DISMANTLING DAMS
Dismantling dams is a new initiative for Europe and the world. Not only do dams very rarely supply the amount of water, or electricity, they …
ELFSTEDENTOCHT
This is the famous Elfstedentocht – the ‘Eleven Cities Tour’ – a test of physical and mental endurance like no other. There was no …
GIANT TORTOISES
An army of reptilian bulldozers – giant tortoises – is helping a Galápagos island, Española, make an ecological comeback. Española’s burgeoning tortoise population – …
STRAW AS INSULATION
I thought this article on the plans for using straw as insulation on homes in the U.K. was worth reporting as a sensible contribution to …
THE WORLD’S FAVORITE DRUG
Caffeine is the world’s favorite drug, and half the world’s coffee-growing land is at risk from climate change, according to a major article in a …
ANTS PERSUADED LIONS TO EAT BUFFALO
“How ants persuaded lions to eat buffalo” sounds like a story out of a children’s book. However, reality is often stranger than fiction, as we …
SCILLY ISLES
Rosemary Parslow crawls on her hands and knees across the frozen ground of the Scilly Isles under a wintry sky. Most other visitors to the …
CAR BLOAT
All in all, car bloat has increased vehicle prices while making autos more destructive to human life, natural ecosystems, and pavement alike. Because the full …
CAR BLOAT
This is the second blog on car bloat; the story of how and why vehicle manufacturers, mainly in the US but elsewhere as well, have …
RIGHTS OF NATURE
Ireland could become the first country in the EU to enshrine the “Rights of Nature” into its national constitution. The Joint Committee on Environment …