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Carlin's line about “How we gonna save the planet when we haven’t learned how to care for each other yet” haunts this caring island as we mourn our Mayor, too. As Carlin says, "he was just here."

Orangutan Island premieres in the UK on 26th May on Animal Planet. Click on this link to help.www.savetheorangutan.co.uk

The Argentine Minister of the Environment (and activist) Romina Piccolotti talks about "environmental discrimination" -- the connections between global warming and social and economic justice.

From New York to Costa Rica, from the first national park in China to a marine protected area in the South Pacific, these are the best of the best, the conservation success stories with the most impact for nature and people in 2007.

The best of more than 11,000 images shot by leading photographers. From Tibet to Tanzania, from hissing alligators to quivering zebras, Natural Light opens a brilliant window into our planet and the astonishing animals and places that The Nature Conservancy works to save every day.

Gore's acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize and a recent press conference interview were both enlightening of his views: "We face a true planetary emergency.