published February 26, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: Flavio Ferrrari via flickr. The idea of trying to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet is almost yesterday's news in the green community, as is talking about eating locally, minimizing food miles, reducing the amount of meat you eat. But a new report from Brighter Planet breaks the issue down in a very digestible way. While most ...
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From the recent discovery of a species of wasp that enslave unsuspecting spiders to a new report from the United Nations that estimates a 500% growth over the next 10 years in computer waste in India alone, a lot happened this week in green. Mechanical engineering students from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo have developed an eco supercar that ...
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published February 26, 2010 and has No Comments
All images taken by author at Do Lectures 2009 - Uffe Elbaek of KaosPilots Ooh now this is exciting! TreeHugger is very proud to have been given an exclusive sneak peek at the speaker line-up for the Do Lectures 2010. The four days I spent in a luscious green Welsh field last September was without doubt the highlight of ...
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published February 25, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: The Age On Thursday, the covers were taken off PlanetSolar, a multi-hulled vessel, powered entirely by up to 500 square metres of photovoltaic solar panels. It is considered to be the world's largest solar boat. The 31m long and 15m wide craft is expected to be able capture 103.4 kW of solar energy to drive its engine which ...
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published February 25, 2010 and has No Comments
arabianbusiness.com In a serious overdose of Schadenfreude, all the blogs and papers are going nuts about a leak in the Dubai aquarium. The usually brilliant and dead-on Blair Kamin calls it "Dubai's next blooper" and compares it to the other recent Dubai dubiousness: First came last year's debt crisis humbled the once high-flying Persian Gulf emirate and slowed the ...
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published February 25, 2010 and has No Comments
In keeping with Philippe Starck 's philosophy of creating practical objects with a sense of aesthetics and functionality, the designer has created a couple chic wind turbines, named Revolutionair . The hip French designer first unveiled his sketches in 2008, working with Italian generator company Pramac to make them a reality. This sleek look offers another image of the ...
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published February 25, 2010 and has No Comments
Will Hales of Wicomico County, MD., describes how Mar-Delicious watermelons are produced on his farm. Name calling is so much fun. Maryland State Senator Richard Colburn, R-Cambridge, thought he was having some at our expense when he characterized environmentalists as watermellon-like (quoted in the headline of this post). Per the response from
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published February 25, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: D'Arcy Norman via flickr. Walmart today announced a major supply chain greenhouse gas reduction commitment of removing 20 million metric tons of emissions by 2015. Very good, but what does that actually mean for the company's overall emissions, what areas of the supply chain will actually see reductions, and what's Walmart's motivation in doing this? I had a ...
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Baby bottle nipple. Image credit: TipTopHealthShop Direct from the Stevens Point WI Journal : " A bill banning the manufacture or sale of plastic baby bottles and cups in Wisconsin that contain the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) has passed both houses of the state legislature...The bill passed the Assembly 95-2 Tuesday [yesterday]. It passed the Senate 33-0... Read the full ...
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published February 25, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: Chaffin Family Orchards While I can see the appeal of vegan organic agriculture , I am a firm believer that integrating animals into a mixed sustainable food production system can be an efficient way to farm. One family farm in Sacramento Valley, California has been pioneering integrated farming systems for over one hundred years&m... Read the full ...
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