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: Know Your Meme Some time ago, we took a look at the "scraper bike" sensation -- customized, 'tricked-out' wheels which seem to be somewhere in between a flashy low-rider and a Burning Man-esque art bike -- but with an important ecological and social mission in mind. What began as a local car-free trend in an inner-city neighbourhood of ...
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Images by B. Alter It's been Fairtrade Fortnight , and in celebration Starbucks has released a special new Fairtrade coffee from Rwanda. It's part of their complete switch-over last year to selling only 100% Fairtrade espresso-based coffees in the UK and Ireland. This makes Starbucks the largest buyer of Fairtrade Certified Coffee in the world which is pretty impressive, ...
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Image from minkyu.co.uk . Last week we wrote an idiosyncratic view of the candidates for the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year awards . With over 100 items in seven different categories, it is an Oscar-worthy show of the international design world's best work of the past year. And the winners are... As predicted: the folding plug ! Given ...
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Images by B. Alter The place is Brixton Market where a group of entrepreneurs, artists and idealists are creating an enclave of new shops and cafes in a corner of an old Caribbean market. The shop is called Brixton Cornercopia , a take on cornucopia and the local corner store. Selling home-made chutneys and preserves and jams, the store ...
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Image from AFP TreeHugger has been following the story of the future of Lake Baikal, the "pearl of Siberia", the world's largest and deepest fresh water body. Because of its age and isolated location, it contains unusual collections of freshwater flora and fauna. It is also a site of great controversy: activists fought to reroute a petroleum pipeline from ...
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World's largest, 781.5 megawatt wind farm, located in West Texas USA. Video credit:Sunday Morning Show Business Week reports that the best way t... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: US Wind Industry Follows "Starbucks Rule" For Turbine Siting
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The Bedouin village of Qasr Al-Sir: on the verge of momentous change (photo by Daniel Cherrin). After a volunteer accidentally burned down its office, Bustan , an environmental justice organization based in Israel's Negev desert, decided it was time to make some changes. "That was the straw that broke the camel's back," says Bustan Director Ra'ed Al-Mickawi. With the ...
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Image via Yanko Design A new concept design by Lee Ju Won is the ultimate middle man. It sticks to a window to harness the power of the sun to run LEDs that provide light to potted plants that ...
Photo via Designboom The Retroreflector Tie by Jasna Sokolovic and Noel O'Connell is a somewhat subtle fashion statement for the safety-minded cyclist. And it is one of thousands of entries in Designboom's Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010. For this ...
