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Heroes for the Planet: The 2006 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

Three of this year’s winners of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize (awarded April 24) are focused on combating global warming by saving the world’s fast-diminishing rainforests.

China Building Green City on Island Near Shanghai

While the Chinese government has never been known for its environmental consideration, a new city springing up there on an island in the mouth of the Yangtze River may start to change all of that. Bulldozers have already broken ground on Chongming, where China is constructing an earth-friendly city from scratch catering to the overflowing masses from nearby Shanghai as well as those displaced by the massive and ongoing Three Gorges dam project.

Oil Issue Looms as Chinese President Visits White House

Environmentalists were disappointed last week when a White House visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao yielded little if any substantive discussion about one of the world’s top hot button issues: energy use. After all, the U.S. remains the world’s top energy consumer, but China is coming on strong with its recent development push.

What’s Killing Our Birds & Sealife?

Scientists remain puzzled over what caused such widespread loss of wildlife last summer on the Pacific coast between Northern California & BC.

Belly and Soul

These days, I’ve found love in the bounty of the seasons. Fresh corn snapped from the stalk
dark baby kale, nipped by winter frosts
raspberries in the morning sun, plucked right from the vine…new potatoes, freshly unearthed, coddled with a bit of butter
snow peas so pale in the early spring light they break your heart.

Watching Whales And Poop

From November to April, hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to whale-watching excursions in the Hawai`ian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Few of these visitors realize that their boats are dumping sewage directly into the sanctuary.

Candid Camera

The lure of catching wildlife on camera may save Texas Hill Country ranchers" way of life, not to mention disappearing open spaces. Instead of shooting deer with a rifle, people are paying money for a chance at shooting wildlife on film.

Hostel Territories

Backpackers take note: New developments in eco-hostelling are providing rucksack-toting travelers with environmentally friendly alternatives to the typical budget flophouse. The Minneapolis EcoHostel opened last year as a comfy guesthouse in the heart of Minnesota’s Twin Cities.

Social Engineering

During summer break, many college students spend their free time working at fast food joints or hanging out with friends. But University of Texas student Amanda Cuellar spent last summer doing much-needed development work in Mexico, working with Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW).

Pests or Pets?

The marshlands on the Connecticut coast are alive with
parakeets? Yes, green monk parakeets from South America have found there way to more than a dozen states, and in some places they’ve run afoul of utility power lines.

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