Image via YouTube video A really neat time lapse video put together by Oregon State University alum Don Pettit shows footage from his time on the International Space Station. This one shows Earth from day to night, and you can spot everything from auroras to city lights. Check it out after the jump. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Image Credit: broddi via Flickr In the months since "Avatar"struck major environmental themeswhile banking nearly $3 billion, James Cameron, an avid environmentalist, has been very busy. He's been bringing his celebrity to fight the oil and coal industries and Read the full story on TreeHugger

photo: Dmytri Kleiner via flickr Here is the most succinct symbol of how humanity is using resources beyond the capacity of the planet to sustainable regenerate them, and is only increasing to do so: Global Footprint Network tells us that August 21, 2010 is Earth Overshoot Day--every single thing we collectively do past this date depletes environmental capital, puts us into ecological...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Photo from 1st Earth Day via National Geographic The environmental movement, as most people long understood it, was a broad coalition of individuals, advocacy groups, activists, and others who continually work to address conservation issues and to preserve natural resources; to make sure the environment was given due consideration in business and policy discussions. Inspired by oil spills and out-of-control pollution, the environmental movement was the catalyst for creating the Clean Air and Clean Water Ac...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Photo via Boston In 1969, an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, California released a few million gallons of oil into marine ecosystems -- eight months later, it was among the primary catalysts for the biggest pro-environmental movement in the nation's history, starting with the first Earth Day. That 'national teach-in' day in turn lead to some of the strongest and most effective environmental laws and regulations ever created, it yielded the founding of the EPA. Fast forward to 2010, where we're still in the midst of the Read the full story on TreeHugger