published June 7, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: Screenshot, Ecosia.org Green search engine Ecosia was already making waves at its first birthday, by which point it had contributed $160,000 to WWF's Jureuena rainforest project in Brazil. Now, six months later, the search engine (which is powered by Bing) has raised $334,202.63 for the rainforest, and that number keeps climbing.... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published June 2, 2011 and has No Comments
Mountain top removal project from satellite view, 2009. Image credit:NASA via Mongobay . (from Satellite Photos Reveal How Mountaintop Removal Is Scarring Appalachia .) The Charleston Daily Mail reports that "U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., says President Barack Obama agrees that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should analyze the potential economic impacts of its decisions before making them ...
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published May 23, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: DVIDSHUB , Flickr , CC BY-SA Get used to droughts sweeping the south in the summer and more massive floods during rainy season. More rain, more snow. This, ladies and gentleman, is the new normal, thanks to a climate that's changing on account of us humanfolk pumping excessive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. "Shut up, you crazy ...
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published May 22, 2011 and has No Comments
Image Courtesy of Devin Montgomery The weather's getting warmer and camping season is upon us. So as you break out the tent and the sleeping bag, there's a new design coming to market that's worth a look. It's the Backcountry Boiler™ , an ultralight (8 oz), miniature chimney kettle that drops fuel cannisters in favor of "indigenous fuel," meaning ...
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published May 22, 2011 and has No Comments
An artisan-made crochet and aluminum soda pop bag. Photo: courtesy Handbag Designer 101. More than 1,000 independent handbag designers submitted their designs for a chance to win the esteemed 2011 Independent Handbag Designer Award hosted by InStyle and Handbag Designer 101. I'm on the preliminary judging panel and we met earlier this month to narrow down the submissions. I ...
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published May 16, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Oregon Zoo With loads of wire mesh, steel sheets, and drainage piping, workers toil in the arid landscape of central Washington in an effort to give the world's smallest rabbit a fighting chance there -- sure, it's adorable work, but somebody's got to do it. Pygmy rabbits, an endangered species in the state, have had a lot to ...
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published May 16, 2011 and has No Comments
This post is an installment in a series about the current state of American climate skepticism. I'll be expanding upon the ideas put forward in my recent Slate piece, Do Climate Skeptics Change Their Minds? , so read that first. True climate skeptics rarely change their minds. If they do so publicly, it's often the cause of a minor ...
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published May 16, 2011 and has No Comments
Image credit: Planeat From my musings on what a vegan world would actually look like , to PETA's infographic on what happens when everyone eats vegan , we've seen plenty of speculation about what our future would look like if we abandoned, or severely curtailed, our use of meat, dairy and other animal products. But there's no need to ...
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published May 14, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: simonov under a Creative Commons license . Naples has a major trash problem, and it's nothing new. The City's sanitation department is heavily influenced by mafia control, and as a result its streets are often littered with uncollected trash, and the improper disposal of toxic waste poses a major problem. And with local elections being held today and ...
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published May 13, 2011 and has No Comments
Google has been hatching a new project that connects household accessories such as lightbulbs to the Android platform, which makes it easier for homeowners to keep tabs on their energy consumption and control their home from afar. Google has picked Arduino for its Open Accessories "kit", which will help developers start building new hardware accessories that can work on ...
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