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View it in your browser September 15, 2013 WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING The Forest Man of India In 1979, Jadav Payeng embarked on what would ultimately become a successful 30-year project to single-handedly plant a 1,360-acre forest. Payeng's tree-planting mission began at age 16, when flooding wiped away a large portion of forest along the Brahmaputra river sandbar… Continue Reading » Are Lawns Worse than Corn Fields? Which emits more carbon dioxide emissions—the nation's corn fields or residential lawns? Turns out lawns trump corn fields according to findings from researchers at Elizabethtown College. David Bowne, assistant professor of biology, led the study in Lancaster County,… Continue Reading » FEATURED BLOGS A Greener Blue Lagoon As the sea plane banks to the right and I look down through the open window, sunlight glints off one of the largest solar arrays I've ever seen, and the next thing I know we are splashing down in the turquoise waters of Fiji's fabled Blue Lagoon. The pilot cuts the… Continue Reading » It's About More Than Jobs Building a Sustainable Economy Requires Changes on Many Fronts Recent research indicates that a green economy is a strong and inclusive one that will help the shift to an economy that is fairer, more sustainable and resilient. Author Ethan Pollack of the Economic Policy Institute outlines the benefits of a green economy in his paper… Continue Reading » If You Can't Beat Them, Try to Silence Them with Lawyers Logging Industry-Funded Forest "Certification" Entity Threatens ForestEthics with Lawsuit A phony logging industry "eco-certification" entity funded by Weyerhaeuser, Plum Creek, International Paper, Sierra Pacific and other U.S. logging companies attempted last week to bully ForestEthics into silence. Sorry, SFI (the so-called Sustainable Forestry… Continue Reading » IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE Free Range Fish The Environmental Promise of Open Ocean Fish Farms When Neil Sims was working as a marine biologist in the Cook Islands—an idyllic scattering of white sand and blue lagoon islands halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii—he couldn't help but notice something about the islanders' traditional fishing, in this case,… Continue Reading » EARTHTALK Q&A Rises in Early Puberty May Have Environmental Roots Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that American kids are going through puberty earlier today than in previous generations, and are there any environmental causes for this? – Paul Chase, Troy, NY Research indicates that indeed Americans girls and boys are going through puberty… Continue Reading » WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT This content is brought to you free by E-The Environmental Magazine, which is published by Earth Action Network, Inc., a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. Our address is 28 Knight Street, Norwalk, CT 06851. We ask that you: Subscribe to our magazine   Order a Free Trial Issue   Make a tax deductible donation Forward email This email was sent to aquarianm@gmail.com by karen@emagazine.com |   Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. E - The Environmental Magazine | 28 Knight Street | Norwalk | CT | 06851