By one estimate, for every acre of rain forest cut down each year, more than 50 acres of new forest are growing in the tropics on land that was once farmed, logged or ravaged by natural disaster. Read more here in the New York Times. This good … [Read more...] about New Jungles
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No Balance in Environmental Reporting at The New York Times: John Coleman
AT his popular New York Times blog, environmental journalist Andrew Revkin asks the question “Can a scientists be a Citizen, Too?” But what Mr Revkin is really asking is: should scientists become involved in advocacy? Mr Revkin provides the case … [Read more...] about No Balance in Environmental Reporting at The New York Times: John Coleman
Al Gore Visits Washington
With all due respect, we're doomed. Read more here. To fly around the globe spewing carbon everywhere you go to be just like our former vice president. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Al Gore Visits Washington
New ‘Save the Sea Kittens’ Campaign
Who could possibly want to put a hook through a sea kitten? Read more here. [Via Wes George] … [Read more...] about New ‘Save the Sea Kittens’ Campaign
A Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo and Two Messages for Australian Readers
THIS beautiful bird, a Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo, has been sitting in a tree outside my study perhaps wondering when I am going to refill the bird-feeder with some bird seed. The few times I have walked outside this afternoon the bird has squarked, … [Read more...] about A Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo and Two Messages for Australian Readers
Gillian Hogendyk Finalist in Rural Woman’s Award
GILLIAN Hogendyk is passionate about the Macquarie Marshes and, with her husband Chris, is involved in the restoration of a block they purchased some years ago. In part because of this work, Gillian has been selected as a finalist in this year’s … [Read more...] about Gillian Hogendyk Finalist in Rural Woman’s Award
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
