First whiff of freedom. Photo by Jo Barlow.
One amazing and heart warming characteristic of ex-battery chickens is that, from the day you rescue them, they produce eggs. These little girls have been bred to be egg machines and no matter how desperate their appearance, how featherless and scrawny they seem to be, eggs they will produce.
Sorry, Frosty. We honestly believed our tweets about climate change would work.
Thanks for all of the great captions! The 4 finalists were:
Robert Buckley – Sorry, Frosty. We honestly believed our tweets about climate change would work.
dave lulich – “worm” weather is on the way
Emory – It’s amazing what you can do with your feces!
Joe Yeoman – “Oliver, I bet we can figure out away to make this a commentary about Monsanto.”
From Grist: Palin and Bachmann trash Michelle Obama’s breast-feeding advocacy
From CNN: Palin defends rule allowing loaded weapons in national parks
From EcoChildsPlay: Posts on breastfeeding
From Mother Nature Network: More on breastfeeding
Photo by Obsequies via flickr
The items we put through the wash can take a beating from the harsh detergents and hard water used when going through the machine. And the more abuse the item gets the closer it gets to getting donated or tossed out. Caring for fabrics properly in the wash can prolong the life of your garments so that you are not replacing them sooner than actually needed, but when we do our wash we are doing much more than simply caring for our fabrics. We are using energy, water and product resources.
Photo by leestababee via flickr
Containing a colorful bouquet in each card, Green Field Paper Co.’s treeless Grow-A-Note recycles automatically.
In these times, when we communicate almost everything electronically, we often forget that it can be nice to connect by giving a tangible message that doesn’t end up getting deleted.
Photo of Felix Finkbeiner by deutsche-welle via flickr
A few weeks ago, I posted a blog that advocates for children and young adults to take the lead in the climate change dialogue. I highlighted two particularly extraordinary kids – Eric Loorz and Severn Cullis-Suzuki –who addressed the U.N. decades apart from one another, and I was left wondering how many more of these revolutionary kids are out there. Lucky for us, it turns out that there are quite a few, and their notoriety is growing.
Photo by scott1e2310 via flickr
In our fight to promote animal welfare across the globe, it’s not often us little people rise up successfully against the mighty corporations and governments but today has brought in two such wonderful results for the animals that I had to share them with you.
Traveling through the Canadian Rockies. Photo via Greenloons.
With the advent of words such as green, environmentally friendly, sustainable and eco as powerful marketing slogans, it should come as no surprise that many organizations within the tourism industry have adopted these terms to attract consumers. There are financially lucrative reasons for marketing hotels and vacation activities in this manner since surveys have indicated that consumers are willing to pay a premium for a product when they are aware that an organization is environmentally conscious.
Brooks Range Lake at the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska. Photo by backpackphotography via flickr.
Global warming affects may not be immediately apparent to the tourists that visit Alaska’s National Parks every year, but the rangers and scientists that make Alaska their home are starting to see the disturbing changes.
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Mark Hertsgaard Gives the Youth of Today a New Name: Generation Hot
Visualize a world with raging storms, water shortages and a Greenland without its ice. Imagine experiencing a southwestern climate while walking the streets of Chicago. Consider a rain forest that no longer absorbs carbon dioxide, but rather emits it. That world is what Generation Hot might have to anticipate.
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