Ways To Protect Our Environment

PORTLAND, Oregon, January 29, 2008 (ENS) - Global warming is being explored at more than 1,500 universities, colleges and high schools across the country this week in what organizers are calling the largest teach-in in American history. The problems posed by Earth’s warming climate and the best possible solutions are the subject of classes, seminars, […]

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HAVANA, Cuba, January 28, 2008 (ENS) - Cuba has banned the harvesting of all marine turtle species and products from its beaches and seas for an indefinite period, according to a Ministry of Fisheries Ministerial Resolution. The move extends hope for survival of the critically endangered hawksbill turtle, which feeds in Cuban waters.Conservationists praised the […]

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COZUMEL, Mexico, January 20, 2008 (ENS) - To minimize the impact of up to 10,000 visitors a day on Cozumel’s sensitive coral reef ecosystem, a conservation agreement was signed here last week by cruise industry leaders representing government, private sector, civil society, and the cruise lines.Part of the Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative, MARTI, the agreement […]

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This is so cool. The Center For Biological Diversity has a collection of free wildlife ringtones at Rare Earthtones.
There’s tones of birds, frogs, marine mammals, North American mammals, and owls with their collection constantly increasing.
So now every time my phone rings I hear a howling Mexican Wolf.
Get your free endangered species ringtones […]

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By J.R. Pegg WASHINGTON, DC, January 10, 2008 (ENS) ? Concern about environmental degradation is beginning to impact the global economy, according to a new report by an international environmental research group.
The Worldwatch Institute details a lengthy and distressing list of environmental problems caused by the global economic system, but finds some evidence that […]

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