Written by Sami Grover, Treehugger The other day I posted that corporate fat cats love ethical consumerism, taking issue with the idea that “every time you spend a dollar, you are casting a vote.” That post drew a lot of praise, but it also evoked some skepticism—including one tweet that exclaimed that “our votes don’t count, where [...]

  Written by Stephen Lacey, ThinkProgress As the sovereign debt crisis unfolds in Europe, onlookers have questioned whether the region will stay committed to renewable energy. The answer so far is “yes.” Even with a few countries pulling back on government support of the industry because of fiscal troubles, 2011 was still a huge year [...]

  Written by Lloyd Alter, Treehugger Frederick Law Olmstead designed New York’s Riverside Park in 1875. The infamous Robert Moses ran a highway through it in 1935, but didn’t kill it; “Today, the mature trees and sweeping lawns of the park tend to disguise the transport-oriented nature of the park’s construction.” Occupying part of the [...]

  Written by Ozzie Chavez of California Several months ago, I made a wonderful friend. Her name is Matilda. My son Noah was waiting for me to pick him up from his cross country practice and happened upon a group of ducks sitting by the river. One of the ducks was sitting by herself, very skinny and [...]

Recently elected California Fish & Game Commission President Dan Richards not only shot a mountain lion in Idaho, but boasted about how glad he is that it is “legal” to do so there.

Despite the media’s best attempts to paint the Occupy Wall Street movement as radical, disruptive, and pointless, its members continue to work for real and lasting changes in their local communities. Since the movement’s inception in September 2011, Care2 has reported on the OWS Sustainability Group’s efforts to make its own energy, expand composting and [...]

The city of San Francisco, recognized for its progressive approach to issues, recently announced that they have met their 2008 mandate to reduce per vehicle greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent below 1990 levels. According to San Francisco’s Cityinsider, “Phasing in hybrid electric and compressed natural gas cabs into the fleet … resulted in 35,139 [...]

Great news for all of us nature lovers! Britain’s National Trust, an organization that preserves outdoor spaces as well as historic buildings in the UK, is planning a campaign this year to improve peoples’ links with nature and wildlife. The Trust’s director general Fiona Reynolds said children needed freedom to discover nature for themselves. More [...]

If you ever watch the television show “Antiques Roadshow,” it’s likely you share in the excitement of other people’s good fortune once they discover that last week’s garage sale find is worth plenty more than they paid for it. In a nod to the proverb “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” a researcher at [...]

NOTE: This is a guest post from Jose Louies, Head of Department, Guardians of the Wild, Wildlife Trust of India. Mohammad Hasen Ali (inset) and his team was patrolling their beat in Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park in Assam, India at about 2.30 am in 2010, when they encountered a gang of rhino poachers. Shots [...]