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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Photo via Snap While it doesn't rank on par with killing an endangered animal like a tiger or bluefin tuna in the name of art, killing 200,000 ants to create a piece of art is still falls on the odd, and cruel side. Chris Trueman from California bought batches of ants at a cost of $500 per 40,000. After ...
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Image from flocks Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma is a bit of an obsessive personality. She is very very interested in "the products we consume and the materials they are made of". To that end she spends years researching every aspect of the material that she is working with. These large and comfy looking poufs would be perfect for watching ...
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Photo: Sydney Theatre Company Better known for lighting up the stage and screen, Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, (with husband and Co-Artistic Director of the Sydney Theatre Company) has teamed up with Australian federal government, the University of New South Wales and the NSW Government Architect's Office to shine the light in a project known as, Greening the Wharf. The ...
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A previous protest held April 1, 2009, at the Tate Britain. Photo via Indymedia London Artists angry about BP's devastating spill in the Gulf of Mexico created an "oil slick" of their own Monday in front of the Tate Britain in London, protesting the museum's acceptance of sponsorship from the company. Members of the group said they hoped oil-company ...
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Image from Christie's : Cormac McCarthy's Olivetti Maybe a blogger shouldn't be extolling the virtues of a typewriter, but there is a lot to be said. Such as how environmental they are... Yes, they do use paper.... but that's it. They last forever; they are pretty simple and straightforward in their composition. There are few fiddly parts to be ...
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Photo via Patricia Preiss When police arrived to a tunnel in downtown Porto Alegre, Brazil, having received word that some youths were tagging its walls with graffiti , it must have seemed like a pretty clear case of vandalism. But after a few of the culprits were handcuffed, ready to be taken to the station, the officers realized that ...
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Swedish artist Michael Johansson builds a tower out of three of our favourite things: shipping containers, pallets and trailers.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Continued here: Artist Builds Giant Sculpture Out Of Shipping Containers, Pallets, Trailers and
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Street artist Philip Lumbang's "New Life" on found charred metal. Photos: R.Cruger With the latest fires raging in Arizona and Brazil , I'm reminded of last year's notorious Station Fire, the largest to ever hit Los Angeles County, destroying more than 250-acres of Angeles National Forest in August 2009, confounding firefighters with the ferocity of its reach. Ash covered ...
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Image by B. Alter The Fourth Plinth is the empty column in London's Trafalgar Square where a different artist is chosen to design a piece of art to occupy the spot for a year. The last one was controversial: Antony Gomley's One & Other featured a different person on the plinth every hour of every day for 100 days. ...
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Image credit: royalconstantinesociety on Flickr Austin used to be funky; as the Wall Street Journal notes, "For decades a college town with abundant cheap housing, Austin was a magnet for hippies, slackers and musicians looking for a care-free existence. They livened up the city with their music, art and festivals." It also attracted artists like Vince Hannemann who 21 ...
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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 ...
