Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Healing from Global Warming May Take 100,000 Years

by Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre, Brazil - Treehugger - 11. 2.10


When it comes to human-caused global warming, news of the long-term...

More Evidence Weather's Changing for the Worst

Bruce Owen - Wpg. Free Press - 2/11/2010

VICTORIA BEACH, MANITOBA -- I came here on the weekend to see for... 
The board walk at Grand Beach, MB.
 BORIS.MINKEVICH@FREEPRESS.MB.CA

A Ghost Agreement

By George Monbiot - the Guardian 2nd No.'10
Everyone agrees that the new declaration on biodiversity is a triumph. Just one snag: it doesn’t appear to exist.
 


(Above)  Prairie Dogs, now largely confined to nature preserves because of the  loss of tall grass prairie habitat. (r.) Honey bees, decimated by "colony collapse disorder." l.p. photos



 

Monday, November 1, 2010

Japan Looks to Ancient Village Wisdom to Save Biodiversity

The Independent Nov 1 - '10
Four decades ago the oriental white stork...
As Japan hosts a UN conference 
on biodiversity this week, the 
high-tech nation is pushing the 
initiative to promote some of its 
ancient village wisdom as a way 
to heal battered environments worldwide.  (photo by Flickr user pelican)

Sins of Greenwashing: 2010 Report Released

29 Oct '10-The Green Pages

More than 95 per cent of consumer products claiming...

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Panel Urges Immediate Preservation for Nova Scotia Agricultural Land

Staff - Manitoba Co-Operator - 10/27/2010
A provincial committee asked to consider...

Troubled Islands: Hurricanes, Oil Spill and Sea Level Rise


ScienceDaily (Oc. 29'10) — The islands flanking...

Lytton, BC under evacuation threat again, as hundreds of wildfires burn across Canada

Canada's National Observer This week marks the four-year anniversary of a deadly wildfire that destroyed the British Columbia village of...