World Elephant Day Why the Guardian is spending a year reporting on the plight of elephants Elephants are the end of a 60m-year lineage – the last of the megaherbivores Large ivory seizures in Singapore make it a smuggling hub of ‘primary concern’ Elephants on the path to extinction –…
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Boycott, Gandhi Style, Organic Consumers Association “The deed is done. On Friday, July 29, 2016, President Obama signed a bill that was written by corporations, paid for by corporations and that serves no one in this country—except corporations. S.764, known by its opponents as the DARK (Deny Americans the Right…
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Global climate breaks new records January to June 2016, World Meteorological Organiation, UN “Geneva, 21 July 2016 (WMO) _ Global temperatures for the first six months of this year shattered yet more records, and mean that 2016 is on track to be the world’s hottest year on record. Arctic sea…
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Canada vegan helps lobster make epic journey from supermarket to ocean “By the time Lobby Joe was released back into the waters on Canada’s east coast, the Atlantic lobster had travelled thousands of kilometres on a journey that had cost hundreds of dollars. The lobster’s long voyage began when he…
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Sounds of the Solstice Celebrate sounds of the earth and summer solstice with environmental composer and Belwin artist-in-residence Steve Heitzeg. Join Steve on a sound walk and start your own listening journal or sound diary. Steve will also talk about his conceptual ecoscores he composes in honor of nature.…
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On a day devoted to fallen humans, this is for Harambe, Cecil, Tilikum, The Last Rhino and those we do not know… Endangered (Written in Honor of All Turtles and Tortoises) by Steve Heitzeg Performed by Laura Sewell, cello Earthworks: Music in Honor of Nature (12)
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The Triumph and Tragedy of Barbaro’s Fateful Triple Crown Run, 10 Years Later How We Failed Barbaro By Laura Hillenbrand May 31, 2006 “Oxford Prince died in front of me, a breath before the finish line at Timonium, some 25 years ago. His leg had broken, sending him into a…
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Canada wildfire could double in size as mass evacuations continue “Unseasonably hot temperatures, extremely dry conditions and winds of up to 70km/h (44 mph) helped fuel the fire’s spectacular growth to 101,000 hectares – an area more than 10 times the size of Manhattan, and up from just 10,000…
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