The unit of survival is organism plus environment. We are learning by bitter experience that the organism which destroys its environment destroys itself. – Gregory Bateson
A battle over access to a prime piece of California coast has brought unwanted attention to one of the most prominent venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.
Source: Billionaire V.C. under fire in beach dispute – Reuters.TV
An oil sheen of 2 miles by 13 miles could be seen off the Louisiana coast.
Berta Cáceres, the environmental advocate shot dead in her home in March, told friends of a hitman boasting about his plans as she ‘worked frantically’
Amidst lingering smoke from the morning’s ceremony, Garifuna leader Miriam Miranda opened up the space with a welcoming. “We celebrate that you are here with us today to build something real. We don’t want our Sister Berta to become an empty word. We don’t want her name to become just another slogan.”
Significant portions of the habitats for loggerhead turtles, right whales, and many other species would be impacted if the Obama administration approves permits for seismic testing.
Source: Loggerhead, Right Whale Breeding Grounds Are Entirely Covered By Atlantic Blasting Area | ThinkProgress
Water is at risk in the United States and around the world. Its quality and availability is in peril. Today, nearly one in eight people lack access to adequate supplies of safe drinking water. Globally, water-borne diseases kill more people than tuberculosis or malaria, and five times as many children die of diarrhea than of HIV/AIDS.
Hokule‘a Arrives in Historic Yorktown, Virginia Aloha Charleston! Hokule‘a arrives in South Carolina to participate in the Charleston Outdoor Festival. Honoring Hawai‘i’s Astronauts Inspired by the common values of exploration and protection of our planet, Hokule‘a and Worldwide Voyage crewm…
Source: Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage
A U.N. panel said that governments should work towards studying the worst-case global warming scenarios.
Source: Governments Should Study Worst-Case Warming: U.N. | Climate Central
Ninety-nine percent of the planet’s freshwater ice is locked up in the Antarctic and Greenland ice caps. Now, a growing number of studies are raising the possibility that as those ice sheets melt, sea levels could rise by six feet this century, and far higher in the next, flooding many of the world’s populated coastal areas.
Are you looking for a way to get back to the good old days in one way or another? This classic hippy van is a way to do it without compromising your values
Tom the Dancing Bug, in which Nate the Right Pundit bravely asserts that the Science just isn’t settled yet, on such pressing issues as global warming and his acute appendicitis.
When LA was stripped of its beloved streetcar in the 1960s, the city was quickly thrust into a traffic-clogged world of private cars and diesel buses. But with the involvement of automobile and oil companies, was this the work of a conspiracy?
Analysis of difference between 1.5C and 2C of warming finds extra 0.5C would mean longer heatwaves, greater droughts and threats to crops and coral reefs
Findings published on Tuesday are likely to replay a debate among climate scientists that started when a draft version of the paper came out last year.
Source: Scientists Warn of Perilous Climate Shift Within Decades, Not Centuries
The US coast guard spotted castaways stranded on remote island near Micronesia three days after their boat capsized in south Pacific ocean
Eden Ahbez – 14 rare/unreleased recordings – Hippie #1 – Fully annotated, with never before seen pictures. Guest appearances by Paul Horn and Eartha Kitt
Source: Eden Ahbez – Wild Boy – The Lost Songs Of Eden Ahbez
I’m a fisherman who dropped out of high school in 1986 at the age of 14. Over my lifetime, I’ve spent many nights in jai…
Photographs show insight into a dying 1,000-year-old tradition. Sailing peacefully across the river Li in Guilin, men fish without the aid of a rod, hook or bait, instead using a method which was first practised in 960AD
A new study published in Nature suggests that the key to fighting climate change could be under our feet.
Source: Treating Soil A Little Differently Could Help It Store A Huge Amount Of Carbon | ThinkProgress
A new solar cell prototype developed by a team of scientists in Qingdao, China may change the way we use solar panels in the not so distant future. Solar panel technology has changed the way many people bring energy into their homes, but this type of technology has always posed one concern: panels cannot output […]
Source: Future Solar Panels Will Generate Energy From Raindrops –
The 1960s-style Berlinetta is an all-new sports car
Last month was the hottest March on record. The Arctic was literally was off-the-charts warm as its been all winter, which led to a record for the lowest maximum sea ice extent ever observed.
Source: Last Month Was The Hottest March In The Global Satellite Record, And The Arctic Is Still Sizzling
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to give Nestle a five-year permit for bottled water operations in the San Bernardino Mountains.But the permit won’t be issued until a National Environmental Policy Act study is completed and the Fores
This “olden style” rendition of the New Order classic Blue Monday uses only instruments available in the 1930s. Performed by Orkestra Obsolete, it features a theremin, a musical saw, a …
