Wend Magazine - Greenery http://www.wendmag.com/greenery Interviews and Reviews To Give You The Ongoing Pulse of the Green Economy and Sustainable Design Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:21:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Infographic: Greenwashed–The Truth About 95% of So-Called Green Products
Created by: Marketing Degree

Special thanks to Greg Voakes for sharing this infographic.

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]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2012/02/infographic-greenwashed-the-truth-about-95-of-so-called-green-products/ GMO-Tainted Blood Poisons Unwitting Vampires
Get involved with LabelGMOs.org to help get GMO labelling on the 2012 ballot in California.
Success is California should portend success across the rest of the country. We could be the next France…or Hungary.

Cartoonist’s note: This image will soon be added to my Anti-Monsanto T-shirt store.

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]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2012/02/gmo-tainted-blood-poisons-unwitting-vampires/ It’s Confirmed. We are Being Attacked by Aliens!
My other 2 Newt cartoons: From my archives, and yesterday on Lynn Hasselberger’s “Putting it Out There“.

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]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2012/02/its-confirmed-we-are-being-attacked-by-aliens/ Finally, the Pro-life/Anti-earth Oxymoron Explained.
It is confusing to me how a large group of Republicans can be so vehemently pro-life yet so anti the environment. Either these people don’t understand that protecting the environment from major polluters and pollutants keeps all life (humans included) free of unnecessary toxins and carcinogens (SEE LINKS BELOW), or as the bumper stickers clearly state, they simply prefer the unborn.

If you are one of these mind-boggling Republicans, remember …

]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2012/01/finally-the-pro-lifeanti-earth-oxymoron-explained/ “FUGMO”: The Anti-GMO Mascot
Writers, Bloggers, Photographers, Cartoonists, please feel free to place the FUGMO seal of disapproval on any of your anti-GMO work. Readers, you are invited to add the seal to your avatar.
FUGMO says: “F U, GMOs!”

More on why you too should say F U to GMOs:

From Grist: The next generation of GMOs could be especially dangerous
From Organic Consumers Association: Millions Against Monsanto
From PlanetSave: Hungary Destroys All …

]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2012/01/fugmo-the-anti-gmo-mascot/ “Mean Joe Green’s” Top 11 Environmental Cartoons of 2011

With environmental-cartoon topics ranging from Michelle Bachmann to Tim DeChristopher, Breastfeeding to Big Coal, it was an interesting year in environmental cartoons.

Follow this link and spend a few minutes looking over what were my eleven most-viewed cartoons of 2011.

Happy New Year!
Joe Mohr (aka “Mean Joe green”)

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]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/12/mean-joe-greens-top-11-environmental-cartoons-of-2011/ Big Coal Shaping Public School Education—Really!

This cartoon was inspired by the Washington Post article, “Energy industry shapes lessons in public schools“

Big Coal may be molding our youth with pro-coal propaganda, but worry not, Big Coal also offers a “green” video to teachers called “The Greening of Planet Earth,” which says that “our world is deficient in carbon dioxide, and a doubling of atmospheric CO2 is very beneficial.”

Doubling the CO2 is good for you. …

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]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/12/big-coal-shaping-public-school-education%e2%80%94really/ Documentary Takes You Into the Heart of the Great Bear Rainforest Part surfing documentary and part environmental journalism, Tipping Barrels: Journey Into the Great Bear is a 20-minute short that’s worth the watch. Surfers and brothers Arran and Reid Jackson venture through Central and North Coast, B.C., wherein lies one of the unspoiled rainforests in the world—a home to wolves, grizzlies, and yes, spirit bears. The area is, unfortunately, at risk thanks to the Northern Gateway pipeline that will run from …

]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/12/documentary-takes-you-into-the-heart-of-the-great-bear-rainforest/ The Last U.S. Poll on Climate Change

More on the U.S. public opinion on Climate Change

From Grist: The frog and the polar bear: The real reasons Americans aren’t buying climate change
From PlanetSave: UN Climate Negotiators Wrestle for an ‘Ideal’ Plan that Will Completely Screw Us
From Ecopolitology: Republican Presidential Candidates on Climate Change
Another cartoon: Wrong and Wrongerer: How Both Sides of the Aisle Address Climate Change

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]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/12/the-last-u-s-poll-on-climate-change/ Trout Unlimited Partners with Patagonia Sur to Protect Fish Habitat Trout Unlimited is venturing far south of the U.S. border in partnering with Patagonia Sur, a for-profit company whose focus is purchasing and protecting fish and wildlife habitat in Chilean Patagonia. Trout Unlimited, whose mission is “to conserve, protect and restore North America’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds,” will be planting a namesake forest on currently degraded Patagonia Sur land, through its Reforestation and Biodiversity Project.

Patagonia Sur’s revenue comes …

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]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/12/trout-unlimited-partners-with-patagonia-sur-to-protect-fish-habitat/ Montana Coal to China and India via Northwest Routes This compelling video tells a succinct version of the dirty coal story.

For more info visit powerpastcoal.org

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]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/12/montana-coal-to-china-and-india-via-northwest-routes/ Fox News Viewers Most Misinformed (again)

More on Fox News and their passionately misinformed legion of followers

From ThinkProgress: Fox News Viewers are the Most Misinformed: A Seventh Study Arrives to Prove It — and Vindicate Jon Stewart!
From HuffingtonPost: Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don’t Watch Any News: Study
From PlanetSave: Fox News Boss Ordered Staff to Make Climate Change Seem Doubtful
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]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/12/fox-news-viewers-most-misinformed-again/ Proposed Utah Ski Lift Meets Overwhelming Opposition

Both the county and city mayors of Salt Lake City, along with the US Forest Service, have recently voiced their opposition to a proposed Utah ski lift, which would link two Salt Lake City area ski resorts, The Canyons and Solitude.

Management from the two resorts met this past fall to propose a gondola that would open thousands of backcountry acres and reduce Salt Lake area traffic between Park City …

]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/12/proposed-utah-ski-lift-meets-overwhelming-opposition/ Mark Twain on Occupy Wall Street
The great American writer and humorist whose two Occupy-supporting quotes are shared in the cartoon, would have turned 176 last week. If he were alive today (gross) he’d have been pepper-sprayed by now.
Revolute!

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]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/12/mark-twain-on-occupy-wall-street/ Totally Tubular Designs Turn Junk into Art The LABOR OF LOVE series stands for the small businesses and designers who are still creating and constructing products in America instead of opting for oversees manufacturing like many competitors. The video above features Lauren Junker, creator of Totally Tubular Designs, who gets her kicks from foraging through trash to find used bike tubes, colorful tires and vinyl—materials that she will later sew into bags, wallets and jewelry. Her unique …

]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/12/totally-tubular-designs-turn-junk-into-art/ Beyond the Pine Beetle in B.C. If you’ve passed through a pine forest west of the Continental Divide you’ve no doubt seen the devastation the pine beetle has wrought. In British Columbia the government went all out in its fight against the scourge, but has created another through salvage logging. In an effort to stop the beetles spread and reclaim as much dead wood as possible vast clearcuts and faster permitting led to more timber being …

]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/12/beyond-the-pine-beetle-in-b-c/ Infographic Explains Environmental Impact of Surfing

The number of surfing fanatics throughout the world is growing–so much so that if all of us surfers stood shoulder to shoulder we would stretch the length of the United States eight times. That’s a lot of surfers, and the more surfers, the more toxin-filled boards, wetsuits and miscellaneous surfing products these surfers need. With a goal of bringing attention to the environmental impact of surfing, Envirosurfer developed a detailed …

]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/12/infographic-explains-environmental-impact-of-surfing/ Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Still Endangered

Judge Royce C. Lambeth ruled last Monday that Alaska’s Cook Inlet beluga whales were properly listed as endangered and said the National Marine Fisheries Service correctly followed the Endangered Species Act. The state’s lawsuit was rejected on grounds that a decade long ban on subsistence hunting of the whales had not revived the dwindling population.

“When the best available science predicts that a recently enacted ban on subsistence hunting will …

]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/11/cook-inlet-beluga-whales-still-endangered/ Wolf Trapping Legalized In Idaho

The first wolf trapping season in the lower 48 since the species’ reintroduction into the Rocky Mountain states opened last week in northern Idaho. The season, running from November 15 to March 31, will allow previously protected wolves to be caught and killed with metal foothold traps. Ranchers and cattlemen cite wild wolves for several livestock deaths this year alone.

Animal rights groups fear that, along with the legalization of …

]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/11/wolf-trapping-legalized-in-idaho/ Turkey Done Right Wouldn’t it be grand if every turkey Americans ate this past Thursday died like this one? Check out this amazing video about how some of our most responsible farmers give thanks to the turkeys they raise and eat. Gobble, gobble.

WARNING: This video does contain some graphic content.

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]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/11/turkey-done-right/ Massive Art Sculpture Displays Threats to Marine Life Courtney Mattison is a scientist, artist, environmentalist and student. In order to better understand ocean life and the organisms in her studies she started a project that would visually represent the Earth’s oceans. She decided to create a 15-foot tall, 11-foot wide, and 1500 pound sculpture that would reflect not only the beauty of ocean life but also the threats climate change places on marine organisms, specifically coral reef. The …

]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/11/massive-art-sculpture-displays-threats-to-marine-life/ Tuna to Greenpeace: Help!

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From Greenpeace: The Tuna Industry’s Got a Dirty Little Secret
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GreenPeace again: The harsh reality of longline fishing
From SeafoodWatch: Seafood Watch Pocket Guide

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]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/11/tuna-to-greenpeace-help/ Outdoor Adventure Fuels the Economy

Here’s a number for you: 1.06 trillion dollars.

That’s the minimum amount in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) outdoor recreation, conservation and historic preservation activities mean to the economy according to a recent study by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. This type of number is rarely mentioned by politicians who advocate the loosening of environmental regulations for the benefit of economic growth.

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]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/11/outdoor-adventure-fuels-the-economy/ Oregon Wolf Hunt On Hold

A scheduled wolf hunt in northeastern Oregon will remain on hold. At least for awhile. In September, the Imnaha wolfpack found itself under the close watch of local ranchers and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). Two wolves in particular, including the pack’s alpha male, have been cited for numerous livestock deaths over the past several months in Oregon’s Wallowa County. If the hunt goes through, only two …

]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/11/oregon-wolf-hunt-on-hold/ When Rhinos Fly In an effort to grow black rhino populations as part of the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project, the seventh of these critically endangered species was recently translocated 1,500 kilometers from the Eastern Cape to a new location in the Limpopo Province. Though it’s difficult to believe, carrying the rhinos upside-down underneath a helicopter is apparently the best way to transport them.

[Via: Matador Network]

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A couple weeks ago, we told you about the Great Salmon Run, an event that took place to raise awareness for the Snake River salmon. Want to learn more about salmon recovery? If you’re in Portland, Ore. stop by the Lewis & Clark State College Student Union Building Solarium on Thursday, November 17th (that’s tomorrow) from 12:00 to 1:30pm.

The four panelists—Bert Bowler of Snake River Salmon Solutions, Sam Mace …

]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/11/salmon-recovery-panel-discussion-this-thursday/ Semi-Nude Bike Boys Bring Fresh Water to Thailand

Close to one billion people in our world do not have access to clean water—that’s about one in every eight people. Water.org confirms, “The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns.” As communities throughout the world fight water-borne illness and struggle to fund improved sanitation systems, the water crisis is more about accessibility to clean water than scarcity of water—a problem organizations …

]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/11/semi-nude-bike-boys-bring-fresh-water-to-thailand/ View from Space: Incredible Timelapse of Earth Beginning this August Ron Garan, Satoshi Furukawa and the crew members aboard NASA’s International Space Station shot this sequence of photos from 350 kilometers above the Earth. The result is a glimpse into the amazing views of night skies and city lights the crew is rewarded as they pass over the planet.

 

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The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) released a report titled “Made in America: Investing in National Parks for Our Heritage and Our Economy” on Thursday detailing the impacts mandatory across-the-board cuts in federal funding could have on the parks and visitors. The report also concludes that investments in national parks not only protects their heritage, but is fundamental in supporting businesses and communities nationwide.

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]]> http://www.wendmag.com/greenery/2011/11/super-committee-failure-could-spell-disaster-for-national-parks/ Aerial Photos Capture Greatest Threats to Our Environment Since 2002, EcoFlight has flown concerned people above forests, mountains and wetlands to share a unique perspective of the way nature interacts with harmful industries. The aerial view allows people to form a direct connection to what is happening and to better understand the dramatic effect of man interrupting nature. EcoFlight hopes to spark awareness of issues such as climate change, mining, air pollution and energy development so that people …

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