From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What are conservation dogs? — Jon Gretcham, Portland, OR Simply put, conservation dogs are canines specially trained in sniffing out evidence of specific wildlife species that scientists are seeking to learn more about for one reason or another. Most commonly these dogs are used…
Category: Environmental protection
Trash to Treasure
by Kelsey Rumburg In just 30 years, the world’s annual output of waste will reach an estimated 3.4 billion tons. This global tsunami of waste threatens our environment, our economy, even our relationships. To survive, we must not only contain it but do something with it. The average American throws away over seven pounds of…
The Nature of Nature review
Enric Sala wanted to know: “In what way do we depend on all…other species for our own survival?” This book, The Nature of Nature: Why We Need the Wild, is the answer. A former faculty member at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Sala founded the National Geographic Pristine Seas program. With these and other relevant…
Here’s how you can help hummingbirds
I spotted the first hummer of the year at my feeder this morning! Hummingbird arrival time varies from region to region, so I usually put out the hummingbird nectar long before I could reasonably expect the little beauties to show up. Would you like to enjoy hummingbirds at your place? It’s easier than you think….
If you can’t reuse it, refuse it
Inspired by Susan Freinkel’s book Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, I’ve set a goal to reduce the amount of single-use plastic I bring into my life in 2020. Here’s my collection for the second month of the year. February plastic Much like the previous month, February brought me a pile of food wrappers and a Better…
“The world is changed by your example.”
The month of March turned our world upside-down, didn’t it? Self-isolating became the way of life we never imagined would happen to us. Despite having been shopping only once all month–before the country went into shut-down–I managed to accumulate about the same amount of single-use plastic trash as always. And it continues to be food…
Do something drastic – cut the plastic!
Inspired by Susan Freinkel’s book Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, I’ve set a goal to reduce the amount of single-use plastic I bring into my life in 2020. Here’s my collection for the first month of the year. That’s a bag full of food packaging at the top. In fact, you’ll see that most of it…