Are you wishing for a brighter, greener future? I’m writing to introduce you to a cool new contest where NWF is asking kids, what is your green wish? The National … Read more
August, 2009
Help For The Declining Bee Population — New Plastic Beehive
In the UK they have launched a public program (using uniquely-designed hive boxes) to encourage homeowners and gardeners (even on roof-tops!) to help raise bees to offset recent declines in … Read more
Dirty Politics for Dirty Fuels
(as published in National Wildlife Federation’s National Wildlife, Aug/Sept. 2009) Many of you wrote letters and placed phone calls to your members of Congress in support of the American Clean … Read more
How Does The “Cloud Ship” Idea Strike You?
A new climate change-fighting idea being “floated” in the “global engineering” realm is to build a fleet of ships that pushes sea water into the sky to make reflective white … Read more
MIT Tackles Making An Electric Car That Recharges In 10 Minutes
The overall practicality of electric vehicle tranportation depends on the speed of battery recharge. Many EVs take six to eight hours. MIT is going for something closer to what people … Read more
Bangladesh Leopard Discovery Renews Hopes for Species Survival
Bangladeshi conservationists reported on a rare leopard cub captured by villagers in the southeast of the country. The say it renewed hopes for the survival of the critically endangered species. The Myanmar News … Read more
McKinsey Report: U.S. Energy-Saving Will Create 600,000 to 900,000 New Green Jobs
The global consulting firm of McKinsey and Company , finds that elevating energy efficiency to a national priority could spur the creation of 600,000-900,000 long-term green jobs and reduce our … Read more
