Articles tagged “Animals”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Salmonella is to Chicken as MRSA is to... By David DeFranza IN Food & Health Mar 13 2009 When Tom Anderson, a family-practice doctor in Indiana, started to see similar rashes and lesions appear on his patients, he became concerned. When they began to grow in size, some getting as big as saucers, he took a culture and had it tested in a lab. The result: MRSA. + READ MORE

You Can Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Mar 10 2009 But I don't even know what mountaintop removal mining is, you might say. Well, ignorance is not bliss here—mountaintop removal mining is a very real, very destructive practice. It involves exactly what you'd think it does—it's the act of literally blowing the top off a mountain in order to mine for coal. Until recently, it was banned in many states. + READ MORE

Prepare Your Food without Toxins, Like Dolphins Do By Brian Merchant IN Food & Health Mar 10 2009 Here's something that a lot of people don't know about dolphins: they have some remarkable eating habits. In fact, a recent study has revealed that dolphins prepare food much like chefs do. Allow me to explain. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Permaculture By Mickey Z. IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 9 2009 Coined in 1978 by Australian ecologists Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, permaculture is a contraction of "permanent agriculture." It's also "an approach to developing ecological human habitats and food production systems that use land sustainable and build communities that harmonious integrate dwellings and agriculture in regard to climate, annual and perennial plants, animals, soils, and water use. Permaculture focuses not on the separate elements, but on their relationships and how they are placed in the landscape." + READ MORE

Adopt a Highway By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 6 2009 We've all seen those Adopt-A-Highway signs. They are usually sponsored by some group like the Lion's Club or that Red Hat Society. Sometimes the highways get adopted by corporations or local church groups. In some places, individuals are able to adopt their very own highway. + READ MORE

Forget Vacationing: Travel through Volunteering with EcoVolunteer.org By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 6 2009 I recently noted how it's a good, green thing that many Americans don't go on vacation. But what if instead of going on vacation, you made a habit of eco-volunteering in those hard earned days off? + READ MORE

10 Tips For Avoiding a Shark Attack By Elizabeth Seward IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 5 2009 Well, a 15 year old near Sydney, Australia was recently attacked by a shark. And with spring break coming up, partnered with rising temperatures, the average beach population will be increasing, and with it will probably come, unfortunately, more reported shark attacks. It happens this way each year. I mean, it doesn't happen a whole lot. And I doubt it'll happen to you. But, ya know, just in case you are going to the beach soon, I'd wager a bet that you don't want your vacation inconvenienced by a shark that's out to get you. That would cost you time, pain, money, resources from the hospital, and maybe even a limb or two. You'd also be disrupting nature. + READ MORE

How Many Sharks Get Killed for their Fins Every Year? By Brian Merchant IN Go For The Green Mar 4 2009 It's sort of mind boggling when you hear the number for the first time—it just doesn't make sense. Maybe because it's something most of us don't think about; sharks getting killed for their fins. But it's happening everyday. Everyday, "fishermen"... + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Indicator Species By Mickey Z. IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 2 2009 As defined by the Environmental Protection agency (EPA), "biological indicator species are unique environmental indicators as they offer a signal of the biological condition in a watershed." In other words, it's the proverbial canary in a coal mine. + READ MORE

How to Deal with Unwanted Wildlife in Urban Areas By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 27 2009 Humans are essentially animals. There are differences. Rock and Roll music, the ability to build sailboats and the capacity to enjoy a Woody Allen movie. Some finches and several species of canines can enjoy Mr. Allen's films∗, but most scientists believe they are simply imitating the throaty guffaws of their human masters. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Keystone Species By Mickey Z. IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 26 2009 A keystone species is a species "so critical to an ecosystem that its removal could potentially destroy the entire system...It is important to consider keystone species when making any decisions that could affect the natural environment. A small impact on keystone species could cause major disruption for the whole ecosystem." + READ MORE

Can a Vegan Diet Control Type 2 Diabetes? By Josh Peterson IN Food & Health Feb 26 2009 Veganism is gaining popularity with environmentalists. Vegetables, fruits and grains aren?t as carbon-intensive as animals and their byproducts. Switching to a plant-based diet can reduce your carbon footprint by about 5,000 pounds of CO2 every year. That's no small feat, but that's not all veganism can do. + READ MORE

How to Humanely Remove a Snake By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 25 2009 Snakes can be quite a pest, especially if they are venomous. There are ways of removing our slithery friends from basements or yards without getting bit or harming the snake. You can safely restrain the snake, then release it back into the wilderness where it belongs. + READ MORE

Know Your Endangered Species Before You Travel By Elizabeth Seward IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 24 2009 When you're traveling, some of the endangered species you're used to hearing about at home are not necessarily the endangered species where you're going. But luckily, CITES has a comprehensive list of species that are considered endangered animals (both plants and animals) across the world. And the list is constantly being updated. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Nitrate Pollution By Mickey Z. IN Tech & Transport Feb 19 2009 Nitrate pollution is "Water contamination caused by the presence of excessive amounts of nitrates washed out from inorganic fertilizers." The Sierra Club has the sordid details.. + READ MORE

Make Clothes out of Your Pet's Hair By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty Feb 19 2009 Look. If you own a pet, there is a good chance that your clothes are covered in your pet's hair. You could use one of those sticky anti-cat hair rollers to deal with the problem. Another way of handling the hairy situation is by making your clothes out of your pet's hair. That way, when you get pet hair on your clothes, it doesn?t matter cause it's all pet hair. Sound good? + READ MORE

Support Organic Chicken Today, Make A Difference For Tomorrow By Elizabeth Seward IN Food & Health Feb 17 2009 If you eat chicken the economy's sad state may have just given you a whole lot more power as a consumer than before. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that America's chicken housing crisis is causing chicken farmers everywhere to struggle with mortgage payments on their chicken houses. + READ MORE

Adopt Wildlife By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 12 2009 Hummingbirds rule. Anyone who says different better change their tune. How can you not like crazy little birds that hover, eat nectar and go into torpor? You can adopt a hummingbird. If your not a hummingbird fan, you can adopt a bald eagle, a monk seal or a bison. You can even adopt a beluga whale. + READ MORE

Take a Virtual Road Trip that could Help Save 2 Million Acres of American Wilderness By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 12 2009 Just last month, the US Senate voted to pass a bill that would protect 2 million acres of American Wilderness: the Omnibus Public Land Management Act. Regardless, get set to learn a slew of fascinating info about the precious, threatened lands of the USA.Seriously—the more attention this gets, and the more people... + READ MORE

Your Roadside Litter Kills Animals By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 12 2009 You may think that it is all right to throw old banana peels, apple cores and other foodstuffs out of the window of your car because it's organic, it will breakdown and it fertilize the roadside plants or an animal will simply gobble it up. Well, you are right, sort of. When you throw foodstuffs out the window animals will eat it. + READ MORE