Endangered Species Day: Celebrating America’s Wildlife Legacy

▲ ▲ ▲ Endangered Species Day: Friday, May 18, 2012 Celebrate Endangered Species Day! Endangered Species Day is an opportunity for people young and old to learn about the importance of protecting endangered species and everyday actions that people can … Continue reading

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Bringing Back the San Juan Capistrano Swallows

▲ ▲ ▲ Visitors come to witness the “miracle” of the return of the swallows The Return of the Swallows The American Cliff Swallow is a migratory bird that spends its winters in Argentina and makes the 6,000-mile (10,000 km) trek … Continue reading

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Living Planet Report 2012: Resource Demand Increasing, Biodiversity Decreasing

▲ ▲ ▲ Biodiversity continues to be lost on planet Earth We may not recognize it, but virtually every decision we make comes with a price to our planet—a small, but not insignificant, withdrawal of the earth’s resources. Added together, … Continue reading

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It’s a Bright Future If You Are an Algorithm, the New Evolutionary Force

▲ ▲ ▲ Kevin Slavin understands algorithms as nature – our world is subject to algorithmic optimization, not just on Wall Street, but in our homes, our architecture, and in our cities. Math is shaping our environments, what he calls … Continue reading

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A Global Effort Is Building to Save Our Oceans

▲ ▲ ▲ Earth’s Oceans Imagine what the world’s leading ocean scientists, policy experts, private sector actors, and activists could accomplish if they united as a single force for ocean health. We’re about to find out. During the World Bank’s … Continue reading

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Before I Vanish Due To CISPA

▲ ▲ ▲ An 18 year-old American posts a warning against CISPA. Her passionate plea is for sanity, honesty, defending the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and protecting freedom in the United States. Before I Vanish Due To CISPA #1 … Continue reading

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International Migratory Bird Day: Dancing With Birds

▲ ▲ ▲ International Migratory Bird Day: Saturday, May 12, 2012 International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD), the signature program of Environment For The Americas, is the only international education program that highlights and celebrates the migration of nearly 350 species … Continue reading

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Narrowing the Search for Dark Matter

▲ ▲ ▲ Scientists have further narrowed the search for a hypothetical particle that could be dark matter, the mysterious stuff that makes up 80 percent of all the mass in the universe. This video from NASA Astrophysics presents the … Continue reading

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Unplugging Americans From The Matrix: US Police State Masquerades As A Democracy

▲ ▲ ▲ Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: U.S. Police State Masquerades as A Democracy Americans, the British, and Western Europeans are accustomed to thinking of themselves as the representatives of freedom, democracy, and morality in the world. The West passes … Continue reading

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OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050: The Consequences of Inaction

▲ ▲ ▲ Humanity has witnessed unprecedented growth and prosperity in the past decades, with the size of the world economy more than tripling and population increasing by over 3 billion people since 1970. This growth, however, has been accompanied … Continue reading

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