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U.S. Forest Service chief addresses wildfire challenges

A wildfire burns near powerlines in Keystone Gulch in June 2011. Photo courtesy Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue. Global warming cited as key factor in increased firefighting costs By Summit Voice FRISCO — Add… more →

Summit County Citizens Voice

Interconnected

thirdiradio wrote 7 hours ago: Everything is connected. Some of these connections we may think of and see everyday. We may notice … more →

Tags: Act as if, christakis, climate change, Connected, eric to earth, Fowler, Integration, Interconnection, Martin Luther King Jr.

summer play

Alethea Kehas wrote 18 hours ago: through forests remember sun births the sweet smell of billowed air disappear behind ferns to preten … more →

Tags: Memoir Erasures, erasure poetry, Love, Sun, memoir, Birth, Poetry, summer

Drops of perspective, Day 169

jensghansen wrote 18 hours ago: Oceans of green, Nikon D3100, ISO 100, 55mm, f/2.8, 1/250 For we live in a nation where the majority … more →

Tags: Drops of perspective, Life, Nature, time, Photography, Perspective, contrast, Questions, perspectives

Explainer: how much carbon can the world's forests absorb?

meraart wrote 18 hours ago: You are walking through the bush when you see an enormous tree trunk, tens of metres long, lying acr … more →

Tags: News & Events, Carbon, Explainer, Absorb, Worlds

Spring Rain

davidtrudel wrote 1 day ago: Staccato drops hammer the canopy Few reach my bush hat’s brim Caught and splintered on broad leaved … more →

Tags: Poetry, Poetry, Free Verse, Creativity, Creative Writing, Storms, Metaphor, Blank Verse, Environmentalism

Something To Think About

colledgelife wrote 1 day ago: Stumbled across this on tumblr. Pretty powerful stuff. “The Earth is 4.6 billion years old. Le … more →

Tags: Earth, Save the earth, sustainability, forest destruction, Industrial Revolution

Scandal of land grabs and tax dodging continues at expense of the world’s poor – G8 leaders must act to end hunger

thenakurudispatch wrote 1 day ago: Massive land grab of Papua New Guinea’s remaining forests results in violence against local pe … more →

Tags: Africa, Agriculture, climate change, coflict, democracy, G8 Summit, Global Warming, land grab, Land Transparency Initiative

Nature Photography Day

Andrea McDowell wrote 1 day ago: So did you get out to take pictures? (I know at least one of you did. How about the rest? I may not … more →

Tags: Non-human Neighbours, Visual, dundas valley conservation area, look small, Nature, Nature Photography Day, Outside

Demonstration Forest Volunteer Work Day and Invasive Pests and Plants Workshop

macddirector wrote 1 day ago: The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District has rescheduled the Volunteer Trail Clea … more →

Windermere

Miss Penny Black wrote 1 day ago: The weather was still miserable for our last couple of days in the Lakes and we realised that, with … more →

Tags: Britain, England, lake district, Landscapes, photgraphy, scenery, Travel, Windermere

It all started with a tree

Admin wrote 2 days ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBhrssxF-BU A compilation of Images from the Gezi Park Protest … more →

Tags: Climate

Rainforest Action Network: Environmentalism with teeth

surlaroutedupatrimoine wrote 2 days ago: For the first time, we have heard about the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) while talking with an ex … more →

Tags: CSR/Sustainable Development, Working/Consuming, USA, INTERNATIONAL, activism, NGO, CSR, Corporate Citizenship, Environmentalism