Sandals embraces environmentally friendly energy alternatives The Gleaner | OCHO RIOS, St Ann:ONE YEAR after launching Sandals Earthguard, powered by EarthCheck, Sandals Resorts International has begun to realise a reduction in the company's environmental footprint, improved operational efficiencies, and increased benefits to the company's host communities. | In Ocho Rios...
Water Enough for All? Huffington Post | All during spring and summer I love to watch the huge fish hawks called Ospreys building up their stick nests, then incubating their eggs, and then raising their chicks. How many chicks, how many Ospreys for that matter, depends on how much food. | The same's true for people. But Ospreys can't mak...
Fallen Earth Content Update Includes Global Territory Control Cinema Blend Reloaded Productions is hard at work on a new content overhaul that will enable gamers to join factions and then have those factions take over entire settlements. The game is continually advancing, enabling players to have more and more control over ...
Slight earth tremor detected in East Texas Austin American Statesman | CENTER, Texas — A slight earthquake was registered in East Texas near the Louisiana border, four days after a sharper shock struck the area. | The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 2.7 magnitude quake was registered about 1:30 p.m. Sunday just...
Over-consumption threatens planet Earth Independent online Spiralling global population and over-consumption are threatening the health of the planet, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said this week. | The demand on natural resources had become unsustainable and was putting “tremendous” press...
Dinosaur flatulence 'altered climate' Belfast Telegraph Huge plant-eating dinosaurs may have produced enough greenhouse gas by breaking wind to alter the Earth's climate, research suggests. | Like leviathan cows, the mighty sauropods wo...
Do Your Part: For Mother's Day and Mother Earth The Miami Herald | The big day is approaching - do you have your Mother's Day gift? This week, I'm sharing some unique ways to Do Your Part and show the mothers in your life how much you care. And ...
SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second (Update) PhysOrg | The California-based company SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its Dragon capsule a half-second before liftoff after an engine controller noted high pressure in the central engine of the Falcon 9 rocket, forcing the shutdown. | "This is not failure. We...
Solar Eclipse, Planets, & Earth The Examiner On Sunday, May 20, 2012 there will be an Annular Solar Eclipse visible from the Western United States. Credit: photobucket.com On Sunday, May 20, 2012 there will be an Annular Solar Eclipse visible from the Western United States.Jupiter will be enter...
Fewer Americans Believe Climate Change Is Not Happening Than We Think Treehugger | and what is or isn't causing it, it's the truth. | The report says, as of March 2012, just 14% of people in the US don't believe the the world is warming, the climate is changing, the weather is weirding, or however you want to phrase it. But when asked to estimate how many people in the nation think that way, people put that figure at 21%. | Per...
Jairam Ramesh asks UNDP to suggest ways for ‘greening’ rural development The Times Of India Tweet NEW DELHI: With an eye to mainstreaming sustainability, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has reached out to the United Nations Development Programme to suggest ways for 'greening' rural development schemes and programmes. | "We are spending Rs 99,000 crore this year on rural development programmes and it would be a shame if we don't m...
