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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Berta Caceres: Enviro Activist Murdered
This is heartbreaking news! Environmental activist Berta Cáceres – who defied the government of Honduras for the land rights of indigenous people—was laid to rest on March 7 after being […]
Friday Roundup: Feb 26
WELCOME TO FRIDAY ROUNDUP on Green News Update. In our inaugural news roundup, we’re offering a batch of “ups and downs” – sea level rising, Detroit’s Shinola winning hearts and minds, bicycle […]
Portal to Sizzling Cities
CITIES around the world are sizzling – with urban design, the arts, green practices and smart technologies. Green News Update serves as a portal to cities worldwide that are booming […]
Coming up: Photographers and the Natural World
We’ve got a great lineup coming of projects, recent exhibitions, and documentaries on five internationally recognized photographers who interpret, re-create and alter nature in highly personal ways: Emmet Gowin, whose […]
Cities: Museums New & Coming
In cities large and small, look at the vibrant and growing arts scene worldwide — new museums, splendid opera halls, concert venues, old buildings turned to new uses – and […]
CITIES: China, Japan, Russia, Europe, Green Capitals
CITIES around the world are sizzling –transforming with urban design, revitalization. architecture, the arts, and smart technologies . This month we’ll look at trends in Europe’s green capitals, Amsterdam, Moscow, […]
Asia Pacific Trade Deal: Can It Stop Animal Trafficking?
Jan 28, 2015: Outside Denver, a warehouse filled with one million items – rhino horn, elephant tusks and feet, zebra skins – makes up confiscated items imported into the United […]
“Last Days” PSA: Stop elephant poaching
Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (remember Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty ?) is tackling a different kind of war – the annihilation of African elephants by organized bands of poachers […]
Elephant Genocide 100,000 Dead in 2 years!
Associated Press reports: “A new study released Monday Aug. 18, 2014, by lead author George Wittemyer of Colorado State University, found that the proportion of illegally killed elephants has climbed […]
