Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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Images from balehausatbath We all remember the three little pigs : I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in. Well not this one. Built out of straw bales , it has been proven strong enough to withstand hurricane-force winds. When blasted with the equivalent of 120 mph winds, it only moved one sixth of an inch. ...
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Cityscapes Frank Gehry is often a provocative old curmudgeon. Blair Kamin quoted him speaking last month in Chicago, criticizing green building and LEED: When Pritzker asked Gehry about energy-saving green architecture and global warming, t... Read the full story on TreeHugger View original post here: Frank Gehry Starts Architectural Bunfight with Comments on LEED and Green Building
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Image: Ceracasa For those who want an efficient vertical garden wall without thinking too much about it, Spanish ceramic tile company Ceracasa has come up with a modular super-duo that does double duty: Lifewall (no relation to Panasonic's monster TV ), a tile designed to support a variety of drip-irrigated plants, which works in partnership with Bionictile, a tile ...
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The first 6 out of 12 steps to create Ginger Dosier's bio-engineered brick (Images: Metropolis ) Growing bricks out of bacteria, sand, calcium chloride and pee? Well, thanks to a recent discovery by an American architecture professor in Abu Dhabi, we may be looking forward to bio-engineered bricks that will be grown out of a laboratory at room temperature, ...
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Image from the Guardian It could be a new addition to the Wretched Excess department. Conde Naste Traveller has already awarded it one of their 2010 Innovation & Design Awards for Sustainable Design. It's a green super yacht called Soliloquy, which uses a combination of solar, wind and hybrid marine pow... Read the full story on TreeHugger See original ...
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Image from the Guardian It could be a new addition to the Wretched Excess department. Conde Naste Traveller has already awarded it one of their 2010 Innovation & Design Awards for Sustainable Design. It's a green super yacht called Soliloquy, which uses a combination of solar, wind and hybrid marine pow... Read the full story on TreeHugger Go here ...
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Michelle Kaufmann Studio Like most architects, Michelle Kaufmann has not been alone in having her ups and downs in the current recession, but there is no up like seeing a satisfying project get completed. One such project is her Casa Chiara, a 16 unit modular complex of six dwelling units and offices for the Sisters of St. Francis in ...
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Image from scotsman.com We have read a lot about the demise of the bee colonies but recently the world's oldest beehive has been found. Located in the medieval Scottish Rosslyn Chapel, which dates back to 1446, two ancient hives have been found, skillfully carved in the stone work under t... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more: World's Oldest ...
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WilliamsonWilliamson Betsy and Shane Williamson have designed a house in the country that breaks a lot of the stereotypes we have about second homes. It is designed for avid cyclists, who spent months learning the paths of horses and snowmobilers. It is relatively small, heated passively and ventilated naturally, and built from natural materials. ... Read the full story ...
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355 11th Street The American Institute of Architects and its Committee On The Environment (COTE) list their top ten green projects of the year around Earth Day each year, and some of this year's winners will be familiar to TreeHugger readers. As usual, it is an eclectic mix of contradictions, technical tours de force and green gizmos galore. There ...
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A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
How to grow tastier tomatoes and how to make food taste sweeter without sugar: just two amazing discoveries from a study of the chemical interactions underlying tomato flavor preferences Read the rest here: The Secrets of Tasty Tomatoes Discovered - Can ...
