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Earth: Love It or Leave It

Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D. | Posted 05.30.2013 | Green
Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D.

In her new book, The Green Boat, Pipher argues that there is still time to save our fragile planet -- but this will involve changing our thinking and actions in significant ways.

Biocide: A Memorial Day for Planet Earth

William Astore | Posted 05.24.2013 | Politics
William Astore

For our children and their children, Memorial Day weekend may become a time to reflect on another loved one lost: Mother Earth.

This Earth Day, Be a Hero

Dina Khayal | Posted 04.22.2013 | Green
Dina Khayal

Despite the great progress that has been made since the first Earth Day, environmentalists still need your help and ongoing support to protect and preserve the planet, and its creatures. There are so many ways to get involved this Earth Day.

Yelp Reviews on Life

Leslie Goshko | Posted 03.22.2013 | Comedy
Leslie Goshko

Much like chocolate and peanut butter, Mork and Mindy, Jack and Coke, certain things just belong together. Which is why it's about time that the follo...

Violence, Redemption, and the Power of Song

Shyla Nelson | Posted 05.04.2013 | Impact
Shyla Nelson

In the wake of the trauma, I was at war with my own body. I stopped eating and began wasting away. Singing became excruciating, then impossible, until I completely lost my voice.

REVEALED: What Kept Early Earth From Freezing

Posted 01.03.2013 | Science

By: Charles Q. Choi Published: 01/03/2013 02:06 PM EST on SPACE.com Collisions among molecules in early Earth’s atmosphere may have prevented ou...

WATCH: What If Everyone On Earth Jumped At Same Time?

The Huffington Post | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 08.26.2012 | Science

It's kind of a scary question: what would happen if everyone on Earth jumped at precisely the same moment? A giant tsunami-inducing earthquake? Would ...

Nature Porn!

Posted 07.03.2012 | Arts

Although the powers that be may censor our art and our porn, they can never take our nature porn from us! We are currently drooling over Dutch photogr...

WATCH: Cute Kids + Cute Animals = This

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 04.23.2012 | Parents

Move over, David Attenborough. The "Planet Earth" narrator has competition -- and they haven't even graduated from second grade. In this video, ...

Humble Pie

Seth Shostak | Posted 03.05.2012 | Science
Seth Shostak

The next time you check your moves in the mirror and reflect on how special you are, consider that somewhere in this universe or in another parallel universe, your double might be doing the same.

WATCH: The Making Of Earth, From 'A Boiling Ball Of Liquid Rock'

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 09.29.2011 | Green

Every once in a while there's something so cool that you forget about work, errands, or whatever else you have to do for a few minutes to watch it. ...

The Best Books For The Armchair Traveler

flavorwire.com | Posted 06.27.2011 | Books

Skiing in the Alps, laying back in roomy, first-class seats, shopping in Milan — it’s the life, isn’t it? Unfortunately, it’s not the life tha...

Where are Planet Earth and Humanity Today?

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 05.27.2011 | World
Patrick Takahashi

In the beginning, there was the Big Bang... 13.75 billion years ago. Humans first developed as long as 100,000 years ago. In a 24-hour clock, this i...

Water, Water, Everywhere

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
George Heymont

What happens when a profession becomes obsolete? Or when no one wishes to carry on a tradition? A tiny community of skin divers in the Korean Strait constitutes the last generation that will earn its living underwater.

Easy on the Eye, Easy on the Planet!

Anna Griffin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Anna Griffin

One of the more brilliant aspects of my job as Editor in Chief of Coco Eco is meeting amazing and inspiring people who are out there actively engaged ...

Twitter's earthXplorer: Simply Amazing!

2morrowknight | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
2morrowknight

"What a Wonderful World" could easily be the theme song for the award-winning, world-class adventurer J.D. Andrews, who tweets under the name, earthXplorer.

What Mother Nature Is Saying About Us

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Deepak Chopra

Today, few people connect ecology with a divine creation. We ruthlessly plunder the limited resources that remain. The question, then, is whether a new set of beliefs about Nature can emerge?

Michael Jackson Remembered: 'Planet Earth' (VIDEO)

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Deepak Chopra

On the one year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death I'd like to share with you a poem I co-wrote with him which was published in his book "Dancing the Dream."

Open Your Eyes To The Wonder Of Life

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Cathleen Falsani

Life, which airs in two one-hour episodes each Sunday night for five weeks, is a joint project between Discovery and the BBC and is the follow-up to the much-heralded, truly epic series Planet Earth.

LIFE Is Here (VIDEO): The Discovery Channel's Planet Earth Follow-Up Begins

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

The moment has arrived-- LIFE is finally here! The 11-part Discovery Channel series exploring the animal kingdom premiered Sunday, and we at HuffPost ...

Our Vanishing Wilderness: First Environmental T.V. Series Now Available Online (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Before Planet Earth came Our Vanishing Wilderness. The 70s environmental T.V. series was groundbreaking for its time, as it was not only the first env...

Under The Sea: Half Of Earth's Life May Lie Below Land, Sea

McClatchy | Robert S. Boyd | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Scientists estimate that nearly half the living material on our planet is hidden in or beneath the ocean or in rocks, soil, tree roots, mines, oil wel...

LIFE, Discovery Channel's New Series, Follows Up On Planet Earth (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Attention all Planet Earth fanatics. After four years of production, the Discovery Channel is releasing a follow-up series called LIFE that will fill ...

The Moon's Feud With NASA

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
R. B. Stuart

NASA came forward today, not to discuss their erroneous decision to lob a Centaur rocket at the moon on October 9, 2009---but to share their probe ...

A Look At Michael Jackson's New Poem 'Planet Earth'

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
John Lundberg

The newly released Michael Jackson album This It It, a twenty track, two-CD set accompanying the release of the movie of the same name, features one of Jackson's poems, called "Planet Earth."