Australia – land of the hot pink slug
Meet Triboniophorus aff. graeffei, a hot pink slug that lives on Mount Kaputar in New South Wales in Australia. It’s
Tag: environment
Sustainable food – what you can do
If you’re interested in getting food that’s sustainably grown, you should have a look at this site. The Stewardship Index
Lazarus species – back from the dead
The number of species on the planet has been estimated at over 8 million, but there are a lot of
A world without borders – why biodiversity matters
The news is still full of the fires in Indonesia and the resulting smog in Singapore and Malaysia – unfortunately
Palm oil plantations and smog – if you’re in Singapore, just don’t breathe
The latest air pollution index in Singapore is 371. A value of 100 or more on this index is considered
Extinction – to intervene or not? (Biodiversity ethics part 3)
A friend (h/t Justin) sent me this article a couple of weeks ago – it seems that this summer, the
The elephant in the room (biodiversity ethics part 2)
In yesterday’s post, I talked about an ethic of biodiversity and some of the issues arising from it. Today, I’d
Giving bees a break
The European Union has recently decided to ban three of the world’s most widely used pesticides for 2 years, as
Where’s the value in biodiversity?
I sometimes get asked where the value is in biodiversity: you can’t eat it, drink it, or sell it, so
Sustainable education
Matt Wright-Simon from Ecocreative, who helped us with our Biodiversity Brief newsletter, has written an interesting article about sustainability in
Biodiversity Revolution 