Photo via TopNews New research into the whale-watching industry is confirming what we’ve known all along–that the world’s largest mammal is worth more alive than it is dead . Sure, there may be a dwindling number of folks salivating at the thought of whale, think… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Drop the Harpoon! Whale-Watching is Good Business
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photo: Minette Layne via flickr The IWC meeting in Morocco may have seen the failure of plans to compromise on commercial whaling , to bring Japan and other international law objectors back into the fold, but there is some more interesting news coming from Agadir: More whales are being killed by pollution, getting caught in nets and other threats than by commercial whaling; … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Commercial Hunting Just One of Many Problems Facing Whales: Oil Exploration, Pollution, Fishing Nets
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Soldiers struggle to clean the Qingdao coast during a similar algae bloom in 2008. Image credit: AP Photo/Ng Han Guan Qingdao, China, is famous for its temperate sea air and “Tsingtao” beer but, during the summer, the gentle coast becomes a fertile bed for massive, smelly, algae blooms. The last major bloom occurred in 2008 and threatened the sailing competitions of the Beijing Olympics. This year, another bloom as blossomed—and has grown by 50 percent in less than a week…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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China’s Coast Under Siege By Massive Algae Slick
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Images via Vac from the Sea project Electrolux is known for pushing the envelope on design, including sustainable design. And their latest project has our full attention. Pointing out that there isn’t enough recycled plastic on land to supply demand, Electrolux is backing a project that would pull plastics from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and recycle it into appliances like vacuum cleaners. The project would simultaneously create (… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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photo: Chris via flickr It’s rare that a whaling peace plan falling apart could be a good thing, but for considering that the one being negotiated in Morocco, which would effectively sanction the actions of whaling nations Japan, Norway, and Iceland, would mean that more whales would die, perhaps it’s a good thing. Which is all a way of saying that delegates at the Internation… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Whaling ‘Peace Plan’ Talks Fall Apart – Japan Unwilling to Say When It Will Stop Killing Whales
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Image credit: Sarah Illenberger + Tia Grazette/ Plastiki “Ever since the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries,” David de Rothschild wrote in TreeHugger , “it seems the barometers of success and modernity within society have been measured by our interaction, or rather lack of interaction, with the natural world.” The impact of this outlook, he continues, is palpable: Masses of
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Posters Help Send Plastiki Ship’s Message On World’s Trash Gyres (Slideshow)
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Image via El Blog de Chibiboto If you thought the adventures of a wayward clownfish were heart heartwarming in Pixar’s Finding Nemo , chances are you’d walk away from its imagined sequel a bit depressed. On the heels of the next installment of Toy Story , and in light of the… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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"Finding Nemo 2" Parody Posters Inspired by Oil Spill
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Photo courtesy of Philippe Cousteau We made it into Tampa late last night and took the one hour drive to the beach near St. Petersburg. It was going to be another long day and we were prepared to get up early and get to the beach for the cleanup. I had come here in partnership with the Ocean Conservancy, one of the leading ocean conservation organizations in the country. The whole idea was to organize a beach cleanup as a way to channel the collective sense of frustration and demonstrate that people can take action to help the oceans…with or without oil. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Dispatch from the Gulf Oil Spill: Why We Are All Responsible for the Cleanup
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On the heels of an International Whaling Commission meeting slated for later this month to discuss the future prospects of commercial hunts , conscience and moral imperatives may not be the only thing influencing the countries present there. An undercover investigation, conducted by reporters from The Sunday Times , found whaling-friendly Japan has sought to bribe small nations into taking … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Japan Accused of Bribing Nations to be Pro-Whaling
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Photo via Ma.Ka. What would the world be like without oceans? What does it feel like to be in the ocean? How does the ocean affect your life on a daily basis? These are some of the prompts given to participants in an extraordinary new sound project called Ocean Voices. Last week, the California Academy of Sciences hosted the premiere of Ocean Voices , a project that collects people’s thoughts, experiences, impressions and musings on our oceans. It’s a powerful listening experience, with layers of sound creating an i… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Say Something! Ocean Voices Project Collects Your Experiences, Impressions Of Our Seas
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