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Kids on Club Penguin Donate Virtual Coins That Add Up to Giant Green...
In one of the most intriguing marketing and fundraising strategies I've come across in my time writing about kids and education on Treehugger, the popular web-based virtual world of Club Penguin,...
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Canuck Forests Reduce Emissions by 62 Per Cent
The Vancouver Sun reports on the state of the pulp and paper sector in British Columbia, Canada. The Report by the big guys at PriceWaterhouse Coopers says that greenhouse gas emissions from...
View ArticleNumber of Environmental NGO's Growing By Leaps and Bounds
It's that time of year when non-profits of every environmental stripe come looking for donations, and not surprisingly I've already seen gift guides, requests to "adopt" animals, purchase green...
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The Newly Discovered Dragon Millipede may be in Danger of Extinction
The Dragon Millipede is one of the recently discovered specimens found in the area of the Mekong River in Southeast Asia. This area had been kept under wraps with political turmoil for many decades....
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New "Corpse Plant" Species Discovered in Former Khmer Rouge Territory
Previously unknown species in a relatively undisturbed bioregion of the Mekong River in northeastern Cambodia have been uncovered by a recent study — 24 in total, including a so-called "corpse
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Whither Turkey's Wetlands?
When environmentalists assessed the state of Turkey's wetlands earlier this month, they were not optimistic. But despite the threats faced, there are some bright spots too.
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Trend, or Trendy Greenwash? Orange Paying French Customers to Keep Using Old...
Average cell phone lifetime: between 14 and 18 months. Main reason for getting a new phone (in addition to iPhone lust) is: having a new phone foisted upon you by your cellular provider for a...
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Earth Hour 2009 Global Round-Up (Videos)
Cities go dark for Earth Hour 2009 Tell us as well as Tweet us what you did for Earth Hour 2009 and bask in the reduction of dirty fossil fuel use if ever so fleetingly. Eyeball these videos featuring...
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Think Mom's the Best? Share Her With a Sea Turtle
"My Dear Mother, I felt that this sea turtle also needed a mother as extraordinary as you, so I have adopted him in your name. From now on, he will
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WWF to Publish Palm Oil Buyer's Scorecard: Will Out Companies Not Meeting...
Saying that only 1% of the sustainably produced palm oil supplies available on the market are actually being purchased, WWF has announced that over the next six months it
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Let's Take This Charity Drive Viral! Summer of Social Good Kicks Off, Here's...
Want to get involved with pushing social media charitable fundraising to a new level? Well, Mashable has just kicked off the Summer of Social Good to do just that, utilizing the vast reach of Facebook...
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7 Ocean-Friendly Eco Cruises Hitting the High Seas
Green cruises? Sounds like an oxymoron, right? When it comes to carbon emissions, these floating monstrosities can pack a punch greater than an airplane. Yikes. Surfrider reports that a typical cruise...
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Turkey Report: Little to Cheer on World Enviro Day
Talk about your high/low cultural mingling: This week, Nobel Prize-winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk, known for his densely layered and melancholy-tinged novels,
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An Ice Artist's Poignant Plea to Halt Global Warming
Despite all the scientific and anecdotal evidence, some people still manage to be skeptical, unaware, or just plain unconcerned about global warming and its effect on both people and planet. For those
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Is there a Hotel Greenwashing Police?
To psychologically prepare for cold weather, I've been planning a trip to somewhere warm this winter. Like me, more and more people who love to travel are also concerned about the eco-friendliness of...
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Could Ecosia Be the World's Greenest Search Engine? (Video)
There are gads of green search engines - Green Maven, EcoSearch, Good Tree, Truevert, Ecocho... - and they all have their special qualities that make them eco-friendly. Some focus on bringing up green...
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Turkish Farmers Learn How to Cut Water Use in Half
As the temperature rises in Istanbul, talk always starts to turn to the topic of water: Specifically, whether there was enough rain and snow over
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Super Rare Asian "Unicorn" Captured, Dies in Captivity
As far as endangered species go, it's mostly bad news, with the occasional positive story. Well this news seems to fall somewhere in the middle: in late August, a group of Laotian villagers in the...
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Bulgaria Allows Bear Hunting, Armenia Takes Gentler Approach to Ursine Raids...
A Eurasian brown bear at a zoo in England. Photo: Scott Baverstock / Creative Commons. With hungry brown bears posing a nuisance to farmers in Armenia and Bulgaria, the two countries have taken...
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Is WWF Selling Out Endangered Forests to Corporations?
The World Wide Fund for Nature established the Global Forest and Trade Network 20 years ago to increase and ensure sustainability in the global timber trade. But it's doing almost the
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