Environment – A year ago today (Mar 11, 2011), Japan was rocked by both a massive earthquake and giant tsunami that claimed the lives of roughly 20,000 people. Some experts have called this tsunami a “mega-tsunami” and are now speculating on the whereabouts of the next big...

Animal Rights – You may remember the horrible story from October 2011, where an exotic pet owner in Ohio let his animals free and then took his own life. The scene ended with authorities killing 48 animals, including an endangered Bengal tiger. Well, this past Thursday saw the entry of a...

Environment – The UK’s New Economics Foundation has created the Ocean2012 initiative in order to raise awareness about European marine environments, and with that, a slew of reports have begun to emerge, all pointing to the same conclusion: Overfishing of European waters is costing...

Animal Rights – National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) alerted zoos around the globe that poachers are hunting animals inside of the zoo walls. Specifically, poachers are targeting rhino horns as a new rumor says that they will cure cancer. Apparently, the NWCU warning is not a far reach...

Celebrity Charities – Curtis Jackson (aka 50 Cent aka 50) recently took a trip with the UN food releif agency to the Horn of Africa. His field visit to Somalia and Kenya showed him an up close and personal look at the food crisis currently plaguing the region. Way back when, we told you...

Environmental Issues – Just like us humans, it appears that hailstorms and tornadoes take the weekend to kickback, relax, and take in the sun. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center released a study showing that storm activity spikes during the...

Animal Rights – For almost 22 years, the world has been fighting to keep elephants alive and ivory off the black market, and 2011 appears to be the record year for at least one of these struggles! Traffic has released a report stating that 23 tons of ivory (elephant tusks) was seized in...

Environment – “The future of English mistletoe is still at risk because of disappearing orchards,” and with that comes the possible dissapearance of a nearly pre-historic symbol of life, drunken makeout sessions, and numerous species directly related to the wintering...

Environment – Where Hollywood film-making was once largely based off 35mm film that contained and required numerous plastics and chemicals in order to produce the cinematic experience, today Hollywood is moving into a less wasteful, eco-friendly realm: digital film-making. The move from...

Civil Rights – The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Respect for Marriage Act on November 10, 2011.

 That means the 
Respect for Marriage Act will see a Floor Vote, and another step was taken in the battle to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA has been...

Animal Rights – The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas’ (ICCAT) annual meeting is scheduled for Friday (11/11/11) in Istanbul, Turkey. Days before the meeting, new evidence has emerged that points to unregulated and possibly illegal fishing of Blue Fin...

Social Issues – Echoing a march from north-east England to London that originally took place in 1936, protestors have reached Trafalgar Square. The march began on October 1, 2011 and has come to an end in Trafalgar Square on November 5, 2011. 

The Jarrow marchers are reenacting the...

The FBI has arrested 5 current NYPD officers, 3 retired NYPD officers, and 4 other men for trafficking M-16 assault rifles, handguns, and other stolen merchandise across state lines. Most of the arrested officers had worked at the same Brooklyn station over the years, and the other men...

Over 170 countries have agreed “to accelerate adoption of a global ban on the export of hazardous wastes, including old electronics, to developing countries.” This deal has been in the works since 1989, and has been stalled for more than 15 years. In order to push this global ban...

With only one sighting reported since 2008, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) & the International Rhino Foundation have announced that the Javan rhino is now extinct in Vietnam. The news does not come as a surprise as the global population of the Javan rhino is less than 50, and Vietnam is...

Undercover rangers posing as black market buyers rescued an infant male gorilla from poachers in the Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). 

Now named after his amazing ranger rescuer, Shamavu is the fourth baby gorilla rescued this year within the DRC, which also...

On Friday, October 14, 2011, we lost another gay youth to bullying & depression. Jamie Hubley was only 15 years old when he took his life last week in Ottawa, Canada. While showing a small gay pride flag on his blog, much of Jamie’s posts throughout last week were horrific quotes...

Researchers have suggested that the next feature to be added to the learning environment in classrooms could be 3D glasses and 3D projectors. A study, on behalf of Texas Instruments, was conducted in 7 schools throughout Europe and indicates that 3D in the classroom yields a 17% increase in...

Top U.N. humanitarian official, Valeria Amos, asked the world not to forget about the 600,000 earthquake survivors who are still fighting to rebuild their lives in Haiti. Amos stated: “Part of my job is to make sure we do not forget about Haiti. The situation of the people in the camps...


An environmentally friendly vehicle, manufactured using 3D printing technology, equipped with electric motors, and capable of 200mpg, is now on display in Canada. 

Urbee, a car powered by a small, single-cylinder, ethanol-powered engine and supported by numerous electric motors, hopes...

Wangari Maathai, a hero, a leader, a role-model, and a true activist for peace, conservation, and women’s rights, passed away September 25, 2011. 

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (The President of Liberia) beautifully stated, “Africa, particularly African women, have lost a champion,...

The Scarabeo 9, a semi-submersible oil rig, is being delivered from Signapore to Cuba, where it may begin drilling in the Florida Straits, a 90 mile stretch of water between Cuba and the Florida Keys, as early as December 2011. 

Repsol, a Spanish oil and gas company, hopes to have one...

Jamey Rodemeyer, an openly bisexual teen from Buffalo, NY, took his life this week after being bullied & harassed by his peers. The teenager posted a video on the It Gets Better project, a video blog collection targeted at giving hope to LGBT youth. His video, filled with moments of pride,...

Jackie Chan’s upcoming Triple Charity Event is sweeping across Europe, and placing the newly opened European branch of Jackie Chan’s Dragon’s Heart Foundation (DHF) on the map.  

When Chan isn’t busy performing his own stunts and making movies, he’s busy...

Individual filaments on the outside of Geobacter bacteria are being used to collect water soluble and highly toxic uranium deposits found in groundwater and other uranium-contaminated waters. The filaments, also called nano-wires, create a network, many times the size of the bacteria, which...