The last few years have seen huge growth in the UK’s interest in sustainability and environmental issues. The amount of household waste that is recycled, for example, has increased by an average 36% in the past 15 years and throughout the country we are seeing interest grow in organic foods and a resurgence in the [...]
I was sucked into a volunteer opportunity recently. It’s not that I’m opposed to volunteer work. 8:30 on Saturday morning just isn’t my best hour. I smiled and committed to planting trees for Million Trees Initiative at Brooklyn’s Marine Park. With the help of a passionate eco-leader, I’ll never forget my work as an activist [...]
In February 2010, the Whidbey Camano Land Trust signed an ”˜Option to Purchase”™ agreement with a bank. The goal was to buy 654 acres atop a ridge on Whidbey Island and turn it into a community forest””providing wildlife habitat, protecting the upper section of three watersheds, and creating a public place for non-motorized recreation. The [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I read a heart-wrenching story of a polar bear that swam 400 miles with its cub on its back in search of an ice floe to rest on. It survived but its cub did not. What can be done to save these magnificent creatures? Is it too late? It”™s sad but true that [...]
Starting every year around April 1, I start getting PR emails from companies wanting me to pitch their products in time for Earth Day, coming up on April 22. Last year I listed 7 Examples Of What Earth Day Isn”™t About, and this year the hits keep coming. From “eco” trips requiring around-the-world flights to [...]
Still on the fence about whether our environment is important enough to make drastic lifestyle changes in order to preserve its beauty? You won’t be after you watch this… The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo. Pass it on, and please work hard to protect our home.
Dear EarthTalk: We have an invasion of phragmites in the wetlands bordering our neighborhood. I understand they are a non-native plant that, if left unchecked, will overrun the whole ecosystem. How does one remedy this situation in an eco-friendly way? Fast-growing, fast-spreading phragmites (Phragmites australis), which most of us know as common reeds, can present [...]
