Searther (formerly blackle.org) is a way of getting news about the environment that is reliable, diverse, but not overwhelming or depressing. There is a points system and it is almost like a game, and there are also secrets in the site that you can find using clues. It is well done and continues to improve. And if you search with thier browser instead of using Google, you basically are giving money to an environmental cause without paying anything! Check it out, but take the points with a grain of salt. Getting other people to join doesn’t really help the environment very much, and neither does rating their articles. Remember to help the environment directly and in your everyday life.

There are almost 500 great articles on Searther. If you are not interested in the five articles in the ‘news reel’, insert “http://www.searther.org/readArticle.php?id=” into your browser’s address bar and follow it by a number from 1-450.

By the way, you can’t rate or comment on articles that are not in the news reel. So don’t think you can get 2,250 free points.