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The 10,000 Birds Conservation Club (Part One)
charliesbirdblog | November 22nd 2009
Sometimes the stars and the planets align and everything seems possible. Ideas flow and optimism reigns supreme. The winning roll-over lotto ticket is winking at you as you enter the store, and everything you touch turns to gold… At other time read more
Water Conservation = Rate Increase
Water News Network | November 20th 2009
Supply and Demand 101Supply goes up, demand goes down and price goes down.Demand goes up, supply goes down, price goes up.Unless you are guaranteed to have your bills paid by your bylaws. Then if you conserve 10%, demand goes down, supply goes read more
The Urban Sprawl: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You!
Articles on environment and ecology | November 20th 2009
We humans can be quite viral, like the common cold. We spread from place to place and clog up the lands and rivers by settling around them. Urban sprawl quite aptly describes the urbanization of green fields and lush forests, river valleys and farmla read more
Americans fight for right to dry laundry outside
A Distinctive World | November 20th 2009 by denise
America fighting for the right to dry their laundry outside against a rising tide of housing associations who oppose the practice despite its energy-saving green appeal. read more
CDP Launches Water Disclosure Project
Clean Energy Leader | November 20th 2009
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has launched a global water disclosure project to help businesses and institutional investors understand the risks and opportunities associated with water scarcity and other water-related issues, including greater read more
Baz Hughes, Slimbridge, and the Great Crane Project
Charlie's Bird Blog | November 20th 2009
I spent the afternoon of Wednesday 25th at Slimbridge, the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust’s (WWT) HQ, in the company of Dr Baz Hughes, WWT’s energetic and enthusiastic Head of Species Conservation. I’ve known Baz on and off for a number read more
An Old Southern Estate
Visual Thoughts | November 20th 2009 by D L Ennis
An old southern estate on a back road in Rockbridge County, Virginia. © 2009 D L Ennis, All rights reserved. NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs but is to include a link back to this site and proper read more
Eco Friendly Holiday Lighting
EasyEcoBlog.com | November 20th 2009 by Easy Eco Blog
photo credit: brdavids Tis the season for beautiful but costly light show displays, but new technology is coming to the rescue. LED or Light emitting diodes are more than 90% efficient, far better than traditional incandescent lights. They also can l read more
Day 51: Tana Blackmore
The Get Inspired! Project | November 19th 2009 by Jim Reece
“We’re so inundated with what we should be doing — all the conditioning of what we should be and how we should be and what we should look like — and that conditioning, if we can set that aside and allow a person to have the opportunit read more
AquaOne Technologies H2Orb Helps You Save Water
Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green | November 19th 2009 by Max Lee
Here is something that should be useful for bathrooms in our homes. The toilet is known to be one of the causes for wasted water and the one which escalates our water bill. This could be due to leaks or some defect. But now, all you have to do is at read more
Keeping to the Back Roads
Visual Thoughts | November 19th 2009 by D L Ennis
Even when traveling we keep to the back roads for the best scenes. © 2009 D L Ennis, All rights reserved. NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs but is to include a link back to this site and proper cre read more
Viewing the world as a system will help us establish sustainabili…
A Green Living Blog | November 19th 2009 by Andy Balasis
Paul Hawken was the keynote speaker at the Sustainable Industries Economic Forum in San Francisco on Thursday. He had some inspiring talking points (the forum’s goal was to ‘reinspire the inspired’), but one of the key takeaways wa read more
Rhinos: 11 Incredible Facts, Plus Photo Gallery
A Green Living Blog | November 19th 2009 by Andy Balasis
Thanks to rampant poaching and habitat destruction, rhinos have the unfortunate distinction of being one of the most endangered animals on earth. Over the last 30 years, the world’s overall rhinoceros population has declined by over 90% – read more
Happy anniversary to a plucky bird
Frog Blog | November 19th 2009
On this day 60 years ago, Geoffrey Orbell rediscovered the takahe in Fiordland. Photo from Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust The takahe or nortornis (Porphyrio hochstetteri) looks like a pukeko at first glance, but it’s a bit tougher. It ha read more
Google Says It Doesn't Want to Be a Utility
technica browser | November 19th 2009 by lindonlaco
Google fields questions about its Power Meter, its market strategy and the privacy of consumer data at a smart grid conference in California. read more
Thanksgiving 2009: an Eco-conscious Affair
The Green Connoisseur Blog | November 19th 2009 by Brian Mellett
Today marks one week before America celebrates Thanksgiving. This historically based holiday is regarded as a joyous time to gather family, enjoy turkey, and eat in excess. While food is a large part of the Thanksgiving experience, for the luxuriou read more
In Pursuit of a Smarter Grid
technica browser | November 19th 2009 by lindonlaco
At a conference in California, investors and entrepreneurs considered the myriad obstacles facing the development of a digitally enhanced electric grid. read more
The Youth Conservation Corps: Has Its Time Arrived? SPECIAL FEATU…
Changing Winds | November 19th 2009 by Jim Taggart
This post is a special to my blog. It’s longer than usual, but I want to ensure its completeness to address a problem facing America. I hope you’ll take the time to both read it and share it with friends. I’m an unabashed admirer of President F read more
Australia in Focus - Mount Tamborine’s great outdoors
Telescopes | November 19th 2009 by Zul Rahman
When it comes to naturally stunning destinations worlwide, Australia’s Mount Tamborine area ranks very highly and for good reason. Located approximately 60 kilometres south of the state of Queensland’s capital city of Brisbane, Tamborine Moun read more
A Beautiful Family
Visual Thoughts | November 19th 2009 by D L Ennis
A beautiful family of low land gorillas at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. © 2009 D L Ennis, All rights reserved. NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs but is to include a link back to this site an read more
Suzanne Case and The Nature Conservancy: Taking the LEED
Punahou Class of '74s Blog | November 19th 2009
November’s meeting of the Harvard Club was at the Nuuanu Avenue offices of The Nature Conservancy in Hawaii. Suzanne Case spoke about her organization’s success in having its office become LEED certified. The following story, taken from T read more
Don’t Shoot me or don’t eat me?
Will Fish For Work | November 19th 2009 by Wayne Mumford
Yesterday Montana’s controversial wolf hunt came to an end as the years quota’s for the various hunting units were met; two weeks before the official seasons end. I did however take the precautionary step of protecting my good friend with read more
Florida Scrub Lizard
Beetles In The Bush | November 19th 2009 by Ted C. MacRae
Tiger beetles were not the only rare endemic species that I encountered during my visit to the Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida last August. I didn’t know what this small lizard was as I watched it bolt from the trail and scamper for cover read more
MSNBC to Air 2 Hour Special on Animal Conservation: “100 Heartb…
Planetsave | November 18th 2009 by Lucille Chi
Writing for GreenOptions I sometimes get contacted by PR firms wanting to promote projects. Sight unseen I usually shrug them off, I happen to only write about items that I have seen or used, and can feel good about endorsing. When MSNBC contacted read more
The Awesome Elephants of Kuala Gandah
La Pari-Pari | November 18th 2009 by Karina Bahrin
Last Saturday we did one of those things that has been on my To Do list for a while - a day trip to the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary. Run by the Forestry Department, the sanctuary is part of a national elephant rehabilitation and translocati read more
Gratitude 18.30 ~ Preservation
A Joyful Day | November 18th 2009 by O. Joy St.Claire
I find myself constantly drawn to areas of wild uspoiled beauty. If I lived in another age, I would have been on the Lewis & Clark expedition! I am so very thankful for large tracts that have been preserved by Federal, State & local preservat read more
Aveling Artworks
blog.knicolekindred.com - sustainability, environment, devel… | November 18th 2009 by Nicole Kindred
Martin Aveling is a wildlife artist originally from the UK. He developed his passion for wildlife art in Africa, stimulated by the Continent’s sharp tropical light and dramatic colour palette. Through his paintings, Martin strives to raise the pro read more
Some good news, finally
Corn Car | November 18th 2009 by DK
Has it really been 9 days since our last update? Where does the time go? Oh yeah, to work and grad school. Right. Anyway, we do have some good news to report for once: a taxpayer-owned garbage-to-ethanol plant is in the works for rural Schneider, Ind read more
AIP Portfolio Management Tips
ArborInvestmentPlanner.com Blog | November 18th 2009 by Ken Faulkenberry, MBA - Investments
Invest in Emerging Markets – Jeremy J. Siegel writes “Today the outlook for technological growth is brighter than ever. For the first time in history, thousands of scientist and researchers form China, India, and other emerging markets are wo read more
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