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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Image: Suck UK Is it the militarization of gardening? Or the gardenization of weapons? Following in the tradition of putting flowers into gun barrels, Tony Minh Nguyen and SnowHome have taken inspiration from the concept of "guerilla gardening" to design these clay hand grenades full of seeds. Rye grass seeds take root in the first week, then buttercups and ...
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Images from The Great Trees of London : Richmond Plane Tree As a city, London is considered to be green and leafy, with lovely squares and parks filled with large and graceful trees. But the shocking truth is that there are only 56 great trees left in the larger area of London and only 10 in the central part. ...
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Image credit: Pasty Muncher I've been thinking some more about why individual environmental action is not enough . It's not just that the metric for success—personal reductions in our impact, as opposed to collective—is on the wrong scale. It's the wrong metric too. We are spending so much time worrying about how to reduce our impact, and be less ...
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Image credit: Peak Moment TV It's been called creepy by some, but my obsession with pee and poop is not without good reason. (Hey, it got me on Lloyd's Valentine's Day list .) From peeing in public to the selective flush , how we deal with our bodily wastes on a Global scale has huge implications for our sust... ...
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Images from bdonline : Vertebrate by Metalanguage Design This 5 star hotel for insects sounds better than most of the dumps that I've stayed in... Award winning, designed by prestigious architects and a great location in the middle of a park. Where have I gone wrong? The 5 short-listed projects for the Beyond the Hive Competit... Read the full ...
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Images by B. Alter: The Green & Black's Rainforest Garden At the Chelsea Flower Show it's a tale of two gardens. One is small, green, and won a Gold medal. The other is big, colourful and got a Silver. Both have been designed with indigenous and community groups and deliver a powerful message. The Green & Black's Rainforest Garden ...
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Images by B. Alter: The Green & Black's Rainforest Garden At the Chelsea Flower Show it's a tale of two gardens. One is small, green, and won a Gold medal. The other is big, colourful and got a Silver. Both have been designed with indigenous and community groups and deliver a powerful message. The Green & Black's Rainforest Garden ...
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All images by B. Alter: Jamie Oliver Makes Pizza at the Children's Society Garden The Chelsea Flower Show , now in its 87th year, is a high point in the horticultural social scene, with the Queen and all sorts of celebrities attending on Opening Day. It's been a tricky lead-up to the big day because May was freezing cold ...
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photo: J. Novak Researchers at the University of Brighton, East Sussex have discovered that oils extracted from thyme can kill the deadly MRSA bug in two hours, according to a story in the Daily Mail . The deadly infection is linked to more than 18,000 deaths per year in the US . The infection has become of problem in ...
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Image credit: Slow Muse Wow. Clearly I am not the only one who spends too much time thinking about language. My post yesterday on why soil is not dirt garnered a whole bunch of responses —from those who agreed that "dirt" suggests a dead, inanimate substrate, to others who felt that "soil" is a prissy term, and "dirt" seems ...
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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 ...
