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Shloppity Shlop! Here Comes Dr. Seuss’ "The Lorax"

October 27, 2011

The Once-ler, a clear-cutting industrial polluter. Images courtesy of Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures

The Lorax, champion of the environment, is coming to the big screen in an animated 3D (or rather “Tree-D”) movie featuring Danny D…

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Are Working Animals Our Partners Or Our Slaves?

October 27, 2011

Rachel Kramer/CC BY 2.0

Debate is raging over the death of a carriage horse in NYC, with one side arguing it is definitive proof of abuse, while the other side argues that horses have a long history of working in cities, and that we shouldn’t jump to …

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The Carriage Horse Debate Is About Horses, Not Electric Cars

October 27, 2011

Chris Gladis/CC BY 1.0

I wrote a post the other day about the carriage horse that collapsed and died on a street in midtown Manhattan. Jaymi followed up with an interesting post making the point that one incident does not mean the industry should be b…

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Graffiti Knitting Goes Main Stream (Book Review)

October 27, 2011

© knitthecity

First there was guerrilla gardening, a secret and radical intervention on the landscape, now Prince Charles’ wife Camilla is doing it….Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Exploring Community Resilience in Times of Rapid Change: Inspiring Animation (Video)

October 27, 2011

Cultivate Center/Video screen capture

“How do I make sure my community has the ability to cope in times of rapid change and is also a brilliant place to live.”…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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No, One Dead Horse Shouldn’t Be the End of Carriage Rides

October 26, 2011

Jaymi Heimbuch/CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

A news story about a carriage horse that dropped dead in NYC has raised attention on the issue of the care of working animals. Rachel reported on it yesterday, bringing up some points on animal welfare. However, there ha…

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Contagion Screenwriter Talks Jude Law’s Anti-Science Blogger Character (Video)

October 26, 2011

Mimos Vita via Flickr/CC BY 2.0

I’ve been writing about climate change for years now. And far too many of the words I’ve written on the subject have been dedicated to combating the misinformation spread by opportunistic climate change deniers. In an e…

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Giant Melting Crayon Sculptures Highlight Raging Wildfires, Record Heat in Texas

October 26, 2011

Ashton Thornhill/National Ranching Heritage Center/Promo image

The massive flames licking the ground around the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas, reach up to eight feet high, glowing bright red, orange, and yellow against the dusty …

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Timberland Boots Don’t Kick the Can

October 26, 2011

“Lost Bottle,” a television ad for Timberland Earthkeepers boots and part of the company’s Nature Needs Heroes campaign, was seen in the commercial break on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. It shows a dog snatching a plastic bottle and dum…

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Saving Birds from Extinction with the Ghosts of Gone Birds Project

October 26, 2011

Photo: ghostsofgonebirds: Emily Sutton, RED MOUSTACHED FRUIT DOVE

More birds are becoming extinct each year. It used to be one per century and but in the last 30 years, 21 have disappeared. Another 190 are classified as endangered.

The Ghosts of Gon…

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