World’s “Happiest” Countries
The world’s happiest countries are bright and sunny, tropical and temperate. Right ? Wrong! Finland tops the list of the “happiest” in the 2018 World Happiness Report, which ranks 156 […]
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Cities: Updates on New Orleans, Jakarta, Venice, Mexico City & more
Fake Paris Real Paris—and more When you’re in China, Europe is closer than you think.We know the Chinese love Paris – check out the high couture boutiques in the famed […]
On the Brink of Extinction (Coming Up)
Do these numbers mean anything to you? 30, 45, 60, 200, 7100 Can you match up any of the numbers to critically endangered species? These are animals that may not […]
My Earth Hero(es): Goldman Prize 2017
The Goldman Environmental Prize for 2017 — honoring grassroots environmental heroes from the world’s six inhabited continental regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands & Island Nations, North America, and South & […]
Extinction: Great Barrier Reef in Crisis
Extinction is looming in a place many of us may never see – 10,000 miles away, below the ocean surface—Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. It’s one of the world’s great natural […]
Environmental Film Festival: March 14-26 2017
Coming up: The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital—March 14-26—presents over 150 films in Washington, DC area locations as wide-ranging as museums, embassies, universities and local theatres. Don’t miss […]
Experience the World: Our 4th Anniversary
Green News Update is celebrating – four years as an online blog in a web-style format. That’s over 270 posts – more than once a week, on average – on […]
Ray Dearlove: Saving the Rhinos
A half dozen white rhinos – the first of an eventual herd of 80 animals of breeding age – will be airlifted shortly to Australia from South Africa, in an […]
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