On Friday, September 11th, 2010, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States . Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on this eighth anniversary of one of our country’s worst tragedies. We do this to honor those who lost their [...]

Update………….Photo AP  …………….September 2, 2010 Brought to you by Oceanic Preservation Society Taiji Update The eyes of the world are focused on “the little town with the really big secret” this week as September 1, the official start of the dolphin hunt has finally come. Town leaders indicated no change of plans of this annual [...]

Tell Obama: Stop the Next Drilling Disaster Obama must act now to save an irreplaceable way of life. Obama’s support for drilling in the Chukchi could doom this sensitive area’s polar bears and native communities. Dear Friend, Last month, a federal court in Alaska found that the Bush administration violated the law when it approved [...]

 Only in South Carolina: Barbaric Bear Baiting Dear Brenda, HSUS investigators recently attended several bear baiting events in South Carolina. What they found will shock you. A captive bear — claws and many teeth cut down or removed — is tied up and abused for hours. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources gives permits [...]

PARIS — Former screen idol Brigitte Bardot and marine campaign group Sea Shepherd on Thursday jointly appealed to Denmark’s sovereign to halt the annual killing of dolphins in the Faroe Islands, a Danish territory. Hundreds of pilot whales — despite their name, members of the dolphin family — are being chased towards the shore, where [...]

Last week, wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies won a major victory when a federal court reinstated federal protections for these animals. But with Idaho officials still seeking to kill hundreds of wolves, Montana likely to follow1 and Wyoming officials still pursuing a deadly shoot-on-sight wolf management plan2, our work to ensure a [...]

Taken From Sea Shepherd web site……. Sea Shepherd Featured in MUTTS Comic Strip Sea Shepherd is honored to have been referenced in last week’s MUTTS comic strip, an award-winning and highly celebrated comic strip which appears in over 700 newspapers and 20 countries worldwide. Sea Shepherd applauds and sends a special thank you to MUTTS [...]

Eating Local Food: The Movement, Locavores and More The local food movement, eating local, being on the “100 mile diet” or being a locavore are all synonymous with local food, an idea that has risen to prominence as an important part of the larger green movement. Local food integrates production, processing, distribution and consumption on [...]

Organic Food: Healthier for You and the Planet Though known colloquially as food that is grown to be more healthy (and is more expensive), in order for organic food to be certified as such, it must be produced under specific, legally-regulated standards and be subject to testing in order to retain certification. In agriculture, this [...]

By 2050, a third of the people on Earth may lack a clean, secure source of water. Join National Geographic in exploring the local stories and global trends that define the world’s water crisis. Learn about freshwater resources and how they are used to feed, power, and sustain all life. See how the forces of [...]