Green Grounded is sometimes amazed at how the natural environment and urban development merge. Often, I notice that we push wildlife out of their natural settings. Consequences are expressed in our daily lives as we experience far too many deer carcasses on the side of highways.
On a much (much) lighter note than roadkill, here’s a video [...]
Back to the overfishing conundrum, I just received an email from Elizabeth Ouzts of Environment NC:
Hi ,
The Pacific leatherback turtle is on the brink of extinction.
There are only 350 northern right whales left off the Atlantic coast.
Red snapper populations in the Gulf of Mexico are down to 5 percent of the species’ historical numbers.
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No, Amber Valletta is not looking for a green-hued ocean, but by teaming up with Oceana.org (and the likes of Ted Danson), she is advocating a healthier environment and healthier eating.
Back in May, Valletta began speaking out and campaigning against mercury exposure. Now a mother, the cover girl is using her face as spokesperson for change.
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Back when I enjoyed eating seafood (who’s kidding me? I will always love and miss seafood), I would chow down about any fish, not worrying for a second what environmental impact it may have. Fish flesh was just too good.
Things have changed a bit in my world, and now I only consume of any fauna [...]
From Durham to Raleigh to Pittsboro to Chapel Hill to Clayton to Wake Forest, the entire Triangle is getting down and getting dirty to celebrate Mother Earth this Saturday (April 19th). Here are some of the Rockstar events going on THIS weekend, as well as which ones you are apt to see me!
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This weekend, Chapel Hill is having a rainbarrel event, and Chatham County’s Abundance Foundation is having a Vermiculture Workshop at Pittsboro’s Piedmont Biodiesel.
1. Chapel Hill’s rainbarrel event:
Purchase Discount Rain Barrels at H2Oh! Education Fair
Chapel Hill’s Stormwater Management Division is sponsoring a rain barrel sale and H2Oh! Education Fair on Saturday, April 5, from 9 a.m. [...]
The bees are dying and your ice cream is about to cost a lot more… and be far more limited in variety. That’s according to Haagen Daz and CNN.
Colony Collapse Disorder.
It’s the beginning of our demise, starting with your favorite summer treat.
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Paul Joseph Watson says that by not saving the bees more quickly, we are headed toward full blown Ecological Apocalypse. In fact, Watson says humanity will perish much faster from the demise of the honeybee than from the much-hyped and documentarized man-made global warming.
Who am I to say he’s wrong? With CCD claiming bees to the extent that [...]
Spiders, enemy or ally, strike such an emotional~ and frankly, completely irrational~ response from people (I know. A few years back, I was one of those people). The truth is, spiders are an asset to most anyone interested in a healthier environment.
For the record, spiders are a great ally to us humans. Granted, that’s unless they [...]
In case you hadn’t heard, honeybee colonies are dropping dead (or missing) because of some mysterious and international culprit. Rob Kanter from the Environmental Almanac explains…
…this past year has marked a dramatic turn for the worse. Beginning last winter, a phenomenon that came to be called “Colony Collapse Disorder,” or CCD, has led to steep [...]
