosevelt, Henry David Thoreau, Benjamin Franklin, Brighter Planet, Ban Ki-Moon, Global Warming, Green News

Benjamin Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, and Theodore Roosevelt made the environment personal, not an abstract untouchable concept. We need to do the same on climate change.

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Save Cash by Going Green: 4 Tips

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Motoring, Fuel, Energy, Gas Prices, Gas, Driving, Landfills, Charity, Carbon Emissions, Economy, Green, Conservation, Green Living, Saving Money, Coal, Methane, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, Oil Prices, Environment, Earth Hour, Food, Sierra Club, Cash, Going Green and Saving Money, Green Tips, Green News

Going green doesn't just save the outside world. It also can preserve the hard-earned money in your bank account.

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Conservation's Unsung Heroes: The Best Story's Never Told

Panthera | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Conservation, Tiger Conservation, Panthera, Siberian Tigers, China, Heroes, Wildlife, Poaching, Green News

In many countries around the world, working to save wildlife is viewed as a lowly position with little to no recognition accompanied by a meager and inconsistent paycheck.

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