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Belize Bans Bottom Trawling in All Its Waters

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Belize Bans Bottom Trawling in All Its Waters

Satellite image of bottom trawlers off Louisiana Coast; photo via Wikimedia Commons In a great victory on the path to more sustainable fishing, Oceana has announced Belize banned all forms of bottom trawling in its country waters. Effective December 31, 2010, the incredibly destructive fishing practice will be no more for Belize, helping to preserve its reef system and maintain the World Heritage Site status of its barrier reef system…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Belize Bans Bottom Trawling in All Its Waters

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Belize Bans Bottom Trawling in All Its Waters

Satellite image of bottom trawlers off Louisiana Coast; photo via Wikimedia Commons In a great victory on the path to more sustainable fishing, Oceana has announced Belize banned all forms of bottom trawling in its country waters. Effective December 31, 2010, the incredibly destructive fishing practice will be no more for Belize, helping to preserve its reef system and maintain the World Heritage Site status of its barrier reef system…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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WWF Document Format Saves Paper By Refusing To Let You Print

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on WWF Document Format Saves Paper By Refusing To Let You Print

There are gads of programs, downloads, and even fonts that help you conserve paper when you print. And there are those little taglines on emails that encourage readers to think before printing. However, there is one new strategy from WWF that really gets people to stop printing. They’ve created a software program that allows you to save a document as a file that literally cannot be printed out. Talk about cutting off the problem at the source! … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Scientists Dress Up as Pandas to Fool Them (and Us?)

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Scientists Dress Up as Pandas to Fool Them (and Us?)

Photo: the Independent O.k.; which one is the real panda and which is the scientist? It’s a tough one: scientists in China are dressing up as pandas in order to prepare the bears for release into the wild. Pandas are an endangered species, there are just 2,500 left and they can’t get too used to human contact because it will make them too tame. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Thriving Biosphere Found in Rocks Deep Underneath Seafloor

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Thriving Biosphere Found in Rocks Deep Underneath Seafloor

Photo credit: M. McCarthy via University of California, Santa Cruz There’s a reason for leaving “no stone unturned” when it comes to scientific exploration — there’s probably life underneath even the most unlikely rock. Even if that rock is well under the seafloor. Researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, have found evidence for a biological community of living organisms camped out in porous rock deep underneath the seabed. The microbes are “chemoautotrophic,” getting their energy from chemicals rather than sunlight or sunlight-dependent or… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Animal Camp Rallies for Abused Animals and Veganism (Book Review)

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Animal Camp Rallies for Abused Animals and Veganism (Book Review)

Photo via sneakerdog Animal sanctuaries are like home base, a safe zone for animals that have been abused or displaced where, with luck, they can live the rest of their lives in happy, loving situations. From neglected pets to lab animals, from non-releasable wild animals to farm animals that narrowly escape the slaughter house, these sanctuaries will take in the worst off animals — as many as facilities can accommodate — and either house them or find suitable homes for them. Along with a safe place for animals, sanctuaries typically work … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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With 11 Days to Go, Chevy Volt #1 Charity Auction Reaches $180,000

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on With 11 Days to Go, Chevy Volt #1 Charity Auction Reaches $180,000

Image: volt.charitybuzz.com Recharging Detroit Public Schools GM is auctioning off the first Chevy Volt off the production line to raise money for the Detroit Public Schools Foundation . It’s a great idea, and so far it seems pretty successful. There’s still about 11 days left in the auction, and already the car with a MSRP of $40,280 has a bid for $180,000, and the next bid will have to be at least 5 grand higher to be accepted. Other car makers should steal this! How about a

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Loss of Biodiversity Makes Humans Sick

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Loss of Biodiversity Makes Humans Sick

Losing species, like the critically endangered tiger, can actually increase our chances of getting sick. Photo credit: cliff1066 / Creative Commons The sixth great extinction is underway , many conservationists warn, meaning that as many as 50 percent of animal species on earth may vanish by the end of the century. The numbers are staggering—and undeniably tragic—but what do they mean for the planet’… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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TED Talk: How Do You Make and Enforce Laws on the High Seas?

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on TED Talk: How Do You Make and Enforce Laws on the High Seas?

Photo via Mission Blue The majority of the ocean is thought of as unowned. About 64% is ungoverned by any national law. And yet so much of it needs protections and regulations so that the wildlife can survive, let alone thrive. How do we go about making and enforcing laws that are reasonable and effective, and benefit both humans and marine life? Kristina Gjerde is an expert in this area and gave a talk earlier in the year during the Mission Blue Voyage. Here are here insights into how we might save the unprotected oceans from problems like bottom-tra… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Green Gift Guide: The Foodie (Slideshow)

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Green Gift Guide: The Foodie (Slideshow)

Image: TreeHugger What can be more luxurious than coming home to your favorite dish, freshly prepared and laid out on the table, or more indulgent than biting into a cake just out of the oven? If you’re not someone who likes to spend all free time in the kitchen, then shopping for the foodies among your friends and family can be more than a little overwhelming (what does one do with a pestle, anyway…). But have no fear: The gifts in our second of 10 holiday gift guides launching this week will make finding the perfect equipment, serving dishes, snacks, and cookbooks for the eco-minded chef in your … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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