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Ngorongoro World Heritage Site Under Threat Thirty years after being listed as a World Heritage Sites the Ngorongoro Conservation area is in danger of being ‘deleted’ from the prestigious listing. This legendary wildlife-filled crater, is a 8,300 square kilometer part of Tanzania’s Serengeti. The United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has set the [...]
If you think it’s tough to help fight climate change by riding your bike to work instead of driving, Utah resident Apa Sherpa will probably make you feel like a wimp. That’s because he’s just climbed to the top of Mount Everest to unveil a banner reading, “Stop Climate Change, Let the Himalayas Live!” A [...]
Kudos to the six women who this week won the National Audubon Society’s Rachel Carson Awards. The awards — named after the author of “Silent Spring,” the 1962 book widely credited with sparking the environmental movement — recognize women who “demonstrate great leadership and commitment to conservation.” This year’s Rachel Carson Award winners include an [...]
[Creative Commons photo by gregor_y] Conventional pesticides are pretty nasty. In Australia, pesticide runoff turned out to be responsible for some terrible fish mutations. Many conventional pesticides are proven carcinogens and groundwater contaminants. Instead of spraying these questionable chemicals, here are a few alternative ways to keep those pests out of the garden!
