Pan paniscus, otherwise known as bonobos, gracile chimpanzees, or pygmy chimpanzees, are an endangered species of the family Hominidae (great apes). Residing mainly in their native habitat in the lush rain forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, these peace-loving creatures are truly captivating.
Tags: · bonobos, Central Africa, Congo, wildlife in danger
San Francisco’s Green Film Festival kicks off this week, with 40 films from around the world and dozens of directors and speakers slated to appear at showings from March 1-7. The second annual festival also will feature US premieres of foreign films, such as Waking the Green Tiger, a chronicle of China’s rising eco-awareness, and Just Do It: A Tale of Modern Day Outlaws, which follows activists in Great Britain on a whirlwind of zany actions to stop polluters. See snapshots of these two films, and two other fascinating works, Urban Roots and Blood in the Mobile, below.
Tags: · Bay Area film, Blood in the Mobile, Congo, Copenhagen, Detroit, environmental film, Great Britain, green films, Just Do It: A Tale of Modern-Day Outlaws, Maldives, San Francisco Green Film Festival, The Island President, Urban Roots, Waking the Green Tiger
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
While the world scrambles to find clean energy solutions, somewhere, every minute of every day, saws buzz through a forest, cutting down one of nature’s antidotes to carbon pollution.
Saving forests in the Congo will help save endangered gorillas (Photo: John Martin)
Tags: · Amazon, Arkansas, Congo, Conservation Fund, Conservation International, deforestation, habitat restoration, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mississippi River Valley, Nature Conservancy, Northern California, rainforest, restoring forests, sustainable forests, The Walt Disney Company, tropical forests
Barbara Kessler
Andrew Winston
Danielle Nierenberg
Anthony Swift