The Waste to Wealth program, started in 2012, has trained more than 300 women in northeastern Nigeria to recycle plastic waste into mats, bags and other colorful accessories. “This has really helped me. Now I can pay my children’s school fees, I can buy food for my family andContinue Reading
I thought it would be nice to close out the week with some beautiful sunsets from around the world 🙂 Angkor Wat, Cambodia – Image Credit: Shutterstock. Nothing a beautiful sunset over ancient ruins The Grand Canyon – Image Credit: Shutterstock. Beautiful! Zermatt, Switzerland – Image Credit: ShutterstockContinue Reading
Tree-houses bring out the kid in everyone. One company, “Invisible Works“, has revealed plans to build beautiful semi-transparent tree-house structures in a London park. They hope that these structures will encourage people to spend more time outside. And that’s what’s good, Jon Reference: http://inhabitat.com/the-invisible-city-londons-parks-transformed-with-temporary-high-tech-treehouse-venues/Continue Reading
“Food is the Problem, and food is the solution” says Ron Finley, a local man that lives in South Central Los Angeles. He says in his city, more people are dying from the “drive thru’s” then the “drive bye’s”. Ron wanted to solve a problem that he saw in hisContinue Reading
After a 15 year long battle between developers and conservationists, Puerto Rico has passed a law to protect a major nesting site to the endangered leatherback turtles. The law will protect 14 sq km (5.4 sq miles) of the coast where hundreds of leatherback nests are created every year. ThisContinue Reading
Veterinarians at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport nursed six endangered sea turtles to health after one year of rehabilitation. Now, the five Kemp’s ridley sea turtles and one green sea turtle have been released among several reefs in the Gulf of Mexico. Awww and they’re so cuteContinue Reading
April 22nd is Earth Day. This is a global event where people contribute to causes that protect this beautiful planet. Each year, over 1 billion individuals across the world participate in Earth Day events. The 2013 Earth Day theme is “The Face of Climate Change”. Enjoy your Earth Day festivitiesContinue Reading
Every once in a blue moon, someone thinks of an idea that can change the world. Currently millions of tons of plastic is floating in the ocean. This is a problem that affects sea life, food, tourism, and probably many more things that we are not even thinking about. InContinue Reading
Damian Aspinall, a British conservationist, raised a young gorilla named Kwibi since he was an infant at Howletts Wild Animal Park in England. When Kwibi reached the age of 5, Damian released him into the wild in Gabon, West Africa. Damian’s “Aspinall Foundation” has been releasing captive gorillas back intoContinue Reading
The oceanic whitetip, several varieties of hammerheads, and the porbeagle (a type of mackerel) can soon swim a little safer. In this week’s CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) meeting in Bangkok, the vote to protect these sharks passed with a two thirdsContinue Reading