Hard Rocker Joins Fight for His Homeland’s Forests

Cyclists assemble in Yerevan, Armenia, for a bike tour to Teghut Forest. Photo by Ruzanna Hovasapyan via ride-earth on Flickr. Armenian environmental activists fighting plans to build a copper mine in an endangered forest got a boost recently when former System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian , surely the world’s most famous Armenian-American rock star, sent a me..

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All-Black Penguin Discovered, Seems Underdressed

Photo via Andrew Evans of the National Geographic King Penguins are notorious for their prim, tuxedoed appearance–but a recently discovered all-black penguin seems unafraid to defy convention. In what has been described as a “one in a zillion kind of mutation,” biologists say that the animal has lost control of it’s

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Call for Entries: The 2010 James Dyson Award

Designers, engineers, inventors, and crafty gadgeteers, it’s time to get the brain juices percolating and submit for the 2010 James Dyson Award .

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Call for Entries: The 2010 James Dyson Award

We’re Not Out of the Woods Yet… Did Policy or Recession Reduce Brazil’s Deforestation Rates?

photo: Alexander Torrenegra via flickr. Just as its announced that Brazil and the United States will work together to slow Amazon deforestation , Cool Green Science asks an important question: Has it been policy or recession driving down deforestation in Brazil?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Urbanization & Export-led Agriculture Now Main Causes of Deforestation

Indonesia was listed as a hot spot of this sort of deforestation. Jakarta skyline, photo: flydime via flickr.

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Unchopping A Tree – A Video That Puts Deforestation In Perspective

An image from artist Maya Lin’s ” Unchopping a Tree ” Deforestation . It might seem obvious that rainforests are needed to continue life on earth – but why? Maya Lin lays it out in a gorgeous video with a message that will make every viewer pause and consider the scale of deforestation.

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Indonesia Allows Adoption of Sumatran Tigers as Pets for $100,000

In what might be one of the most unorthodox methods of preserving an endangered species, the government of Indonesia announced recently that it will begin authorizing individuals to adopt the imperiled Sumatran Tigers to raise as pets.

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Indonesia Allows Adoption of Sumatran Tigers as Pets for $100,000

No Child Left Unpolluted In Texas: School Absence Rates Linked To Air Quality

Big ol’ Chevy Tahoe. Image credit: AutoWeek. The Star-Telegram is reporting that ” The health effects of air pollution are a major topic in Texas because the state is one of the most polluted in the country.

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Rainforests Destroyed as Fast as a Field of Matches (VIDEO)

Photo via Greenpeace While the rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest may be declining, it and other rainforests around the world continue to be cleared at an alarming rate.

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Go Green Expo: One-Stop-Spot for All Things Green

From Glee gum to Honda’s Insight, more than 300 exhibits of green goods and services will be displayed under one roof at the Go Green Expo this weekend in Los Angeles. Open to the public, January 24-25 and Friday for B2B

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