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: Farmers Can Be Heroes Let's be clear, we know farmers are heroes without any help. But, the new Farmers Can Be Heroes program is helping farmers step it up a notch by offering resources to help conventional farmers transitional to organic. The Rodale Institute initiated the free online course and resources calling on their 80-odd years of experience ...
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Photo credit: Bambu Do your kids bamboo, too? Help the little tykes roar into sustainability with Bambu's latest prehistorically inspired, child-friendly offering: a veritable utensil triple threat —comprising a knife, fork, and spoon—with dinosaur heads for handles and a notable absence of suspicious glues or petroleum-based plastic parts. They're also fairly made, albeit in China. ... See the original ...
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photo: For for Thought Tours Need an excuse to get away ? Food For Thought Cultural and Organic Cuisine Tours are the perfect way to step outside of your routine without leaving your green values in the suitcase.... See more here: Indulgent Food Getaways, Now That's Food for Thought
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Image via: Getty Images While last year we were debating whether its better to buy organic or local (or both), an article in Mother Jones now reports that we have even bigger fish to fry when it comes to our food production. While dreams of our future food system may rely on the romantic image of local farmers, the ...
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Pig City, MVRDV- each tower can feed 500,000 people Carrot City is a fabulous display of the possibilities of urban farming, both vertical and horizontal, in an exhibition at Toronto's Design Exchange that shows "a mix of realized projects and speculative design proposals that illustrate the potential for future design that focuses on food issues." It was put together ...
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If you are a vegetarian, does that mean your pet must be as well? Should our own moral choices about not eating other animals be visited upon our dogs and cats? Do our pets have the right to eat other animals? Do we deprive our pets by making them vegetarian? Are we denying the fact that they are carnivores? ...
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In case you haven't heard, the oceans are dying. The coral , the fish, the plankton, the whole bloody system is going topsy-turvy. In her new book Sea Sick , Canadian Journalist Alanna Mitchell travels from the shore line to the depths cataloging the woes of the big blue as she goes. Increased acidity , dead zones , Read ...
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Crane moving chicken litter in power plant fuel hall during Fibrominn Grand Opening, Benson, Minnesota . Image credit: Fibrowatt USA. The poo-burn requirement is according to a story from the The News & Observer , Activists fight small power plants. Chicken waste as fuel draws fire Fibrowatt USA , a Pennsylvania subsidiary of New Hampsire's Homeland Renewable Energy , ...
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Save the sea creatures! Handcraft your own natural specimens using these these simple patterns, some yarn and a crochet hook. View post: 8 Enchanting Sea Creatures You Can Crochet
A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
