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Berta Caceres Courtesy of Truthdig

Our 5th Anniversary 10 Great People

September 21, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

We’re celebrating 10 exceptional people – ranging in age from their 40’s to their 80’s –who’ve appeared in  Green News Update stories in the past 5 years: Their  talent, creativity […]

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Africa, Animals at risk, Anniversaries, Architecture, Biodiversity, Books, Conservation, Discovery, Documentary films, Endangered species, Extinction, Heroes, Oceans, Photography, Wildlife
People walk through flood waters of West Houston on Sunday August 27, 2017. Thomas B. Shea Getty Images

Houston Catastrophe: Prediction Becomes Fact

August 30, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Just a month before Hurricane Harvey – now a tropical storm — devastated the Houston/Galveston coastal region, moving on to Louisiana– the Union of Concerned Scientists issued When Rising Seas Hit […]

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Cities, Climate change, Disasters, Environment, Oceans, Rising Waters, Rivers, Sustainability, Weather
African White Bellied Tree Pangolin and baby, hunted for their meat and scales. Copyright Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark

Driven by Nature: 3 Great Photographers (portal)

July 6, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Three photographers we profiled in June – all have prolific careers with National Geographic and independent projects – are linked in this portal for a good read. What drives their […]

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Endangered species, Extinction, Film and television, Fish, Natural history, Oceans, Photography, Sustainability, Travel, Whales, Wildlife
Oceangoing turtle at the Great Barrier Reef

World Oceans Day 2017

June 8, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Today is World Oceans Day – a subject we’ve reported on since 2014. You can take a stroll through some compelling stories we’ve published  by using our “Categories” bar (just […]

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Books, Documentary films, Endangered species, Oceans, Photography, Sustainability, Wildlife
Black Tip Reef, Blue, Tiger, Gray Reef, Tiger and Oceanic Whitetip -- all featured in Shark - National Geographic exhibition Washington DC Summer 2017

Driven by Nature Part 1: Brian Skerry

June 1, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Three renowned photographers who’ve captured nature on every continent over the past thirty years-– Brian Skerry, Frans Lanting, and Joel Sartore – have logged tens of thousands of hours documenting the beautiful, […]

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Books, Climate change, Conservation, Discovery, Documentary films, Exhibitions, Extinction, Fish, Oceans, Photography, Travel, Whales
Free diving on the Great Barrier Reef. The corals are deeply threatened.

Extinction: Great Barrier Reef in Crisis

March 15, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

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 […]

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Animals at risk, Australia, Biodiversity, Climate change, Endangered species, Environment, Extinction, Fish, Natural history, Oceans
2016 Goldman Environmental Prize Award winners

2016: Our Stories of the Year!

January 13, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Green News Update took readers on a whirlwind tour in 2016 – Cuba, the Iron Curtain Trail, Chernobyl on its 30th anniversary, the oceans, environmental heroes on several continents, and […]

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Animals at risk, Anniversaries, Conservation, Cuba, Endangered species, Environment, Europe, Extinction, Fish, Latin America, Oceans, Photo Gallery, Photography, Travel
Silversides at the Queen Marine Reserve. Copyright David Doubilet.

Cuba’s Underwater Splendors

November 6, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Gardens of the Queen Marine Reserve — Jardines de la reina — Cuba’s 850-square-mile reserve of mangroves and coral reefs — has been called “a liquid time capsule” for the […]

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Cuba, Fish, Natural history, Oceans, Photography, Wildlife
Kids and grownups help make the sculptures for Washed Ashore. Courtesy of Washed Ashore.

Washed Ashore: Sea-Saving Art

August 2, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

How do you delight and educate about the oceans’ worst predator – plastic waste – to encourage people to change their buying habits, and how they handle their plastic waste?  […]

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Animals at risk, Art & Design, Biodiversity, Exhibitions, Fish, Oceans, Travel, Waste and Recycling, Whales
Free diving at the Great Barrier Reef

World Oceans Day: The Sea & Its Abundance

June 8, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Today is World Oceans Day-– We honor the oceans by reprising our earlier selection of books of the seas and their creatures. These writers explore species that have prevailed for millions of […]

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Animals at risk, Biodiversity, Books, Endangered species, Extinction, Fish, Oceans, Travel, Whales, Wildlife

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