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a question that has bugged me for a while !

MARSEILLE (France) - ITALY, France, Japan and Spain are guilty of the biggest violations of international quotas for bluefin tuna fishing, a report claimed on Wednesday.

Countries are assigned fishing quotas by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to help avert the eventual extinction of the fish, which is highly prized for Japanese sushi and sashimi.

New way to reach out ?

Pemba, Zanzibar - For years, Salim Haji was told by government officials and international groups that his methods of fishing were destroying the coral and weren't sustainable. But few fishermen on this small island off Tanzania's coast paid much heed. Then, the local imam told him that using dragnets to fish and spears to catch octopuses was wrong. As a devout Muslim, he listened.

Page contains direct links to the winning images and news reports! after watching Artic Tale I have a fascination with narwhals. There's a pic of them here!

This author has posted a perl script to change the default message on HP printers from READY to anything you want. .. why not change yours to something to remind ppl to save paper?
Mine is going to read "Did u just print that?!"

what's it going to take for ppl to take notice?

"The Buddhist temple, located 20km from downtown Bangkok, sits on a shrinking piece of land on the Gulf of Thailand which is less than a tenth of its original size"

Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Rosalind James steps into a Styrofoam shelter surrounded by thousands of wild bees. Dozens buzz past the entomologist as she examines blocks that contain 3,540 holes for solitary bees. ``Bee condos,'' she says. The smattering of stings she's sustained is a small sacrifice for work that may save a $75 billion-a-year slice of the U.S. economy.

Say goodbye to plastic cutlery and hello to SpudWare—cutlery made from 80% potato starch and 20% soy oil that’s just as heat resistant and every bit as strong as plastic cutlery. The kicker? It biodegrades in just 180 days! SpudWare can even be washed and reused, so you can eat your potatoes with potatoes for months to come.

excerpted "The Swiss design duo Fulguro doesn’t want you to waste a drop of precious rainwater for your plants, your yard, or your home. Their easy-to-use reLEAF rain collector consists of a folded thermo lacquered aluminum sheet that mimics the design of plant leaves but aids in the collection of extra rainwater that might otherwise trickle away.

A selection of enviromental blogs if treehugger is not enough

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"Science Daily — Reef fish and other marine species can breathe easier with the introduction of a fishing ban around Apo Reef, the largest coral reef in the Philippines and the second largest contiguous reef in the world after the Great Barrier Reef."

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"If Wal-Mart can go green, so can the Pentagon. That was how Rocky Mountain Institute co-founder and energy pioneer Amory Lovins drove home his message that when big business executes efficiently, it’s not just about eco-image. It’s about making money. "

ATLANTA - LIPSTICKS tested by a United States consumer rights group found that more than half contained lead and some popular brands including Cover Girl, L'Oreal and Christian Dior had more lead than others, the group said.

here's another interesting story you can use for inspiring young ones to conserve nature! geckos and frogs have been around for so long but only now we are making use of their design to improve our tools.Scotch tape, packing tape, Post-its—no man-made adhesive holds a candle to the sticky world of animal adhesives, where geckos scurry across ceilings and tree frogs leap from leaf to leaf on tacky toe pads without missing a step. --

LAUGHTER is the best medicine, so the saying goes.

But can a tongue-in-cheek banner solve the toxic problem at a provision shop at Block 157, Meiling Street?

Provision shop owner Jackie Ng, 44, hopes so.

He and his staff are sick and tired of inhaling exhaust fumes emitted by vehicles 'waiting' in front of their shop.

The reason: Drivers leave their engines running while they pop in to the Singapore Pools outlet inside his shop to place their bets.