Earth Heroes 2013-2015
Green News Update has shared an abundance of short pieces and articles about Earth heroes since 2013 – they make appearances throughout the year, not just during Earth Week. Below […]
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Coming up: All of our earth heroes
To wrap up Earth Week 2016, we’ll be publishing a portal with story links to everyone who has been an Earth Hero on our site since 2013. Here are just […]
Earth Heroes: Today we remember…those absent
Today we remember women and men, who risked everything to protect their land, forests, waters, wildlife, children, cultural ways. Their values transcended ownership, money, status and personal gain. They are […]
Frans de Waal: Primates are us!
“What could be more dignified than primates who use their natural gifts to build a humane society?” ( Frans de Waal) Frans de Waal is a celebrated primatologist who manages to […]
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 […]
Earth Heroes
Every day for the next two weeks, we are going to introduce you to men, women, indigenous groups, doctors, scientists, broadcasters, rangers and fearless activists who stand for the planet. […]
Earth Week Heroes Coming Up
Being an environmental hero can mean putting your life on the line, taking risks that most of us fear (but admire) and getting things accomplished against the odds. Next week, […]
Whalehunting: The latest Japanese caper
Japan has just returned from a 3-month whale-hunting “expedition” in the Antarctic, killing 333 minke whales – some 230 were females, 90% of them pregnant – as part of its […]
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, […]
Friday Roundup Mar. 4: NYC, DC, Russia, Rio
This week’s Friday Roundup features: Illegal logging and loss of forest habitat, two important film festivals (Rio and Washington DC), opening of the Met Breuer in NYC, and a critique of […]
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