Green News Update

SUSTAINABILITY IS A PATH, NOT A DESTINATION

Main Menu

Skip to content
  • home
  • latest news
  • who we are
  • Contact
  • Resources

Tag Archives: biodiversity

Christoph and Barbara Promberger get ready to place wolf traps for radio collarinjg. They are fully suited up to avoid contaminated soil or radioactive hair from wolves.

War in Ukraine: Chernobyl Update

March 11, 2022by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

March 12 2022 UPDATE Thirty-five years ago the world’s worst nuclear crisis occurred at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear facility.   Today Chernobyl is back in Russian hands ! Russia’s incursion into the […]

Read Article →
Animals at risk, Anniversaries, Biodiversity, Birds, Disasters, Documentary films, Energy, Environment, Film and television, Science, Toxics, Wildlife
View on water landscape with trees at the Lake Neusiedl National Park, located at the Austria-Hungarian border region. All rights reserved © 2005 Archiv Nationalpark Neusiedler See

Germany’s New Nature Reserve

October 13, 2020by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Germany’s 30th anniversary of reunification this month is new cause for celebration. The entire former East-West border of Germany – some 870 miles in length —  has been designated as […]

Read Article →
Biodiversity, Conservation, Europe, Germany, History, Sustainability, Travel
Wild elephants in Botswana. Image courtesy of the African Wildlife Foundation

Elephant Hunting Is Not Tourism!

February 11, 2020by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Elephant hunting is a “blood sport” – even if Botswana’s recently elected President Mokgweetsi Masisi gave it his blessing—by okaying the auctioning off of permits that will allow 70 elephants […]

Read Article →
Africa, Animals at risk, Conservation, Elephants, Endangered species, Extinction, Sustainability, Travel, Wildlife
Wyss Campaign for Nature

Earth Heroes: A $1 Billion Investment

April 24, 2019by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Who is Hansjörg Wyss – and why is he giving away a billion dollars ? Just before the end of 2018, nature lover-billionaire-philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss wrote a New York Times […]

Read Article →
Africa, Asia, Biodiversity, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Extinction, Heroes, Latin America, Oceans, Parks, Sustainability, Wildlife
Achoque at a fisheries research center in Mexico.

Earth Heroes: Sisters Saving Salamanders 

April 23, 2019by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

We think of convents as places of order and refuge: That’s exactly why the Lake Pátzcuaro salamander  is so lucky to have an order of Dominican Sisters offer them continued […]

Read Article →
Animals at risk, Biodiversity, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Extinction, Heroes, Natural history, Sustainability

Coming Up: Earth Day Tributes 2019

April 19, 2019by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

For Earth Week 2019 we will feature one “hero” each day, although we’ve found many more heroes than there are days in a week. Here’s who you will learn about: […]

Read Article →
Africa, Climate change, Endangered species, Environment, Latin America, People, Science, Sustainability
Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna, Austria

Aligning Architecture with Nature

February 12, 2019by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Utopian or pragmatic, celebrated or untested—cities, communities and structures that work for the benefit of nature and humankind are featured in our new update. How can buildings– and cities– do […]

Read Article →
Architecture, Art & Design, Biodiversity, Cities, Energy, Environment, Parks, Sustainability, Urban design, Waste and Recycling

Books for the Holidays 2018

December 6, 2018by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

What are the holidays without books– to give or get?  Our selections this year include several must-read art books, two compelling stories of 20th century photographers, written treats for foodies, […]

Read Article →
Art & Design, Biodiversity, Books, Fish, Food, Museums, Photography
Below the waterline. Copyright Caroline Power Photography.

Oceans: The Perils of Plastic Part 2

November 21, 2018by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Plastics are ubiquitous — raw materials, packaging and post-consumer waste are spewing into streams, rivers, oceans, and landfills around the world.  Look down at your feet in parking lots, shopping […]

Read Article →
Animals at risk, Biodiversity, Conservation, Fish, Oceans, Plastic, Rivers, Sustainability, Toxics, Travel, Waste and Recycling, Water
Earth -our only home (GOES satellite)

Losing Earth: New York Times Special Feature

August 1, 2018by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Climate Change could have been stopped! The New York Times Magazine this week presents a two-part special feature  on the 10-year period (1979 to 1989) when“we came very close to […]

Read Article →
Climate change, Disasters, Environment, Photography, Sustainability, Weather

Post navigation

1 2 … 9 Next →

Recent Posts

  • War in Ukraine: Chernobyl Update
  • EO Wilson Remembered
  • Earth Day 2021
  • Upcoming Books: Spring 2021
  • After the Pandemic – What’s Next ?

Archive

Search

Categories

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 391 other subscribers

Tag cloud

adventure travel Africa Amsterdam animals at risk archeology architecture art & design arts Asia bees biodiversity birding events birds blood ivory books botany butterflies China CITES cities climate change Conservation Cuba documentary films ecosystem health ecosystems elephant poaching endangered species energy environment Europe exhibitions expeditions exploration extinction farming film & television film & tv fish flooding floods food forests France gardens green campuses green design Heroes higher education history ice India indigenous people ivory museums natural history Netherlands New York City oceans Paris parks Photography Pittsburgh recycling science severe weather events Solar Decathlon solar houses sustainability toxics Travel trends urban design vintage photos water

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons License
Green News Update by Roberta Faul-Zeitler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at http://greennewsupdate.com.
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • home
  • latest news
  • who we are
  • Contact
  • Resources
  • Follow Following
    • Green News Update
    • Join 391 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Green News Update
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...