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Animals at Risk: Tiger Torture & Slaughter in China

March 27, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Britain’s Guardian Newspaper reports:  ” Police in the port city of Zhanjiang, in the southern province of Guangdong,  China, seized a freshly slaughtered tiger and multiple tiger products in a raid […]

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Animals at risk, Biodiversity, China, Endangered species
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Save These Dates! Great events

March 24, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

If you are traveling — or want a reason to — here’s an array of conferences, events and stimulating happenings on architecture, design, green business, science and more. April 18-26 11th […]

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Architecture, Art & Design, Science, Sustainability
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Animals at Risk: Rhino Anti-Poaching Campaign

March 24, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Philanthropist Howard Buffett is donating $24 million to South Africa’s parks for a 30-month campaign to stanch the rhino poaching trade, according to a Reuters news report. The goal is […]

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Animals at risk, Biodiversity, Endangered species
Water beading on a spiderweb. Courtesy Daniel Ochoa de Olza. Our thanks to AP. All rights reserved.

World Water Day 2014

March 22, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

March 22 —What did you do on World Water Day? In the week ahead, we’ll look at water consumed for energy use, thanks to a new report from the United Nations. […]

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Climate change, Ecology, Energy, Food, Water
Henderson Hopkins Schoolat night Courtesy Rogers Partners

Cities: Trends/Transformations Baltimore, Berlin, Boston, Singapore, Changsha

March 22, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

This month in Cities: The World Health Organization estimates that by 2030, 6 of every 10 people will live in a city, and by 2050, this proportion will increase to […]

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Cities, Food, Green Practices, Sustainability, Water
WWF Anti Poaching Campaign

Animals at Risk: Elephant Slaughter, Circles of Death

March 4, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

ELEPHANT GENOCIDE IS UGLY.  What can you do ? It’s a crime of epic proportions:  At least 35,000 African elephants were slaughtered  last year for their tusks, according to experts who […]

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Animals at risk, Biodiversity, Conservation, Elephants, Endangered species, International
Unique shot of a red-winged blackbird (courtesy gubernator-ssp)

Snow On: Birds Arriving

March 3, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

It’s snowing like mad in the Washington DC area – birds arriving in droves despite blustery winds – for suet, cracked corn, black sunflower seeds, millet and corn. Who knew […]

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Birds, Weather

Winter Be Gone! Our Spring Lineup

February 28, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

February 28 is the end of “meterological winter” according to our weather forecasters. Who told the planet? At least 100 million people in the US are bracing for another round […]

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Animals at risk, Cities, Food, Weather
At the International Conservation Center (Pittsburgh Zoo) a biomass burner can dry, resize, store and burn elephant waste. It's a great alternative to the landfill. An elephant produces 100-125 pounds of poop a day. The burner can produce 2000 pounds a day.

Green Museums: Intro to Parts I-III (2014)

February 23, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Green like you’ve never seen Pittsburgh is a great place to debut the new Green Museums series, with stories and best green practices from a spectrum of botanic gardens, museums, history […]

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Architecture, Cities, Green Practices, Museums
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Green Museums (Part III): Pittsburgh Botanic Garden

February 23, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Imagine a 460-acre parcel that has been deep mined, surface mined, farmed by several generations,  and abandoned. Now, after more than a decade of brownfields reclamation and remediation, the place […]

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Gardens, Green Practices, Museums, Sustainability

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