Forest Advocacy
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www.forests.org |
Forest Protection Portal. Ecological Science Based Forest Preservation & Conservation Advocacy which provides Forest Protection News, Information Retrieval Tools and Original Analysis. |
www.wrm.org.uy |
World Rainforest Movement is an international network of citizens' groups of North and South involved in efforts to defend the world's rainforests. Some of their programs include- Network against Monoculture Tree Plantations, Stop GE Trees and the Carbon Sinks Watch. |
archive.greenpeace.org |
Greenpeace's virtual forest house explains which of your household products might be made of ancient wood, and instructs which woods to avoid. |
ran.org/campaigns |
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) runs hard-hitting campaigns to break America's oil addiction, reduce our reliance on coal, protect endangered forests and Indigenous rights, and stop destructive investments through education, grassroots organizing and nonviolent direct action." |
www.savebiogems.org |
NRDC's BioGems Defenders. Each year, NRDC specially selects wild places across the Americas that face an imminent threat of destruction: pristine coastlines; ancient forests; and unspoiled wildlife habitats to focus on and protect. |
www.treesforlife.org |
Trees for Life International emphasis is on creating awareness, training people to plant and take care of trees and providing them with the resources needed to accomplish their tasks. Each recipient makes a pledge to help at least two others in the same manner in which they had been helped. Their Moringa leaf project is very interesting and important ! |
| The rate of deforestation in the tropics is about an acre a second. Gus Speth www.thebridgeattheedgeoftheworld.com |
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Recent Issues Blog Posts
Methane hydrate, will it be a godsend and replace dirty coal and oil within the next five years, or will it delay our investment in renewable energy and set us on an ever longer road of hydrocarbon addiction?
A destruction of the world's resources, leaving long term greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution and habitat loss.
The World Health Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme have just listed endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) a "global threat" after the release of a collaborative study.
Recent Building Blog Posts
Since Neolithic times we have fenced our sheep and vegetables in this easy to make (albeit time consuming) wooden fence.
The earth-house uses the ground as an insulating blanket that efficiently protects it from temperature extremes, wind, rain and extreme weather events.
Underground homes with a modern bent. A large thermal mass stabilizes inside temperatures, giving you free heat in the winter, free cooling in the summer.
Recent Art Blog Posts
Yao Lu an emerging Chinese artist digitally reworks photos of garbage into traditional Chinese landscape paintings.
Recent Movies Blog Posts
reveals the undemocratic process of forcing dams onto an unconsenting public by governments
The many voices of the film share a unified vision: we must start acting as a planetary civilization.
a journey into the soul of humanity and a testimony of the damage inflicted by humans on the natural world...
