Australia Votes for Kyoto, One to Go…
Australia used to be a lone supporter among the developed countries of the U.S. obstinacy to recognize harmful consequences of global climate change, refusal to ratify the Kyoto protocol and commit itself to binding targets to reduce green house emissions. No more. The Australian Labour Party’s recent resounding victory in Australia’s general election made sure […]
great bear rainforest
The Great Bear Rainforest is part of the largest coastal temperate rainforest remaining on Earth and supports some of the oldest surviving cultures in the Western Hemisphere. The lands and waters support wolves, six million migratory birds, grizzly bears, black bears, rare white Spirit bears and First Nations’ communities that have lived here for more […]
roadless rule
A huge victory has been won for America’s forests, as a federal judge in California reinstated nearly all of the Clinton-era Roadless Rule. The Bush administration had gutted the plan that protects 58.5 million acres of natural forest . Today, we feel that justice is being served and the voices of the American people are […]
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted!
Dear Indigenous sisters and brothers, NGO partners and other friends, I am very pleased to be writing to you directly from the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City with this very special news: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has just been adopted! I am […]
New Hummingbird Discovered!!!
– A new blue-and-green-throated hummingbird species has been discovered in a cloud forest in Colombia, and already needs protection from human encroachment, the experts who found the bird said Sunday. Called the gorgeted puffleg, the new species is easily twice as big as the thumb-sized hummingbirds found in the eastern United States, measuring between 3.5 […]
old bags
No More Plastic Bags Westport, Conn., this month became the latest of a handful of communities to ban some plastic bags. The bags, which have only a brief, useful life, can survive forever in landfills and are of enormous concern to not only environmentalists but local officials who are running out of places to put […]
Good news from Heifer International!
good news from Heifer This morning Heifer announced that it has received a $43 million grant, over 4 years, from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its successful work in East Africa! and it shows just how seriously Heifer’s model is being taken, and how effective it has proven to be at ending […]
S.F. 2 go electric!
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Today, Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums announced a nine-step policy plan for transforming the Bay Area into the “Electric Vehicle (EV) Capital of the U.S. ” In conjunction with the news, Better Place , a global electric transportation company, announced that it would […]
yay!
Historic Victory for Farm Animals! Prop 2 Passes in California Congratulations to animal protection advocates throughout the country for getting the word and the vote out for farm animals! In a historic victory, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 2, a landmark measure that bans three of the cruelest factory farmingconfinement systems battery cages , veal […]
the new york times… YES (men)
its the news we all wanna hear… thanx YES MEN + all u instigators 2 check out the whole thing go to http://www.nytimes-se.com/