Bird Lovers: Count the Birds Feb 13-16
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is coming — Feb. 13 through 16, 2015 — and you’re invited to participate. It’s easy and it’s free. The Great Backyard Bird Count team […]
Category Archives: Biodiversity
The Oldest Living Things: A Book to Cherish
Brooklyn-based Rachel Sussman spent 10 years in her epic quest to photograph the oldest living things on the planet, resulting in The Oldest Living Things, the book published by the […]
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 […]
Bird Lovers: Two Important Events!
Mark your calendar: Two important bird events await your participation: Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count (Sunday, Dec. 14 to Jan. 5, 2015); and the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) , Feb. […]
Gift Books 2014: Best of the Best!
Great writers, good storytelling, fascinating subjects — these are the basis for the Best of the Best authors and books for Holidays 2014. Their métier is nonfiction, whether deep science or […]
Gift Books 2014: Birds, Butterflies, Bees
Birds, butterflies and bees — what do they have in common ? Assembling this group of 20 books as gifts or for personal reading– resource guides, travelogues, memoirs and more […]
Thought Leaders: Elizabeth Kolbert (Extinction)
The New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert has twice in recent years written epic works on the fragility of the planet – and life on it. In a recent commentary, (July […]
Thought Leaders: David W. Orr
Oberlin College’s Sears Distinguished Professor David Orr is eloquent and plainspoken about the state of the world – and the failures of governance to deal with the most meaningful and far-reaching […]
National Climate Assessment: Read/Download !
If there is one statement to remember from the just-released National Climate Assessment, it is this: “Evidence of climate change appears in every region [of the US] and impacts are […]
Watch the Videos! Goldman Environmental Prize 2014
The Goldman Environmental Prize winners were announced April 28 in San Francisco– 6 environmental heroes from 5 continents! You can watch the videos introducing each of the prize winners — […]
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