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Beijing aims to ditch coal use by 2020

Posted by Jrramos on Monday, 08 September 2014 in Fossil Fuels

Beijing is set to ban coal sales and use across its six main regions by the end of 2020 in a bid to cut air pollution, Chinese state media has reported. The Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau announced Tuesday the districts of Dongcheng, Xicheng, Chaoyang, Haidian, Fengtai and Shijin...

How to Make Multimedia Storytelling Your Secret Weapon

Posted by morgan on Sunday, 27 October 2013 in General Environment

Going viral in The Intertwine Wild Society How to make multimedia storytelling your secret weapon By Morgan Rider, October 23 2013 Once upon a time, in a special place in northwest Oregon, a group of passionate dreamers armed with conservation strat...

Drop in the Rising Sea Level Cause a Sea Change?

Posted by CindyJennings on Monday, 20 May 2013 in Climate Change

Carbon dioxide in our air recently hit 400 parts per million. Since you asked, yes, that’s a lot. Perhaps this a good time to reflect on what we as individuals can do to stem the flow of harmful gasses into our atmosphere. Climate change and carbon dioxide impacts are difficult to comprehend and mak...

Maggie Q Fights Climate Change With Diet Change

Posted by amir on Sunday, 27 January 2013 in Human Health

"Nikita" star Maggie Q has stripped for a cause close to her heart. The actress reveals all in a new People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) campaign poster aimed at convincing people to eliminate meat products from their diet. The edgy new PETA billboard reads, "Fight Climate ...

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Happy New Year! How About a New You?

Posted by amir on Tuesday, 01 January 2013 in Human Health

As we welcome in the New Year around the world I’m sure many of us will be making resolutions for the months ahead. The 1st of January marks a fresh start and a great opportunity to set personal challenges to improve ourselves, our lifestyles, and perhaps make a difference to the world aroun...

Six Eco Resolutions

Posted by acox on Monday, 31 December 2012 in Sustainable Development

It’s nearly 2013 and I am grateful. After three years of traveling with a backpack through 14 countries in Africa and the Middle East, I am finally back home with my family in the United States. The time I spent abroad stretched my mind and broadened my heart, transformed long h...

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Think Globally, Act Selfishly: How Utilitarian Environmentalism Can Backfire

Posted by henryfool on Tuesday, 14 August 2012 in General Environment

By Brandon Keim at Wired Science Earnest, well-meaning environmental messages are supposed to be ineffective relics of a bygone age, when bumper stickers still worked and treehuggers hadn’t realized that self-interest speaks louder than Mother Earth ever could. But don’t put that Save the Whales t...

Killings of environmentalists appear to be on rise

Posted by bchristo on Thursday, 21 June 2012 in Peace

By DENIS D. GRAY The eulogies called Chut Wutty one of the few remaining activists in Cambodia brave enough to fight massive illegal deforestation by the powerful. The environmental watchdog was shot by a military policeman in April as he probed logging operations in one of the country's last great...

Change Begins With You! Join the Northwest Earth Institute EcoChallenge!

Posted by deborah@nwei.org on Tuesday, 19 July 2011 in General Environment

Change can be tough, and sometimes it takes a kick-start to make it happen. Take the EcoChallenge this October 1-15 and change your life for good. How does it work? This October, we challenge you to choose one action to reduce your environmental impact and stick with it for two weeks. As an indivi...