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Articles
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70% deforestation cuts for Brazil
Brazil has announced a plan to reduce deforestation rates in the Amazon region by 70% over the next ten years.
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Timberland Pledges to Stop Using Deforestation Leather
Timberland discontinues use of leather obtained from cattle raised on deforested Amazon lands. Now you can feel good about your next pair of hiking boots.
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Amazon Deforestation Driven By The Cattle Industry
Brazil is the fourth largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Why you might ask? Blame it on our unhealthy obsession with hamburgers!
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Brazilian Tribe Uses Google Earth To Combat Deforestation
Armed with computers, smart phones and Google Earth, a Brazilian tribe protects the forest from illegal loggers.
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Google.org Gives $14 Million To Fight Pandemics
Google.org, the philanthropic branch of Google, has donated $14 million to fight pandemics. The money will go to efforts in Southeast Asia and Africa.
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"Gremlin" Creature Resurfaces After 80 Years
The carnivorous primate had not been witnessed alive since 1921, but three live specimens were found and tagged this summer.
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The mountain gorillas of Virunga National Park have been mostly unharmed by the civil war. But they are caught in a struggle between the government and rebels..
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Is High Demand for Palm Oil Destroying the Rainforests?
Is it true that palm oil, common in snack foods and health & beauty products, is destroying rainforests? If so, what can consumers do about it?
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Time's Top 10 Green Stories Of 2008
Time recently came out with a top 10 list of the top green stories of 2008. Can you guess what number 1 is?
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Top Green New Year Resolutions
Is it finally time to stop smoking, clean out your closets, or lose ten pounds? You can do all of those things while making positive environmental changes.
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Peru Planting 512,820 Trees a Day to Fight Climate Change
Peru’s Ministry of Agriculture has launched an ambitious project. The goal: plant 40 million trees in 3 months to help deter the effects of climate change.
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Why are the Boy Scouts Profiting From Deforestation?
When you think of the Boy Scouts, the first thing that comes to mind is not clearcutting.
Blog posts
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Environmentally Themed Radio Soap Opera Spreads the Word on Good Water Practices in Honduras
PCI-Media Impact is participating in GlobalGiving’s Open Challenge, an online fundraising drive, to save one of their most successful social change communications campaigns, which was recently canc...
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My life is not more valuable...
Commencement Speech given by Paul Hawken to the University of Portland [[[When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that was “direct, naked, taut, h...
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Thoughts on The Age of Stupid..or green or not to green?!
THE AGE OF STUPID The excitement and fear of what The Age of Stupid film had in store finally laid it all out for theater goers last night. The sounds of hunger pains, musty...
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REVEL is never a party to be missed, and this year was no different
Posted by Branden on October 16th, 2009 Surrounded by larger-than life rainforest photos draped from the walls of the gorgeous Bentley Reserve the who’s who of the environmental movement gathere...
