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Al Gore and the Six Drivers of Global Change

Posted by Calle on Saturday, 16 February 2013 in Environmental Heroes

Al Gore received his first standing ovation Saturday when he greeted the crowd at Trinity United Methodist Church in Telfair Square. The second came when he finished his presentation, given as part of the 2013 Savannah Book Festival. In between, the former vice president and Tennessee sena...

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Protecting the Earth With Religion

Posted by Calle on Saturday, 16 February 2013 in Environmental Heroes

She was born in Nairobi, Kenya and brought up in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. She went to Texas A&M University in the USA and is a veritable byword for the global citizen. But Kusum Vyas is also a staunch follower of the Hindu way of life, and its culture and traditions. She takes great inter...

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Mayan Prophesy Hard Lessons about Environment

Posted by Wolf on Friday, 21 December 2012 in Ecotourism

Through a clearing in the jungle, visitors catch their first glimpse of the ancient Maya ruins of Yaxchilan in Mexico's southern Chiapas state. Stubborn vines have penetrated the walls of the Maya temple of the underworld. Bats hang in the cool vaulted ceiling and spiders scurry around the structure...

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Selling Whales to Save Them?

Posted by Aaron on Tuesday, 17 January 2012 in Wildlife Conservation

When it comes to commercial whaling, things are rarely as simple as they seem. The fact that it continues, 30 years after the International Whaling Commission (IWC) voted for an indefinite moratorium, suggests that there has been some kind of failure on the part of environmentalists and other oppone...