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An awesome blog for kids and parents aimed at helping the bonobos - our closest ape cousins who are dangerously near extinction in the DRC, Africa. This post lists and describes professions kids can strive for that will help save the bonobos and the world.

On Friday, April 18 the federal and British Columbia governments announced that they will proceed with a recovery operation of the wreckage that continues to threaten the Robson Bight ecological reserve. The return of the orcas to the area in June makes this salvage operation time sensitive.

A summary and re-cap of Earth Hour 2008, with links to many relevant sites and news articles. There is additional information on significant solar energy implementation by Spain and Germany (which were not major participants in Earth Hour 08). A final commentary is offered on cynics.

Newly formed Toronto Conservation Action Network is organizing a number of community Eco-fairs that connect people with eco-friendly organizations using a "speed-dating" style presentation format.

Ed Begley, dubbed the "greenest man in Hollywood" and the star of his own green living show on HGTV, explains why it's easier than ever to go green. Check out his solar oven and bike rigged to generate electricity for toast!

An activist couple discusses Food Not Bombs, a bike recyclery and local food.

All tips I've found can reduce only 5% of global warming problems...discover how i've found the solution

Noah Richler’s “Rock Bottom" excerpted for free.

Greenpeace launches a new collaborative video for climate change: "Help us pass a message around the world! We all need to act, but this December people representing YOU will attend a vital UN climate meeting in Bali, Indonesia. Let's all let them know that we want action, not blah blah blah."

No story, just a link to a new site for coordinating public action campaigns.

Are 4x4s evil? Is direct action the answer? Or is it time to stop demonising only one type of vehicle and take a long hard look at everybody's transportation habits?

America's hottest eco-activist will hit the big screen, based on the book of her harrowing canopy protest. Here's 10 questions with the gorgeous green.

so these people only want to line dry their wash. and then the neighborhood fashion police start threatening law suits.

The Bush Administration is proposing to EXPAND mountaintop removal mining - the process where they clearcut and destroy a mountain to get at the coal. This practice obviously destroys habitat, but also pollutes the waterways for the local communities.

Take action - submit your comment to oppose mountaintop removal mining.

A provocative question. Is a 80% by 2050 national emissions reductions target actually going to prevent the worst impacts of global warming? Will we hit dangerous tipping points? Are there risks we are taking by trying to act too slowly? This post takes a hard look at certain assumptions the U.S. Climate movement has taken.