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A Chorus for Elephants

Carter Roberts | Posted 05.12.2013 | Green
Carter Roberts

Last week, that rare moment happened with 1.5 million voices from 227 countries and territories coming together in a call to end the ivory trade in Thailand, home to one of the biggest unregulated ivory markets in the world. Their shared vision: to save the world's elephants.

Oxfam's Brands Scorecard Hints at a Better Way for Sustainability: Let the Competitive Juices Flow

Scott Poynton | Posted 04.29.2013 | Business
Scott Poynton

Oxfam just released its "Behind the Brands" scorecard and we can be sure that CEOs at each of the 10 ranked companies went straight to the overview to see where they were placed; concern for their actual score would have been secondary and a deeper look at the details behind the scores third.

Billy Corgan's Wrestling Company Celebrates Year Anniversary With Jake 'The Snake' Roberts; Smashing Pumpkins Reissue Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Lauren Drell | Posted 01.30.2013 | Entertainment
Lauren Drell

Billy Corgan and brothers Gabe and Jacques Baron are set to celebrate their wrestling company Resistance Pro's one-year anniversary and the Smashing Pumpkins front man and co-promoters are celebrating large.

Myanmar: The Next Environmental Frontier

Carter Roberts | Posted 01.20.2013 | World
Carter Roberts

A tsunami of foreign investors and development projects are eager to capitalize on a country just beginning to introduce itself to the world and anxious to bring in much needed investment. The question is: what will it keep and what will it lose in the process?

Honoring an Old-School Warrior

Carter Roberts | Posted 12.18.2012 | Green
Carter Roberts

This week a bipartisan group of leaders from industry, government, and civil society came together to memorialize Russell E. Train, environmental visionary, public servant, author, and self-described "conservative conservationist."

The Worst Country For Wildlife Crime

AP | MIKE IVES | Posted 09.21.2012 | Green

AN BINH, Vietnam (AP) — Nineteen tigers prowl outdoor cages the size of dormitory rooms, nibbling frayed wire fences and roaring at a caretaker who ...

How Drones Can Help Save Endangered Species

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 06.21.2012 | Green

Poaching has long contributed to the dwindling populations of endangered species worldwide. Now, conservationists in Nepal are combating the illeg...

The Country Most Dedicated To Cleantech

Posted 06.11.2012 | Green

A new report from the World Wildlife Fund shows that China continues to lead the world in clean energy technology manufacturing (cleantech). Denmark t...

207 Kilometer Oil Pipeline Through Peru's Amazon Is Delayed

David Hill | Posted 08.04.2012 | Green
David Hill

Construction of an oil pipeline running for approximately 207 kilometers through one of the most remote, biodiverse parts of the Peruvian Amazon has been delayed.

G8 Deaf to Climate Change Warnings by International Energy Agency

Kelly Rigg | Posted 07.21.2012 | Green
Kelly Rigg

When the chief economist for the International Energy Agency issues a dire warning, you'd think the world's leaders would sit up and take notice.

New Report Takes Stock Of Planet's Health

Posted 05.14.2012 | Green

Humans are currently using the equivalent of one and a half Earths to support our activities. This and other startling findings were revealed today wi...

Last Javan Rhino In Vietnam Killed By Poachers, Group Says

AP | By MIKE IVES | Posted 12.25.2011 | Green

HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam has lost its fight to save its rare Javan rhinoceros population after poachers apparently killed the country's last animal f...

Online Swear Jar Allows Users To Donate To Charity For Talking Sh*t Online

Posted 12.06.2011 | Impact

Twitter stars, such as the loose-lipped fake @MayorEmanuel and feisty Canadian mom @KellyOxford, are known for letting expletives fly on the microblo...

Panda Bashing: Reflections on NGO-Business Partnerships

Scott Poynton | Posted 11.01.2011 | Green
Scott Poynton

Prenuptial dances between businesses and NGOs now focus more on questions of delivery. What are you delivering? How are you doing it? Is it bringing real change in the eyes of the people that count?

The Coolest Billboard Ever?

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.28.2011 | Green

Together with the World Wildlife Federation, on June 23 Coca-Cola unveiled a billboard in the Philippines that's actually good for the city it inhabit...

Former WWE Star: I Was Molested As Kid

tmz.com | 19 Minutes Ago by TMZ Staff   | Posted 08.07.2011 | Sports

Former WWE wrestler X-Pac says he suffered years of sexual abuse as a child -- and he's opening up about his emotional struggle in the hopes of helpin...

How NGOs Are Using Data Maps to Communicate Problems

Andrew Turner | Posted 07.23.2011 | Impact
Andrew Turner

With their international reach, abundance of data, and lack of access to data scientists, NGOs can benefit greatly from being able to employ easy to use data analysis and mapping technologies.

Remembering Randy "Macho Man" Savage

Jon Chattman | Posted 07.21.2011 | Sports
Jon Chattman

There will never be another Savage. Without him, there would be no "Stone Cold" Steve Austin or "heels" you could root for. As a wrestler, I idolized him. As a man, I respected him.

Wrestling Legend 'Macho Man' Randy Savage Dies

Posted 07.20.2011 | Sports

Legendary wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage died on Friday in a car accident near Tampa, Fla., TMZ reports. According to the accident report, Savag...

Are We Living Out ‘The Lorax’?

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 06.29.2011 | Green

Every minute, we lose 36 football fields-worth of forests. Are we living out Dr. Seuss’s environmental fable, “The Lorax”? WWF recently relea...

WWF and Leonardo Dicaprio Restructure the Year of the Tiger

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Wendy Diamond

A hundred years ago there were 100,000 tigers in the wild. Today there are as few as 3,200.

Davos 2011: Welcome to the World of the "G-Everybody"

Aron Cramer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Aron Cramer

Welcome to the world where our information, perspectives and influence come from more sources than we can possibly count.

New Eco-Friendly File Format Prevents Printing

Mother Nature Network | Siel Ju | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Don't want your e-mail attachments to get printed? Save it as a WWF file and foil attempts to put your document on paper....

Over 1,000 Illegal Tiger Parts Seized In Past Decade

AP | DENIS D. GRAY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

BANGKOK — More than 1,000 parts of tigers slain by poachers across Asia have been seized over the past decade, raising fears that the big cats a...

Russian Bears Eating Corpses

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

A scorchingly hot summer has left Russia's vast population of bears without their traditional sources of food, leading the animals to dig up human cor...