Feb 17
Pacific Garbage Patch Grows to Size of Texas
Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 in Green, Health, Sustainability
Earth’s largest landfill isn’t a former junkyard, farm, or barren wasteland. It’s not leaking into neighborhood schools or suburban backyards, and it doesn’t produce mutated alley cats when strays wander in to eat something interesting. It isn’t even on land. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a massive buildup of trash that’s floating in the Pacific Ocean. How massive? It has currently grown to be the size of Texas. (more…)
Feb 6
Ancient Bo Tribe Becomes Extinct
Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 in Culture, Sustainability
For 65,000 years, ten Great Andamanese tribes have lived in the Andaman island chain 750 miles off the country’s eastern coast. Last week, one of these tribes, the Bo tribe became extinct with the death of its last member, Boa Sr, age 85. She was the last living speaker of the tribe’s language, also called Bo, as well. The language was considered one of India’s most endangered languages. (more…)