Replacing petroleum with renewable electricity as the main source of transportation energy.
UCS article The last paragraph explains how switching to electric cars is the answer.
News
Montana Community Rebuilds Beaver Dams
Neat video of folks rebuilding beaver dams. Here is the Gallatin Watershed Council's website. Beavers restore the wet ecosystem, help provide year round water, prevent fires, and restore healthy ecosystems. People from 8 to 8 work together, twining and lacing small branches between upright posts. And it works!
Ten Endangered US Species
Ten endangered US species : Florida panther, loggerhead turtle, manatee, kit fox, red wolf, leopard frog, caribou, blue fin tuna,ferret, condor. The article lists the threats to them.
Inspiring Woman Who I See Collecting Recyclables on Bike Path
I often see Bonnie, this woman, walking along the bike path with her dog. She picks up recyclables and dog poop. I see her out in gales and heavy snowstorms. She does this in freezing weather and high winds. She is cheerful, happy, friendly, and busy. I feel good when I see her, and also a little motivated to do more myself.
Inspiring Women Environmentalists
I was happily surprised to read these stories of inspiring women! And there are lots of new info and links. For example, I had heard of Rosalie Edge confronting old school conservationists who supported hunting birds for feather plumes for hats. But I didn't know about her changing the goal from the economic uses of species to protection of species from extinction. She was a suffragette leader too! She protected migrating hawks! "She founded the first preserve for birds of prey and helped establish Olympic and Kings Canyon National Parks!"
There are some great women who should be added to this list: Rachel Carson, Sandra Steingraber, Helen Caldicott, Diane Wilson, Diane Fossey, Jane Goodall, the treehugger women of Asia, the forest protectors of the US , Canada, and worldwide; .....
A Young Girl Starts a Movemnt that Save Reefs- Others Save Peat Bogs and Borneo Rainforests.
This movie "The Age of Nature" shows people rescuing nature. In the first segment, Maddy, a 10 year old girl in Belize swims along the coral reef in Belize, catalyzing the people of Belize to join her in protecting the reef with slogans like "find bliss on the reef- that's where I'll be." Another leader in Borneo is removing the straight canals built for logging the forest. By blocking the canals up, they bring back the water and restore the ancient peat bog forest.