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RainforestArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.htmlSan Francisco ChronicleAs water becomes an increasingly hot topic, there's more and more public discourse about a private act: peeing. In the 80s, Western US states brought in the Amazon rainforest devestation continues - 06 Aug 2009 Click GreenPublished Thu 06 Aug 2009 13:32 Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest was four times higher in June than the previous month, according to Southeast Alaska Support Group Listings - 06 Aug 2009 Capital City WeeklyAl-Anon Juneau, Sunday, 11 am-Noon at Rainforest Activity Center, 3240 Hospital Drive and 7:30-8:30 pm at Public Health Bldg, 3412 Glacier Hwy; Haneisen: Flushing good vehicles away - 06 Aug 2009 Milford Daily NewsAn organization in Brazil - yes, the same South American country criticized for slash and burn agriculture practices in the rainforest - has started a truly Indoor rain forest ready to mark 10th anniversary in Vernon Hills - 06 Aug 2009 Vernon Hills ReviewEvery morning Berger wakes up, she's greeted by the treetops of the indoor rainforest below - and she couldn't be happier. "You're surrounded by beauty," Borneo rainforest communities mount anti-logging protests - 06 Aug 2009 Cool EarthIndigenous communities in Borneo have set up blockades to prevent logging companies from gaining access to their rainforest homelands. An enriching vacation: Students go to school in the summer - 06 Aug 2009 Saugus AdvertiserOne of the big highlights in the month-long program included a visit from Rainforest Reptiles of Beverly. Wildlife experts brought in animals that live in a Caring for earth unites new YS family - 06 Aug 2009 Yellow Springs NewsShe works from home for the Rainforest Alliance, a New York-based conservation group, and spends the majority of her days making phone calls and sending Hilo Zoo Offers Unique Animal Exhibits - 06 Aug 2009 KHON2The Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo and Gardens is the only one of its kind in the nation. Along with the usual zoo inhabitants like monkeys and sloths, What's On! - 06 Aug 2009 Canada.comHelp support the local Rainforest Dance Society by attending a dance workshop with local teacher Sarah Hogan on Sun., Aug. 9 at the Tofino Community Hall. Sacrificing for the future: Dept - 06 Aug 2009 Daily Express...of the future generation," he said, after attending the launching of HSBC Malaysia Rainforest-Carbon Project in Danum Valley at Hyatt Regency Kinabalu. Burning issues - 06 Aug 2009 EconomistTHIS month Jennifer Balch will head into the Amazon rainforest of Mato Grosso state, in Brazil. She intends to set fire to it and find out what happens. Who will protect the legacies of Pina Bausch and Merce Cunningham? - 06 Aug 2009 guardian.co.ukNext year, Rambert will acquire their 10th Cunningham piece, Rainforest. Yet however deeply Baldwin admires the repertory, he can only stage a limited Nike's New Leather Policy: No Sourcing From Amazon Rainforest - Jul 23, 2009 ReutersBy GreenBiz Staff - GreenBiz Staff Following a report by Greenpeace calling out a number of companies whose supply chains have been connected to rainforest Poet Jeffrey Thomson: Multi-Layered Poems from the Multi-Layered ... - Aug 5, 2009 Somerville NewsJeffrey Thomson lives and works in Maine, but he has a great interest in the very Southern climes of the tropical rainforest. Shoe brands get tough on leather suppliers to save Amazon rainforest - Aug 3, 2009 guardian.co.ukCattle farming is now the biggest threat to the remaining Amazon rainforest, a fifth of which has been lost since 1970. New Rainforest Spa Opens at Los Sueños Marriott Ocean & Golf ... - Aug 3, 2009 PR Web (press release)With a concept based on indigenous elements from the Central Pacific Coast rainforest in Costa Rica, the new Sibö Rainforest Spa & Retreat at Los Sueños Timberland Leather Won't Come from Amazonian Cattle - Jul 29, 2009 ReutersBy Planetsave - Matter Network The policy will issue a moratorium on purchasing any cattle raised in newly deforested areas within the Amazon Rainforest, Deforestation is 'key climate issue' - Aug 3, 2009 BBC NewsSet deep in among the southern edge of the Amazon rainforest, the Xingu Indigenous Park seems isolated from the problems of the world. Briefs: PENCIL Partners host school supply drives - Aug 5, 2009 The TennesseanThe Rainforest Café is collecting pencils, crayons and rulers on its school supply drive through Aug. 31. For each donation, the giver will have the Birdhouses: not just for the birds - Aug 5, 2009 San Francisco ChronicleThey're made of sustainably harvested teak that's been certified with the Rainforest Alliance's Smartwood program, according to their website, and they come Alcoa mine to clear 25000 acres of rainforest, suck 133407 gallons ... - Jul 31, 2009 Mongabay.com...the world's second-largest primary aluminum producer, will consume 10500 hectares (25900 acres) of primary Amazon rainforest and suck 133407 gallons of Weeks after bloodshed, American oil moves into Peruvian Amazon ... - Aug 2, 2009 Mongabay.comAfter only two months in Peru – where I sit writing these words beside a waterfall on the banks of the Mother of God River in a ravaged rainforest cut down Royal Mint linked to rainforest destruction - Aug 4, 2009 The EcologistThe government-owned Royal Mint has been linked to rainforest destruction in Madagascar and damaging mining practices in Chile. Backgrounder: Cairns, capital of Australia's Tropics - Aug 3, 2009 Xinhua...sophisticated destination that is an ideal base to explore the wider region with front door access to World Heritage listed Reef and Rainforest, Economy May Boost County, State Fair Numbers - Aug 3, 2009 News10.netThe Morley family was at the fair enjoying the "Rainforest Adventure" exhibit. Jeff Morley said the fair was a simple, inexpensive way to enjoy the summer. Turning wasteland into rainforest - Jul 31, 2009 Mongabay.comThe project, which was launched in 2002, began with reforestation using fast-growing, "pioneer" tree species and slow-growing rainforest species, Alba Botanica Receives Rainforest Alliance Approval - Jul 30, 2009 Natural Products MarketplaceMELVILLE, NY—Alba Botanica's Rainforest ingredients in their new line of personal care products were certified as responsibly-sourced. US approves logging of 381 acres of primary rainforest in Alaska - Jul 17, 2009 Mongabay.comThe Obama administration moved this week to allow clear-cutting of 381 acres (154 ha) of primary temperate rainforest in Alaska's Tongass National Forest, Rainforest Business Institute Conference Models Dynamic Ecosystem ... - Jul 31, 2009 PR.com (press release)Using the abundant ecosystem of the rainforest as a business model, the Rainforest Business Institute teaches principles of productivity & performance that Outdoor Entertaining - Aug 4, 2009 Home Furnishings BusinessOW Lee's Rainforest 54-inch round fire pit with the Montrachet chairs is a hit and has sold extreme well. The Rainforest fire pit is beautiful and instantly A day with the animals: Rainforest Adventures - Jul 22, 2009 Examiner.comHowever, one of the big attractions in this Smoky Mountain development is Rainforest Adventures. Opened in June of 2001, Rainforest Adventures has wowed Brazilian Rainforest comes to Knowsley Safari Park - Jul 29, 2009 PRLog.Org (press release)PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 29, 2009 – Starting on 1st August, Save The Rainforest event will be held in the Safari School building all month. Puerto Rico Rainforest a 'New 7 Wonders' Finalist - Jul 21, 2009 About - News & IssuesThe El Yunque rainforest in Puerto Rico has been named one the 28 finalists in the New 7 Wonders of Nature project, voted on by millions of people worldwide Peru to raise payment to indigenous communities for Amazon forest ... - Aug 3, 2009 Mongabay.comPeru's environment minister now says the government will pay indigenous communities 10 sols ($3.30) for every hectare of rainforest they help to preserve, How Many Square Feet of Rainforest Does Your Coffee Preserve? - Jul 23, 2009 Daily GreenOne cup of shade-grown coffee will preserve more than two square feet of rainforest -- and the birds that inhabit the trees. By Arbor Day Foundation How Renewable Fun set to begin at Stanislaus Fair - Jul 31, 2009 Delhi ExpressA must-see attraction is the new Rainforest exhibit. The 8000 square-foot rainforest is open each day of the fair until 11 pm Whether you walk or slide in When the sound of horse-hairs filled the rainforest - Jul 30, 2009 Helsinki Times (subscription)Jouhiorkestri bring the sound of the Finnish Jouhikko-lyre to this year's Rainforest World Music Festival in Borneo and go down a storm. Rainforest Challenge: Hilux Carnivals launched, new "Enter the ... - Jul 30, 2009 marathonrally.comNews from the Rainforest Challenge (RFC) in Malaysia. The Hilux road shows that hit "pick-up country" of Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo) since May came Borneo tribe mounts new blockades against rainforest destruction - Jul 30, 2009 Survival International (press release)Dozens of Penan tribespeople armed with blowpipes and spears have erected blockades across the roads cut by logging companies deep into their forest in Top island rainforest walk - Jul 29, 2009 The Cairns PostWith a circumference of just 1.6km, Green Island is home to more than 120 species of plants, including a mixture of coastal and rainforest plants. Rainforest at the North Iowa Fair - Jul 21, 2009 KIMTYou'll find Bixby and his Rainforest Experience. There you'll see exotic creatures and learn how you, too, can help save the rainforest. Battle to save the Amazon rainforest gets boost - Jul 28, 2009 Click GreenPublished Tue 28 Jul 2009 13:46, Last updated: 28 Jul 2009 The Ashaninka tribe in the Amazon rainforest has received support from an unlikely source – the Rainforest fest a huge success, but needs improvement - Jul 15, 2009 Malaysia StarKOTA SAMARAHAN: Requests for raincoats and a stage which was “camera-friendly� were among the feedback received on the just concluded Rainforest World Music Rainforest festival draws crowds and grievance - Jul 18, 2009 Jakarta PostThe 12th Rainforest World Music Festival, recently held at the Sarawak Cultural Village, a one-hour drive from Kuching city in Sarawak, Malaysia, Road Trip: Wisconsin / Illinois border - Aug 2, 2009 OnMilwaukee.comThe mall features a state-of-the-art Marcus movie theater and dozens of food options, from fast eats like McDonald's and Arby's, to the Rainforest Cafe. Author looks at Ford's rainforest suburban dream - Jul 19, 2009 WatertownDailyTimes.comAP Deep in the Amazon rainforest are the ruins of what was once meant to be a Midwestern American utopia, complete with white picket fences, hamburgers and Iquitos, Peru: Experience an Amazonian adventure - Jul 28, 2009 Examiner.comThe largest city in the Peruvian rainforest is the most populous continental city that can not be reached by any roads. It is only accessible by airplane or What Happens When Big Corporations Take Over Green Companies - Jul 28, 2009 Daily KosThroughout the rainforest, forest-dwelling peoples whose age-old traditions allow them to live in and off the forest without destroying it are losing out to Merce Cunningham - Jul 28, 2009 CrosscutIn "Rainforest," one of his signature works from 1968, the set was Andy Warhol's evocative silver pillows of varied sizes floating around stage. [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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