In the middle of the world’s 6th great extinction, it is hard to find a lot of positive news on biodiversity and saving species — we currently have a rate of extinction the world has not seen since dinosaurs went extinct…
Brazil’s Minister of the Environment: “The time for talking is over. It is time for providing answers, solutions, actions.”
Brazil’s Minister of Environment, Izabella Teixeira, delivered a statement to the COP10 Convention on Biological Diversity yesterday, highlighting Brazil’s positions and priorities for the remainder of the negotiations in Nagoya, Japan. Minister Teixeira’s statement came on the first day of…
Report: Asian Megacities to Get Billions of Dollars Damage from Climate Change
A major report was released this week on the potential impacts of climate change on three major Asian cities. The news isn’t good. These three major coastal cities alone (all with populations of 10 million or more) — Bangkok, Manila,…
Pumpkin Soup with Coconut Milk and Curry
We had a sort of big pumpkin festival here in Wrocław (Poland) a couple weeks ago. We decided to pick up a pumpkin, a butternut squash and some other hard squash that I had never seen before. Neither of us…
Greenpeace UK’s Rainbow Warriors [VIDEO]
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Great video of the Rainbow Warrior. And the request from the Greenpeace UK YouTube page: She’s confronted environmental crime for 21 years. She has been shot at, rammed and impounded while defending our world. But now she’s worn out, struggling…
Healthy Halloween Treats: Pumpkin Bread, Raw Coconut Macaroons, Carob Balls, & More
The fun of costumes and sweet foods has become the focus of this time of year. Hot apple cider; warm pumpkin bread or pie; friendly spiders; and webs of community fun, mystery, and magic are all over the place. Sugary treats…
Put Medical Waste in the Mail – Not in Your Landfill
This guest post comes to us from David P. Tusa, CEO and President of Sharps Compliance Corp. (Nasdaq: SMED), a leading full-service provider of cost-effective management solutions for medical waste and unused dispensed medications generated outside the healthcare facility setting.…
Expanding Microloan Opportunities for U.S. Small Businesses
Yesterday, Kiva, an organization focused on alleviating poverty through microfinance, announced that it is now partnering with Visa to reach more people in more areas of the country. Visa is giving Kiva $1 million to “expand opportunities for U.S. small…
11-Minute Film of San Francisco Days Before the 1906 Earthquake
CBS recently dug up and released an 11-minute reel of film from days before the big earthquake of 1906. The video has been named “A Trip Down Market Street” and is shot from a Market Street cable car. The video…
Update on San Francisco Happy Meal Toy Ban
Last week, I wrote about the San Francisco Healthy Meals Incentive ordinance, which would ban the inclusion of toys in unhealthy fast food meals (i.e. in Happy Meals). As I wrote previously, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use…