Archive for April, 2010
The National Milk Producers Federation here in the U.S. is lobbying to try to stop any non-mammalian milk product manufacturers from using the term ‘milk’ in their company names. For example, they don’t want hemp milk or soy milk companies to be able to use the word milk, whereas buffalo… Read the rest
What can you do? You can weigh in, you can act. You can be part of the solution. Go here and tell our leaders to restore the offshore drilling moratorium which was in place for decades and was, only recently, taken away.
data source: here… Read the rest
I read a Tom Friedman piece a while ago that talked about how different stories in a single day of news related to one another. Yesterday this concept hit me as I read through one day’s New York Times. Look at these separate, yet very related, news stories.
Occupying pretty… Read the rest
The Shanghai World Expo is set to open this Saturday–the largest world’s fair in history, with more than 70 million people expected to attend–and I think it’s mighty neat that an American design firm was chosen to design the Shanghai Corporate Pavilion.
ESI Design, based in New York City, was… Read the rest
This is a first: Teton Gravity Research (TGR) gets our applause for being the first action sports production company to offset its total carbon emissions from a film production. The production company provided funds to the national environmental organization, Protect Our Winters (POW) to offset 200 tons of CO2 accumulated… Read the rest
Add soil depletion to RoundUp‘s (and Monsanto’s) ever-growing list of negative effects. More (much more) in and below the cartoon. Apologies for the excess text–it’s taken over this cartoon like RoundUp… Read the rest resistant superweeds are taking over farms across the nation…
More info:
USDA downplays own scientist’s research
Starting May 1, visitors to the Grand Canyon can explore the natural wonder in a new way – by bike. Visitors will be able to rent bicycles from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through the visitor center on the park’s South Rim.
The 277 mile (446 kilometer) long Grand… Read the rest
We’ve all been there… Running, biking, hiking or trekking around in the mud, slush or rain. And, inevitably, we’ve all gotten home, taken our shoes off, and wanted to groan any number of cuss words because our shoes are soaking (and I mean soaking… Read the rest) wet. That, my friends, is
Nobody really knows when the ice-covered Arctic will be entirely ice-free, but the Arctic is… Read the rest melting, and doing so at a pretty consistent rate. Because of this, China is starting to pay close attention to the Arctic region, and is even preparing for the day when there’s no ice standing
Rivers are homes to wildlife, places for people to play, and the waterways that connect the mountains to the sea. For that reason, we love rivers just as much as the folks at Save Our Wild Salmon and Mountain Khakis. Of course, Save Our Wild Salmon has reason to love… Read the rest
