Photo: oda: Velodrome London’s successful bid for the Olympic 2012 Games was based on its commitment to a sustainable legacy: maintaining and reusing the buildings for athletic and community use after the big event. Happily, sanity has prevailed and the massive Olympic Stadium which was under threat of demolition will now be retained as a football (soccer) stadium. But what about the future … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: thebuffafamily After suffering for years under deplorable conditions as circus animals in Bolivian circuses, on Wednesday 25 lions will soon be starting a new life at a wildlife sanctuary in Colorado . Since Bolivia issued a ban on performing animals, officials have partnered with a team from Animal Defenders International (ADI) to round up the remaining big cats in the country and transport them to rehabilitation facilities i… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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I don’t have any kids. But if I did, would I tell them about climate change? How would I do so? And if I decided not to, would I be lying to them? Richard Wiles tries to answer these questions in a column on the Huffington Post today . Any ideas? … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: PlanetSave California legislators just introduced a bill that would ban the sale and distribution of shark fins. Shark fins are most popularly used in Chinese soup that’s considered a delicacy. But, as you’re likely aware, shark fins are most often procured as the result of a particularly abhorrent fishing method — sharks are caught, the fin is sliced off, then the shark is tossed back into the oce… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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I love what Robert has been doing lately mixing caftans with tradition overcoats. Robert is ultra chic almost specifically because what he does is so subtle.
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Image: flick.com/jpmatth , CC I know, I know — I already penned a post with a very similar headline last week . The GOP wants to gut the Environmental Protection Agency, stripping out a huge chunk of its funding. So what’s the news? Well, that chunk just got a lot bigger. As in, twice as huge. The proposed cuts in the GOP’s last budget amounted to $1.3 billion — a hefty sum indeed. But now, the latest version of the proposal would slash $3 billion, lopping off 29% of the agency’s funding… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Images credit Martin Reis on Flickr with permission Who says you can’t ride your bike on ice? In Toronto, they race bikes on ice. It’s called the Icycle race, and there spills and chills all round. Peter Kuitenbrouwer of the National Post writes: This is patently absurd. Who dreamt up such a dumb sport? “We live in a cold country with a long winter,” Mr. Kuz, [an ice bike racer] a tall, enthusiastic man who is built for… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: bugbog.com Today, Valentine’s Day, is said to be the peak time for horse-drawn carriage rides in New York City. But the practice is a controversial one, and is being met tonight with protests by a coalition of organizations including Friends of Animals, the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages, Heart for Animals and some New York City activists. NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has also taken a st… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo credit: Jean-Louis Vandevivère / Creative Commons From the subtropical forests of South Carolina , to the tropical forests of Panama, and the rainforests of South America, vines are taking hold. The proportion of liana vines to trees in Panama has more than doubled in the last 40 years and in French Guiana, the concentration of vines increased 60 percent more than trees between 1992 and 2002. Similar reports have c… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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