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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TreeHugger has reviewed many different, greener things to do with our bodies after we have shuffled off the mortal coil, from freeze-drying to composting . Now an English company offers a new option: Have your ashes pressed into vinyl record albums. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more from the original source: Live On From Beyond The Groove: ...
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Image credit: Liz OConnell It's funny how uptight people can get about death. Yet it's one of the very few things, along with birth, taxes, breathing etc, that we all have in common. For the green minded, there are plenty of more sustainable end of life options cropping up, from jute coffins to woodland burials . But beyond the ...
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Image credit: Follow the Drinking Gourd "When corn and radishes you munch You may be having me for lunch" When I wrote about Ethical Man's plans to compost his own corpse comments ranged from those who thought it was a good idea, to those who thought 'sky burial', or even making pencils from human remains, would be a better ...
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Green (or not so green ) burial rituals routinely catch our eye, one of the reasons being the carbon footprint of coffins being built just to go into the ground or the amount of lawn that has to be manicured. Japan has come up with a novel, high-tech and space-saving solution that reuses warehouse building space as a place ...
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Image credit: Final Footprint I was once told by a commenter that writing about green funerals was taking environmentalism too far. But with 500,000 deaths in the US alone every year - the funeral industry has a huge environmental impact. Luckily, there are plenty of companies out there looking to make a difference. From jute coffins to sleek paper ...
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Handmade, Wildflower Seeded Memorial Stationary When I wrote a guide on How to Green Your Funeral , it was received with skepticism from some readers who felt it was taking environmentalism 'too far'. Yet if we try to live our lives as greenly as possible, then surely we would want our deaths to be handled in the same manner? ...
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Photo via: Papalars There are only two things in life that are certain... taxes, and you know, that other thing! While death is not something that anybody wants to talk about, they certainly should. The process of what to do with your remains is a very important question. Society has a set list of procedures for the moment our ...
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Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher. Here is the original post: Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D ...
