Waterproof Rice Gene Discovered

Waterproof rice gene identified Rice is the staple food for more than three billion people Scientists say they have identified a gene that will allow rice plants to survive being completely submerged in water for up to two weeks. Most rice...

Debunking the Myth of Sustainable Brands

Let’s face it: there is no such thing as a ‘sustainable brand.’ Achieving true sustainability means constantly thinking about ways of giving back more than a company takes from the environment and society....

Home a film by Yann Arthus Bertrand

Walking in the footsteps of Al Gore, Yann Arthus-Bertrand sign a film Home with artistic and activist who has a global distribution to warn about the threat climate. Unable to ignore Home, the new documentary by...

Greece's (not quite) naked riders take to the streets

Billed as a protest against excessive car use, cyclists, wheel chair users and even skateboarders with their dogs rode through the centre of Greece's second city, Thessaloniki drawing amused glances and cheers...

Ecological Buddhism

Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change ~Sign the Buddhist Declaration~ 'The time has surely come when we must speak out as Buddhists, with firm views of harmony as the Tao.I suggest that it is also time for us to take ourselves in hand…This would be engaged Buddhism...

The Farmer Suicide Belt of India

Farmer Suicides, the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal, Wal-Mart in India and Monsanto Farmers in India have been committing suicide in unprecedented numbers. 1 every 30 minutes. We're talking small farmers who hold...

Can Religion and Science Be Compatible?

There has been a veritable tsunami of contradictions regarding religion -v- science for the lifetimes of many people who have considered this question. . It is an old argument, but one that still prevails...

Invasion of the Jellyfish

It seems that people either love fish or consider it repugnant, but either way, one cannot ignore its important relevance to our diet. Speaking on a global scale, millions of people depend on our oceans for their...

Cruise ships using Caribbean Sea as dump

Have you ever wondered what happens to all the waste collected while sailing through those pristine blue waters of a Caribbean cruise?  "These are floating cities that go back and forth through our waters,...

Sanyo Japan Introduces Solar Bike Parking Lot for Electric Bikes

Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd is on the right eco path their recent announcement that they will introduce a solar bicycle parking lot in southern Japan at the Tokushima Prefectural Government office along with three of Sanyo’s electric hybrid bikes ‘eneloop’  bikes in...

Eco-Friendly Undies for Valentine's Day!

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I thought now would be the perfect time to take a closer at romantic gift ideas for that Eco-friendly loved one. Yes, I know some of you are thinking the words ‘ecology’ and ‘romance’ aren’t normally used in the same...

The agricultural apocalypse and the upcoming food shortage.

By, Uwe Paschen.  Climatology and Agriculture are by far not a simple science nor easily understood by simply reading a couple of articles or even books about it. Why it is so difficult to follow and make sense...

Pan Yue's Vision for Ecological Civilization

"Pan Yue is calling for a Chinese ecological ethics to be identified from traditional Chinese religions. He writes: “Why is environmental protection considered a cultural issue? One of the core principles of...

Stop Shopping! Buy Nothing Day NYC 2008

Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping hit the streets today as early as 4am to meet shoppers in their annual Buy Nothing Day tradition (Celebrated Nov. 28th in the U.S. and Nov. 29th Internationally)...

Death bloom of plankton a warning on warming

More evidence of Global Warming... MaybeHaving just looked at a piece written by mememine69 I have to wonder about this article.One must question the science and the motives for the idea of CO2 theory.  Who's...

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