Last week I reported that some folks were criticizing Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Fish Fight campaign for its lack of specific demands or goals . It was, said critics, a case of breaking “the first rule of campaigning”—namely knowing what constitutes success. But in an impassioned post over at Business Green, the celebrity chef is hitting back with a defense of Fish Fight and its objectives . He argues that there are plenty of competing plans for sustainable fis… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Wild Tiger Found in Hotel Becomes First Translocated in Nepal (Slideshow)
January 26, 2011 No Comment
Photo credit: WWF Nepal/Min Bajracharya Last September, this male tiger wandered into a hotel in the tourist town of Sauraha, Nepal, and was subsequently injured as it tried to get away. Conservation authorities brought the tiger to a secure enclosure within Chitwan National Park for rehabilitation. As the tiger regained strength, conservationists including the World Wildlife Fund — the organization behind the photos displayed here — realized that they had a unique opportunity: to translocate the tiger to a more suitable habitat and to ta… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …First-Ever Global Map to Delve Deep Into Earth Surface Helps Reveal Water Supply
January 26, 2011 No Comment
Image credit: Geophysical Research Letters Questions such as how much fresh water we have left on Earth, where it is located, and how we can access it are all nearly impossible to answer. However, scientists working on understanding and revealing the planet’s surface structure are helping to hone in on an answer. University of British Columbia researchers have created a world’s-first with their new map that outlines how fluid flows through Earth’s various porous surfaces. Information gleaned from the map can help us discover more about water supplies worldwide. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: fashify.com Vivienne Westwood is a wild, pink-haired British designer who has been around since the punk rock days. She practically invented them; she certainly dressed them. Dame Westwood, as she is now known, has always been a radical and now an environmental activist. She is involved with the Ethical Fashion Africa Project designing three limited-edition bags all made out of recycled materials…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Obama’s State of the Union Address: 80% of US Should be Powered by Clean Energy by 2035
January 26, 2011 No Comment
Obama just wrapped up the 2011 State of the Union address, and one of the clear highlights was his call for massive national investment in new technologies — especially clean energy. Referring to renewable energy, Obama said that “this was our generation’s Sputnik moment”; the moment when we realize that we’ve fallen behind and redouble our efforts. But that wasn’t the only notable element of Obama’s speech in terms of climate, energy, and the environment. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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When Terry Allen planted a flowerbed outside his home 20 years ago, he could never have imagined it would become the sight of a blood-soaked bee battleground. Terry, an entomologist from Sacramento, discovered some European wool carder bees had taken up residence in his front yard, the first time the species had been spotted in California — ravaging native honeybees. The large invasive insect “cuts off their wings, cuts off their antenna, cuts off their heads, cuts off their torsi, and stabs them to death,” he says…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Researching The (Not So) Obvious: Riding Public Transit Shown To Spread Respiratory Infections
January 26, 2011 No Comment
The sneeze. Image credit: Wikipedia I generally think it odd for a public health research paper to have a hypothesis-questioning title, in the manner of a newspaper of blog. Imagine, for example, back in 1970, how people might react to (a fictional): ” Do seat belts reduce severity of automobile related injury? ” “Need more data,” would have been my reaction. Identical first thought about a (real) publication recently encountered in BMC Infectious Diseases titled: ” Is public transport a risk factor for acute r… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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On the icy shores of Lake Michigan sits Manitowoc, Wisconsin…the picture of main street America and a region known for manufacturing and old fashioned work. (Jan. 25)
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Photo: Consumer Energy Reports A new study from the RAND Corporation claims that the US military will see no direct benefits in adopting alternative fuels — but that benefits will “accrue to the nation as a whole”, according to Science Daily . The report looked primarily at jet fuel alternatives like algal and ethanol-based fuel — and determined that funding would be better spent on efficiency measures instead. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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