From July 23-25, Taiwanese undergraduates held a camp in Bukit Lawang, Sumatra, that taught local high school students to use technology as a conservation tool. The Taiwanese volunteers aimed to help local people in this popular rainforest tourism destination to use the Internet to research and promote sustainable tourism practices. [...]

On July 1, 2010, the country of Canada will celebrate its 143rd anniversary, a time for celebrating, BBQs, and relaxing in the summer sun. For those interested in environmental issues, however, this is also a good time to reflect on the things Canada has done to help make the world’s [...]

The recent death of a baby beluga whale at the Vancouver Aquarium has reignited the debate over the ethics of keeping whales in captivity. Nala was just over a year old when she died after her airway was obstructed by an inflammation brought on by foreign objects in a pocket [...]

In the first part of this series, we looked at the stresses besetting the oceans, and how those stresses are likely to continue for a long period of time, even if we end our depredations of fish stocks, and stop pouring carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Now, we’re going to [...]

Much of Africa is a desperate place, embroiled in war, rebellion, and a daily struggle to exist. The region around the Congo basin in particular has been home to many scourges, and millions of deaths. The deaths of any people are a tragedy, of course. So who can blame people [...]

Nokia recently announced a phone charger that gives energy to your phone while you bicycle. You pop your phone in, pedal along, and the energy created can recharge your phone (somewhat). This is a great idea, and as soon as I read about it, I started thinking about the other [...]

When’s the last time you stood still, and just listened? And when was the last time you heard no man-made noises? Perhaps on a back-country hike or a solitary mountain climb. Practically anywhere else, though, the odds are that you will hear noise generated by people or their machines. We [...]

The Glimpse into the Future series of articles have so far offered an optimistic view of the near future, based on available technology and knowledge. The future of the world’s oceans, and their inhabitants, is difficult to paint quite so brightly. There are a great many pressures on the oceans [...]

In 2008, Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki entered a delivery depot in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, and removed a case of whale meat. A case that, along with many others just like it, shouldn’t have been there. They delivered the case to the police, as evidence of a theft [...]

We spend nearly a third of our waking lives at our places of work. Our activities there can have as much effect on the environment as what we do at home, but few among us think a great deal about it. While some of these ideas can, and should, be [...]