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6 Nov 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Doug Honnold, the managing attorney of EarthJustice, writes that a sad milestone has passed: "More than 100 [gray] wolves have been killed since Idaho and Montana began hunting them this fall." Following President Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's decision to remove gray wolves from the...+ READ MORE
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30 Oct 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Ed Norton invited three of his Maasai friends to travel from Kenya to run with him in the NYC marathon (which he's never run before-and it's not easy, he's already having shin splints.). The cause? Conservation back home in Kenya, a nation famous for its runners. Norton first visited Kenya nearly...+ READ MORE
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29 Oct 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Non-native species, whether they're introduced intentionally or by accident, can wreak havoc on local ecosystems and economies. Some say it's the single most costly environmental disruption to the global economy, with estimates of up to $1.4 trillion a year. Who are these animals and where have they...+ READ MORE
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24 Oct 2009 IN TV | COMMENTS
The series that follows Shaun Ellis and Helen Jeffs as they adopt their human ways to fit in with a pack of wolves in England--—will they be accepted into the pack?+ READ MORE
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23 Oct 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Eco-friendly or exploitative? What do you think of zoos and captive breeding?+ READ MORE
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22 Oct 2009 IN TV | COMMENTS
Watch video clips from 100 places around the world that are in risk of disappearing or seriously threatened by climate change.+ READ MORE
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15 Oct 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
If you are homesteading or have a small family farm you may be looking for a family cow. Heritage breeds are as valuable to the modern homesteader as they were to the pioneer. Which should you choose?+ READ MORE
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8 Oct 2009 IN NATURE INC | COMMENTS
This episode of Nature Inc. takes you from California to Ghana to understand the impacts that the troubled honeybee and fruit bat populations are having on the almond, chocolate and cosmetics industries.+ READ MORE
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8 Oct 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
Is it really possible to assign a dollar value to nature? It can't be easy to quantify the contributions that ecosystems and wildlife make to our economy, but more and more people are trying... hopefully that means more and more people are listening to the messages of conservationists.+ READ MORE
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8 Oct 2009 IN NATURE INC | COMMENTS
The TV series that focuses on increasing efforts to quantify the economic value of nature: how much do honeybees contribute to our economy? Coral reefs? Rainforests? If they are worth enough, are we willing to save them? + READ MORE
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8 Oct 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
It's not just environmentalists anymore who are concerned about nature. The business community is increasingly looking to invest in species and habitat conservation, recognizing that nature offers resources and services that are worth more to us than destroyed ecosystems are.+ READ MORE
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2 Oct 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
In recent years, grizzly bears have had it rough.This will preserve not only remaining habitat areas, but also bears' ability to move from one area to another.A major freeway can prevent them from moving north, for example, and it's like they end up living on virtual islands, which is unsustainable...+ READ MORE
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1 Oct 2009 IN TV | COMMENTS
Timothy Treadwell tries to protect his campsite from weasels while alpha male grizzlies fight in the background.+ READ MORE
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29 Sep 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Heritage breed goats carry unique genes that have allowed them to flourish in all kinds of environments for generations. Find out which of these rare breeds can help your homestead to be more successful.+ READ MORE
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23 Sep 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Heritage breed sheep are the perfect choice for the small farmer or homesteader. These animals have adapted to certain environmental conditions and have unique characteristics that make it imperative that they not become extinct.+ READ MORE
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