December 2011
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'Climate Change May Bring Big Ecosystem Shifts,... →
plantedcity:
From Science Daily:
By 2100, global climate change will modify plant communities covering almost half of Earth’s land surface and will drive the conversion of nearly 40 percent of land-based ecosystems from one major ecological community type — such as forest, grassland or tundra — toward another, according to a new NASA and university computer modeling study.
Researchers from...
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Watchclimateadaptation:
500 manatees. As the temperatures drop in the Gulf of Mexico, hundreds of giant manatees make their way to river in Citrus County, FL.
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Watchunconsumption:
Here on the Unconsumption Tumblr we champion the idea of repairing things, or, as our friends at Do The Green Thing like to say, “stick with what you got.”
This story in the Houston Chronicle (related video above) about a Houston-based shoe craftsman earning the shoe repair industry’s highest honor [from the Shoe Service Institute of America (SSIA)] made me think I should call...
November 2011
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The 7 stages of global warming denialism:
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Global warming isn’t real
Ok, it’s happening, but it’s not our fault
Ok, it might be a little bit our fault, but not enough to make a difference
Ok, maybe it is making a big difference to global warming levels, but global warming is actually a good thing.
Ok, it’s not a good thing after all, but there’s nothing we can do about it.
Maybe we could have done something about it, but...
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Watchunconsumption:
“The world has enough chairs, right? That’s what Eero Yli-Vakkuri and Jesse Sipola of Finnish metal-craft studio Ore.e Ref think. So they took it upon themselves to challenge designers of the world to not design chairs during the entire year of 2012.
The basic reasoning is that designing new chairs takes time away from renovating existing ones. It’s a message of sustainability...
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Watchclimateadaptation:
“Even though I am afraid, the reaction I have when I see an injustice takes the fear away” - Jose Claudio on the threat of a bullet to his head for environmental activism.
Chilling doc on the struggles and murder of an Amazon land-rights and environment activist and his wife. Echoes of Chico Mendes’ story are rife.
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World's only video of extinct giant woodpecker... →
mothernaturenetwork:
Newly discovered video, restored by Cornell University, offers a fleeting glimpse of a stunning bird that was once widespread in the old pine forests of Mexico.
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WatchRecycleNow - the making of the sculptures
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Watch¡Promocional de una caja de pizza completamente verde!
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October 2011
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Environmental Activist Shot in Brazil, Eighth... →
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Watchyourearthhour:
An oldie but a goodie.
Under the sea where the highest mountains and the deepest valleys are found. Also see how remarkably similar the male of both the human and squid species are.
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Watchyourearthhour:
A rare white wombat nursed back to health from illness in Ceduna, Australia.
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