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Municipalities and their projects can generate credits in numerous ways, but they need to understand that having a project that reduces GHG emissions is only the first step. To generate credits, a municipality needs also to (1) have clear ownership of the reductions, and (2) be able to account for the emissions in a very detailed and accurate way.

Target Shooters in the Mt. Hood national forest in Oregon have literally trashed the place.

 A new organization simply called Plant A Billion Trees has set out their goal in their name. Over 279,000 trees have been planted though $1 donations. 

Why does the argument that businesses should do more to reduce pollution and protect the environment often boil down to the issue of jobs vs. nature? Advocates of green living around the world are increasingly making the argument that green business is good business, and that clean energy and other green sectors actually generate jobs. Too often, though, many businesses still aren’t buying it.

After a nice day in the sun, walking through the local park and sitting for awhile on a bench, I suddenly noticed how many people, were leaving and not picking up their rubbish.

At this point a friend came over to speak to me, we had the usual greeting, then he turned away from me and said, ‘ What do you think about all that, then mate ?‘

To which I replied, ‘Do you mean the empty cans, bottles and crisp packets and things, that have just been left, by your friends and you ?’

When we take a walk through a local nature reserve, we are often guided a long a path, that has been lovingly thought out by someone, who has taken the time to pick out the most beautiful places to look at and that will keep us from treading on some of the most protected plants in the world, as we amble along on our way, enjoying the day.

If you gotta waste water, do so efficiently

WASHINGTON, DC—Braving balmy temperatures and sunny skies, millions of scarfless snowmen and snowwomen gathered in cities across the world Tuesday to raise public awareness about the heavy toll global warming is taking on their health and well-being.

- Georgia Giatras

6 record holding animals you’ll never be as good as

This came from Reuters and if you ask me, I say that the researcher from the University of Exeter in Britain who said this is full of Sh%$#. Oh yes!!! This research was a waste of money. Let’s keep polluting the air so that the forest stay alive. Ya right. The way I see it we got to stop polluting, and that includes stopping deforestation, to keep our green lands alive.

Rainwater is one of our society’s greatest forgotten urban resources. We design our developments to drain rainwater from our property turning streets in to rivers. From there, water is directed down storm drains and forgotten about. Here's a few easy tips to start using some of this water as a resourse.

sustainablog's newest writer Justin van Kleek considers the (psychological) pollution environmental activists themselves can often spew. Or, to borrow the famous quote from Pogo, "we have met the enemy, and he is us."

Today I saw this article reporting on a study clearly linking declining fish stocks to algal blooms (so-called 'toxic tides'). For me this situation drives home three things about sustainability.

A survey of bee health released Tuesday revealed a grim picture, with 36.1 percent of the nation's commercially managed hives lost since last year. Last year's survey commissioned by the Apiary Inspectors of America found losses of about 32 percent.

There are currently about 170 bonobos in zoos across the world. And, while zoos are usually great, sometimes bad things can happen at zoos. On Christmas Day, 2007, a Siberian Tiger escaped from its zoo home and attacked three people in the zoo. Which makes us wonder for the bazillionth time:

Are zoos good or are zoos bad? What do you think?