• Defenders of Wildlife Action Center: Help Bring Black-footed Ferrets Back to Kansas!
  “Help the Haverfields and other wildlife-friendly ranchers bring endangered black-footed ferrets back to Kansas.”
  (tags: takeaction animals wildlife conservation kansas)
• Care2: Annie’s Green Living Series: 11/13/07
  Care2 Newsletters: Aromatic Cold Remedies, Salty Body Scrub, Beautiful Bamboo Gifts, and more…
  (tags: newsletter care2 green home)
• NRDC: The Bees’ Needs
  Bee Friendly, Bee Safe: Here’s How
  (tags: takeaction nrdc wildlife conservation animals home garden)

• SuperWeed » Blog Archive » Freegan Fall Gardening Tips
  “First and most importantly: Seed saving, sharing, and swapping.”
  (tags: garden frugal swap)
• The Sierra Club: Club Currents: Volume VI, #89: November 13, 2007
  Sierra Club: Email – Sierra Club Currents — Red, White and Green
  (tags: newsletter sierraclub clubcurrents environment takeaction)
• The Sierra Club: Club Insider: November 13, 2007
  Sierra Club: Email – How to Survive $100 a Barrel
  (tags: newsletter sierraclub clubinsider environment takeaction)

• World Wildlife Fund / The Golden Compass
  “View a panoramic lineup of all the animal daemons featured in “The Golden Compass,” many of which are the same endangered species that WWF is working to protect.”
  (tags: animals wildlife conservation movies wwf)
• Six of 8 bear species at risk of extinction: group | Environment | Reuters
  “Six of the world’s eight bear species are under threat of extinction after the addition on Monday of the sun bear, the world’s smallest type of bear, to a “Red List” which says China’s panda is most at risk.”
  (tags: news animals wildlife conservation)
• Saving Monkeys from Extinction – TIME
  “Primates are being threatened everywhere in the world, but Asia takes the lead this year with 11 endangered species”
  (tags: news animals wildlife conservation)

Here’s something you probably didn’t know…

Throughout the developed world the business surrounding death has often been an uneasy topic of discussion. Originating in the mid-19th Century, the modern funeral has evolved into an economic and cultural monster, with a vast network of supporting industries and myriad options for your earthly remains.

This original GOOD Magazine animation takes you inside the business of death.

More on the business of death and eco-friendly burials here (or jump right on down to the list of DIY/consumer orgs, here).

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• Green Taxes > Sierra Club
  “It’s tax time – time to fight global warming and save yourself some green at the same time.”
  (tags: taxes green frugal sierraclub home)
• BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Most ready for ‘green sacrifices’
  “Most people are ready to make personal sacrifices to address climate change, according to a BBC poll of 22,000 people in 21 countries.”
  (tags: news green psychology)
• Smolder & Wiser – On fireplace ashes | By Umbra Fisk | Grist | Ask Umbra | 12 Nov 2007
  “What should we do with ashes from the fireplace? I’ve heard that they’re great for the garden and I’ve heard that they may not be so good for the garden.”
  (tags: advice reuse garden)

• How to recycle athletic shoes, iPods, mattresses, and other oddities | Grist | Grist Feature | 06 Nov 2007
  “Grist’s Katharine Wroth and Chip Giller appeared on NBC’s Today show on Tuesday, Nov. 6, telling Meredith Vieira how to recycle some of the odd and awkward items that you can’t put out in your curbside bin.”
  (tags: advice recycle)
• BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Diary: Protecting mountain gorillas
  “Rangers Diddy and Innocent monitor and protect the remaining gorillas in the war-torn region [the Congo]. In this weekly diary, they describe life on conservation’s frontline.”
  (tags: news animals wildlife conservation)
• NPCA: Park Lines, November 2007
  NPCA Campaign: Teddy for President & more
  (tags: newsletter npca parklines parks takeaction)

• NRDC: Eat Local
  Find out what’s fresh near you!
  (tags: food eatinglocally nrdc)
• The Sierra Club: Club Currents: Volume VI, #88: November 6, 2007
  Sierra Club: Email – Sierra Club Currents — Will Your Mayor Help Flip the Switch?
  (tags: newsletter sierraclub clubcurrents takeaction environment)
• The Ocean Conservancy: eNews: November 2007
  Ocean Conservancy: Email – Right whales in trouble on 35th Anniversary of MMPA
  (tags: newsletter oceanconservancy takeaction environment wildlife conservation animals)

• On power strips | By Umbra Fisk | Grist | Ask Umbra | 05 Nov 2007
  “We’ve all been told we should plug some of our electronics into a power strip that we can easily flip off when they are not in use.”
  (tags: advice environment energy home)
• Why gutting subsidies shouldn’t be the focus of Farm Bill reform efforts | By Tom Philpott | Grist | Victual Reality | 08 Nov 2007
  “But subsidies don’t cause overproduction — and withdrawing subsidies won’t end overproduction.”
  (tags: food agriculture politics farmbill environment news)
• A review of recycled toilet-paper brands | By Sarah van Schagen | Grist | The Bottom Line | 06 Nov 2007
  “Deciding what kind of toilet paper to buy is a delicate issue. Perhaps most significantly because you want to protect those delicates — but what about this delicate planet of ours?”
  (tags: shopping review recycle toiletpaper)

• Easy ways to cut your energy use, one day at a time | Grist | Grist Feature | 05 Nov 2007
  “Follow one hint a day and you’re on your way!”
  (tags: energy reduce home advice)
• BBC NEWS | Disposable planet
  “BBC News Online explores sustainable development in a six-part special.”
  (tags: environment overpopulation energy food garbage)
• Flickr: MAKE
  “MAKE is a quarterly publication from O’Reilly for those who just can’t stop tinkering, disassembling, re-creating, and inventing cool new uses for the technology in our lives.”
  (tags: flickr photos diy technology)

• BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Third of primates ‘under threat’
  “Almost a third of the world’s primates are in danger of extinction because of destruction of their habitats, a report by conservation groups has warned.”
  (tags: news animals wildlife conservation)
• Catalog Choice – About Us
  “Catalog Choice is a free service that allows you to decide what gets in your mailbox. Use it to reduce your mailbox clutter, while helping save natural resources.”
  (tags: environment junkmail reduce)
• National Wildlife Federation: EnviroAction: November 2007
  National Wildlife Federation: Email – November EnviroAction–A Historic Time for Wildlife!
  (tags: newsletter nwf enviroaction takeaction environment)