In case you haven’t heard, DisneyNature: EARTH is being released on Blu-ray and DVD September 1st. As I noted previously, when the movie was released in April, this great family-friendly film is narrated by James Earl Jones and follows three families of animals, whales, polar bears, and elephants, through their daily lives. This is an excellent nature-minded film for kids and adults.

DisneyNature: Earth is being released in a couple of formats. There’s the 2 disc Blu-ray combo pack which includes both Blu-ray and the DVD along with Disney Blu-ray: Filmmaker Annotations which is exclusive to the Blu-ray pack. The set …read more

I rarely mention animals here, but I’m betting that at least a couple of you have pets, dogs in particular, and if so, Raise a Green Dog, might be just what you need. Raise a Green Dog, is an eco-friendly site dedicated to dog lovers and their furry (and green-wanna-be) best pals.

The Raise a Green Dog blog isn’t entirely new but they’ve recently added some new features which make the site a little less bloggy, and a lot more well rounded of an experience for dog owners.

Raise a Green Dog now features…

A wide variety of eco-friendly, recycled and sustainable …read more

Thankfully, not me.
I’ve never thought pets make the best holiday gift. Everyone is busy, lots of sharp stuff, small toys, toxic plants, candy around, and so on. Holidays are not really pet friendly. Which is about the extent of pet tips you’ll get from me.
“But Jennifer… I did get kittens for Christmas!”
If that’s really true, or if you just happen to have a feline companion who has been part of the family for a while, then I’ve got good news. Peggy has a brand new, too good to be true, kitty cat blog!
I know you all remember Peggy – …read more

Ok, if you’re a regular reader of me, at any of my blogs, you may have noticed that I’m not the biggest animal fan. Animals are often messy, a lot of work, and they’re just not my deal. Pets to me, are enough trouble, once you cross over to wild animals, say like, monkeys, it’s just more fuss. In fact I’ve told a certain ex-co-blogger of mine, on many occasions that I’m the world’s last monkey fan.
That sort of changed the other night. 
We don’t have cable and we only semi-get one channel on our TV, PBS. Anyhow, the other …read more

Great Cormorant
by Florian Möllers – www.wild-wonders.com
Handsome fella, eh? Wild Wonders of Europe is going to be a big, wild show. Many talented nature photographers are capturing inspiring images of Europe’s wild animals. To get a taste of what’s to come, visit the Gallery and read the Wild Wonders of Europe blog to hear about all the adventures the nature photographers are having right now.
What’s the point? Their mission is “To reveal the amazing natural heritage of Europe and to inspire a desire to save it.” What better way to do that than with amazing photos.
The initiative includes more than 50 …read more

I grew up listening to stories from customers who bought vegetables from my parents. I had totally forgotten what an education it is to work with the public, especially when it’s in that special relationship that farmers can develop with regular customers.
Last week my Mom came to my hood to sell at my local farmer’s market. It was something like 100 degrees outside. I’m not kidding. However, I took her some lunch and hung around for a bit anyway.
Sure enough, a guy came to buy some hot peppers for his birds. “For your birds?” I had to ask.
He said that …read more

So, I’m in my garage, hunting for a box of art stuff I put out there, when something catches my eye. When something catches your eye, it’s probably because it’s moving, right? Right.
Moving thing is on one end of the garage and I’m on the far other end. I can’t tell what it is, because the lights are low, but it’s huge for a bug, and moving all slow down the wall and creeping me out. Of course, I’m thinking “Spider!” Which I don’t even like in the garage, so I freak.
However, I can’t go to bed with a spider …read more

You guessed it. Today is Endangered Species Day in the US.
The day was created by the US Senate to celebrate America’s commitment to protecting wildlife, fish and plants that are in danger of extinction.
Visit the Endangered Species Coalition for 10 Easy things you can do at home to protect endangered species. The short video below is a promo for Endangered Species Day.

I finally got the photo of the ducklings. I showed you the cracked shells at the nest last weekend.

I also saw some baby geese crossing the sidewalk.

And here’s another set in the water …

Images by Peggy Rowland.
Click here to learn about all the current contests, themes, and green challenges going on at Tree Hugging Family in May 2008

Back in March we featured several posts on the benefits of going meatless at least a few times a week.
Here’s one more: You won’t have to worry about your cat jumping from the refrigerator to the top of cabinets and hanging out above your stove while chicken cooks.
He knows I can’t reach him — way up there with the Crock Pot I never use. I think he knows he shouldn’t jump into the skillet…
Must remember to put him in another room when I’m cooking any kind of meat.
Image via Peggy Rowland.