Care2 Causes � Environment & Wildlife

Trees: Why You Should Care

Tara Holmes — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:30:29 +0000

The maple, pine or oak tree that you regularly take for granted deserves another look. �Trees are the Earth’s lungs and air purifiers. �They supply housing for countless creatures, provide shade, increase real estate value and are correlated with significant health and emotional benefits. �And, as we humans continue to spew out more and more [...]

Pregnant? Every Breath You Take Counts

Moms Clean Air Force — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:30:45 +0000

by�Abbie Walston I�m so pleased to announce we are expecting our second child, who is due to arrive in November! It has been almost three years since my first trimester with my son Joshua, and all those early pregnancy symptoms are back and seem to be more extreme than I remember them the first [...]

Mountain Lion Shooting Sparks Outrage

Alicia Graef — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:58:57 +0000

Animal advocates are calling for an investigation after a mountain lion was shot and killed by authorities in Santa Monica, Calif., this week. The mountain lion was first spotted before 6 a.m. walking along Arizona Avenue and was then discovered by a janitor who saw him in an office building’s courtyard, according to the [...]

Canucks Player Under Fire for Bear Baiting

Alicia Graef — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:05:45 +0000

Vancouver Canucks player David Booth is getting quite a bit of negative attention after taking to Twitter to post photos and video of himself killing a black bear while he was on vacation in Alberta. Animal advocates, and even some hunters, are taking a major issue with the fact that he was bear baiting, a [...]

Tell Congress Kids Need Biking and Walking Routes!

Kristina Chew — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:24:06 +0000

Tell Congress not to backpedal on a progressive program for biking and walking routes for kids in the US.

Keep Firewood Local and Protect Trees

Emily L. — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:59 +0000

NOTE: This is a guest blog post from Leigh Greenwood, the Don�t Move Firewood Campaign Manager for The Nature Conservancy. Did you know that next time you go camping, you could accidentally kill thousands of trees with just a single piece of firewood? Surprisingly, I�m not talking about the huge wildfires that increasingly threaten forests [...]

Combining Art and Science to Protect Urban Mangrove Forests

Emily L. — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:53:14 +0000

NOTE: This is a guest blog post from Fernando Bretos, Director of the Reclamation Project at Miami Science Museum. Have you ever heard of a plant that can live in salt water? Mangroves defy common wisdom and thrive in saline, muddy and oxygen-poor environments. This makes them particularly important in coastal areas where they protect [...]

Bees Prefer Working Class Gardens Over Affluent Gardens

TreeHugger — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:30:27 +0000

Written by Ramon Gonzalez If you are concerned about the decline in bees around the world and are planting a bee garden to provide pollen and nectar: stay away from fancy plants. A team from�Leeds University studied 24 gardens over two years and discovered that affluent gardens have less bees visiting them than working [...]

Senate Democrats Push Passage Of Safe Chemicals Act [Video]

Jessica Pieklo — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:27:12 +0000

On Tuesday almost one hundred mothers, fathers and children gathered at the Capitol to urge Congress to tighten regulations of harmful chemicals. The Safe Chemicals Act, if passed by Congress, would create a new process to monitor toxic chemicals used in consumer products. These chemicals, specifically flame retardants, commonly found in furniture and baby products, [...]

Zoo Hand-Raising Cheetah Cubs After Rare Birth

Associated Press — Thu, 24 May 2012 04:00:51 +0000

Written by Brett Zongker WASHINGTON (AP) � Two cheetah cubs have a new home at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and are being raised by human hands after a risky birth last month at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia. The zoo offered a first look at the now healthy cubs Wednesday and hopes [...]