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National Dehydration

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California wildfires and a dwindling water supply in Atlanta might prompt us to recreate the rain dance. (more)

Snake Oil for DragonOil?

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Is ridding the Earth's surface of industrial waste as easy as it's claimed to be? (more)

Gorillas Barely in our Midst

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The 2007 Red List of Threatened Species reports that western gorillas are "critically endangered." (more)

EcoNouveau Now

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EcoNouveau kicks off LA Fashion Week with a "green stilleto" leading the way. (more)

Electric Reefs

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Biorock technology uses electricity to regenerate our planet's dying coral reefs. (more)

The Rising Tide

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Greenland's rapidly melting glaciers have scientists alarmed. (more)

The Equatorial Badlands

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If temperatures around the world get higher, the countries closest to the equator will dry up first. (more)

Build Your Own Low-Impact Home

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A Welsh family built their low- impact woodland home with a chainsaw, hammer and chisel. (more)

The Eco-Hip Flick

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DiCaprio's MTV-generation environmental documentary, The 11th Hour, brings urgency and hope to an impending planetary crisis. (more)

Sustaining Humanity

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The period from 2005 to 2014 marks the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development – a United Nations initiative to encourage environmental responsibility through education. Such methods of learning can have real transformative power, raising awareness about humanity's impact on the planet. As citizens of the developed world, our biggest challenge lies in overcoming our “educated ignorance,” to embrace Sustainable Education and transform our relation to the Earth. (more)

The Ultimate Solar Battery

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The life- sustaining battery we call Earth needs a serious recharge. (more)

Back to the Savanna

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Simple lessons taken from the savanna might just save Earth's industrial farming dilemma. (more)

Are Foundations Shortchanging our Future?

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Our storehouses for "wealth for good" come up short for environmentalists. (more)

Trojan Fish

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Genetically-modified fish grow faster and larger, but may threaten fish populations with extinction because of the Trojan Gene Effect. (more)

Hollywood's Green Ark

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Evan Almighty arrives as the first green movie and a timely warning about climate change. (more)

The Wealth of Communities

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Bill McKibben's new book, Deep Economy, argues that society's true wealth doesn't come from markets. (more)

Agribusiness Fuels Forest Fires

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Smokey the Bear is on the lookout for the culprit behind blazes in Utah and California, and our farming practices may be it. (more)

Cargill Converts from The Dark Side?

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A multinational farming corporation wants to protect the rainforest. Is it corporate altruism or big business as usual? (more)

Moby Click

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Michel Andre is one of the world's great experts on the acoustics of the sperm whale. For years he was vexed about how to tell the clicking of individual whales apart when analyzing recordings made by groups of these Moby Dick-type whales foraging under water. Then he invited a Senegalese drummer, Arona N'Diaye Rose, to listen to his recording of a four-member unit of vocalizing sperm whales. Things started to "click" once he brought a drummer into the mix. (more)

Green Washing 2.0?

Wal-Mart Bulb Small.jpgMany corporate giants are riding the green wave, as an e-letter from the Corporate Research Project reports. (more)

Green-Space Race

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2000 square meters of grass was recently laid in London's Trafalgar Square to promote green spaces and villages in the city.

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We Can Wean Ourselves off Oil

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An encounter with post-oil visionary Richard Heinberg reveals once again how we can downshift our addiction and break the habit. (more)

To Whale or Not to Whale

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Countries are trying to legalize whale hunting. But as we consider the question, we should look at the ivory market for guidance. (more)

Fueled by Fossils, Fueled By Extinction

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Solar, wind and electrically powered vehicles offer an alternative to extinction – like this Eclectic. (more)

Learning from An Oil Crunch in Cuba

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The film The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil explores Cuba’s sudden loss of oil in the 1990s, and the country's embrace of sustainablity. (more)

Solar Powered Garbage Bins

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Montréal joins a growing list of cities cutting down on fuel consumption and emissions and generally clearing the air by installing solar powered trash bins. (more)

Ancient Trade Routes Lead to Sustainablity

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If food was once delivered by boat or camel, it can be sustainably delivered today. (more)

Rise And Shine!

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This thermal power plant is Europe's first commercial solar energy station, producing electricity for thousands of people in southern Spain. (more)