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: Fashion me Green The first thing I do when I open a magazine--after the contributors page--is flip to the fashion editorial spreads: they capture the essence of a collection, season, trend and/or subject in photos. Greta Eagan, founder and editor of Fashion me Green , gives us just this; she styles each shoot with green fashion and asks ...
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Photo: B. Alter Dozens of sheep grazed happily in the sun on Savile Row, home to London's most prestigious tailors. They were there to promote National Wool Week , a campaign to support sheep farming and the British wool industry. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Originally posted here: Get Warm and Woolly at National Wool Week
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Singer Isis Salam wears the Uniform Project dress in October. Photo: Uniform Project . With fall, comes cooler temps and seasonal trends and yet the Uniform Project's (U.P.) little black dress is still in style. For their October pilot project, the U.P. has teamed up with solo artist Isis Salam , formerly of the Canadian duo Th... Read the ...
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Image Credit: Mina Kwag I came across these cute cups at the Designboom Mart at the Valencia Design Week last week. Not at all doomsday products, Mina Kwag's designs are fun and useful, and yet, they let you know that something isn't quite right. The message is simple: +1 degree Celsius affects us; according to Kwag, at least 10% ...
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Image Credit: Mina Kwag I came across these cute cups at the Designboom Mart at the Valencia Design Week last week. Not at all doomsday products, Mina Kwag's designs are fun and useful, and yet, they let you know that something isn't quite right. The message is simple: +1 degree Celsius affects us; according to Kwag, at least 10% ...
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Swap your clothing in accessories or shop celebrity closets at I-ELLA. Image courtesy of I-ELLA. From the once-in-a-lifetime dress collecting dust in your closet to the just-a-tad-too-small Melissa shoes your boyfriend bought you, new online fashion marketplace I-ELLA offers users the option to buy, borrow, swap, sell, and/or lend their way to a carefully edited closet. The invitation-only site ...
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Milliners Guild, Spring 2011 Hat Collection at The GreenShows, New York Fashion Week. Credit: Elisa Hyman From Alice in Wonderland's Mad Hatter to Lady Gaga , Milliners Guild is sure to set hat lovers' hearts a flutter. Their Spring 2011 Hat Collection, which premiered at See the original post: New York Green Fashion Week: 18 Wacky Spectacular Handmade Hats by ...
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Image courtesy of eBay Yesterday was annual Green Consumer Day, a day intended to build awareness around how even the smallest actions we take as individuals can help—or harm—the planet. To commemorate the occasion, we rounded up a selection of products—from reusable totebags to soy-based candles to vintage dresses—that not only make it easy to be green, but also ...
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Borders and Frontiers SS11 - Images via Centre For Sustainable Fashion The brand new talent on show at this season's Estethica show weren't shy in coming forward. Bold, eye catching digital artworks, printed on gorgeous sustainable fabrics, seemed to be the thing, announcing the new arrivals with grand visual fanfare. But the new kids on the fashion block weren't ...
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Image credit: Rohan Chhabra Not being fans of killing animals as a pleasure activity, we quite like designer Rohan Chhabra 's Embodying Ethics he presented at this year's Designersblock at the London Design Festival. Hanging in his exhibition space you could see a hunter's jacket, which, bit by bit, transformed into a curious looking Ram's head wall mount. ... ...
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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 ...
