]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/conservation Conservation - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78394?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 The Rosy periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) pictured above increases a child's chance of surviving leukemia by 10 to 95%. Many plants save our lives; in fact 50,000 different species of plant are known to be used for medicinal purposes. But these plant... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:15:44 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78394?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78299?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By JMGA Washintgon Post columnist: I'm not making an ideological argument here or manufacturing an excuse for American super-consumers, with our Hummers and McMansions. I'm not offering a proper answer to the puzzle proffered above either, unfortu... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:33:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78299?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78163?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 The need to find creative ways to protect coral reefs has never been greater. Human activity is causing coral die-offs faster than previously thought. In the Caribbean, studies are showing that coral may be heading toward extinction. Increased oce... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:58:29 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78163?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78110?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By Sarah van SchagenEveryone's favorite gangsta (and Official Grist Girl-Crush) Natalie Portman has designed a collection of vegan shoes for specialty retailer T Casan. Styles range from satin sandals to faux-patent pumps to ballet flats. As a ... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:51:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78110?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/78093?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 San Francisco, CA -- If I hire a couple of guys with automatic weapons, break into a garden in San Francisco, and take, at gun-point, fifty prize roses, I have committed a crime. If I drive those roses across the Bay Bridge to Oakland and sell them t... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:52:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/78093?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/78034?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Victory for those working to end ancient rainforest logging, and a defeat for supporters of forest certification greenwashing, as an important precedent is setJanuary 18, 2008By Ecological Internet, Contact: Dr. Glen Barry, +1 (920) 776-1075, glenbar... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:57:36 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/78034?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/77918?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 From the inbox:As part of the Plemmons Student Union's overall energy conservation efforts and in keeping with Governor Mike Easley's recently signed law whose goal is to reduce energy use for all state buildings by 20 percent by 2010 and 30 percent ... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:16:29 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/77918?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/77840?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 You're not supposed to look directly at a lightbulb, it's bad for your eyes, but I did it the other day. Then it struck me: CFL lightbulbs are ugly in the same way the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris is ugly. The museum building looks inside-out, w... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:08:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/77840?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/77532?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 A recent New York Times editorial described perfectly the spin that the Bush administration is using to block progressive climate change policy in California.As the Times points out, The Clean Air Act of 1970 allows California to set stronger air po... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:53:43 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/77532?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77511?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By Brian BeutlerHenry Waxman is trying to get to the bottom of the EPA's refusal to allow California to regulate greenhouse gases more strictly than the federal government does. Ryan Grim at Politico has the details: In the letter, Waxman, the ch... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:03:31 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77511?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/77437?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Compact fluorescents are the poster children for the energy efficiency movement. But in a not so far-away future, LEDs may give them a run for their money. We recently wrote about this in a recent, and surprisingly controversial, post.LED bulbs ar... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:48:06 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/77437?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/77451?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Aides and staffers of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are listed among the principals of a new Astroturf group set up last fall to deny the science of global warming.The new group advertises itself as the American Environmental Coalit... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:49:25 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/77451?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77414?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 The deadline for nomination forms for the 2008 National Wetlands Awards Program has been extended by 15 days. The National Wetlands Awards Program honors individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to the conservation and restoration o... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:09:50 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77414?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/77408?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Global oil supply has peaked, according to the top guy at General Motors, and a move to electric cars is inevitable.From the Sydney Morning Herald:In a stunning announcement at the opening of the Detroit motor show, Rick Wagoner, GM's chairman and ch... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:45:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/77408?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77324?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By Tom PhilpottIn Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat industry. In the business section of Sunday's New York Times, reporter Andrew Martin shined a bright light on a USDA program called the Environmental Quality Incentives Pr... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:42:05 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77324?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/77294?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 San Francisco, CA -- There are fifty-three weeks left in the Bush era. What can we expect from this final year? What's the White House, in particular, going to be up to on the way back to Crawford, Texas? What was the center of Bush's term -- Karl R... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:34:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/77294?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eco-advantage-blog/77203?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 A couple of weeks ago TIME Magazine surprised many with its pick for Person of the Year not Al Gore, who they probably figured had run out of room on his mantel, but Vladimir Putin. The story was about the rise of Russia back into the top rungs of... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:26:34 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eco-advantage-blog/77203?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77022?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 They are making pork in those barns in Iowa, but if you really want to make pork you have to go to Washington. That is where they put EQIP, or the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, into the Farm Bill in 1996 and kept it there this time. It so... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:11:23 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77022?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76949?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 This is what we have to look forward to this election: lying toads. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has released a new 30 second ad for his 2008 re-election campaign, heralding himself as a Godfather of Green and an environment... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:21:30 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76949?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/76943?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Given widespread failure to pursue policies sufficient to reverse deterioration of the biosphere and avoid ecological collapse, the best we can hope for may be that the growth-based economic system crashes sooner rather than later.Excerpt from Earth ... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:45:23 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/76943?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/76766?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Here's 3 articles I thought were worth sharing from my morning reading - after yesterday's entirely predictable and depressing announcement that the UK Government is going to spend more billions on failed nuclear power, Polly Toynbee has a good analy... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:15:05 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/76766?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76685?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By Aimee WittemanThis is the first of five farm bill fact sheets from the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. For the diehard policy wonks out there, you can also download the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition's matrix (PDF) showing the status of sust... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:26:43 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76685?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76734?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 This post is part of an ongoing series. To access all the profiles in this series, visit The Year Ahead. Who: Bill Mott, director of the Ocean Project, a Rhode Island-based non-profit that helps hundreds of zoos, museums, aquariums, and conservation ... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:24:56 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76734?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/76509?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 The Oregonian in Portland is reporting on a new basketball shoe from Nike -- the latest edition of its Air Jordan brand -- is green ... as in sustainable.Brent Hunsberger writes:Nike says the Air Jordan XX3 is its first premium product designed accor... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:54:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/76509?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/76371?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Las Vegas is full of strange contradictions. I chuckle to myself every time I pass the little placard by the door that says Please Conserve Energy - remember to turn off the lights when you leave . You see, I'm staying at the Luxor, which is topped... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:32:18 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/76371?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/76373?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 A chandelier that doubles as a planter pot? Ok, that sounds kind of weird, but the folks xDesign Environmental Health Clinic at New York University have actually come up with an interesting concept: filtering air with plants (nothing new) and attac... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:23:18 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/76373?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76341?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By Eric de Place Well, Clark and I are traveling to Portland for a batch of meetings related to the Western Climate Initiative. On the off chance that you'll miss us, I thought I'd share some of what we're working on with WCI. Our biggest obsessi... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:06:16 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76341?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76198?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. Benjamin Franklin The new year -- countless opportunities to tackle new challenges and find a new resolve to address missed opportunities fr... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:21:51 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76198?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76199?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 When oil reached $100 USD per barrel the other week, motorists across Australia shuddered. And they were already being gouged with summer holiday pricing. Predictions were made that $1.50 AUD per litre was imminent. [my shonky maths indicate that's ... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:37:52 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76199?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/76121?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 When Dell asked me to guest blog for them at the Consumer Electronics Show 2008 in Las Vegas I knew I was in for something interesting... a show for an industry renowned for planned obsolescence, held in a city that leaves the lights on every night,... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:16:23 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/76121?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76069?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By David RobertsThe primary reason EPA head Stephen Johnson rejected California's waiver request is that the state did not face extraordinary and compelling conditions as defined under the Clean Air Act. The idea is that CO2 affects the entire at... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:46:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76069?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76072?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By David RobertsCheck out Joel Makower on Gary Hirshberg, founder and head of Stonyfield Yogurt. Stonyfield was bought by French food conglomerate Danone last year, at which I point my kneejerk dirty hippie-ism kicked in and I assumed they'd sold out... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:06:44 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76072?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76007?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By Erik Hoffner Here's a window into how foresters are looking at climate change: the Forest Guild is a national, nonprofit network of practicing foresters whose advice and efforts on behalf of their landowner clients has a big role to play in the h... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:47:50 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76007?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76009?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By Ashley BraunUnless you've been living under a rock lately, I'm sure you've been hearing over and over again all the glowing praises for Grist's slick new book, Wake Up and Smell the Planet: The Non-Pompous, Non-Preachy Grist Guide to Greening Your... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:46:48 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76009?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76010?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By Glenn HurowitzWith the New Hampshire primaries approaching, I thought I'd share this article about how Hillary Clinton's political style has directly affected New Hampshire voters in a way that might shed light on the kind of president she would b... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:02:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76010?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/oceana/75972?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 The New Year is a week underway, so what kind of resolutions did you make this year? At Oceana our goal is simple: Keep on keepin' on. Seek to protect more habitat and wildlife, work to enlighten the masses. Save sharks. Save sea turtles. Save corals... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:35:36 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/oceana/75972?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/75964?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 An ex-Sierra Club prez and Wal-Mart team up on the environment.The San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday ran a fascinating piece by Burr Snider that goes inside the mind and motivations of Adam Werbach, who was elected to lead the Sierra Club board in th... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:05:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/75964?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75795?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By Joseph RommAndy Revkin at the NY Times has given a lot of ink to the cap-and-dividend plan (see here and here) by Peter Barnes, a founder of Working Assets. Revkin says Barnes has long studied various bills and proposals for cutting emissions o... Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:08:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75795?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75679?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By David RobertsRemember when we published our Top 15 Green Stories of 2007? Literally the day before the holiday break? So no one read it? That was awesome. Now go read it. When you get back, here are a few other random greenish lists I've stumb... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:31:46 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75679?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75711?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Sustainability requires cooperation. You have to discard the idea of Adam Smith economics, which says that it's better for society if everyone is working in their own self-interest, and move towards the economics of John Nash, which says we can find... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:45:24 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75711?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/75684?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Candidates Huckabee and Obama were the big winners in Iowa last night. It is, of course, way too soon to say they're headed for a show-down over the presidency after just one state contest. But their wins have made me wonder more about each candidate... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:32:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/75684?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/75605?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Excerpt from personal Earth essay at Earth Meanders by Dr. Glen Barry: Global ecological sustainability depends upon identifying and acting upon ambitious, sufficient eco-policies now; and rejecting misleading, exploitative and inadequate reformist p... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:50:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-blog/75605?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75724?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 We have seen one or two examples of affordable sustainable housing, for example this apartment block in London or this $200,000 Oklahoma zero energy house, but overall environmentally sustainable architecture is still seen as somewhat of an elitist m... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:57:11 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75724?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/75512?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Posted by Clive onboard the EsperanzaHumpback whale. Greenpeace/Jiri RezacEsteemed Australian environmentalist and author, Dr. Flannery recently said that it is reasonable to hunt Minke Whales sustainably on the premise that these animals are clos... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:32:32 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/75512?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75520?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Kudos to Kurt Zuelsdorf for a clever contribution to the ecosystem of the beloved birdlife on the Clam Bayou in Gulfport Florida. Zuelsdorf's idea: no rent is due on kayaks if the boater brings back a bag of trash. Field&Stream named Zuelsdorf a H... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:47:24 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75520?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75384?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 One of the buzzwords of recent years has been sustainability and, like most buzzwords, it tends to be used annoyingly all over the place, often for things it doesn't really fit. But what the word points to is the obligation that most of us share at s... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:04:40 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75384?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75300?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By Sean CastenIowa Interfaith Power & Light, the Iowa Farmers Union, and Plains Justice have just completed a survey (PDF) in advance of tomorrow's caucuses. Short version: Iowans think that we've squandered chances to do something meaningful a... Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:51:32 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75300?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75239?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 By Erik HoffnerThe following is a guest essay by Marcelo Bonta. Marcelo is founder and director of the Center for Diversity & the Environment and the Young Environmental Professionals of Color. He is also a senior fellow with the Environmental Leader... Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:28:32 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75239?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/75219?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Washington, DC -- I have argued before that one of George Bush's worst environmental appointees may not be the obviously inflammatory Mark Rey, nor the ethically challenged Steven Griles, but the quiet career civil servant who heads the EPA, Steve Jo... Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:45:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/75219?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75145?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53 Image courtesy of NASAForgive me if I'm beginning to sound a little like a broken record. Admittedly, I tend to have a certain, shall we say, bias when it comes to stories dealing with the oceans; however - even if that weren't the case - I must say ... Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:40:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75145?rsstype=populararticles&cid=53