New plans for the protection of the country’s National Forests have finally been drafted. Many conservationists say that fresh ideas are long overdue considering the fact that the same mitigation and maintenance plans have been in effect since 1982. Creating sustainable methods for guarding the resources and wildlife of the National Forests should be a constant process because the areas under protection are always evolving. Changes in global climate, species number, water quality and availability are among the many factors to be considered when protection plans are being altered or created. (more…)
The ocean going cargo ships that deliver many of our consumer products – from cars to electronics – consume millions of gallons of dirty fuel and emit a frightening array of emissions and toxic chemicals into the atmosphere. Eco Marine Power, a Japan-based technology company, has designed a propulsion system for ocean going vessels that reduces the consumption of dirty fossil fuels. The Aquarius Eco Ship concept incorporates solar and wind power into vessel design to reduce emissions and increase fuel efficiency.
The center piece of the design is the Aquarius MRE System (more…)
Make your way to Santa Monica for some musically enhanced exercise this Earth Day. Exercise isn’t always regarded as fun and can often be thought of as a burden in our fast-paced lives. However, a wonderful cultural opportunity to unite yoga, fresh air and international music has arrived. On April 20-22nd 2012, Earth Day weekend, the Tadasana Festival will be taking place in Santa Monica, California. The festival will showcase the collaboration of some of the World’s most experienced and renowned yoga instructors with a diverse group of talented international musicians. (more…)
Though we live in a disposable consumer society where convenience, price and ease of use often trump other, more earth-friendly, considerations, there are changes afoot. Schick is now making one of our common everyday products – the razor – in a greener fashion.
Yesterday Schick introduced its new Schick Xtreme3 Eco disposable razor. The new razor uses 100 percent recycled plastic in the production of its handle and 100 percent post-consumer paper in its packaging. Manufactured and shipped out of the company’s 99.9 percent landfill-free facility in Milford, CT, Schick estimates they’ll be saving over 103,000 pounds of virgin plastic material and 15,500 pounds of virgin paper from going into landfills each year by using recycled materials in the new razor. (more…)
This sounds interesting and fun – save the date: Monday, February 6, 2012. Public lecture begins at 7pm. The Explorers Club, 46 East 70th Street, NYC 10021.
What would happen if the world’s greatest source of oxygen became depleted and eventually disappeared? You’re probably thinking, great, another news story about deforestation. What is widely unknown is that the world’s greatest source of oxygen is plankton, not terrestrial trees. This common misconception can easily be remedied: The crew of the Tara Oceans schooner will be presenting a public lecture on their recent research concerning the health of the world’s oceans. The 15-member crew crisscrossed the high seas for the past two and half years while on their latest global scientific cruise.
An impressive one hundred eighteen feet in length, the Tara Ocean has sailed both arctic and tropical waters and will docked in the East River (Battery Park, North Cove Marina) from February 5 to 11.
The team conducts their research mainly through the study of plankton and the relationship between plankton abundance and the health of the oceans. The lecture will include presentations not only from the head scientist of the ship, Eric Karsenti, but also from other crew members as well as prominent leaders of the Tara Foundation for Marine Research USA.
The program will focus on the wide scale oceanic issues that directly affect the health of our planet as a whole.
In addition, Explorers Club Member Mara G. Haseltine, an artist and environmentalist, will unveil La Boheme: A Portrait of Today’s Oceans in Peril, her latest sculpture based on her discoveries on board Tara Oceans. (more…)
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