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A few weeks back, we told you about a man who was caught at a New Zealand airport trying to smuggle rare lizards out of the country –in his underwear. Well, it seems that the courts will be making an example out of Hans Kurt Kubus, who hails from... 

The green supergroup performs John Lennon’s “Instant Karma (We All Shine On).” Photos by RCruger It’s an eco-SWAT team: members of Dave Matthews Band, Maroon 5, The Roots, and Guster mingled with music biz denizens, environmental... 

Photo via Aluka Life has never been too easy for the African wasp Certosolen arab… Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the rest here:  Wasps Help Fig Trees Have Sex Over Long Distances  Read More →

photo via world-ctl When I lived in Wyoming, I was continually impressed with its Governor, Dave Freudenthal. The former US attorney spoke with a plain tongue, advocated for pragmatic solutions, and managed to get elected in a very conservative state... 

Photo via Aminals Keeping your kids’ toybox green is one of the most daunting challenges as an eco-friendly parent–it requires you to keep a constant lookout for toxic dyes, fabrics, materials, paint, and plastic while giving your little... 

photo: J. Novak We’ve become a nation dependant upon drugs. For better or worse, we use pharmaceuticals for everything from getting to sleep to waking up. We use them to stabilize our moods and to increase our sex drives. But what happens to these... 

Image from livejournal Being an environmental activist is serious business. And even more so in Russia right now. Ten days ago TreeHugger wrote about the paper mill in Lake Baikal in Siberia that had been re-opened on Prime Minister Putin’s orders.... 

Image credit: Valcent More: Robert F. Kennedy Jr Backs Vertical Farming  Read More →

Proposed aquaponics facility at Lorain, Ohio. Image credit: Access to Aquaponics There might be some debate right now as to whether aquaponics can be regarded as organic , but that hasn’t stopped Bevan Suites, whose Access to Aquaponics starter... 

Image: Clouds Seeded Over Las Vegas Flickr, Saschapohflepp In an opinion piece in the Jan. 27 online issue of Nature (paid content), scientists from Canada and the United States argue that internationally coordinated research and controlled field-testing... 

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