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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TREE at Natural History Museum Last year this art work was commissioned to celebrate Darwin's 200th anniversary. The winning artist, Tania Kovats, was selected to decorate the ceiling of a gallery in the Natural History Museum in London. TREE, as it was called, would be a cross-section of an entire 200 year old oak tree, cut lengthways, including the ...
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(From BaaaStuds on Youtube) Giving a new twist on environmental art and creative marketing (for Samsung LEDs, apparently), the artistic collective BaaaStuds took to the Welsh hills with cameras and what seems like a truckload of LEDs to create this hilarious but amazing piece of performance art, starring a flock of lovely shee... Read more: "Extreme" Performance Art By Sheep in ...
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Image from Inhabitat Our friends at Inhabitat are holding a Spring Greening Contest. It's a chance for all of you budding designers,artists, and crafts people to clean out your closets and remake some old dusty household item into a found object. Whether it be an old chair that needs fixing and recovering or a table painted in heavenly eco-colours ...
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If you’re like us, sometimes we hesitate when buying online. It seems even more so when it comes to small, artisan-type products. Enter The Talk Market , a new 100% video based shopping experience, where passionate designers, inventors, retailers, and artists personally show you their amazing products and creations. We really like what this new shopping experience has to ...
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Photo: www.motoi.biz If you are an artist, chances are that you have gotten tired of chemical-based paints, thinners and other materials that may cause problems for the environment or your health. Some artists are exploring recycled stuff but that doesn't really solve the bigger problem, although it can produce striking results. What if you want to use a pure ...
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Airplane graveyard in Bolivia via Artificial Owl All over the world there are abandoned buildings, airplanes, cars and junk just slowly rotting away. However, a good photographer can transform it, and a great photographer like an Edward Burtynski can make it a thing of beauty. ... Read more from the original source: Amazing Photography of A World of Waste
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Photo via pedrosimoes7 Want to put green issues at the top of every one's mind? Think you can do it in less than 60 seconds? A film competition that works to inspire the world to action might be your perfect outlet. ... Originally posted here: The 60 One Minutes Film Contest
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Interested in turning trash into art and winning $2,000? If you're in to sculpture, functional art, film, photography or music, you might want to consider entering into an upcoming competition. ... See the rest here: Think SMART and Your Art Could Win $2,000
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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 ...
