Earth is an Oil-Coal-ho...
For better and worse we live in an in-between time. A trying-to-get-clean time. A turn-our-backs-on-coal-and-oil-and-change-the-scene-to-green time. (sorry) Earth will soon realize (or maybe she already has) that as she fights her addiction, some of the people she thought were friends will try to keep her on the “junk.” They’ll tell her that it’s not bad for her and that anyone who tells her otherwise is not her real friend. Her other friends will try to show her that it is...
Sunny D Goes Zero-Waste...
photo via IDSGN.org Today, Inhabitat reported that all of Sunny Delight’s U.S. and Spanish companies have gone zero-waste to landfill. While this could be a positive change for the company, Inhabitat thinks that the corporation’s star product (Sunny D), which contains a lot of high-fructose corn syrup, cancels out the zero-waste achievement. Yes, high-fructose corn syrup is bad for us. But so is sending exorbitant amounts of waste to landfills. And sure, it’d be...Sean Penn and Zach Gali...
Sean Penn and Zach Galifianakis — er, we mean his twin brother, Seth — sit down to discuss important issues like Lakers’ games, Speed Stick, and Sean Penn’s charity work in earthquake-ravaged Haiti . For about a split second. Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Sean Penn from Between Two Ferns via Ecorazzi Post from: BlissTree Sean Penn and Zach Galifianakis Talk About Haiti (Sort of): Videos That Crack Us Up Read the original: Sean Penn and Zach Galifianakis...
Political Squabbling Ho...
photo: US Fish & Wildlife Service via flickr While BP just concluded that a whole slew of missteps led to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent Gulf Gusher, so it seems a whole bunch of political squabbling seems to be holding up distribution of some $500 million in research money pledged to investigate the ecological effects of the spill. OnEarth goes into more detail, but this is the gist of it:… Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original: Political...
‘Earth Destroyers’ ...
Rocking loud and hard is often what they do best, but as eco-awareness continues to permeate our consciousness, we’re also expecting our favorite musical acts to consider how their touring efforts affect our planet as well. There are a few notable standouts such as Sheryl Crow and her hefty environmental rider , Ben Sollee ‘s two-wheeled, pedal-to-the-metal tour and Jack Johnson ’s eco-tour (100% of the profits which benefit charity), but what are the thousands of other...
Googling for Extinction...
In the science of ecology, a network of inter-dependent, predator-prey relationships is known as a “food web”. For ecologists, one of the most crucial problems to solve is identifying the consequences (to the web, or ecosystem) when one species goes extinct. What’s more, certain species seem to be more critical in keeping these webs functioning; when they go extinct, they cause one or more co-extinctions . But due to these complexities, determining which species in...
Going Green Tip #6: Cut...
Continuing on with our Going Green Tips series, Going Green Tip #6 should be no surprise (we’re starting with the big boys). The general tip is to stop using coal power. Easier said than done, right? Maybe, but it is VERY important, and there are a lot of reasons why it’s easier now than ever. Although it would be fun to talk about all the great energy sources and programs you can use to cut the coal, I think I will save those for future going green tips posts. In this...
Sea Otter Populations N...
We’ve had a couple posts on sea otters on this site recently — a 10 Friday Photos post on otters and a post about the declining sea otter populations in California . I have to be honest and let you know that one particular friend has been the driver behind these posts. She also recently recommended that we do one more post on a “ Help Sea Otter Populations Recover ” petition, since our “Planetsave readers love otters!” The truth is, our readers do...
Extinct Fox Not Extinct...
Fox thought to be extinct found in California. Three weeks ago, U.S. Forest Service biologists thought they found a fox in the mountains of central California that is supposed to be extinct. The biologists looked to experts at the University of California, Davis to confirm this finding. Sure enough, the fox they stumbled across was this thought-to-be-extinct fox, a Sierra Nevada red fox ( Vulpes vulpes necator ). How the Sierra Nevada Red Fox Was Found & Identified Photographs...