This photo of a college football game comes courtesy of Flickr user autiscy.
The EPA announces the College Football Challenge to encourage schools to go greener
- 70 tons of trash was created when Georgia played South Carolina last year. The EPA thinks that is way too much. Reduce, reuse, recycle.
- “In 2009, the University of Colorado achieved a diversion rate of 78.018 percent during the Game Day Challenge. In fact, there are no garbage cans at the football venue, only recycling and composting containers.”
- The Colorado River hasn’t reached the sea in years.
5701 birds, 562 sea turtles, 86 marine mammals confirmed dead as of 9/6 due to BP oill spill.
- “On the Gulf Coast, at least 36 national wildlife refuges and forty endangered species will be negatively impacted. Most migratory birds in the Western Hemisphere use these marshes as a stopover site.”
21% of Africa’s Freshwater Species Threatened With Extinction
- “Agriculture, water abstraction, dams & invasive species are the main threats. Losing just 1 species can have huge impact on Africa’s poor.”
- “Around the great lakes of Africa, fish provide the main source of protein and livelihoods for many of the continent’s poorest people. The livelihoods of an estimated 7.5 million people in sub-Saharan Africa depend on inland fisheries. These new data will be invaluable in helping to safeguard these fisheries, freshwater supplies and the many other associated resources.”
Studies: Climate change threatens bees, flowers, food
- “Climate change could threaten the pollination of plants and the watering of crops, both of which could affect food security, according to two studies released this week.”
- “New Canadian research suggests climate change may be causing flowers to open before bees wake up from hibernation, so the bees don’t get early nectar and the flowers aren’t pollinated. The findings could apply to a wide range of flowering plants such as tomatoes and strawberries.”
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