ECOLIFE CONSERVATION BLOG
Beat the Drought & Save Monarch Butterflies!
Beat the Drought & Save Monarch Butterflies! There is no more ubiquitous and iconic butterfly in North America than the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus. In recent decades, however, monarch butterfly populations have dramatically declined and now stand at less than...
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Drivers for Sustainability and Education
Steered by a passion to educate and inspire children, four UPS drivers have teamed up for the past eight years to improve the lives of inner-city kids in Little Rock, Arkansas. Their most recent endeavor is educating children at their local Boys & Girls Club on...
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Radar Detects Storm of Monarchs
I caught this report the other day by The Atlantic CityLab: "Late last week, meteorologists in St. Louis noticed a cloud acting peculiarly: It was beating a path toward Mexico while changing into a variety of odd shapes. Was it a radar glitch? The debris signature of...
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Oil Exploration Threatening Mountain Gorillas
Oil exploration in Africa's oldest National Park, also a UNESCO World Heritage site, threatens Mountain Gorilla habitat for the critically endangered mountain gorillas. British oil company, SOCO, holds concessions for 85% of the Virunga National Park and the...
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New Data on Cookstoves
The World Health Organization came out with new data yesterday on deaths related to air pollution. Below show the results for total air pollution and just indoor air pollution which is caused by cooking indoors without proper ventilation. See what ECOLIFE is doing to...
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More Information About GMOs and Monarch Butterflies
We received an email from our friends in Mexico with more information about GMOs and the decline in monarch populations. Let's get this information out so everyone is aware of what is happening. Knowledge is power. The email: "I am attaching the letter, in English and...
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Restoring Monarch Butterfly’s Habitat
This is a little piece of the article from The New York Times today about restoring monarch butterfly's habitat. Our opinion is following the article. MEXICO CITY — Hoping to focus attention on the plight of the monarch butterfly at a North American summit meeting...
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A Plea to Save a Wonder of the World
In this poignant piece, Mexican poet and eco-hero, Homero Aridjis spells out the complex factors that are killing off a wonder of the natural world -- the mass migration of the Monarch butterfly. Aridjis was integral in establishing the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere...
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Monarch Butterfly Population Continues Alarming Drop
Check out this interview by Here & Now with Chip Taylor, founder of Monarch Watch where they discuss the reasons behind the monarch butterfly decline for the third year in a row. For the full interview: Click here How to help: Visit our website to see what ECOLIFE is...
read moreMilagro Farms Vineyard and Winery
Thank you all of the amazing support we have received for our gala this year. We are excited to be declare an early sellout! We hope you can join us next year and in the mean time that you will consider supporting our work. Here is some information on Milagro Farm...
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New stoves and new friends in Bwindi, Uganda
We first talked about our planned stove program in Uganda back in May, when we launched a program to place safer more efficient stoves in schools around Bwindi, Uganda. Since then, a lot has happened! The work accomplished so far has included the Maasai, the Batwa...
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Plight of the Pollinators
Bees and butterflies are disappearing at an alarming rate. But who really cares and why should they? Let’s see. Pollinators are the little things that let plants reproduce. Plants in turn support the vast majority of life on this planet – including ours. So...
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