Conservation
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New Homes: State-Of-The-Art Bozeman Green Real Estate Video
www.greenconstructingsystems.com via @firstrelease &bull 1 Hour AgoAscent Home Builders discovered this old, energy consuming home at 721 S. Tracy that needed intensive remodeling. The primary intent for Ascent's green Bozeman real estate project was to mate energy efficiency, and all its energy-saving aspects, with resource conservation… Full Story »
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BPUB offers energy efficiency rebate | energy, bpub, rebate - Local - Brownsville Herald
www.brownsvilleherald.com via @brownsvillenews &bull 1 Hour AgoThe Brownsville Public Utilities Board is now offering a rebate of up to $600 for BPUB electric customers who install a qualifying energy-efficient heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system. Eddie Campirano Jr., energy efficiency and conservation coordinator for BPUB,… Full Story »
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Burrowing crayfish in hot water - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
www.abc.net.au via @bio2010aus &bull 3 Hours AgoThe crayfish only occurs in southern Australia and the United States and now about a dozen burrowing crayfish species have been included on a threatened species 'Red List' by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). They basically perform… Full Story »
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Abbey Road Programs: ON Global Warming! | Search engine marketing
search-enginemarketing.eu via @Seoreklama &bull 4 Hours AgoAbbey Road has answered the call to go naif with its thespian Per Trip and Green Ticket programs for students. Abbey Road has answered the call to go naif with its histrion Per Trip and Green Ticket programs for students.… Full Story »
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Planned maintenance for productivity and energy conservation Reviews
www.twitter-trends.co.uk &bull YesterdayThis entry was posted on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 11:31 pm and is filed under HOT. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed. Full Story »
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Photos: Africa's Disappearing Damselflies, Fish, and Wildflowers
National Geographic News &bull Yesterday
This delicate daisy (Cadiscus aquaticus) is found in just a few ponds in South Africa's Western Cape. But encroaching farming threatens to trample the flower and its habitat. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) placed the daisy on its Red List of Threatened Species on September… Full Story »
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09-02-10 GROWMARK Names Scholarship Winners... BARN OnAir & OnLine ...
Mahalo &bull YesterdayEncouraging Word for the day, 09-02-10 READ the NAFB's National Ag News for September 2nd, 09-02-10 *BEEF CHECKOFF NEWS* Beef Capitalizes On The Power Of Lean, 09-02-10 Management Is Critical to BVDv Eradication, 09-02-10 *Co Dept Ag News* Nominations Taken for Noxious Weed Advisory Committee, 09-02-10 Research Results for Sustainability in High… Full Story »
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U.S. Department of Energy - Upping Efficiency Standards, Lowering Utility Bills
blog.energy.gov via @jorge_salazar &bull YesterdayPurchasing energy-efficient appliances is one of the easiest and most important ways consumers have to save money, reduce their electricity consumption and help cut down on carbon pollution. We use appliances every day - to cook our food, cool our… Full Story »
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Vultures rebound in Cambodia; only Asian country with rising population
Monga Bay: Biodiversity &bull Yesterday
The number of threatened vultures in Cambodia is on the rise according to a new survey by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and other members of the Cambodia Vulture Conservation Project. Full Story »
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Climate Change - Conservation International
www.conservation.org via @projchange &bull YesterdayThrough our nature-based approach, CI is demonstrating the important role that ecosystems can play in mitigating and adapting to climate change impacts. A 1-meter (3.3-foot) sea level rise could flood 17 percent of Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries, displacing tens of millions of people and reducing the country's rice-farming land by 50 percent. Reducing global deforestation by 50 percent by 2020 offers nearly… Full Story »
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Top 10 Most Eco-Friendly Countries Travelanthropist
travelanthropist.com via @travelanthrpist &bull YesterdayWith so much of Switzerland made up of mountains and lakes, it's little surprise that it tops the enviro-charts. If you want to experience Switzerland's alpine beauty in a low impact way, try WhitePod Village - a collection of eco-friendly pods, tucked away on a Swiss mountainside. Complete with cosy wood burning stoves, comfy beds and incredible views, this is eco-camping in luxury. Powered by nature' is the slogan… Full Story »
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U.S. Colleges' 5 Best Eco-Professors and Green Classes
Sierra Club: The Green Life &bull Yesterday
The fantasy draft: We scouted university catalogs nationwide to patch together a dream team of all-star teachers and sure-hit courses. To get into this limited-enrollment class, you have to write an essay about why you think campus sustainability is important.… Full Story »
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Underwater Thrills:Swimming With Sharks: Ecuador sharks commitment to coastal and marine biodiversity
sharkdivers.blogspot.com via @sharkmedia &bull YesterdayThe national government in Ecuador, during the next four years, will launch a project to alleviate the pressures on marine and coastal biodiversity. To create an ecological network of marine protected areas and implement a Plan of Action for Shark… Full Story »
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Climate Change Adaptation: Workspace Blog: Climate change the decline of southern lobster fisheries
conserveonline.org via @conserveonline &bull YesterdayThis summer, the Atlantic States Marine Fisherice Council has been working to set policy on lobster fishing, and the effects of climate change have been an important part of that assessment. We're delighted that you're considering posting a comment on a workspace… Full Story »
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The Official State of Tennessee's Department of Environment and Conservation, State Parks Website
www.state.tn.us via @EastTNLandFLC &bull YesterdayOn a bleak and dreary December day, you have provided me with a most enjoyable morning as I perused the January/February 2010 issue of The Tennessee Conservationist. Forty pages of diversity - informative stories, educational articles, archival material, documentary images, and color reproductions - all presented in a warm and pleasing graphic design." Rich Boyd, Executive Director, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville. What a beautiful magazine! You are to be congratulated. When I read recent issues I think back to the… Full Story »
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Tarzan Chameleon Found in Tarzan Forest, Near Tarzanville
National Geographic News &bull Yesterday
Five-inch-long (13-centimeter-long) Calumma tarzan was found recently in a tiny patch of forest on the vast African island of Madagascar, a new study says. The new species' name has multiple roots. For one thing, the chameleon's habitat-in what locals call… Full Story »
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iLCP Team in Great Bear Rainforest to document biodiversity and marine life - The WILD Foundation
www.wild.org via @tierrasilvestre &bull YesterdayThe International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) has rounded up another stellar RAVE (Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition) crew and teamed up with Pacific WILD to expose BC's plans to lift the moratorium on tanker traffic along BC's coast and how… Full Story »
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Felix Whitton's Page - Biodiversity Media Alliance
biodiversitymedia.ning.com via @biodivmedia &bull YesterdayHi all, My organisation, Synchronicity Earth, wants to send me along to Nagoya for the COP10 (mainly to meet people and get a feel for such things). Please use this section to introduce yourself in more detail, adding any other… Full Story »
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Aaron Bailey For State Senate
www.voteaaronbailey.com via @AaronBailey4MI &bull YesterdayRoyal Oak, MICH. - The Michigan League of Conservation Voters, Clean Water Action and the Sierra Club today endorsed Aaron Bailey for state senator in the 13th District, calling him a champion for protecting Michigan's Great Lakes, air, land and… Full Story »
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Free home improvements harder to market than expected
blogs.chron.com via @BakerInstitute &bull YesterdayHow do free home improvements -- including attic insulation, solar screens, window caulking and maybe even energy-efficient appliances -- sound to you? What if these improvements are not only installed by professionals free of charge, but also help the environment? What if the measures save 12-18 percent on your electricity bill each month? However tempting this might sound, the city of Houston-sponsored project that offers the improvements, the Residential Energy Efficiency Program (REEP), has only seen a 36 percent participation rate among… Full Story »
