Home
RSS
The great apes, namely the gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and the orangutans are our closest genetic relatives. But that didn’t stop us from slaughtering them as usual! Now, reports suggest that orangutans are likely to be the first ones to bid...
Related Stories
Most Recent
Most Popular
Most Commented
1
Star It 
(0)
New Balance, one of the largest footwear makers in the world, released a new eco-friendly collection of shoes to its outdoor category. The shoes made from...
made popular 7 hr. ago
Zipcar, Inc., the world’s largest car sharing service, has announced its first Electric Vehicle Pod to be located behind Westminster City Hall, in London. The pod...
made popular 7 hr. ago
Eco Factor: Drones to be powered by solar cells embedded with pigment found in purple bacteria.
The U.S. armed forces had recently escalated its efforts to go green...
made popular 11 hr. ago
Eco Factor: Tires made from oil extracted from orange peels.
Popular tire manufacturer Yokohama has tried to make its tires green by substituting orange oil extracted...
made popular 11 hr. ago
Music is one thing that unites people across the globe. Since the world is getting more and more eco-conscious with each passing day, then how could the field of music...
made popular 12 hr. ago
Eco Factor: Rooftop solar plant capable of generating over 18MWs of clean energy to power Milan Trade Fair.
Solar energy systems, be it on roofs or in the Sahara...
made popular 13 hr. ago
Eco Factor: Solar-powered car by Cambridge University Eco Racing team.
Cambridge University Eco Racing’s solar-powered car, Endeavour, has officially been launched...
made popular 13 hr. ago
You care about the environment and would give anything for lower emissions, right? Well, if you really do care and believe that electric vehicles are far better than...
made popular 14 hr. ago
Eco Factor: US Department of Energy offering funding for CHP systems.
The world is currently going through a phase where lots of energy is needed with minimum impact...
made popular 14 hr. ago
Eco Factor: Water desalination plant in Western Australia will purchase renewable energy for power.
With the freshwater crisis looming large, specifically in places...
made popular 15 hr. ago
Bamboo is gaining wider acceptance in the green bloc, especially among the fashion mongers. Since the designers have slowly started using bamboo fabric in many of their...
made popular Jul 10 2009
Eco Factor: Low-cost way to convert sugarcane juice into useful fuel.
Colorado-based Amyris Biotechnologies opened up a demonstration plant with a capacity of more...
made popular Jul 10 2009
Eco Factor: Zero-emission bicycle.
Golf isn’t environmentally friendly but golf freaks can now go green with a golf caddy hitch. The $200 bicycle golf caddy is...
made popular Jul 10 2009
A new model for carbon cuts has been proposed by the researchers at the Princeton Environmental Institute. The model targets the rich and the developed nations of the...
made popular Jul 10 2009
Eco Factor: Low-emission hybrid buses launched by Volvo for transport for London.
Arriva London received the first batch of their Volvo hybrid double-decker buses....
made popular Jul 10 2009
Eco Factor: Floating residential complex uses passive solar techniques.
The Seastead Design Contest witnessed a wooing and unusual architectural design by Marko...
made popular Jul 10 2009
Eco Factor: Sustainable complex for China utilizes natural air for ventilation.
China has yet again pioneered in the field green architecture. Foshan Pearl Gymnasium...
made popular Jul 10 2009
I really regret for not covering this one in atypical housing. The portable at the Lakeshore Catholic High School definitely deserved to be there for a reason or two....
made popular Jul 10 2009
Organik Clothing proudly introduces a hot new bag to lug your beach requirements this summer. Handcrafted in U.S.A. using recycled Kona coffee sacks, the ‘Beach...
made popular Jul 10 2009
Eco Factor: Photovoltaic plant capable of generating 75MW of green power.
We’ve seen solar plants capable of generating gigawatts of power being planned in different...
made popular Jul 10 2009
All Stories
Most Recent
Most Popular
Most Commented
AP, Kuala Lumpur
Conservationists said Tuesday they were planning a big push to protect Borneo’s orangutans, pygmy elephants and other endangered wildlife by purchasing land from...
made popular Oct 28 2008
AP, Jakarta
More than 700 passengers were safely evacuated after an Indonesian ferry caught fire Sunday while nearing its destination on the island of Borneo, police said.The ship...
made popular May 18 2008
A male orangutan, clinging precariously to overhanging branches, flails the water with a pole, trying desperately to spear a passing fish.
It is the first time one has...
made popular Apr 29 2008
AP, Kuala Lumpur
Borneo’s pygmy elephants may be descendants of an extinct Javan elephant race, saved by chance by an 18th century ruler, according to a new study released...
made popular Apr 17 2008
The first lungless frog has been discovered lurking in the jungles of Borneo. The enigmatic amphibian, dubbed Barbourula kalimantanensis, apparently gets all the oxygen...
made popular Apr 8 2008
Quite often, we waste our earnings on apparently unimportant ostentatious items. If a small fraction of our money could be spent on making our planet greener and that...
made popular Mar 25 2008
A new lizard species is discovered recently in Borneo by a researcher while conducting field research. More than 15 years of fieldwork experience has helped Austin...
made popular Jan 3 2007
Glen Barry in Rainforest Portal rightly said natural ancient rainforests are too valuable to be replaced by oil palm plantations! This reaction is on the basis of the...
made popular Feb 22 2006
There occurred a population collapse in the Bornean orangutan. A three year genetic study by wildlife geneticists from Cardiff School of Biosciences has shown this....
made popular Feb 3 2006
Related Tags
Asia deforestation ecosystem Endangered Environment Global hunting Indonesia Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Nature orangutan palm oil Picture spear Sumatra tool wildlife World
Images
Borneo:
In this undated photo provided by WWF Malaysia, a roughly 20-year-old Borneo Sumatran male rhino, nicknamed “Tam” is seen in Borneo, Malaysia. Tam, a male rhinoceros recently rescued on the edge of Borneo’s rain forest is expected to become the first...
