You may have heard the buzz: tropical rainforests are repairing themselves far faster than expected. Time for a big part…
Environment
Autism Increases Linked to Environmental Factors
Mysteriously, autism rates in California have gone up 700% in the past 15 years. Theories abound. Some claim the explosi…
Thirsty Trees Drink Up Contaminated Water from Superfund Site
Trees – is there anything they can’t do? Besides producing oxygen, preventing erosion, providing wood and fi…
Cold? Don't Worry, It's Just the Weather
It’s getting cold out there – really cold. Here in Europe, we’re experiencing a big chill: although it…
Eco Links to Green Your Weekend
“Positive reframing“, it’s called, when you’ve locked horns with your partner and since neither …
Cannabis: the Ecological and Economic Imperative
Barack Obama’s website, Change.gov, opened a public forum in which 10,000 people asked questions about the future …
Pelicans Are Falling Out of the Sky (and Other Mysterious Mass Animal Deaths)
This is a healthy pelican – quite beautiful. Unfortunately, very sick pelicans are falling out of the sky these da…
Can Modern Medicine Make Room for a Little Horticulture?
For most people who’ve been stuck in a hospital on the slow and boring road to recovery, the thing they say they a…