Best of our wild blogs: 16 Feb 08

Aquarium "swim with whale sharks": carnival or conservation?
on the wildfilms blog

“Green Economics”: Turning Mainstream Thinking on Its Head Exploring a new paradigm for sustainable economics: A few years ago, a homeowner in Las Vegas—a place that gets maybe five inches of rainfall a year—was confronted by a water district inspector for running an illegal sprinkler in the middle of the day. The man became very angry. He said, “You people and all your stupid rules—you’re trying to turn this place into a desert!” from the Worldwatch Institute blog

Sensationalism or Science: Was the Threat of Bird Flu Overblown? from The Daily Galaxy blog