-
font size
decrease font size
increase font size
Bank account - bankovni račun
Published in
Notices
For the Good of All!
Better Ways
Nature Watch
Highlights
About Animals
Notices
Poisons Beware!
Donations
Donations can be made in euros, pounds sterling, US and Australian dollars and Swiss francs. All donations, however small, are very welcome. We acknowledge donations by email if we have the donor's address. Please let us know if you require a formal paper receipt.
PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW BANK DETAILS:
ECO HVAR BANK DETAILS
OTP banka d.d. Split, Domovinskog rata 61, 21000 Split;
Poslovnica Jelsa, 21465 Jelsa.
IBAN HR7024070001100727245; BIC OTPVHR2X
Account name: ECO HVAR
Account name: ECO HVAR
Account address: Pitve 93, 21465 Jelsa, Croatia
If the payment slip has a box for 'further details' or 'further information' you should enter the Charity's OIB: 14009858487, and state 'donation' or 'donacija'.
Eco Environment News feeds
-
Plan for Norfolk megafarm rejected by councillors over environmental concerns
Application, submitted by Cranswick, would have created one of the largest industrial poultry and pig units in Europe
A megafarm that would have reared almost 900,000 chickens and pigs at any one time has been blocked by councillors in Norfolk over climate change and environmental concerns.
Councillors on King’s Lynn and West Norfolk borough council unanimously rejected an application to build what would have been one of the largest industrial poultry and pig units in Europe.
Continue reading... -
Top genome scientists to map DNA sequence of invertebrate winner 2025
Sanger Institute’s Tree of Life team say genomes offer invaluable insight into how species will fare under climate crisis
“We are following the ‘invertebrate of the year’ series with bated breath,” began the email that arrived in the Guardian’s inbox last week.
Mark Blaxter leads the Sanger Institute’s Tree of Life programme, a project that sequences species’ DNA to understand the diversity and origins of life on Earth. But far more importantly, Blaxter and his team are superfans of our invertebrate of the year competition and have offered to map the genome sequence of whoever wins this year.
Continue reading... -
Revealed: Trump’s fossil-fuel donors to profit from data-center boom and green rollbacks
Energy Transfer, a top backer of US president, has received requests to power even more energy-guzzling data centers
Oil and gas barons who donated millions of dollars to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign are on the cusp of cashing in on the administration’s support for energy-guzzling data centers – and a slew of unprecedented environmental rollbacks.
Energy Transfer, the oil and gas transport company behind the Dakota Access pipeline, has received requests to power 70 new data centers – a 75% rise since Trump took office, according to a new investigation by the advocacy non-profit Oil Change International (OCI) and the Guardian.
Continue reading... -
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the financial sector unable to operate.
The world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for many climate risks, said Günther Thallinger, on the board of Allianz SE, one of the world’s biggest insurance companies. He said that without insurance, which is already being pulled in some places, many other financial services become unviable, from mortgages to investments.
Continue reading... -
US banks predict climate goals will fail – but air conditioning firms will thrive
Reports predict global heating will bring catastrophes and that air conditioning market could grow by 41%
The world is on track for disastrous global heating – but this will create profits for some air conditioning companies, according to forecasts by leading Wall Street financial institutions.
Recent reports by Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and the Institute of International Finance all make clear the finance sector considers the Paris climate agreement limiting global temperatures, signed a decade ago by nearly 200 nations, is effectively dead and investors should plan accordingly.
Continue reading... -
Big, biodiverse and beautiful: can Romania’s centuries-old giant haystacks survive modern farming?
Traditional methods benefit hundreds of species but as new agricultural techniques take over, the distinctive haystacks mark a vanishing way of life
Golden haystacks shaped like teardrops have been a symbol of rural life in Romania for hundreds of years. The 3-metre-high (10ft) stacks are the culmination of days of hard work by families, from children up to grandparents, in the height of summer.
Together they cut waist-high grass, leave it to dry in the hot sun and stack it up to be stored over the winter, combing the hay downwards to protect it from harsh winds, heavy rain and snow. Throughout winter, clumps of it are removed from the haystacks and fed to livestock.
Continue reading... -
In the event of a hung parliament, one wildcard has been largely overlooked – the Nationals
If Peter Dutton needs to court the crossbench to form minority government after the election, he would risk putting his Coalition partner offside on climate and environment policy
- Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign
- Interactive guide to electorates in the Australian election
- Listen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: Gina
- See all our Australian election 2025 coverage
- Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast
If the Coalition wins the election, it will face a concerted push from its junior partner, the Nationals, to weaken and even abandon climate initiatives and promote coal as an interim measure in the Coalition’s nuclear power plan.
That would put Peter Dutton and the Liberals between a rock and a hard place should he seek to form a minority government, given that might require the support of environmentally minded crossbenchers.
Continue reading... -
Invertebrate of the year 2025: vote for your favourite
Since February we’ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it’s your chance to choose
Invertebrates – animals without spines – make up the vast majority of life on Earth. The Guardian’s invertebrate of the year contest celebrates the unsung heroes of the planet. Readers have nominated thousands of amazing animals, we’ve chosen a shortlist of 10, and now you can vote for your favourite.
1. The tongue-biting louse burrows in through a fish’s gills, clings to its tongue and eats what the fish eats.
Continue reading... -
More than beautiful: the beloved monarch butterfly is one of the world’s great migrators
The hardy travellers can fly for 3,000 miles from the north-east US and Canada to roost in their millions in Mexico
Imagine your body was the weight of a raisin, supported by just a pair of flimsy, gossamer wings. Now imagine that you had to fly for 3,000 miles, avoiding storms, highways and predators, to ensure your species continued.
Could you do it? Unless you’re a monarch butterfly, fortunately you won’t have to face such a challenge.
Continue reading... -
The secret to finding one of the most endangered bumblebees in the US? Dogs
Experts are desperate to analyse rusty patched bumblebee nests for information that might help save them. But they are extremely hard to find – unless you’re a trained conservation canine
- Words and photographs by Anne Readel in Somers, Wisconsin
On a summer day in Somers, Wisconsin, Dave Giordano heard an unexpected buzzing in his back yard. What he found shocked him – a rusty patched bumblebee nest. The discovery was so rare it made the local news.
Once widespread across the midwest and eastern US, the rusty patched bumblebee has seen its population plunge by nearly 90%, prompting its listing in 2017 as the first federally endangered bumblebee in the US.
Main image: Two rusty patched bumblebee gynes in the nest discovered by Dave Giordano in August 2023. Below: Jay Watson, a conservation biologist, observes a nest (marked with orange flags) found in a rodent burrow
Continue reading...
Eco Health News feeds
-
California man invites BBC to witness his death as MPs debate assisted dying
Wayne Hawkins believes terminally ill people should be able to die when they choose, but others in the state disagree.
-
No drinks with sweeteners for younger children, say UK advisers
Drinks such as sugar-free squash are off the menu for young children, say health advisers.
-
Women to continue having babies later, says ONS
The ONS also projects women will continue having smaller families than previous generations.
-
Don't deport us over health issue, say British couple in Australia
A Macclesfield woman fears she will have to leave Australia due to her medical condition.
-
Public satisfaction with NHS hits record low
A fifth happy with NHS in Britain, finds long-running poll, with waits and staffing of major concern.
-
Who can get an NHS Covid booster this spring?
The NHS Covid spring booster campaign is under way, but vaccines are also available privately.
-
NHS billions wasted as bipolar patients left 'forgotten and failed'
Exclusive data shows how neglect of this common mental health condition costs the UK nearly £10bn a year.
-
Are my braids doing more harm than good?
Research suggests the synthetic hair used for braiding could be bad for you - but will that stop women using it?
-
'I fear I'll be dead before I get justice for my son'
Tony Summers' son Paul was diagnosed with HIV and Hepatitis C and died in 2008 aged 44.
-
Doctor 'betrayed' over son's death at her hospital
Deborah Burns says she is unable to return to work at the hospital after the death of her son, William Hewes.
Eco Nature News feeds
-
‘It protects us from them’: In new film, Indigenous traditions persist amid loss
A new short film follows a boy as he seeks comfort in the Indigenous traditions, prayers and guidance of his grandfather, whose help is sought after a community member disappears.
-
News spotlight: Report warns of growing human toll as planet warms
Last year was the hottest on record — sparking major climate disasters across the globe that left a trail of destruction, including lost lives, destroyed infrastructure and decimated crops.
-
AI-based tool for nature wins big
Data is key to solving some of the world’s toughest problems, but it’s often scattered and disorganized. An AI-powered tool from Conservation International can help.
-
‘We’re just trying to adapt’: Coffee farmers face down climate change
For one of the world’s most important crops, a project supported by Conservation International is grounds for optimism.
-
Why a new treaty to protect the high seas is a ‘game-changer’
Roughly two-thirds of the world’s oceans lie beyond national boundaries in an area known as the “high seas” — yet only about 1 percent of that largely unexplored expanse has been protected. Now, nearly 200 countries have agreed on the first-ever United Nations treaty to protect the high seas.
-
What on Earth is ‘HFLD’? (Hint: It’s about forests)
From “blue carbon” to “ecosystem services,” environmental jargon is everywhere. Conservation International looks to make sense of it in an occasional explainer series. In this installment, we explore the role “HFLDs,” play in storing climate-warming carbon.
-
News spotlight: Sea creatures could harbor the next generation of medications, but are they at risk?
In case you missed it: Scientists are sourcing new, lifesaving medications from the sea. But deep-sea mining explorations could risk critical marine ecosystems before their potential is understood.
-
That UN climate report wasn’t all bad news
The recent IPCC climate report was bleak, but there are silver linings. Our expert weighs in.
-
Thomas Lovejoy, ‘godfather of biodiversity,’ dies at 80
The conservation movement has lost one of its giants. Renowned ecologist Thomas Lovejoy died Dec. 25 at the age of 80, National Geographic reported.
-
Report: Coffee companies pledge to tackle the bitter consequences of climate change
Freshly brewed, a new report on the future of sustainable coffee offers grounds for optimism.