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My review of “Burning in the Sun” – I loved this unique eco-documentary

Posted on by Sally Kneidel

“Burning in the Sun” featuring Daniel Dumbele. Note the film-festival awards across the top. My husband loped into the living room while I was watching the DVD, “Burning in the Sun”. He had hoped to turn on a baseball game, but…

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Christmas trees: are fake or real more sustainable?

Posted on by Sally Kneidel

Readers, a woman who works for the Nature Conservancy asked me to post this article debating fake vs. real Christmas trees, by the Conservancy’s Frank Lowenstein. It’s also posted on the Nature Conservancy website. The debate is worth thinking about…

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Posted in Agriculture, Borneo, Climate change, Deforestation, Indonesia, Malaysia, Overconsumption, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Sustainable choices for your home, Sustainable Living, Tree plantations, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Why use toilet paper? No need to flush our forests

Posted on by Sally Kneidel

This post now on the syndicated BasilandSpice and on Google News We’re facing mass wildlife extinctions this century.  One big reason: the human population explosion and resulting habitat loss. You might be surprised to learn how our personal hygiene choices…

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Posted in Agriculture, Deforestation, Ecosystems, Endangered species, Indonesia, Malaysia, Overconsumption, Resources, Southeast Asia, Sustainable choices for your home, Sustainable Living, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat, Wildlife survival Tagged with: , , , , , , ,

Gulf Oil Spill 2010: Drilling for Dollars, Not Oil

Posted on by Sally Kneidel

by Ken Kneidel, PhD We’re discovering a lot of money, not a lot of oil The oil under the Gulf is not being extracted to extend our ability to live in an oil-driven economy, nor to provide energy independence from…

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Posted in Ecosystems, Environmental pollution, Oil spill, Overconsumption, Resources, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat Tagged with: , , , , , ,

We’re importing oil from poor countries with far more spills

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This post now on BasilandSpice.com. After my post a few days ago about the oil spill and its consequences to wildlife, I got a few interesting messages from friends and acquaintances. My friend Sonia, the director of a land conservancy…

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Posted in Climate change, Environmental footprint, Environmental pollution, Oil spill, Sustainable Living, Wildlife Tagged with: , , , , , , ,

Insects breeding faster due to global warming

Posted on by Sally Kneidel

This post now appearing on the Daily Me Those of us concerned about greenhouse gases and climate change have a new study to ponder. This study, from Dr. Florian Altermatt at UC Davis, documents once again the biological effects of…

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Posted in Climate change, Energy-efficient housing, Environmental footprint, Sustainable choices for your home, Sustainable Living, Wildlife, Wildlife behavior, Wildlife survival Tagged with: , , , , , ,

Natural daylight may improve children’s eyesight

Posted on by Sally Kneidel

This post now on Google News and on wwwbasilandspice.com In the last 30 years, the number of nearsighted Americans has increased dramatically, by 66%.  Nearsightedness, or myopia, is the inability  to focus on distant objects. In the early 1970s, 25%…

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Trees deaths have doubled due to climate change

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Climate change is killing our trees.  This is an unfortunate irony, because we rely on living trees to remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Dead trees do the opposite – their decomposition releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.…

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Posted in Climate change, Environmental footprint, Going Green (co-authored with Sadie Kneidel), Livestock, Sustainable choices for your home, Sustainable Living, Wildlife habitat Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,

Copenhagen data confirm: ten percent of Florida underwater by end of the century

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This post is now a Google News Link and is posted on Basil & Spice This post named by Carnival of the Green #207 as “Best Green Tweet” of the week. It was posted on Twitter December 14, 2009. I…

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Irvine, CA, schools go solar: most comprehensive solar school plan in U.S.

Posted on by Sally Kneidel

This post now appearing on Google News and on www.basilandspice.com. We’re making progress! The southern California city of Irvine is taking a giant leap for “green” energy that should help other cities follow suit. All 21 schools in the Irvine…

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Our other blog, Veggie Revolution, focuses more on food than this one does, especially the environmental, health and humane aspects of our food choices. That blog was started in 2005 and continues today, while the blog you're reading now began in 2009. Some of the newer posts are on both blogs, but Veggie Rev has at least 260 more posts than this blog, including Sadie's travels to Morocco. In the sidebar of Veggie Rev, you'll see links to each year that can take you back to all the posts for a particular year.

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