Submit your shark November 11, 2007
Huge, docile and beautiful the whale shark live in oceans across the globe, but no one knows where they breed, what their migration routes are or even how many there are.
Now here is where you come into it. Researchers at www.whaleshark.org are trying to fill in the gaps in this knowledge by cataloging photographs taken by both experts and amateurs alike. The Ecocean Whale Shark Photo-identification Library has collected thousands of images already but need more.
To date they have identified around 830 sharks.
Ecocean adds your photos of whale sharks to its library and tells you if there …
The trash vortex September 27, 2007
Greenpeace have produced an online animation showing what they call the Trash Vortex.
Its all about how plastic rubbish either directly thrown or washed by rivers into the North Pacific, is swept up by the currents of a gigantic swirling vortex called the North Pacific Gyre. Have a look
According to the Greenpaeace article and as many of us already know the very thing that makes plastic items useful to consumers, their durability and stability, also makes them a problem in marine environments. Around 100 million tonnes of plastic are produced each year of which about 10 …
China’s Yangtze River Dolphin now extinct August 10, 2007
The Chinese river dolphin is now officially extinct, according to scientists who could not find a single one of the animals during a six-week search on China’s Yangtze River. The first recorded extinction of a cetacean species to be caused by human activity. The small, nearly blind white dolphin, also known as the baiji, was nicknamed “the goddess of the Yangtze.”
The delicate dolphin, which dates back 20 million years, was found only in China’s longest river, the Yangtze.
The baiji represents a loss not just of a species but a whole family of animals which were …
Womad, Womud August 1, 2007
Diary of a trader at Womad 2007
This year we decided to have a stall at Womad the World Music Festival.
Entry 1 - Wednesday 25 July
1.00pm We arrived at the traders entrance to Womad at around 1.00pm happy enthusiastic and ready to roll.
3.40pm We were still waiting in line to sign in it had taken nearly 3 hours for the Womad staff to process approximately the 10 traders in front of us. By process I mean check our three or four items of paperwork at give us our pitch number and wristband.
To be fair to the Womad staff …
Old tyres can be tired but don’t have to retire July 22, 2007
Recycled Bike Tyre Belts at Zoozoo2
How cool is this! Belts made from recycled bicycle tyres. Each belt is an individual, unique and handmade. Each one comes with its own individual history. The tread bears the scars of every mile travelled, and every unauthorised skid.
These amazing belts are made from front tyres, which get less wear, so still have plenty of tread left. Each belt is unique and no two are the same. For more details click here
Al - Zoozoo2
Killer plastic June 17, 2007
Andy Warhol said “Everybody’s plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.
Except for a small amount that’s been incinerated - and it is a very small amount - every bit of plastic ever made still exists.
At the same time, all over the globe, there are signs that plastic pollution is doing more than blighting the scenery; it is also making its way into the food chain. Some of the most obvious victims are the dead seabirds that have been washing ashore in startling numbers, their bodies packed with plastic: things like bottle caps, cigarette lighters, tampon applicators, …
ZooZoo2 do Womad 2007 March 27, 2007
Great news.
Zoozoo2 will be at this years UK Womad World music and Dance Festival.
The festival will be held at Charlton Park in Wiltshire from 27-29 July.
Charlton Park, with its stunning setting in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside, is the new home for the WOMAD Festival for its 25th anniversary year. Set in a picturesque rural landscape, WOMAD at Charlton Park presents an opportunity to experience the festival in a truly green, pleasant and spacious environment.
The festival will feature seven stages and workshop areas, including a children’s village, many new activities …
Getting into hot water January 17, 2007
Across our planet, scientists, businesses, academics and even some politicians and sport enthusiasts are talking about the negative implications of warming temperatures on outdoor recreation and leisure.
The subject of global warming is a hot topic and is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.
Climate change
The oil industry lobby try to tell everyone that it is nothing more than either normal environmental change or the ranting of eco warriors bent on destroying their business. The green lobby on the other hand tell us global warming will heat our planet on average by 6°C in the next century. It may not sound …
You have got to see this November 1, 2006
Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world’s scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced.
If that sounds like a recipe for serious gloom and doom — think again. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH is a movie you have just got to see. Check your local cinema. If it is on GO.
Al -Zoozoo2
Miami to Maine October 20, 2006
The other day we got an email from Margo Pellegrino in New Jersey. She is currently training to prepare for a coastal paddle from Miami, Florida to Camden, Maine set for May 2007.
The objective of this trip is to raise public awareness of the environmental challenges facing our world, and specifically the plight of our oceans. This is her way of taking action at the individual level to help the sustainability of our world. I am very jealous it sounds great.
If you get the chance check out her website, she has set up a personal blog to keep us all …