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 credit: Soil Association From Sacramento High School students creating their own CSA to an after-school program based on an urban farm , we've seen plenty of ways that the local food movement is integrating with educational opportunities for school-aged children. But this might be the first time we've seen a full farmers market in a school. organized by ...
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Borough Market in Southwark, London. Photo: Herry Lawford / Creative Commons . Shoppers in England and Wales who have been carefully seeking out locally produced foods while making their market rounds came in for a shock this week when a government body announced that foods labeled "local" actually came from other European countries, and even from as far away ...
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Photo: ibm4381 / Creative Commons We know that "seasonal produce" seems like a distant fantasy when your neighborhood is covered in 30-plus inches of snow -- but East Coasters, listen up: Vegetables native to your region and season do exist. And not only that, they're often as sweet, textural, rich, and delicious as the veggies you find throughout the ...
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Image credit: TreemediaGroup When the makers of the End of Suburbia filmed Brother Nature Farm in Detroit , it was an inspiring first-hand account of how urban agriculture activists are working to feed the Motor City . While the slicker models of city farming may have some people worr... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original here: Urban ...
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Photo: Clean Metrics In the past it's been difficult to dig to the bottom of your diet's carbon footprint. It's difficult to include all the data behind food production and transport in one calculator. While various carbon footprint calculators can give you a vague idea of your diet's footprint, finding very specific information becomes more difficult. Until now. Clean ...
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Image: FastFoodHealth.org via Babble.com It's definitely not news that America's children have an obesity problem and that it's largely due to fast food and junk/snack foods —nor is it a surprise that fast food rest... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the rest here: Fast Food Advertising is On the Rise -- With a Focus on Minority Youth -- ...
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Photo: Natalie Maynor More and more of us have committed to hitting the farmers' market each and every week to pick up produce, dairy, bread, meats, etc. But once the farmers' market ends for the year, then what? Do we switch back over to the grocery store and settle for perfectly round albeit tasteless produce? Not so fast. It ...
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Image credit: Topsham Ales Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has long been a staple of the local/sustainable food scene. More recently, we've seen the model applied to everything from a Community Supported Kitchen to a grain-growing... Read the full story on TreeHugger See the rest here: Community Supported Beer: Cooperative Brewing, Baking and Farming for Local Economies
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Image credit: Resilient Planet Yesterday I posted on ResilientCITY —the new project from the makers of the End of Suburbia. And earlier today I posted, from that same project, an interview with Rob Hopkins about the difference between sustainability and resilience , and why it matters. But another excerpt from the movie is just as revealing about what it ...
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Image credit: Markarthu Christine has discussed the risks and benefits of raw milk before. And with Senate Bill 510 potentially putting raw milk in danger , and with armed police reportedly swooping on organic coops in Ohio , the battle over if and how food regulations designed for an industrial ... Read the full story on TreeHugger See more ...
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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
