Articles tagged “Water”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Outdoor Emergency Handbook: How Not to Get Hypothermia By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 11 2009 If you find yourself stranded in cold water, what do you do? A Lieutenant from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is here to tell you. + READ MORE

Focus on Focus Earth: Rural Trash Dump By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 4 2009 The 3 million cubic yards of coal ash that spilled at the Tennessee Valley Authority power plant last year are now being buried in Alabama. Don't worry, officials assure (despite the mercury and arsenic contamination) it is safe. + READ MORE

Focus on Focus Earth: Oh, That Dirty Water By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Dec 4 2009 Fracking is destroying public water supplies, while the polluting company denies any wrongdoing. Again. + READ MORE

Focus on Focus Earth: Greening the Ghetto By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Dec 4 2009 Fighting sewage treatment facilities, power plants, and other environmental hazards that no one wants in their community has been Majora Carter's mission for years, and she's winning. + READ MORE

Focus on Focus Earth: Erin Brockovitch Still Going Strong--Because the Fight Is Not Over Yet By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Dec 4 2009 Almost a decade after the hit film showed off her legal success story and made her an environmental celebrity, Erin Brockovich still has contamination battles to pursue. And she's taking them on, full speed ahead. + READ MORE

How Much Poop is in Your Drinking Water? By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Dec 1 2009 digg_url = 'http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/poop-drinking-water.html';Sewage, including human excrement and dangerous industrial chemicals is spilling into waterways across America. + READ MORE

Potent Anti-Viral Tea By Care2.com IN Food & Health Nov 25 2009 A gifted African healer from Ghana gave my fiancé Len, who had the flu, instructions for how to make and use this strong and delicious tea remedy formula. I drank some too because it had such a vibrant apple cider/ginger/lemon essence that I found irresistibly sweet, tart and spicy (and of course, I didn?t want to get sick either). I never got the virus and Len recovered without lung problems, to which he is prone. + READ MORE

Sorry Charlie: 8 Excellent Reasons to Stop Eating Tuna By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Nov 24 2009 Let's put aside ideology-for a moment-and instead state an unadorned bit of common sense: Bluefin tuna (and other large fish) would not be in danger if humans didn't kill and eat them. + READ MORE

Is Your Sushi Killing an Entire Species? By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Nov 24 2009 A new study using DNA barcoding has found that many restaurant menus do not identify the specific species of tuna that goes into their sushi--and some even give erroneous identifications. So, chances are good that it's the endangered bluefin. Seems the only way to avoid an already endangered species is to not order anyone in its family. + READ MORE

Planet 100 - UK's Worst Flood Ever, Carbon-Sucking Nanotubes, and Fresh Air in the Garden State? By Team Planet Green IN Features Nov 24 2009 Today's Planet 100 looks at UK?s worst flood on record, a major breakthrough in nanotechnology, and New Jersey makes the top ten in Money Magazine's Best Places to Live. + READ MORE

Planet 100 - November 17, 2009 By Team Planet Green IN Features Nov 20 2009 Today's Planet 100 looks at Whales Saved by Japanese Recession, Giant Disco Ball in Space, and Feeding the Planet. + READ MORE

Water: Get to Know It, Then Conserve It By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Nov 20 2009 Only 3% of the Earth's total water is freshwater. Of that, only 1% is available for human consumption. Do the math and you've a grand total of 0.01% of the Earth's total water being usable. + READ MORE

Dear Audience: A Note from the Directors of Coal Country By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 13 2009 A note from the producer and writer/director of Coal Country. They have been personally touched by the destruction caused by mountaintop removal, but they have also seen the other side, met people who are proud of their work in the coal industry (when their companies follow the rules), and have tried to make a film that shows both sides. Here's why. + READ MORE

There's Still Time to Speak Out Against Natural Gas Drilling in New York By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 12 2009 If certain energy companies have their way, they'll be able to expand drilling and hydraulic fracturing operations in upstate New York in the near future. The public comment period on the environmental impact statement has just been extended until December 31. Make sure your voice is heard before then. + READ MORE

Meet Change Maker Ana Joanes, Director of Fresh, the Movie By Leonora Oppenheim IN Work & Connect Nov 5 2009 Meet Ana Joanes the director and producer of Fresh, one of the most inspiring movies recently made about our food system and what we eat. + READ MORE

Living With Ed Episode: The Water and the Wardrobe By Team Planet Green IN Episode Guides Nov 4 2009 Ed catches Rachelle walking into the house with bottled water. After reminding her of the costs (and plastic waste) of her decision, Rachelle makes Ed smell their tap water; she convinces him that it's too chlorinated to drink or use... + READ MORE

Clean Water Everywhere: DIY Clay Water Filters By Care2.com IN Food & Health Oct 28 2009 Clean drinking water has always been a major issue in many developing countries, but with the onset of climate change and droughts, this may become a problem for industrialized countries as well. There is a simple solution for clean water: clay + READ MORE

DIY Electricity: Is a Water Turbine Right for You? By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Oct 27 2009 With the right turbine, almost any stream can generate the power you need to run your home. + READ MORE

Did Split Estate Cause An Oil Representative to Resign? By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 23 2009 When Kathy Hall's resignation from the Colorado Oil and Gas Association became public following the Planet Green screening of Split Estate, rumors started flying that it was because of comments she made in the film. She denies it, along with comments she is seen making in the film. What's the deal? + READ MORE

An Ocean of Plastic...In Birds' Guts (Slideshow) POSTED IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 19 2009 Chris Jordan's latest photography project, Midway, documents the shocking impact of Pacific trash. + VIEW SLIDESHOW