Archive for April, 2007
One click is enough. One click from each of you.
The United States Navy is planning on constructing a jet landing field in eastern North Carolina within 3.5 miles of the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, one of the most critical wintering grounds for waterfowl in the Atlantic Flyway and home to endangered red wolves.
This would be a disaster for the refuge and the hundreds [...]
Conservation: It’s Earth’s Best Defense!
Have you ever wondered how much water and energy your family uses each day? Conserving Earth’s natural resources means knowing your ecological footprint – the impact your lifestyle has on the planet – and how to minimize it. Here are some conservation tips for the whole family to practice at home, in the yard or [...]
You can change habitat loss in your yard and community
Excerpted from the National Wildlife Federation’s “Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife” by David Mizejewski
Imagine a child growing up without having the opportunity to watch a tadpole changing into a frog, to smell a wildflower, or to wade in a clear stream. As we enter the 21st century, natural places and the wildlife [...]
Orphan badgers have a chance to life
Photo Source: Badgerland
At least five times a year, Pauline Kidner receives a most unusual package: an orphaned badger cub. This time, it’s little Chestnut, an infant of about five or six weeks old. Somewhat battered and worse for the wear, Chestnut desperately needs Pauline’s expert first aid. It’s a tough world out there for [...]
Thumbs up for PETA
PETA fired off a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) demanding that it begin protecting animals raised for the bloody fur trade after PETA investigators on a fur farm in Midland, Michigan, saw chinchillas who were being electrocuted, causing painful seizures to the animals’ hearts, and having their necks snapped while completely conscious. [...]
Kill’em all
Comfortably seated in your chair, you turn on the computer, enter a hunting field, adjust your mouse on a deer which is grazing quietly and click. The deer falls on the ground. After a few days, a courier rings the door bell, bringing the deer’s corpse, sent by the owner of the virtual hunting land. [...]
In Google we trust !?
Google.org engages Google’s talent, technology and resources to address some of the globe’s most difficult challenges. We’re currently exploring the best approaches and solutions for significant, positive impact in the areas of:
Global Development: develop scalable, sustainable [...]