Amy Lou's green news and articles

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

KFC wraps chicken in tiger habitat

Greenpeace International began an email campaign this week to rev up support for their campaign to convince KFC to stop using throwaway packaging made by destroying the Indonesian rainforest. The Sumatran tiger, the last subspecies of tigers still alive in Indonesia’s rainforests, is on the brink of extinction. Only 400 of these tigers remain in the wild. Continue reading...

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Wild whooping crane chick hatches in Wisconsin

Wild whooping crane chick hatches in Wisconsin
The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) today annouced another success in its efforts to reintroduce a wild migratory whooping crane population in eastern North America. A whooping crane chick hatched yesterday in Wood County, Wis.

Click link to read story. The video is from a previous hatchling.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Miami blue butterfly declared endangered after thought to be extinct

As of April 2012, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the Miami blue butterfly is protected under the Endangered Species Act. The situation for the Miami blue is dire. Less than 50 butterflies have been surveyed in the wild in 2010 and 2011. The tiny, brightly-colored butterfly once occurred across coastal South Florida but disappeared from 99 percent of its range. Continue reading

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Salton Sea shrinks: Ecosystem in danger The largest inland body of water in California is shrinking and sending out an SOS signal in the form of increased salinity and piles of dead birds and fish..

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Grammys get a taste for sustainable farming in Chipotle’s “Back to the Start"

Green living and sustainable agriculture don’t usually make an appearance at the Grammy Awards. This year was different. Continue reading on Examiner.com Grammys get a taste for sustainable farming in Chipotle’s “Back to the Start" - National Green Living | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/green-living-in-national/grammys-get-a-taste-for-sustainable-farming-chipotle-s-back-to-the-start#ixzz1mIQi6vky

Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parentingis a narrative of mother-and-son nature outings across the state of Wisconsin. In a style that blends the voices of Janisse Ray and Annie Dillard, a mother and son explore parallels in the world of people and nature. The interconnected chapters stand on their own and build upon each other. These explorations of natural history, flora and fauna, and parenting themes demonstrate that the mythic thread that winds through everything can still be found, even in a world of wounds.

"If you combined the lyricism of Annie Dillard, the vision of Aldo Leopold, and the gentle but tough-minded optimism of Frank McCourt, you might come close to Amy Lou Jenkins,...I, for one, would follow her anywhere."—Tom Bissell author of The Father of All Things