Food or Fuel?
As oil supplies run low, countries turn to biofuels–and poor nations face rising rates of hunger as a result.
Reaping What You Sow
Responsible Seed Growing and Saving in 2011Gone are the days when a seed was just a seed. Now seeds are genetically modified, manipulated to be pesticide- and chemical-resistant and even encrypted with patents. Most traditional garden centers sell seeds with some of these altered characteristics, although you won’t know it from reading the labels. These […]
Semana del 11/4/11
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Recientemente la ONU votó para declarar el acceso seguro al agua limpia un “derecho humano.” ¿No es eso obvio? ¿Cuáles son las ramificaciones de esta declaración?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Si Japón cerrara todas sus centrales nucleares después del daño reciente y escapes de radiación causados por el terremoto y tsunami del 11 de marzo, ¿cuál sería su menú de energía? ¿Podría proporcionar todo su electricidad de otras maneras?
Harmful Cleaning Product Ingredients
Dear EarthTalk: Why don’t cleaning products have to list their ingredients, and are these products tested for what they might do to your health?
Non-native Phragmites
Dear EarthTalk: We have an invasion of phragmites in the wetlands bordering our neighborhood. I understand they are a non-native plant that, if left unchecked, will overrun the whole ecosystem. How does one remedy this situation in an eco-friendly way?
Britannica Kids: Rainforests
Encyclopedia Britannica’s Rainforests app lets kids explore the world’s rainforests through brilliant images, detailed information and interactive quizzes and games. Designed for ages 8-12, Encyclopedia Britannica’s Rainforests app lets kids explore the world’s rainforests through brilliant images, detailed information and interactive quizzes and games. This app is filled with a wealth of amazing, high-quality images […]
The Protest Will Be Protested!
myhaircares.com The Yes Men’s Latest Hoax-Within-a-Hoax Entangles a Canadian Pipeline GiantAt one point, Greenpeace co-founder Rex Weyler denounced it as “absurd” and “a joke.” And, boy, was he right. Canadian oil company, Enbridge Inc., really hadn’t enlisted beauty salons across North America to help clean up more than 800,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into […]
The Case of the Orphaned Wells
ProPublica just published an article exposing the dangers posed by hundreds of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells.
Nuclear Fears Growing
The ongoing crisis at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant took another turn for the worse this past weekend.
Semana del 3/4/11
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Entiendo que un informe reciente del gobierno concluyó que nuestro sistema global de alimentos está en serios apuros, que aproximadamente dos mil millones de personas sufren de hambre o desnutrición mientras otros mil millones están sobreconsumiendo en forma colosal cayendo en la obesidad. ¿Qué está pasando?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Qué está pasando entonces: ¿Es bueno que tengamos fluoruro en nuestra agua potable o no? He oído tantas opiniones conflictivas con el paso de los años.