The Destruction of Ancient Palmyra
Palmyra, Syria: It’s a front-page story in the New York Times (April 5) and an online photo essay of how the ancient city’s archeological treasures, the remnants of a 2000 […]
Tag Archives: Conservation
Friday Roundup: Good News! Mar 26
Welcome Spring 2016: This week we are only reporting good news– eagles, ravens, monarch butterflies, orcas, the Chesapeake Bay, Amazon funding, World Happiness Report. Whoopee! World Happiness Report: Just released, […]
Coming up: Week of March 14
Here’s what we are following this week for Green News Update. Come back and get the whole story. The Environmental Film Festival continues in Washington DC through March 26 Buy, eat, […]
New Year’s Blessings
Wherever you are in the world — and our readers are in 118 countries — we wish the best for you in 2016. Peace, the love of family and friends, […]
#EarthtoParis
Racing Extinction! Watch it Dec. 2 on Discovery
Don’t miss Racing Extinction — airs worldwide on Discovery December 2 (US, 9 pm ET/PT, 8pm Central). Academy-Award-winning director Louie Psihoyos is a man on a mission to keep thousands of species […]
Pope’s Visit to US: Read Laudato Si Now!
Pope Francis has hit a home run: Laudato Si´, his 197-page encyclical (treatise) released June 18 by the Vatican on environment and climate change, makes it clear that we are responsible […]
Coming up: Cuba’s Arts & Cultural Scene
Today, the United States opened its embassy in Havana, overlooking the city’s Malecon – a policy move that also suggests there will be many opportunities ahead for Cuba’s artists, writers, […]
Today is World Lion Day 2015
World Lion Day – what does it mean? People have revered, honored – and feared –lions for thousands of years. The lion in history, art, culture, and human affairs represents […]
Racing Extinction Aug 1 NYC’s Empire State Bldg
International photographer- filmmaker Louie Psihoyos —National Geographic photog; director of The Cove—is the man behind a bold effort to show the world that the Sixth Animal Extinction is underway – […]
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