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Love Your Island is a local grass roots effort in Key West, Florida that promotes environmental awareness in the southernmost island city and everyone's "island" - earth.

THIRTY-SEVEN demonstrators were arrested after about 1000 people halted trains in Newcastle yesterday in a protest against the coal industry's role in climate change. Police invoked some special powers, not used in a public protest since the Cronulla riots of 2005, enabling them to search vehicles, although organisers maintained the protest was peaceful.- Dr. Salil Pande

A report just released in the most recent issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society offers hope that a new high-resolution storm surge modeling system developed by scientists at Stony Brook University will better be able to predict flood levels and when flooding will occur in the New York metropolitan area, information crucial to emergency managers when planning for impending storms. - Dr. Salil Pande

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has eliminated the only federal program that tracks the use of pesticides and fertilizers on American farms. The move has left scientists, industry groups, and public advocates surprised and confused about how to carry on their work without this free information.- Dr. Salil Pande

With a single flush, you put as much water down the drain as an average person in the developing world uses all day.Where does the water piped into our homes go? The average American uses about 100 gallons of water a day...

-Alan B Fabian

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

It's that simple, that easy.

Need proof that environmentalists have a sense of humor? Well, look no further. The evidence is right here. However, to make an impact, we need knowledge AND action.

That’s where TitanGreens.com comes in.

You may or may not have noticed a small little face-lift on the site over the weekend, a quick little botox if you will. In the bottom left corner of the page on the sidebar is a badge for the 350 Challenge. A small addition to help make a difference, the simple message that we tirelessly preach here at Ecologicliving.

"Going green" doesn't have to be a daunting task that means sweeping life changes. Simple things can make a difference. The contents of this list might not be new, but they bear repeating.

The Green Valley Network has come up with one of those ideas that makes you say, "Why did it take so long to come up with that?" They're providing a simple interface where companies can ask for green technologies they need and scientists can offer green technologies they've devloped and need support for.

In the Tshuapa, Lomami and Lualaba river basins in the DRC where the bonobos live, humans have it very rough – we couldn’t say if they have it better or worse than the bonobos. However, we can say that the human women have it worse than the human men in the DRC. In the United States, women are free to get jobs, go to school and live by themselves – you may think it’s strange that we’re even mentioning those things because we are so used to these freedoms!

A group of radiation-poisoned Torontonians stricken and dying on the sidewalk. Rescue teams with Geiger counters, stretchers and gas masks. This was the scene at several locations in downtown Toronto today where Greenpeace activists staged the aftermath of an accident at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.

Check out this cool new solar car students at the University of Minnesota built!

Ecommoder came out with a list of 104 eco driving tips.