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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A not-so-Jagged Little Pill to swallow, Alanis Morissette’s “Big Turn Off” As Earth Hour 2009 approaches on March 28, over 1,670 cities around the world are hatching plans to go dark between 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., from Shanghai’s Pearl Tower to LA’s Capital Records Tower. This Go here to see the original: Do Earth Hour Videos Entertain and Motivate?
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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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“Radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity,” that’s the X Prize Foundation’s stock in trade. In the second part of our conversation with Peter Diamandis, the Foundation’s founder and CEO, we hear about other avenues for creating big changes in the realms of clean energy, space travel, and the importance of crazy ideas. Read or listen to the first ...
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The Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2009 is an overview of the best and most interesting achievements in design and architecture over the past year. Nominated by industry experts in seven different categories, the public can vote for their favourites. The Furniture category is full of delights. We can't resist the Lover's Chair from Spain. Made of recycled ...
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images from Design Museum They are the academy awards of the design industry: the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2009. Covering seven categories: architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, product and transport, they are a great opportunity to see what the design world has been up to and where it is going. The Products category had lots of interesting ...
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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 ...
