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Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Jun 19th, 2010,
Once considered a pest and hunted, the majestic whale sharks of Donsol in the Philippines are now a successful attraction for eco-tourists. The whale shark is the world’s largest fish and can measure up to 20 meters in length. Used as a food source in some places of the world, whale shark meat is not cheap – especially the fins. This despite the fact that the World Conservation Union lists the whale shark as vulnerable to extinction. But preserving and protecting the whale sharks of Donsol is far more appealing – and profitable – for the residents of this Philippine…
Tags: australia, ban, CNN, Donsol, Hong Kong, Nature, Philippines, whale shark
Sustainable living, Videos & Documentaries, Weird & Wonderful, Jun 17th, 2010,
Mark Boyle, aka No Money Man, has been living out of an old donated caravan on an organic farm outside of Bristol, England for over a year and a half. He eats well, keeps fit, grows vegetables and forages for necessities. He also keeps up a blog and occasionally writes for the Guardian. He’s even written a book while he’s at it. Oh, and he’s lived without money the entire time. From a CNN Eco Solutions report: Although it hasn’t always been easy, and there have been many challenges and sacrifices, 18 months later, Mark is still living this way….
Tags: Boyle, caravan, CNN, free, Guardian, Mark, money, No Money Man
Climate & Change, Nature, Videos & Documentaries, May 31st, 2010,
Environmental activist group Greenpeace has successfully used the Internet and in particular social media to drum up support for its campaign against the use of palm oil by food giant Nestlé. The palm oil industries in Indonesia and Malaysia have received attention and criticism for their part in the destruction of vital rainforests, which are home to vulnerable species including the orangutan. Rainforest destruction is also considered by scientists to be a major cause of climate change. From a CNN Eco Solutions report: Palm oil is used in a variety of consumer products, from chocolate to washing powder, and is…
Tags: CNN, destruction, Greenpeace, Nestle, orangutan, palm oil, rainforest, social media
Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, May 15th, 2010,
Demilitarized Zone is sometimes referred to as Korea’s ‘accidental paradise’; a 155-mile (249 km) long buffer zone between North and South Korea’s heavily militarized borders. CNN Eco Solutions follows some local wildlife enthusiasts as they search for tigers in the DMZ. Tigers are generally believed to be extinct in Korea, but the DMZ offers a uniquely peaceful and human-free environment for native wildlife, including rare birds, water deer, and perhaps even endangered bear and leopard populations. So perhaps there are tigers hiding in this unintentional wildlife sanctuary. CNN Eco Solutions reports: The chief eco-warrior is Sun Nam “Tiger” Lim. (In…
Tags: CNN, DMZ, eco-warrior, endangered, extinct, Korea, tiger, wildlife, woods
Politics, Videos & Documentaries, May 11th, 2010,
Inmates at Bagdad female juvenile prison face punishment from the state and rejection or worse at home – often for simply being victims of the crimes of others. The victims of human trafficking and sexual slavery in Iraq face prosecution, unfair treatment, draconian laws and societal stigmas. The justice system is cruel and unjust, but the world outside offers little compassion or understanding for these young women. Sometimes prison may be the best option in a society where poverty and backward customs concerning women punish the victims instead of the real criminals. From a CNN report: Trafficking is a growing…
Tags: CNN, girls, human, Iraq, justice, prison, report, sex, slave, trafficking, victims, women
Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, May 9th, 2010,
‘Tell me, is there another jungle beyond the forbidden zone?’ queries Charlton Heston in the classic Cold War era science fiction film Planet of the Apes. Well one forbidden zone and Cold War relic, which still remains, is actually a jungle of sorts. The Korean Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, has unintentionally become a wildlife sanctuary. An area stretching 155 miles (249 km) long, the DMZ is a buffer zone between the heavily militarized borders of North and South Korea, keeping it almost entirely free of humans. The lack of people – combined with the rich geographical diversity of the zone…
Tags: CNN, Cold War, DMZ, Korea, Korean, wildlife
Business, Sustainable living, Videos & Documentaries, Apr 22nd, 2010,
California automaker Tesla burst on the market with an all-electric sports car, the Tesla Roadster, in early 2010. But with base prices of $101,500 in the US, £86,950 in the UK and €84,000 in continental Europe, few budget-minded aspiring green drivers can afford the EV hotrod. Now plans to sell a more moderately priced family car, or sedan (aka saloon car in the UK) called the Tesla Model S are pricking up ears. The base price of $49,900 in the US – after a federal tax credit of $7,500 – is still pretty steep, but it’s under half of the…
Tags: car, CNN, electric, EV, mass market, Model S, Tesla
Climate & Change, Politics, Sustainable living, Videos & Documentaries, Apr 14th, 2010,
Cuba is using local, low cost, eco-friendly materials to rebuild houses for many who lost their homes due to hurricanes. In 2008 three hurricanes successively tore through Cuba, causing an estimated $10 billion in damages. Many Cubans were left homeless by the severe storms. Cuba’s CIDEM research and development institute found an innovative solution for rebuilding sturdier homes for hurricane victims using locally sourced, inexpensive ‘eco materials’. CIDEM works with the Cuban government and receives the majority of its funding from Switzerland and Canada. Construction is low-cost, low-tech and labor intensive – ideal for poor countries with a high level…
Tags: CNN, Cuba, ECO, homes, houses, hurricane, victims, video
Climate & Change, Science & Technology, Videos & Documentaries, Apr 11th, 2010,
One third of greenhouse gasses in New Zealand come from livestock, according to the below report from CNN Eco Solutions. Home to just 4 million people, New Zealand has 38 million sheep 9 million cows, which fuel large export industries in dairy, meat and wool. These animals produce vast amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas 21 times stronger than CO2. Scientists in New Zealand are attempting to produce a vaccine that inhibits the microscopic methanogens that live inside the stomachs of sheep and cows from producing methane. CNN – Tackling belching cows Vaccinating the world’s cow population is one approach…
Tags: CNN, cows, dairy, emissions, gas, greenhouse, livestock, meat, methane, New Zealand, sheep
Climate & Change, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Apr 3rd, 2010,
Actor Ted Danson has been involved in environmental activism since the 1980s when he was star of the hit sitcom Cheers. On April 1st he sat down to talk with CNN about the reasons for his environmentalism as well as current topics including ocean acidification, the need for clean energy, and President Barack Obama’s recent opening up of US coastlines to offshore oil drilling. The environmental issue closest to Danson’s heart is the state of the Earth’s oceans. In addition to the below video interview, the actor has penned an opinion piece for CNN Eco Solutions, which explains his passion…
Tags: actor, CNN, Danson, Eco Solutions, environmental, marine, oceans, Ted
Videos & Documentaries, Weird & Wonderful, Wildlife & Flora, Mar 30th, 2010,
Stranded Magellanic Penguins occasionally wash up on the beaches of Brazil or are found at sea by local fishermen. According to the president of the Niteroi Zoo near Rio de Janeiro, the zoo has been receiving stray penguins since 1999, at first only around two or three per year. But the numbers soon climbed: to around 100 penguins in 2004 and nearly 700 in 2008. Magellanic Penguins commonly migrate north from Antarctica and Patagonia in search of fish, but for unknown reasons they are increasingly getting lost or sick and ending up in Brazil. Hundreds are being found dead on…
Tags: beach, beaches, Brazil, CNN, ipanema, lost, Magellanic, penguins, rio, zoo
climate change, Politics, Videos & Documentaries, Mar 27th, 2010,
The Citarum River in West Java, Indonesia is one of the most toxic waterways in the world. The river is choked with industrial pollutants, garbage and sewage – yet some 30 million people depend on its waters. Villagers who live near the Citarum have no choice but to use the toxic river water for bathing and drinking. Though they boil it to kill bacteria before drinking, poisonous heavy metals and chemicals remain. Scavenging for trash and recyclables has replaced the once plentiful fishing in parts of the river. Furthermore, extensive logging and farming are contributing to flood conditions in near…
Tags: Al Jazeera, Citarum, CNN, Eco Solutions, flood, Indonesia, Jakarta, Java, Pollution, river, TOXIC, water
Science & Technology, Sustainable living, Videos & Documentaries, Mar 14th, 2010,
Solar power is a hot project in sunny Spain. Outside of Seville you’ll find the world’s first commercial solar tower, which appears like a modernist church spire surrounded by an adoring flock of robotic minions. The minions are in fact mirrors – or heliostats – which reflect sunlight onto a receiver located at the top of the monolithic tower. A CNN article explores the PS 10 and forthcoming PS 20 solar power tower projects in Spain: Each heliostat measures 120 square meters, which gives the entire heliostat field an area of 75,000 square meters. On a sunny day this can…
Tags: CNN, Earth's Frontiers, power, Solar, Spain, tower
Climate & Change, Science & Technology, Mar 6th, 2010,
CNN’s Earth’ Frontiers maps out the changes in global energy consumption for different regions of the world between the years of 1980 and 2007. A colorful interactive ‘infographic’ shows how population, CO2 emissions from energy, and electricity – both total and renewable – have changed over the years. The interactive graph is based on data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Most striking, though not surprisingly so, is Asia’s rapid and massive growth. The graphic cannot be embedded, so click on the link below to check it out: CNN – Powering the Earth by Graham Land
Tags: CNN, consumption, energy, global
Science & Technology, Sustainable living, Mar 2nd, 2010,
The energy crisis of the 1970s kick started an energy revolution in Denmark. Previously dependent on foreign oil, the Scandinavian country ‘learned the hard way’ about the importance of diversifying its power sources. Government subsidies for wind power, a carbon tax and energy efficiency investments – as well as the discovery of North Sea oil, it must be said – all lead to Denmark’s successful endeavor for energy independence. Denmark is home to the largest offshore wind farm in the world and gets the highest proportion of its energy from wind turbines. Wind power in Denmark is sourced not only…
Tags: CNN, denmark, energy, oil, power, turbines, wind
Sustainable living, Videos & Documentaries, Feb 27th, 2010,
With the help of the U.S. military, a company called Ocean Power Technologies is looking to exploit Hawaii’s massive wave energy potential as a renewable energy source. Ocean Power Technologies’ wave powered energy producing design is a giant buoy that generates electricity by bobbing up and down in the ocean’s waves, working an internal plunger connected to a hydraulic pump. Since so much of the world’s inhabitants live on its coastlines, wave energy presents a potentially convenient and dependable source of power that is in close proximity to many population centers. U.S. military bases plan to be among the first…
Tags: base, buoy, CNN, energy, Hawaii, Military, ocean, power, renewable, source, technologies, U.S., wave
Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Feb 21st, 2010,
If you live in Indonesia and have $100,000 to spare, you soon may be able to. The Indonesian government is contemplating a tiger adoption initiative in an attempt to curb the illegal poaching of the endangered big cats. These aren’t the typical kind of wildlife conservation ‘adoptions’ like the WWF’s Adopt a Tiger program, where a modest donation will get you a photo of a tiger and a plush doll. Ordinary Indonesian citizens would actually be able to keep a pair of adult Sumatran tigers in their own back yards for a deposit of $100 grand. According to CNN, the…
Tags: adopt, CNN, government, Indonesia, Indonesian, initiative, Nature, pet, poaching, Sumatran, tiger, WWF
Nature, Sustainable living, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Feb 13th, 2010,
Since it’s the weekend, why not sit back, put your feet up and watch an environmentally themed video report? This month’s Eco Solutions from CNN starts with a recap of an earlier report on Japan’s efforts to develop new ways for farming the endangered and highly valued bluefin tuna. It’s a classic example of supply and demand vs. practical conservation and environmentalism. Feel free to juxtapose the situation in Japan against the bluefin’s plight in Europe, as described by maritime archeologist Frank Pope in an editorial for the London Times entitled ‘Bluefin tuna has been fished to the brink of…
Tags: bluefin, CNN, David Suzuki, ECO, Eco Solutions, eco warriors, environment, Nature, report, show, tuna
Science & Technology, Sustainable living, Videos & Documentaries, Feb 8th, 2010,
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' src='http://gf3.statico.be/wp-content/themes/greenfudge/thumbnails/7123.jpg' alt='uks-clean-energy-cashback-scheme-encourages-households-to-generate-own-green-power' class='art-teaser' width='95' height='95' /> When Germany introduced a similar FIT scheme 10 years ago — but with targets of ten percent — it started a green energy revolution in the country, turning it into a European leader in renewables. – CNN The UK government announced on February 1st that it would pay households that generate renewable energy. The scheme, called Clean Energy Cashback, is a feed in-tariff or ‘FIT’ system similar to those already operating in many European countries and parts of the United States. What it does essentially is provide financial benefits to those households that invest in and use green power sources,…
Tags: clean, Clean Energy Cashback, CNN, Eco Solutions, ecologist, energy, Europe, FIT, generate, Germany, Green, power, renewable, scheme, Solar, UK
Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Jan 29th, 2010,
Kinki University in Japan has developed a way to farm prized bluefin tuna, but it is far from eco-friendly according to Greenpeace. The WWF predicts Mediterranean bluefin will be wiped out by 2012 because of overfishing to sate the appetite of gourmet diners. –CNN Read the CNN article on bluefin tuna ranching and check out the embedded video report. CNN Eco Solutions – Japan’s ‘greener’ tuna Additional resources: The overfishing of tuna causes environmental and economic problems around the world
Tags: bluefin, CNN, japan, overfishing, problem, tuna
