Earth Heroes: Gorilla Mother Love
Sometimes your life is on the line – that’s the case for Ranger Andre Bauma, his boss Emmanuel de Merode, and all the caretakers and vets whose efforts to protect […]
Category Archives: Animals at risk
Earth Week: Enviro Heroes Coming
Every day during Earth Week – April 20-26, we are going to introduce you to environmental heroes…people who apply creativity, energy, courage and just plain elbow grease to make our […]
Calif. Sea Lion Pups: SOS Distress Call
Starving sea lion pups are washing up on California beaches, abandoned by their moms who seem to be going farther out to sea, to cooler waters, to find fish. Over […]
Great Backyard Bird Count Breaks Records 2015
Bird watchers around the world set new records for the 2015 Great Backyard Bird Count — an annual event that invites everyone from families to birding professionals to pitch in […]
Environmental Film Festival: March 17-29 2015
Virunga – a documentary film depicting efforts to protect critically endangered mountain gorillas in the Congo – is part of an exciting lineup of over 160 documentary films on environmental […]
Asia Pacific Trade Deal: Can It Stop Animal Trafficking?
Jan 28, 2015: Outside Denver, a warehouse filled with one million items – rhino horn, elephant tusks and feet, zebra skins – makes up confiscated items imported into the United […]
Rhinos without Borders: Now or Never!
Emmy-award-winning filmmakers Derek and Beverly Joubert have stalked big game for years – with cameras — for beautiful National Geographic specials. Now they are staking claim to create a future […]
Looking Back & Ahead 2015
In 2014 Green News Update covered a wide range of sustainability issues — animals at risk, urban design, green practices, books and more. Thanks to all of our readers and […]
“Last Days” PSA: Stop elephant poaching
Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (remember Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty ?) is tackling a different kind of war – the annihilation of African elephants by organized bands of poachers […]
Now Not Tomorrow!
Climate change is real and a threat to poor and vulnerable communities, say The Elders – an independent group of world leaders including Kofi Annan, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Fernando Henrique […]
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