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Heard enough about the death of the American Family Summer Vacation?  The Wilson family turns their summer "green" with a Hybrid SUV, lightweight, low-profile camper, solar and wind power, and carbon offsets.  They get 19mpg while giving their young girls contact with nature most kids today never get.  See their story at www.greenfamilysummer.com.

Lost Generations

 

“In order to preserve or save wild animals that are on the verge of extinction, it implies generally the creation of a forest for them to dwell in or resort to. So it is also with mankind” Henry David Thoreau.

A page with information on how anyone concerned with true renewable energy solutions can help to stop the wasteful, destructive and unnecessary Sunrise Powerlink. This proposed transmission line will increase our dependence on foreign fossil fuels, and won't reduce global warming.

A site devoted to promoting and protecting wilderness areas in California, especially southern Cal. Also includes info on such threats as the Sunrise Powerlink and Blackwater USA's proposed training facility (recently defeated).

The House of Representatives has voted to pass H.R. 2016, the National Landscape Conservation Act, by a tally of 278-140. The bill will give legal recognition to the National Landscape Conservation System, a Clinton-era program that oversees some 27 million acres of federal land mainly in 11 Western states and Alaska.

The House is scheduled today to vote on H.R. 2016, the National Landscape Conservation Act. And a broad bipartisan coalition ranging from such groups as the Wilderness Society to Republicans for Environmental Protection, is asking you to call your Representative and demand that they support the landmark wilderness conservation legislation.

Rival nations are extending their territorial claims as retreating glaciers make Antarctic oil exploration feasible

A nature conservation charity in Canada has posted a list of easy things you can do to save the environment and commune with nature at the same time, by turning your backyard or balcony into habitat for local wildlife.

"One in four mammals, one in eight birds, one third of all amphibians and 70% of the world’s assessed plants on the 2007 IUCN Red List are in jeopardy."

Across the world, people with vision share a growing understanding of the urgent need to preserve wild habitats.

The Wilderness Foundation recognizes wilderness as being irreplaceable, and a source of inspiration to us all.

Discover how we are working to preserve the world's wilderness places and how you can help.