'Freezer plan' bid to save coral

BBC News, October 25, 2009

The prospects of saving the world's coral reefs now appear so bleak that plans are being made to freeze samples to preserve them for the future.
A meeting in Denmark took evidence from researchers that most coral reefs will not survive even if tough regulations on greenhouse gases are put in place. Scientists proposed storing samples of coral species in liquid nitrogen. Read more...

Η μοίρα των... δεινοσαύρων απειλεί τις τίγρεις

Ελευθεροτυπία, 29 Οκτωβρίου 2009

Σε λίγα χρόνια οι τίγρεις θα υπάρχουν μόνον στα βιβλία, εάν η διεθνής κοινότητα δεν λάβει μέτρα για να διασφαλίσει την επιβίωσή τους. Σε αυτό το δυσοίωνο συμπέρασμα έφτασαν οι περισσότεροι από 200 ειδικοί που μετέχουν σε διάσκεψη για την προστασία των επιβλητικών αιλουροειδών, στο Κατμαντού του Νεπάλ. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

Κι άλλο αρκουδάκι νεκρό στην Εγνατία

Ελευθεροτυπία, 29 Οκτωβρίου 2009

Το 8ο τροχαίο ατύχημα με θύμα αρκούδα, τους τελευταίους επτά μήνες. Σύμφωνα με τον "Αρκτούρο", πρώτη και σημαντικότερη αιτία θανάτωσης για το απειλούμενο είδος της καφέ αρκούδας αποτελούν τα τροχαία ατυχήματα στη χώρα μας. Αυτή ήταν 24η αρκούδα που έχασε τη ζωή της τελευταία πενταετία από τροχαίο ατύχημα. Η εκτίμηση ελάχιστου πληθυσμού καφέ αρκούδας στην Ελλάδα είναι 250 ζώα. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

London Testing a New Way to Refill Your Water Bottle

ENN, October 12, 2009

Finding a way to refill your reusable water bottle is as hard as finding a public restroom in most cities. London is testing a new-tech "fountain" to do just that in an effort to reduce the number of water bottles in trash.

But there are signs that water fountains might be making a comeback—albeit in a slightly different form factor than that to which most of us are accustomed. After banning the sale of bottled water, the Australian tourist town of Bundanoon recently installed three water-bottle refilling stations, which crank out filtered water provided by Culligan. And now London is getting its feet wet with a test of similar dispensers, called HydraChills, at a London bus station and museum, reports The Guardian. Read more...

Saving forests five times better than carbon capture for climate action

WWF Sweden, October 07, 2009

WWF Sweden is urging its government — holding the current EU Presidency - to get behind an effective international agreement on halting forest loss as a key and highly cost effective measure on climate change.
"Sweden should follow the examples set by its northern neighbors in developing systems to halt deforestation," said WWF CEO General Lasse Gustavsson. "One Swedish krona to stem deforestation results in the same emissions reductions as five kronor for the controversial carbon capture and storage technique.". Read more...

EcoDorm offers 'green' college living

ENN, October 6, 2009

A dorm outfitted with composting toilets and kitchen cabinets made from recycled fence-posts is bringing new meaning to the concept of living "green" at college.
The EcoDorm, home to 36 undergraduates at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, N.C., was designed to be sustainable from top to bottom, or in this case, from its rainwater-collection system to a permaculture garden. Read more...