Gordon Ramsay + rhinos + innovation + Swamp Thing

This week's Platt articles covered business, endangered species, wildlife crime, comics, and more!

First up, as is usually the case, my Extinction Countdown blogs for Scientific American:

Rhino poaching hit an all-time high in 2010

Shark-finning gangsters assault celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay

Next, we have my latest feature for Today's Engineer, a cool story about where innovation can be found in the United States economy:

First Study of Its Kind Examines Innovation by U.S. Businesses

From one kind of innovation to another, here's a new book review for Graphic Novel Reporter:

Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book Three

I write a few corporate or non-profit newsletters that I don't tend to link to here, but this article got pulled out for a client's blog and I like it:

The Ten Commandments of Effective Standards

No Green Hands USA links this week. The site is about to go through a major (and quite exciting) relaunch, and I'm not sure if the links will all change or stay the same. Hopefully we'll have some new green goodness for you to read next week.

Extinctions, dead bears, and heroic beasts

A light week for new Platt publications, but you'll find some good links below.

First up, my weekly two Extinction Countdown columns for Scientific American:

Six Australian birds declared extinct, although some could have been saved

Lack of food drives human-grizzly conflicts -- and human-grizzly fatalities


Next, a question many of us have been asking:

Are E-books Greener Than Paper Books? 

And finally, two book reviews, one for Graphic Novel Reporter:

Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites 


...and another for Mother Nature Network:

'Zapped: Why Your Cell Phone Shouldn't Be Your Alarm Clock'

Manatee, clouded leopards, and green new year's resolutions

As we creep into 2011, it's time to catch up on all of my articles from the last few weeks of 2010.

The vast majority of these were Extinction Countdown articles for Scientific American:

Another record year for manatee deaths

As white-nose syndrome wipes out little brown bats, groups petition for emergency protection

Victory for sharks: U.S. bans shark finning

Poaching, habitat loss taking toll on Bornean clouded leopard

Wolverines denied endangered species protection as climate change shrinks their habitat

Mistletoe and other species face extinction as U.K. apple orchards disappear



Other than that, we have a few green tips blogs for Green Hands USA:

Reverb Bringing Green Music to Clear Blue Sea

Logitech Innovates with Solar-Powered Wireless Keyboard

6 Easy Resolutions for a Greener New Year

New LED Light Bulb from GE Lasts 22.8 Years

I have a veritable TON of new features and articles in the works. Some won't see print for a few months, but they'll be worth the wait!

NRDC's Inspiring Founder, Disappearing Polar Bears, Improving Engineering Education & More

Last week brought the usual bounty of new Platt articles, including a few that have long been in the works.

First up, my interview with NRDC founder John H. Adams and his wife Patricia for Tonic.com:

NRDC Founder to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

This week's two Extinction Countdown articles for Scientific American were quite popular:

More polar bear news than you can shake a rapidly melting icicle at

Humans are more at risk from diseases as biodiversity disappears

 
Taking a break from the green side for a moment, here's my latest for Today's Engineer:

New Study Reveals Opportunities for Engineering Education 

Finally, my two latest Green Tips blogs for Green Hands USA:

And the Most Efficient Appliance In Your Kitchen Is...

The Greenest Christmas Gift You Can Give Is One that Keeps Giving

More next week!

5 new eco-flavored articles

Monday, Monday! That means it's time to recap you on last week's publications.

For a five day week, there were, amazingly, only five articles last week. I must be doing something wrong.

Anyway, there were the usual two Extinction Countdown articles for Scientific American:

Hawaii admits possible defeat to invasive species, researches "hybrid ecosystem" instead

Tracking a rare tortoise? There's an app for that

And two Green Tips blogs for Green Hands USA:

The Greenest Products Are The Ones You Don't Buy

Play a Game, Save a Cheetah

And finally, a new book review for Mother Nature Network:

"Whole Earth Discipline" by Stewart Brand

As I start out the week, I have already turned in three new articles and a new one that I turned in a few weeks ago has already been published. Remember to keep up with my Twitter feed for the daily linkage as new stories go live, or come back here next week for another weekly rundown!

Talking Tigers & Turkeys

Last week was a short, holiday week, but that doesn't mean I didn't pack a HECK of a lot into it.

The big deal of the week came not on Black Friday, but on Monday, when my write-up of the recent tiger conservation conference was published at Scientific American...

Russia's tiger forum: Our last chance to save tigers from extinction?

This led to my being interviewed on NPR/WNYC on the Brian Lehrer show on Wednesday. You can find the archived discussion here. It was great fun and it helped to spread some important news and facts about tiger preservation.

Of course, what Thanksgiving week would be complete without two Thanksgiving-related articles? These are too late for you to enjoy pre-turkey, but maybe you can still read them over your leftovers:

10 Tips for a More Eco-Friendly Thanksgiving (Green Hands USA)

Six New Books Give Thanks for Lives Well Lived (Tonic.com)

That's it for this week. Time to write more!

OMG, hedgehogs and spoons

This week brings you six new articles, all of which have an environmental theme. Go figure!

First up, as usual, we have my two Extinction Countdown columns for Scientific American:

SEGA & Sonic step in (briefly) to protect endangered hedgehogs

British crayfish now officially endangered, thanks to killer fungus

Next, I profile the young non-profit (in more ways than one), One More Generation, for Tonic:

OMG: Siblings Are Helping to Save Endangered Species

Then we have two Green Tips blogs for Green Hands USA:

4 Ways to Make Your Refrigerator More Efficient

10 Tips for Winterizing Your Pipes

And finally, my latest piece for Mother Nature Network:

Book review: 'The Disappearing Spoon'