By Ellie Winninghoff, member Ethical Markets Advisory Board Barrons, September 27, 2013 A new style of forestry fund is earning solid returns addressing one question: How do you profitably invest in a sustainably harvested forest–not just the wood in the trees but also in maintaining clean water, flood control, habitat …
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Three new species of tiny frogs from the remarkable region of Papua New Guinea
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Three new species of tiny frogs from the remarkable region of Papua New Guinea Posted: 20 Sep 2013 08:14 AM PDT Following the description of the world’s smallest frogs, biologists now offer three more species of tiny amphibians from the region of Papua New …
16 Favorite Things Climate Change is Ruining
16 Of Your Favorite Things That Climate Change Is Totally Screwing Up By Ryan Koronowski on August 9, 2013 at 9:00 am When people talk about “climate impacts,” the images that usually come to mind are broiling heat waves, drought-parched creek beds, dangerous storm surges, the slowly-but-surely rising sea. These things can …
ScienceDaily: Social amoebae travel with a posse: Tiny single-celled organisms have amazingly complicated social lives
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Social amoebae travel with a posse: Tiny single-celled organisms have amazingly complicated social lives Natural affinities — unrecognized until now — may have set stage for life to ignite Mini-monsters of the forest floor Ice-free Arctic winters could explain amplified warming during Pliocene Large Gulf dead …
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Glimpse into the future of acidic oceans shows ecosystems transformed
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Glimpse into the future of acidic oceans shows ecosystems transformed Finding the Goldilocks sites to store carbon dioxide underground Innovative study estimates extent to which air pollution in China shortens human lives NASA’s polar robotic ranger passes first Greenland test Dead zone’ impacts Chesapeake Bay fishes …
FOLLOW THE FISH! Spencer Beebe is helping to build the 21st century deep green economy in the Pacific Northwest. By Ellie Winninghoff
FOLLOW THE FISH Spencer Beebe is helping to build the 21st century deep green economy in the Pacific Northwest. By Ellie Winninghoff If rainforests are so important, why doesn’t anybody worry about the rainforest of the Pacific Northwest? That’s a question that plagued Spencer Beebe when he …
Glowing plants: a cool idea, or terrible one?
We at Ethical Markets think this is an appallingly ignorant , stupid idea . We hope Kickstarter removes this from their site !, Hazel Henderson, Editor “What if we used trees to light our streets instead of electric street lamps?” starts the Glowing Plant Kickstarter campaign video. The pitch, launched April 23, …
ETHICAL MARKETS LIBRARY GETS CHAMPION TREE
By Rosalinda Sanquiche, Executive Director, Ethical Markets Media The Henderson-Kay-Schumacher Library housed at Ethical Markets in Saint Augustine, FL, has the privilege of growing a Champion Tree. Champion Trees are the largest individuals a species has to offer. By the easiest metrics, they are the largest (or oldest) trees of …
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Mosquitoes reared in cooler temperatures have weaker immune systems
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Mosquitoes reared in cooler temperatures have weaker immune systems Enzyme from wood-eating gribble could help turn waste into biofuel A grassy trend in human ancestors’ diets New way fish camouflage themselves in the ocean: Manipulating how light reflects off skin Tiger moths: Mother Nature’s fortune tellers …
Global Marshall Plan Initiative: 10 Years Global Marshall Plan Initiative
Global Marshall Plan Initiative www.globalmarshallplan.org Newsletter 4/2013 10 Years Global Marshall Plan Initiative Finding out How to Get Active for a more Just and Balanced World Raising of Awareness in Bulgaria: Kids in Action DunaVision – The Journey of Change Has Begun There Are no “Tax Havens”! Global Justice, Burnout, …