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 Sea Turtle Conservation at CasaMagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta
 PRWeb
CasaMagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa offers guests a voluntourism opportunity through their sea turtle conservation program. Guests can help rescue sea turtles under the careful guidance of the hotel biologist
Puerto Vallarta Garden Club Meets Sept 23
 Gary R. Beck
The Puerto Vallarta Garden Club, a new club for plant lovers, beauty lovers, civic lovers and Vallarta lovers, will hold its third meeting at Garbo’s, Pulpito #142, on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 10 am. Join in, get involved in beautification on the local level.
Sustainable Water Workshops in Yelapa
 Chrissi Brewer
El Jardin in Yelapa, Mexico is presenting sustainable water workshops from October 21-26, 2010. You'll learn how to design and installation of stepped pools and pond and how to utilize gray water from sinks, showers and laundry as a way to reuse water in sustainable backyard ecosystems.
La Niña is Packing a Bigger Punch
 Associated Press
The climate phenomenon, marked by the cooling of the tropical Pacific Ocean, is strengthening, creating conditions that could mean an even busier hurricane season.
Responsible Tourism in a Lost Rural Paradise
 Emilio Godoy
At Mexico's Las Canoas Altas ecological ranch, it's a mixture of volunteer work and tourism. The visitor pays to spend a few weeks in contact with nature and carry out the chores of an organic farm. The idea behind it all is to cultivate environmental awareness.
Farmers Almanacs Make Winter Weather Predictions
 Associated Press
Last winter there was record snowfall in the mid-Atlantic and unusually cold weather down South. So what's on tap this year? Find out what two dueling almanacs are predicting for the coming months.
Mexican Fishers Throw a Lifeline to Lobsters
 Emilio Godoy
Faced with the voracious international demand for lobsters from the Mexican Pacific and Atlantic, fishers and environmental organisations have come together to institute sustainable lobstering practices - although the financial benefits are slow in coming.
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill’s 30-Year Legacy
 Matthew Berger
A surprisingly small number of scientists have studied the impacts of the oil spill resulting from the 1979 blowout at the Ixtoc I oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Wes Tunnell, who first studied the spill’s effects in July and August of 1980 and has returned many times since, is one of the few exceptions.
The Billfish Foundation Encouraging Recreational Anglers and Boaters to be Voices in Gulf Restoration Plan
 Pete Johnson
As the pending Gulf Restoration Plan is being produced The Billfish Foundation is encouraging recreational anglers and boaters, especially those in the Gulf states most affected by the April 20th oil disaster, to urge the US government to include the sportfishing segment in the plan.
Mexico FM Dampens Expectations for Cancun Talks
 Associated Press
Mexico's Foreign Minister has dampened hopes for a breakthrough deal at the Cancun climate change talks in November.
 Selecting Sustainable Seafood
 Kathleen Dobek
How to shop for seafood within the framework of sustainable development is becoming more challenging. How can we make informed, wise decisions that will not deplete the oceans of their bounty, but rather leave enough marine life for future generations?
Health, Leases, and Toxicity in Paradise
 Terra Mar
We planned our move to Puerto Vallarta, like a desirable job, to be full time and permanent. Unfortunately, the housing part of our plan fell into the category 'of mice and men.' Except it wasn't mice, it was termites. More specifically the toxic spray used on the little critters.
Staying Up All Night to Save Sea Turtles
 Ebonne Ruffins
A lifelong nature lover, Oscar Aranda studied biology in college and knew he wanted to work somehow with animals at sea. For the last 10 years, he has patrolled Puerto Vallarta's beaches as an unofficial keeper of the sea turtle maternity ward.
22-Mile-Long Oily Plume Mapped Near BP Well Site
 msnbc
Scientists this week reported results from the first detailed study of a giant plume of oily water near the blown-out BP well — stating that it measured at least 22 miles long, more than a mile wide and 650 feet tall.
Case of Mexico Peasant Activists Goes to Human Rights Court
 Tracy Wilkinson
The struggle to protect forests from loggers and land barons landed two 'campesino ecologists' in prison, where they say they were tortured. One of them, in exile, looks to clear his name.
PV Biologist to be Profiled on CNN's 'Heroes' Segment
 PVNN
Puerto Vallarta marine biologist Oscar Aranda Mena, who heads the Sociedad Ecologica de Occidente - known locally for its sea turtle hatchery and conservation efforts - will be going global this Thursday by being featured on CNN's 'Heroes' news segment.
How to Build a Better Climate Policy
 Frank Ackerman & Elizabeth Stanton
Congress has – once again – considered a new climate and energy bill, and then blinked, instead of passing it. As in the movie Groundhog Day, they seem condemned to keep starting, over and over, until they get it right. It’s a good thing there’s not much at stake, aside from the fate of the earth’s climate, the disastrous dependence on oil, and the costs to the American taxpayers to clean up this mess.
Three Pillars of a Food Revolution
 Anna Lappé
As marketers learn to fake climate-friendly food, how do we spot the real thing? Anna Lappé says it's a question of values.
Mexico City Bans Free Plastic Bags
 BBC News
A new law has come into effect in Mexico City giving the authorities the power to fine shops which give away free plastic bags to their customers.
BP Spill: Scientists Discover Vast Oil Plume
Julian Rush
Scientists are questioning the claim by the White House that most of the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has largely dispersed. Two sets of researchers have reported evidence that the spill is persisting deep beneath the sea.
New Anti-Litter Team Aim to Keep PV Clean
 Gretchen DeWitt
'Mexico Limpio y Querido' (Clean and Beloved Mexico) a new Puerto Vallarta area anti-litter organization headed by Vallarta Botanical Gardens Director, Robert Price, will be holding their second meeting at Page in the Sun Coffee Shop on Thursday, September 2nd at 11 am.
Taking a Stand Against Genetically Modified Organisms
 Evan Folds
Ever heard of genetically modified organisms (GMO)? I dare say that the majority of the population eats them in abundance on a daily basis. Why? Well, for one the USDA does not require the labeling of “food” products that contain GMOs. Some history of how we got here may help.
Cancún Conference Holds Out Little Hope in Face of Extreme Weather
 Julio Godoy
Unusually warm temperatures and more frequent and intense droughts and hurricanes... you have seen the headlines. As options dwindle for negotiating a global pact to fight climate change, the United Nations is pointing to today's "extreme conditions."
What the Zapatistas Can Teach Us About the Climate Crisis
 Jeff Conant
The movements for indigenous rights and against corporate globalization have converged again, this time globally, in the climate justice movement.
Giant Ice Block Baffles Scientists
 Charlie Angela
The chunk of ice that broke off the glacier on Thursday is headed for the Nares Strait, the shipping waterway between Greenland and Canada.
The Gulf Spill: America's Worst Environmental Disaster?
Alan Silverleib
Disasters are hard to rank and tricky to compare, historians say, but they cite several calamities that rival or surpass the Gulf oil spill in terms of lives lost or affected.
Crabs Suggest Oil Will Taint Seafood for Years
 CBS/AP
To assess how heavy a blow the BP oil spill has dealt the Gulf of Mexico, researchers are closely watching a staple of the seafood industry and primary indicator of the ecosystem's health: the blue crab.
Puerto Vallarta Garden Club Meeting
 Gary R. Beck
The Puerto Vallarta Garden Club, a new club forming for plant lovers, beauty lovers, civic lovers and Vallarta lovers, will hold it's second meeting at Las Calandrias, Constitucion #437, on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 11 am. Join in, get involved in beautification on the local level.
Oil Still Contaminating Gulf Coast
Jason Dearen & Greg Bluestein
Much of the crude still in the Gulf and coastal areas more than three months after BP‘s blowout has permeated deep into marshes and wetlands, complicating cleanup.
Hurricane Forecast Downgraded, but Busy Season Still Expected
 Associated Press
Record high ocean temperatures and the development of a climate phenomenon known as La Nina will keep the Atlantic hurricane season on track to be the busiest since 2005, government forecasters said yesterday.
Poisonous Pesticides on the Doorstep
 Emilio Godoy
On the night of Mar. 24, life changed for the 70,000 people of Izúcar de Matamoros. An explosion at the Dragon Group's factory, which makes pesticides, weedkillers and fungicides, spewed out 300 kilograms of dimethoate, an organophosphate insecticide, that had toxic effects on some 750 people.
Mexico Signs Venue Agreement for COP16/CMP16
Suzanne Stephens Waller
Tuesday in Bonn, Germany, the Venue Agreement was signed between the Mexican Government and the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change regarding the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 6th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP16/CMP6) to be held in Cancún in November and December.
Michoacán to Host Mexican Orchid Festival
 PVNN
The beautiful city of Morelia in the state of Michoacán, Mexico will host the First Mexican Orchid Festival October 1st-3rd. This 3-day festival will be attended by orchid enthusiasts from around the world as well as a large number of providers of orchids, supplies, related materials and services.
Rescue Plan for Endangered Sea Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico
 Environmental News Network
Wildlife experts in the United States have announced an ambitious plan to rescue hundreds of turtle nests and eggs from the potential impacts of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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