Planetsave

Help Name a Baby Polar Bear! (Photos & Videos of Polar Bear Cub!)

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:09:17 +0000

The Toronto Zoo has a baby polar bear! And possibly even more exciting news is that you can help to name it! Isn’t that cool?

There’s a simple form to submit your idea for a name on a Toronto Zoo page for the polar bear cub.

Dutch Kids Ride Bicycle-Bus to School!

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:31:54 +0000

A bicycle bus! I have to admit, I didn’t see one of these when I lived in the Netherlands! (For a bunch of photos of the cool things I did see, however, check out this bicycle photo tour of Groningen.)

The Dutch company De Café Racer developed this fun bicycle-bus, a good [...]

Bikes Belong Helping 6 Cities Build Protected Bikeways

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:15:20 +0000

Really, I’m not sure why bike companies don’t invest more money in bicycle infrastructure—it’s advertising gone wild! Communities can easily value and trust bike companies that do so, and the companies can even stick permanent advertising along the routes! Well, I don’t know if that’s what Bikes Belong’s thinking was (note that Bikes [...]

Bike-Sharing World Map Hits 2 Million… Hits (Views)

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:59:36 +0000

The most comprehensive map of bike-sharing programs in the world (and it is comprehensive!) hit 2 million total views this last week. After taking a few years to reach its first 1 million, it got to 2 million in just another 11 months. Screenshot of the map above. The person behind [...]

Europe Dropping GMOs; Walsanto (Walmart & Monsanto) Watch Launched; & Local Food Producers Get USDA Support

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:35:26 +0000

1. The big food news of the week comes to us via sister site Eat Drink Better: apparently, GMO crops are being pulled out of Europe! “BASF and Monsanto pulled GMO crops from Europe and have announced they will only sell them in the United States and Asia,” Becky Streipe writes. [...]

Take Action! Stop Horrid Transportation Bill from House GOP Now!

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:35:39 +0000

I wrote on the horrid transportation bill proposed by the House GOP at the end of last week, summarizing just how bad it was. Well, now, there are a couple of options for you to take action in opposing this bill, which the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) calls the “worst transportation bill [...]

The Green Economy and I, Robot

Michael Ricciardi — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:39:17 +0000

{Note to the reader: this is my entry into the UNEP’s World Environment Day (WED) blogging competition, addressing the 2012 theme: The Green Economy – Does It Include You? After considering many examples of who the ‘you’ in the title could refer to, I’ve decided to hand over this blog entry to my [...]

Sonoma Valley Getting Transition Towns!

350.org — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:35:11 +0000

by May Boeve of 350.org

Last week, one of my heroes was profiled in his local paper for helping spearhead a new Transition Town in Sonoma, California. I couldn’t be prouder, since that hero is my dad, Tim Boeve, and Sonoma is the town where I grew up. Sonoma is new to the Transition [...]

Climate Referees in Boston (1st Stop of Country Tour)

350.org — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:30:42 +0000

by Jamie Henn of 350.org

BOSTON — Over 60 people dressed in referee outfits protested outside Sen. Scott Brown’s district office in Boston this afternoon to “blow the whistle” on the unseemly reality that Sen. Brown has taken over $1.9 million from fossil fuel interests since being elected and now supports moves in [...]

Global Map of Genetically Modified Crops

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:26:10 +0000

The International Service for the Acquisition of Agribiotic Applications has released data on genetically modified (GM) crops around the world. Here’s a visualization/map of the data, via the UK’s Guardian:

I think we all know why Hungary isn’t on the map.