GUT FEELING A trio of male Australian big-bellied seahorses vie for the attention of a female seahorse at an aquarium in Torquay, Devon, the U.K. (Photo: Apex via the Telegraph)
Green Patriot Posters is a communications campaign centered on posters that encourage all U.S. citizens to build a sustainable economy.
By 2020 WWF will conserve 19 of the world’s most important natural places and significantly change global markets to protect the future of nature. (World Wildlife Fund)
One of the leading figures in the world yoga community, Sri K Pattabhi Jois, has died at the age of 93.
Jois, from India, was widely considered to be the modern founder of the ashtanga branch of yoga and credited with popularising it in the West.
Ashtanga yoga is based on synchronising the breath through a progressive series of postures.
The theory is that it produces intense internal heat, which purifies the muscles and organs, expelling unwanted toxins as well as releasing beneficial hormones and minerals which can nourish the body when the sweat is absorbed back into the skin.
Kiva’s mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.
Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs around the globe.
“Your estimated greenhouse gas emissions are 18 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent per year, which is below the U.S. national average.”
The Nature Conservatory’s Carbon Footprint Calculator
BrightSource Energy’s Power Tower in Israel’s Negev Desert. BrightSource has proposed building three solar-energy generation complexes in the eastern Mojave Desert several miles from an old mining and railroad townsite called Ivanpah, Calif.
