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On October 15th – Blog Action Day, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind. In its inaugural year, Blog Action Day will be co-ordinating bloggers to tackle the issue of the environment. What Each Blogger Will Do Bloggers can participate on Blog Action Day in one of [...]

World Animal Day celebrates humankind’s unique relationship with the animal kingdom, and acknowledges the numerous ways in which animals enrich our lives. You don’t have to be an activist; you just have to care – buy a few tins of food for your local animal shelter; make a small donation to an animal charity; plant [...]

reuters China will this year launch a fund with 7 billion yuan ($925 million) to spend on energy-saving projects such as efficient lightbulbs as it seeks to curb soaring demand for power, Chinese media reported. The cash is part of a scheme unveiled by the country’s top economic planner to tackle pollution and energy problems, [...]

IFAW Good news for whales arrives this week as an Icelandic government official was quoted as saying there is no reason to continue commercial whaling in Iceland if there is no demand for the product. This message, coming from fisheries minister Einar K. Gudfinnsson signals a possible end to commercial whaling in the country. IFAW [...]

Picnic Green Challenge The world needs to embrace a new greener lifestyle. One bright idea can make a big difference. Join us and help save the planet!   To encourage and aid the invention of great new green products and services, the Postcode Lottery and PICNIC present the PICNIC Green Challenge. We call on you [...]

Discovery Channel World demand for shark fin soup has resulted in a marine ecosystem domino effect that is reducing shellfish numbers to the point where an American soup favorite, clam chowder, is now under threat, according to a Current Biology paper published earlier this month. : The relationship between shark fin soup and clam chowder [...]

WWF A new nature reserve has been approved for Vaigach Island in the western Russian Arctic by the Nenets Autonomous District administration. The new 243,000-hectare nature reserve will help protect threatened arctic species such as polar bears, Atlantic walrus, white-beak loon, and one of the region’s largest mass nestings of waterfowls. The island is surrounded [...]

 Greanpeace A series of claymation (Clay + Animation) by the folks from Greanpeace urging more people including political and business leaders to take up the challenges to help prevent climate change. Einstein got a new bright idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_JmXkKS_14 Newton got a new bright idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8swc00Md-U Archimedes got a new bright idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkT44r-1VxM

Live Earth is a 24-hour, 7-continent concert series taking place on 7/7/07 that will bring together more than 100 music artists and 2 billion people to trigger a global movement to solve the climate crisis. Live Earth will reach this worldwide audience through an unprecedented global media architecture covering all media platforms – TV, radio, [...]

Discovery Channel Two years before its completion, the world’s largest dam is already changing the local weather, say scientists studying the Three Gorges Dam on China’s Yangtze River. Both modeling and actual meteorological data suggest that the reservoir is cooling its valley, which is causing changes in rainfall. : To find out if the dam [...]