The Florida Manatee, is already an endangered species due to human impact and habitat loss but one of the main contributing factors is cold water which leads to these animals to get sick. So far this year more than 100 manatees have been found dead in Florida waters and according to the Florida Fish and [...]

London Mayor Boris Johnson’s environmental adviser, Isabel Dedring, said climate projections show that the average summer temperatures in London could be at least 3.9C higher by 2080, and as much as 6C to 10C on the hottest days. A recent study suggested that increasing the amount of greenery in a city by 10% could offset [...]

Three hundred volunteers in Pakistan planted 541,176 mangrove trees (by hand) in one day, subsequently breaking the Guinness World Record for tree planting. The volunteers managed to do it all without the aid of mechanical equipment. They planted the mangroves in the Indus River Delta wetland ecosystem in the Southern Sindh Province of Pakistan.
WWF awarded [...]

HALL Wines recently announced that it has received theLeadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification for its Napa Valley St. Helena winery, becoming the first winery in California to be distinguished as a Gold certified facility by the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Green Building Rating System.
“The certification of HALL Wines not only [...]

Watering plants with rainwater, instead of water from city reservoirs, has a number of positive benefits: it increases populations of beneficial soil microbes, which can be harmed by the chlorine that is added to municipal water, and it prevents too much salt buildup in the soil. Rainwater is the right pH and, if stored properly, [...]

The Belgian city of Ghent plans to make a name for itself by becoming the first city on the planet to go vegetarian for one day each week.
The city has decided, collectively (we love those European sensibilities) that there will be a regular weekly meatless day, in which civil servants and elected councilors will opt [...]

At Google’s Mountain View headquarters, there are a few large grassy fields that need mowing on occasion - as large grassy field often do, in order to clear pesky weeds and reduce fire hazards (common is this area of California). This spring the forward thinkers at Google have decided to take a low-carbon approach to [...]

With recent research coming out of the UK that shows that houses made of hemp can actually leave a less than zero carbon footprint, it’s truly a shame that industrialized hemp is still illegal in the US.
The hemp homes used in the study were built using Hemp-lime, a lightweight composite building material made of hemp [...]

In Chaffee County, Colo., Nestle Waters is sniffing around an aquifer hoping to harness the mountain spring flavor customers are seeking, drawing 65 million gallons of water per year to bottle and sell under its Arrowhead brand.
However Chaffee County residents are not excited about the plan, afraid the water giant will suck the spring dry. [...]

Barack Obama has lost some friends today, Cheech and Chong specifically, announcing a firm stance that legalizing then taxing marijuana sales will not help fix the teetering U.S. economy.
At an online townhall meeting, President Obama revealed that the idea was a favorite among the 100,000 questions submitted on the White House website.
“I have to say [...]