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Providing a Means of Escape for Wildlife
It's a commonly accepted fact in evolutionary biology that more genetically diverse populations will have a better chance of adapting to and thriving under varying climate regimes than will inbred,...
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Just Cashews: They're Nuts to Fight For Justice
We apologize for the bad pun in the title, sometimes it's just hard to resist. Fair trade is a familiar concept to our readers. Aside from writing about well-known fair trade commodities like...
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Forests Buffer Hurricanes' Wrath
Hooray for trees: Two fierce storms that recently slammed ashore on the Caribbean coast of Mexico and Central America have demonstrated how important forests and mangrove swamps are in dampening the...
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Turtle-Oriented Eco-Tourism Springs Up in Central America
The Los Angeles Times recently had a rare piece on a Panamanian eco-activist committed to saving the sea turtles, whose numbers dwindled to 80 last year, from hundreds in the 1980s. Arcelio Fuentes...
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Tropics Migrating Northward, Hastening Spread of Tropical Diseases
A trend that has already helped accelerate the spread of certain infectious diseases - the northward movement of tropical regions - could become much worse as global warming continues to intensify. In...
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Costa Rica Plants 5 Million Trees to Combat Climate Change
Just days ago, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias planted the 5 millionth tree of the year near his office in the
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Rainforest Alliance Finds Sustainably Certified Forests Have Fewer Wildfires
We already knew that certifying forestry projects under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification standards was a good idea. Now a new study by the Rainforest Alliance in Guatemala tells us...
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Carbon Neutral Vacations in Costa Rica
The guilt-free, eco-friendly tropical vacation has finally arrived. NatureVacations, a travel agency that operates in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama, hopes to vanquish all of your treehuggerly...
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The TH Interview: Stephanie Meeks of The Nature Conservancy (Part One)
Immersed in the nifty slickness of "environmentalism 2.0" it's sometimes easy to forget about the patient progress of the groups like The Nature Conservancy. At 56-years old, The Nature Conservancy is...
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The TH Interview: Stephanie Meeks of The Nature Conservancy (Part Two)
It's not just any old organization that can set a goal like this: protect 10% of every ecosystem type on Earth by 2015, effectively doubling the headway of the conservation movement over the last...
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The TH Interview: 2008 Brower Youth Awards (Part One)
David R. Brower was a powerhouse of the American environmental movement—in fact, it’s pretty safe to say that without David Brower, the green movement wouldn’t be what it is today. Certainly not a man...
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6 International Resorts Dishing Pampered Eco Luxury
Luxury by its very definition means indulgence--while eco-consciousness, such as that employed by Scandic in its moderately-priced hotel chain, is more likely to mean slashing consumption.
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Palm Sunday & Global Demand for Xaté Threatens Belize's forests
This past Palm Sunday, Fauna and Flora International highlighted the overexploitation of palms in Central America in an attempt to raise awareness of the impact that global demand for palm leaves is...
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GreenWood: Forestry Management Meets Skilled Craft to Create Sustainable...
During my time in Ecuador in 2007, apart from reporting on Kallari chocolate, and interviewing Daryl Hannah and David de Rothschild, I also reported on EcoMadera, a company working hard to promote...
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Want to Live a Long, Happy, Sustainable Life? Consider Central America
What if, instead of comparing different countries on the basis of things like GDP, we measured the health,
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12 Hip Green Hostels Around the Globe
Whether your traveling tastes run rural or urban, green hostels offer an inexpensive and character-filled -- not to mention sustainable -- alternative to bland hotels.
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Vegetarian Spider Hides From Ants So It Can Eat Leaves (Video)
Tiny jumping spiders are already cute - er, well, at least to some people - but one feature putting the Bagheera kiplingi (besides that awesome name) is its diet - it's vegetarian. It actually spends...
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What Our Sugar & Ethanol Habits Are Doing to Central American Workers
Kidney failure is killing sugarcane workers in Central America who supply sugar for both our sweet tooth and demand for ethanol.
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