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Christmas trees: are fake or real more sustainable?

Posted on December 13, 2010 by

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…

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: Animal welfare, Carbon footprint, Christmas trees, Ecosystems, Greenhouse gas emissions, Palm oil plantations, Southeast Asia, Sustainable choices for your home, Sustainable living, Tree plantations, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat

Review of “The Cove,” an A+ documentary of Japan’s dolphin slaughter

Posted on November 23, 2010 by

Sally Kneidel

Ric O’Barry, star of “The Cove” Crazy I heard Bruce Springsteen say once that the people we remember are the people who care enough to be crazy. I thought about that when I saw the Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove.” It’s…

Posted in Animal welfare / animal rights, Cancer, Film review, Food, Going Green (co-authored with Sadie Kneidel), Going Green: A Wise Consumer's Guide to a Shrinking Planet, Health, Health effects of eating meat, Japan, Marine mammals, Southeast Asia, Wildlife, Wildlife survival Tagged with: Animal welfare, Animal welfare / animal rights, Documentary review, Food, Human behavior, Japan, Southeast Asia, Wildlife behavior

Wild tigers are in trouble

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

Sally Kneidel

This post now on Google News and on the syndicated BasilandSpice This past August 22, a hot story popped up in headlines around the world. A 2-month-old tiger cub was spotted by x-ray in a suitcase at a Bangkok airport.…

Posted in Asia, Ecosystems, Endangered species, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Thailand, Tigers, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat, Wildlife survival Tagged with: Chinesee traditional medicine, Deforestation, Endangered species, Poaching, Southeast Asia, Tigers, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat, Wildlife in captivity

Wildlife trade rivals drug trade in profits

Posted on September 21, 2010 by

Sally Kneidel

Text and photos by Sally Kneidel, PhD This post is also published on the syndicated BasilandSpice I recently wrote a post about Indonesia’s illegal trade in wildlife, focusing on orangutans. As one of our closest relatives, orangutans look and act…

Posted in Animal welfare / animal rights, Indonesia, Jakarta, Primates, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Wildlife, Wildlife survival Tagged with: Animal welfare, Animal welfare / animal rights, Endangered species, Orangutans, Primates, Southeast Asia, Wildlife, Wildlife in captivity

Tiny new frog discovered on Borneo – can it survive deforestation and the illegal wildlife trade?

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

Sally Kneidel

Photo by scientist Indraneil Das of newly-discovered frog species A new pea-sized frog species has been discovered on Borneo! Scientists from the University of Malaysia Sarawak found the tiny frogs living in and around tubular carnivorous plants called pitcher plants.…

Posted in Borneo, Frogs, Wildlife, Wildlife survival Tagged with: Amphibians, Animal welfare, Endangered species, Southeast Asia, Wildlife

Laws flaunted: flourishing pet trade threatens orangutan survival

Posted on August 23, 2010 by

Sally Kneidel

This post now on Google News and on the syndicated BasilandSpice.com Pet trade threatens orangutan survival “Having a pet orangutan is a status symbol,” I was told by my Indonesian friend Ria, who lives and works in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital.…

Posted in Animal welfare / animal rights, Asia, Borneo, Deforestation, Eco-travel, Ecosystems, Endangered species, Human behavior, Overconsumption, Rain forest, Resources, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Sustainable Living, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat, Wildlife survival Tagged with: Animal welfare, Deforestation, Eco-travel, Ecotravel, Endangered species, Human behavior, Orangutans, Palm oil plantations, Primates, Southeast Asia, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat, Wildlife in captivity

Great Apes Losing Ground

Posted on March 10, 2010 by

Sally Kneidel

This post now on Google News and on BasilandSpice, a syndicated website bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb Text and photos (except gibbon photo) by Sally Kneidel, PhD bbbbbbbbb Myself (Sally Kneidel) with a young orang in grad school at OU, while a student of…

Posted in Endangered species, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat, Wildlife survival Tagged with: Endangered species, Gibbons, Great apes, habitat loss, Indonesia, Orangutans, Southeast Asia, Wildlife

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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Christmas trees: are fake or real more sustainable?

Review of “The Cove,” an A+ documentary of Japan’s dolphin slaughter

Wild tigers are in trouble

Wildlife trade rivals drug trade in profits

Tiny new frog discovered on Borneo – can it survive deforestation and the illegal wildlife trade?

Laws flaunted: flourishing pet trade threatens orangutan survival

Great Apes Losing Ground

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