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» Earth911 Inspiration: Adopt the Pace of Nature
28/03/25 02:05 from Earth911.com
Today’s quote is from American poet, essayist, and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Adopt the pace... The post Earth911 Inspiration: Adopt the Pace of Nature appeared first on Earth911 .

» 7 DIY Greenhouse Ideas That Are True Gardening Gold
27/03/25 02:10 from Earth911.com
Have you already started your spring garden? Getting ahead of the game not only gets... The post 7 DIY Greenhouse Ideas That Are True Gardening Gold appeared first on Earth911 .

» Recycling Mystery: How To Recycle Your Tennis Shoes
27/03/25 02:01 from Earth911.com
You jog in them. Compete in them. Maybe even meet your friend for lunch in... The post Recycling Mystery: How To Recycle Your Tennis Shoes appeared first on Earth911 .

» 10 Relief Remedies Using Essential Oils
26/03/25 02:10 from Earth911.com
All across the globe, people suffer from ailments such as headaches, anxiety, insomnia, nail fungus,... The post 10 Relief Remedies Using Essential Oils appeared first on Earth911 .

» Soil Solarization for Weed Control
26/03/25 02:05 from Earth911.com
The habits of home gardeners develop mostly by trial and error influenced by old wives’... The post Soil Solarization for Weed Control appeared first on Earth911 .

» When and How To Get Rid of Your Old Car
25/03/25 02:05 from Earth911.com
Replacing all your old stuff with new green products scratches the consumer itch and feels... The post When and How To Get Rid of Your Old Car appeared first on Earth911 .

» We Earthlings: 4 Questions for Conscious Shopping
25/03/25 02:05 from Earth911.com
Before you make your next purchase, ask yourself these four questions for conscious shopping: Do... The post We Earthlings: 4 Questions for Conscious Shopping appeared first on Earth911 .

» Earth911 Podcast: Pursuing Sustainable Packaging with AE Global’s Elizabeth Corbett
24/03/25 06:00 from Earth911.com
Plastic and paper waste from product packaging remains an environmental crisis, with millions of tons... The post Earth911 Podcast: Pursuing Sustainable Packaging with AE Global’s Elizabeth Corbett appeared first on Earth911 .

» 4 Simple Swaps for a Truly Sustainable Easter
24/03/25 02:10 from Earth911.com
Growing up, Easter was always one of my favorite holidays. There was that heady mix... The post 4 Simple Swaps for a Truly Sustainable Easter appeared first on Earth911 .

» Earth911 Inspiration: Banning “Climate Change” Won’t Stop It
21/03/25 06:00 from Earth911.com
This week’s inspirational quote is a statement that needs saying, so we’re saying it ourselves:... The post Earth911 Inspiration: Banning “Climate Change” Won’t Stop It appeared first on Earth911 .

» To host 2025 climate summit, Brazil will carve up an Amazonian reserve
23/07/24 12:44 from Mongabay.com news
The construction is part of a series of projects to upgrade infrastructure in Belém ahead of the COP30 climate summit next year, alongside dredging Guajará Bay to make space for ocean liners to address the shortage of hotel rooms in the ...

» PHOTOS: For Kenya’s Maasai, a new faith may undo age-old conservation traditions
23/07/24 11:16 from Mongabay.com news
LOITA FOREST, Kenya — Wrapped in fingers of moss, where the spindly upper branches of giant trees tickle the clouds, a highland tropical forest conceals secret groves. These are where the local Maasai practice rites of passage and old re...

» Nepal’s youngest national park looks to elevated lanes to prevent roadkill
23/07/24 04:54 from Mongabay.com news
PARSA, Nepal — On the two-lane Amlekhgunj-Pathlaiya road, a long line of red and yellow trucks carrying petroleum forms as traffic is brought to a standstill by a car stalled in the middle of the road. Amid the cacophony of honking horns...

» Where Javan leopards thrive, so do other wildlife, study shows
23/07/24 01:08 from Mongabay.com news
JAKARTA — A new study on Javan leopards has found that areas with higher numbers of the endangered subspecies have richer wildlife diversity than those from where the elusive big cats are absent. More Javan leopards (Panthera pardus mela...

» Can a carbon offset project really secure Indigenous rights in authoritarian Cambodia?
22/07/24 16:05 from Mongabay.com news
This is the first article in our two-part series on Indigenous land rights and the Keo Seima REDD+ project. This series was co-written by a Cambodian journalist whose name is being withheld due to security concerns. Lan and her elderly h...

» Thai plan to redraw boundaries of tiger reserve sparks concern and criticism
22/07/24 15:27 from Mongabay.com news
Government plans to remove protections for a portion of Thailand’s Thap Lan National Park, a core area within one of mainland Southeast Asia’s last intact tracts of forest, could trigger knock-on consequences for protected areas across t...

» A Guatemalan reserve turns from civil war refuge to deforestation hotspot
22/07/24 14:29 from Mongabay.com news
Mongabay reported in 2023 that thousands of hectares of forest were felled, likely for cattle ranching and airstrips for drug trafficking. Since then, the situation appears to have grown worse. Preliminary satellite data collected by Glo...

» Trophy hunting of Amboseli’s super-tuskers in Tanzania sparks outrage, calls for a ban
22/07/24 06:32 from Mongabay.com news
Conservationists have called for a halt to trophy hunting of elephants from Kenya’s Amboseli National Park that cross over into neighboring Tanzania, following the killing of at least five males with unusually large tusks by hunters in T...

» Minerals for agricultural use can already be found in Amazonia
19/07/24 08:25 from Mongabay.com news
The ongoing expansion of Brazil’s industrial farms has created a robust market for the mineral feedstocks used for the manufacture of chemical fertilisers. Historically, demand was met largely by imports, but a combination of cost and ge...

» Shaping the next generation of Indigenous rangers: Interview with Manni Edwards
18/07/24 05:30 from Mongabay.com news
Manni Edwards credits his journey to preserving the wisdom of his elders to an encounter with goondoi 40 years ago. At the age of 8, Edwards says, he saw up to 14 colorful goondoi, or southern cassowaries (Casuarius casuarius) moving tog...

» Nepal’s shifting biodiversity research landscape: Interview with Karan Bahadur Shah
18/07/24 03:26 from Mongabay.com news
KATHMANDU — Professor Karan Bahadur Shah is a distinguished researcher from Nepal, renowned for his extensive work in herpetology, the study of amphibians and reptiles. His career spans several decades and includes significant contributi...

» How Europe’s only Indigenous group is inspiring a greener Christianity
17/07/24 12:21 from Mongabay.com news
In Arctic Norway, among the Indigenous Sámi people, there is a custom: When cutting down a tree, tap its trunk three times. On the one hand, it’s simply practical advice: Only old, dead trees will ring hollow. Test the trunk, and you’ll ...

» After 2-year wait, Sonoran wilderness protection law gets closer to reality
17/07/24 11:52 from Mongabay.com news
SAHUARIPA, Mexico — Where saguaro cacti give way to palm trees, some 130 miles south of the U.S. border, a small ranching town is quietly obsessed with jaguars (Panthera onca). Jaguar murals adorn walls, and local ranchers, usually demur...

» ‘A harmonious human-primate society’: Interview with Whitley winner Kuenzang Dorji
17/07/24 11:10 from Mongabay.com news
Kuenzang Dorji’s lifelong passion for wildlife, fostered since childhood, set the stage for his distinguished career in conservation. His professional journey began as a park ranger at Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park under the...

» Ecuador’s Indigenous Cofán show how to have your turtle and eat it too
17/07/24 11:00 from Mongabay.com news
At the end of the 1980s, the Indigenous Cofán community of Zábalo, inside Ecuador’s Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, was alarmed by what was happening on the banks of the Aguarico River. Like in all the other tributaries of the Amazon, heavy h...

» ‘Fungibility’ could sink Convention on Biodiversity’s funding mechanism Decision 15/9 (commentary)
17/07/24 09:44 from Mongabay.com news
That common sense is anything but common is a truism. Professors of economics often invoke common sense to explain resource allocation. The fungibility problem is exemplary. This esoteric term comes from finance and is synonymous with “a...

» Space mission that maps forests in 3D makes an early comeback
17/07/24 08:31 from Mongabay.com news
Call it the force’s doing, but it has been surprises galore for the GEDI mission. In early 2023, the lidar mission that maps the Earth’s forests in 3D was to be burned up in the atmosphere to make way for another unrelated mission on the...

» Report reveals widespread use of smuggled mercury in Amazon gold mining
17/07/24 08:16 from Mongabay.com news
According to a report from Brazilian think tank the Escolhas Institute, up to 73% of all mercury used in Brazil's gold mines is of unknown origin; the country’s environmental agency states practically all mines in Brazil use illegal merc...

» Garifuna land rights abuses persist in Honduras, despite court ruling
17/07/24 05:48 from Mongabay.com news
Since the early 17th century, the Garifuna Afro-Indigenous peoples of Honduras have lived on the country’s northern Caribbean coast, where they collectively own large tracts of rich coastal land and sustain their livelihoods on subsisten...

» To end turtle hunting, an African island state embraced the hunters
17/07/24 03:49 from Mongabay.com news
Five of the world’s seven species of marine turtles come to the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, in Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, to breed or forage. The islanders patrol nesting sites, survey adult turtles at sea, educate students about the...

» Is Chai Vegan?
19/10/23 14:35 from Eat. Drink. Better.
Steep yourself in the rich and spicy discourse of 'Is Chai Vegan?' We're brewing details on various types of chai, infusing vegan-friendly alternatives, explaining the chai-making process, and serving a piping hot FAQ section for your en...

» Is Carrageenan Vegan?
18/10/23 13:49 from Eat. Drink. Better.
We're stirring up answers to the question 'Is Carrageenan Vegan?' Dive into the deep sea of different types of carrageenan, explore vegan-friendly alternatives, get to know how carrageenan is made, and lose yourself in the tide of our in...

» Is Almond Milk Vegan?
17/10/23 13:42 from Eat. Drink. Better.
We're milking the question 'Is Almond Milk Vegan?' down to its last drop! Enjoy a smooth blend of details about different types of almond milk, vegan-friendly alternatives, insights into the making of almond milk, all topped with a cream...

» Is Xanthan Gum Vegan?
16/10/23 12:09 from Eat. Drink. Better.
Step into our kitchen as we whisk through the question, 'Is Xanthan gum Vegan?' We'll thicken your knowledge with details on different types of Xanthan Gum, sprinkle in vegan-friendly alternatives, explain how this ingredient is made, an...

» Is Adobo Vegan?
13/10/23 14:22 from Eat. Drink. Better.
It's time to simmer down the facts and spice up the discussion about whether Adobo, the much-loved culinary delight, can be vegan. We'll stir through its variants, mix in some vegan alternatives, and serve up the answers to your burning ...

» Is Ketchup Vegan?
12/10/23 12:16 from Eat. Drink. Better.
Dip into our tangy discussion, answering the question 'Is Ketchup Vegan?' We spill the tomatoes about different types of Ketchup, reveal the saucy facts on how it's made, offer vegan alternatives, and have a tasty portion of FAQ's sprink...

» Is Boba Vegan?
11/10/23 12:44 from Eat. Drink. Better.
We're shaking up the tea leaves to reveal 'Is Boba Vegan?' Sip on insights about different types of Boba, stir in the vegan-friendly alternatives, understand the brewing process of Boba, and sweeten the deal with a handy FAQ section.

» Is Flour Vegan?
10/10/23 14:38 from Eat. Drink. Better.
We're sifting through the myths and facts about whether flour is vegan or not in our newest, grain-forward article. Learn and explore the different types of flour, vegan-friendly options, the milling process, and sprinkle in answers to y...

» Evergy’s Missouri Power Plant Produces 10MW of New Solar Energy
10/03/23 09:55 from Environmental Leader
Evergy has announced that its Hawthorn power plant is now home to 10 megawatts (MW) of new solar energy. The post Evergy’s Missouri Power Plant Produces 10MW of New Solar Energy appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader .

» SEAVOLT© Offshore Floating PV Technology: A Game-Changer for Local Renewable Energy Production
10/03/23 08:39 from Environmental Leader
SEAVOLT© technology has been designed to withstand harsh offshore conditions while creating large surfaces that are protected from waves. Its modular design allows for easy adaptation to different sites and demands. The post SEAVOLT© Off...