by Susan | Apr 17, 2012 | Climate change and the Environment, Earth Day, Environmental Health, How You Can Help, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, Uncategorized
This Earth Day, our theme is simple: Plant a tree. We were inspired by a recent op-ed by Jim Robbins in the New York Times: “Why Trees Matter. “And we were also inspired by the beauty of the springtime trees around us. In the NY Times piece,...
by Susan | Feb 17, 2012 | Amphbian research, Amphibian research, Climate change and frogs, Climate change and the Environment, Environmental Health, frog calls, Frogs and the Rainforest, frogs as bioindicators, Rainforest Frogs, Uncategorized
At Frogs Are Green, we’ve always been interested in the interconnections between frogs and the Earth. How is climate change affecting amphibian populations? Are we listening to what frogs are telling us about the health of our planet? Recently, we read an intriguing...
by Susan | Sep 10, 2011 | Chemicals in the Environment, Climate change and the Environment, Environmental Health, Uncategorized
After Hurricane Irene, Susan posed the question to me: what happens to wildlife during a hurricane? I decided to try and find out the answer to this. Because Irene affected such an enormous area—from North Carolina to New England—it’s difficult to generalize. I began...
by Susan | Jul 13, 2011 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health, Uncategorized
At FROGS ARE GREEN, we have been concerned for some time about the weedkiller, Roundup, manufactured by Mosanto, because of studies that have shown birth defects and reproductive deformities occurring in animals, including frogs, after exposure to its active...
by Susan | Apr 5, 2011 | Chemicals in the Environment, Creating a Wildlife Friendly Backyard, Environmental Health, How You Can Help, Uncategorized
If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man. —Albert Einstein* Did you know that honey bees are vanishing worldwide? Like frogs,...
by Susan | Feb 18, 2011 | Animal Die-Offs 2011, Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, we wrote a post about the unusual mass die-offs of animals that have been occurring since the beginning of this year. While writing this post, we had to wade through a lot of strange stories to try and get to the truth, including a few conspiracy...
