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A lot happened this week in green: from readers in the Hollywood Hills to our writers in Times Square, the International Day of Climate Action brought global awareness for climate change; we found out Chinese fruit bats demonstrate unusual sexual behavior--never before seen in adult animals--discovered a lamp that works only with a drop of blood, and rounded up ...
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Me, pictured center, with just one of six million indigenous Mayans living in the Maya Forest. Why I didn't know much about Mesoamerica's Maya Forest (or 'Selva Maya' in Spanish), I'm not sure (and yes, am admittedly embarrassed). My guess is that since the Amazon takes the gold for being the largest rainforest, it receives the most attention. (A ...
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Energy vampire. Image credit: PeopleJam I'm not one to dress up for Halloween, but I like to find creative ways to get on board with the spooky spirit of the holiday. If you're an energy activist like me, I think you'll enjoy these ideas: Energy Vampires When you sleep, when you eat, while you're hard at work, vampires lurk ...
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Energy vampire. Image credit: PeopleJam I'm not one to dress up for Halloween, but I like to find creative ways to get on board with the spooky spirit of the holiday. If you're an energy activist like me, I think you'll enjoy these ideas: Energy Vampires When you sleep, when you eat, while you're hard at work, vampires lurk ...
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A sobering snap of a dazed and skeletal addict after copping his fix. Credit: Religion Compass Before you or your child dig into that plastic jack-o-lantern (or its post-consumer equivalent) full of sugary snacks, you might do well to check out former FDA Commissioner David Kessler's new book The End of Overeating . The book highlights the addictive nature ...
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My aunt takes good care of me - sending me little treats in the mail all the time. Yesterday I got a Halloween package in a cute little envelope. When I opened it, it proceeded to howl and cackle at me - a little recorded sound track that played every time you flexed the envelope open. On the one ...
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Image credit: Stobart Group Hybrid trucks may cut carbon , and even slowing down road freight may save gas , but truckers still have a long way to go before they can beat the efficiencies offered by rail. But road freight does have its place—perhaps most notably in allowing perishable goods to be transported from farm to warehouse to ...
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Play with eco-fashion label Feral Childe paper dolls. Credit: Feral Childe via Ecouterre We've been seeing Feral Childe around New York lately--at the NOW Showcase , at Kaight two nights ago, and as paper dolls on Ecouterre . The Brooklyn-based fashion label is known for their silk screened textile... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Lake Bafa (left) is getting cleaned up, but power-plant construction threatens other parts of Turkey. Photos by Duru... (left) and Bill Ward's Brickpile (right) via Flickr. Istanbul residents came out loud and strong this month as part of the International Day of Climate Action , but local environmentalists have been seeing advances (and disappointments) on other fron... Read the ...
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photo: W.B. Karesh Modern technology came in handy for several scientists tracking the marathon migration of pronghorn antelopes. Using GPS collars, the scientists were able to follow the species in what is being called the longest migration of any land mammal in the Western Hemisphere. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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