Nature

In one of the most significant conservation sales in U.S. history, The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land have preserved 320,000 acres of pristine forest in western Montana that provide valuable habitat for species and sustainable local business for people.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A leading U.S. climate researcher said Wednesday the world has a 10-year window of opportunity to take decisive action on global warming and avert a weather catastrophe.NASA scientist James Hansen, widely considered the doyen of American climate researchers, said...

-Scott Gladstone

Interesting quotes from Jacques Cousteau's bio and final book, which are ever more pertinent in our current times.

Found a vacation home made of straw bale construction in the Texas Hill Country.  What a great idea!  Wanted to pass it on.

An article on the differences between animals and humans, for an deep ecology perspective.

52 chapters coincide with the weeks of the year, on this seasonal foray through the spiritual ecology of the year, interwoven with Rudolf Steiner’s Calendar of the Soul.

The Spiritual Ecology of the Boreal Forest explores a first hand experience in the northern wilderness, and how it communes with the soul-level of our being. This Earth Vision article can be viewed in its whole version on the site.

he worst flooding in the U.S. Midwest in 15 years sent fresh shocks to global markets and consumers as corn prices hit record highs on devastating crop losses in the heart of the world's top grain exporter.

-Chris Cappuccilli

The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster than previously calculated according to a recently released scientific paper by University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Sebastian H. Mernild.

-Chris Cappuccilli

Working with award-winning filmmakers (Sea Studios Foundation) and animation studio (LAIKA/house) the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School produced a 10-minute film that reconnects its audience to the importance of the marine environment for all life on Earth, including human life.

There is no one there.

The ultimate question: How can we make money off of our forests without destroying them? Answer that, and we will have the answer to many of our environmental, social, and even economic problems.

Long-tailed macaque monkeys have a reputation for knowing how to find food -- whether it be grabbing fruit from jungle trees or snatching a banana from a startled tourist. Now, researchers say they have discovered groups of the silver-haired monkeys in Indonesia that fish.

It is a button the world has already hit, each country bringing disaster among themselves. I have chosen to look upon this particular incident below purely because it is current news. I will over time look at other countries as well. We have read about the recent tragedy which stuck South Asian Countries. The huge cyclone which struck Burma, Myanmar and surroundings.

That burning crater near Darvaza, Turkmenistan, is called “The Door to Hell” by the locals...learn more and see an impressive video on the site!