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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Filmmakers Gregory Greene and Barry Silverthorne with the End of Suburbia Smart Car (photo courtesy of the filmmakers). "Resilience means more than just preparing for climate change," says Toronto-based filmmaker Gregory Greene. "It means looking ahead to other shocks, such as peak oil , and using them as opportunities to create something better." I ran into Greene, who is ...
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Photo via shaolin1990 . They're hot, they're celebrities, and they believe in saving the Earth. But what's better is that they all have one thing in common (besides the environment) -- they're single! We've listed some of our favorite eco-hotties below because, well, we could have a chance, right? Heck, we do share the same interests. So catch them ...
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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" set, fall 2009. Credit: Dana Edelson, NBC Universal, Inc. NBC Universal and company-wide environmental initiative Green is Universal is paving the way for sustainable film and television production. From greening the set of Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to cutting carbon emissions on the feature film Away We Go , ...
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Marina of the Zabbaleen. Credit Tom Toro Visit Muqattam -- the garbage recycling village in Cairo, Egypt -- through the eyes of seven-year-old Marina. Her vision of flying elephants, mystical pigeons, and evil witches "transforms a squalid landfill village into a beautiful, dream-like portrait of family, childhood, and spirituality," says Engi Wassef, director of Marina of the Zabbaleen . ...
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Credit Age of Stupid Kicking off UN Climate Week on Monday, September 21, The Age of Stupid -- an eco-documentary film we've previewed here and reviewed here -- will premiere globally and open nationwide in the U.S. in a solar-powered cinema tent at the World Financial Center in New York. The event will broadcast live via satellite to over ...
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“Historically posters have been inextricably linked with cause-related campaigns. Visually striking, often iconic and frequently iconoclastic, posters grab the attention like no other medium. They effectively help spread a succinct message and in doing so shift attitudes and contribute to significant changes within society.” That’s the view of Greenpeace Australia Pacific who recently awarded a winner in the Greenpeace ...
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I know what you're thinking: A garden on wheels, what's the deal? Having met the brains behind the "truck farm" in question myself, I'd urge--don't let this weird yet somehow idiosyncratically charming documentary-making CSA truck throw your garden/truck schema off kilter, instead embrace its sheer visceral awesomeness. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Here is the original: Brooklyn Eco-Film ...
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Photo credit: Gucci Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Sergio Rossi, Bottega Veneta, and Yves Saint Laurent are going green, according to Vanity Fair —well, sorta. Call it a case of "brand synergy;" the Gucci Group fashion houses are presenting their high-end interpretations of sustainable style, if only to promote Yann Arthus-Betrand's epic cinematic outing about the state of the planet, which ...
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A street in Curitiba, Brazil (photo by Jesse Fox). When over 90% of a city's residents are happy with their city, somebody must be doing something right. In Curitiba, a quaint, mid-sized town in southern Brazil, some forty years of sensitive urban design interventions have created a city that is pleasant and sustainable, and one that has managed to ...
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The office building, going for LEED Platinum, is built on top of a brick factory from another era. It rises to the challenge. Go here to read the rest: The Centre For Green Cities At Evergreen Brickworks Demonstrates How To ...
"The stakes are very high and scientists are not the best people to deal with the social, ethical or political issues that geoengineering raises." View original here: Geoengineering is a Technical Fix for a Political Problem
