Posted by at Mar 6th, 2009 in Activism
Filed under: Celebrities , Movies, TV and Books , Activism He’s not as hairy as the “bears” we have in San Francisco, but Battlestar Galactica star Jamie Bamber shows a bit of manly chest fur in his PETA ad that protests hunting bears for ceremonial [...]
Posted by at Feb 25th, 2009 in Climate Change
Filed under: Climate Change , Plants and Wildlife Recent research says that tropical forests are absorbing more C02 than we thought they were. The study reports that trees within forests across Africa are getting bigger, and also trapping more C02 per year that original estimates. Researchers warn that [...]
Posted by at Feb 25th, 2009 in Climate Change
Filed under: Cars and Transportation , Movies, TV and Books , Climate Change
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Posted by at Feb 23rd, 2009 in Climate Change
Filed under: News , Climate Change Sometimes it feels like could just read bad weather news and climate change news all day. Here’s another story, taking place in Alaska. In Alaska, it’s not just the ice that is melting, but the actual coastline. Part of [...]
Posted by at Feb 23rd, 2009 in Climate Change
Filed under: News , Climate Change Last Friday, federal officials announced that California’s main source of water for agriculture, the federally-run Central Valley Project, is expected to go dry this year, as “zero allocation” was declared. On the state level, officials repeated their plans to cut the amount obtained from [...]
Posted by at Feb 18th, 2009 in Climate Change
Filed under: News , Travel and Vacation , Climate Change Maybe there is one good thing about the global economic slowdown — it’s being held responsible for an anticipated decline in the number of visitors to Antarctica over the 2008-2009 summer season. A [...]
Posted by at Feb 7th, 2009 in Climate Change
Filed under: Climate Change If you live in a cold weather clime and are feeling a bit sick of winter by this point, this one is for you. Spring is coming two days earlier on average, according to researchers at Berkeley, as published in the journal Nature . Sounds [...]
Posted by at Feb 1st, 2009 in Activism
Filed under: Food , Activism , Green Giving Green beans with almonds, mashed potatoes with chives and gravy, fruit cups, barbecue, tater tots and yogurt that’s about to meet its expiration date… familiar with any of these items? Perhaps you know them from your last catering [...]
Posted by at Jan 26th, 2009 in Climate Change
Filed under: Cars and Transportation , News , Polit-eco , Climate Change California has asked for it, and signs indicate that the Obama administration will indeed do it. That is, the environmental Protection Agency will reconsider allowing states set higher auto emission standards than the federal [...]
Posted by at Jan 18th, 2009 in Climate Change
Filed under: Home , Kids and Parenting , Climate Change
Looking for that perfect rug that really ties the room together, inspires depressing conversations, and generally evokes images of the apocalypse? I think this might be your best bet. I’ve heard of bearskin rugs, even vegan bearskin rugs , [...]
