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
published May 12, 2010 and has No Comments
Nobody likes being beaten about the head with the eco-stick. As many of us have experienced, railing against friends and family about the state of the planet rarely produces favourable results, or in fact any result at all. That's why TreeHugger is a fan of the beautiful, engaging and well designed message - we find these are the ones ...
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" Marks & Spencer is the first UK supermarket to convert its 25cl wine bottles to environmentally friendly plastic. Photo: Christopher Thomond " Image & caption credit: Guardian Alcoholic beverage distributors have long wanted to sell small bottles of wine into sports venues, at the beach, and for picnics. In part, it's been a hard sell because of the ...
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The most eco-friendly material to make furniture is probably the one we don't use (no material, no ecological footprint so to say)... so what about air? We have featured a series of inflatable items, such as inflatable solar panels , an inflatable house or glowing inflatable furniture , because the simple fact that they use a minimum amount ... ...
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Hemp tent and inner vent. Photos: Green Outdoor There is a enduring urban myth that Levi Strauss made his first jeans from hemp sail cloth, that he'd originally intended to sell as tent fabric to Californian Gold Rush prospectors. Although the company's records were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire, the official Levi Strauss history tends not to ...
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Photos: Osprey We've discussed Osprey packs in the past, particularly their Resource collection of packs with about 80% recycled content (see links below). Recently, we noted via SNEWS that they'd released their 2009 Sustainability Report, indicating the environmentally and socially responsible endeavours they have been pursuing. Contained within the report are some green actions that aren't the usual run-of-the-mill ...
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Photo: Destination 3° via Facebook . The Algalita Marine Research Foundation are the folk who continue to enlighten the world on the impact that plastics pollution is having on marine life and our oceans. It is their groundbreaking work (can you say that about marines sciences?) that is helping us understand the Great Pacific Garbage Patch . This month ...
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Water Fountain and Personal Fresh Air. Images by Design Academy Eindhoven One of the shows that stood out this year at the Milan Furniture Fair was the Design Academy Eindhoven 's Question exhibition at the up and coming district Ventura Lambrate . With all this excess of design and the various crisis going on (environmental, social, economic,...), it is ...
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Image: Ford "In 2009, Ford reduced the amount of automotive-related plastics to landfills by nearly 30 million pounds" Making cars more fuel efficient, and eventually run 100% on clean and renewable energy, is a great goal. But in parallel, it is important to clean up the materials and processes used to make the cars themselves. Steel is already widely ...
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Image: Ford "In 2009, Ford reduced the amount of automotive-related plastics to landfills by nearly 30 million pounds" Making cars more fuel efficient, and eventually run 100% on clean and renewable energy, is a great goal. But in parallel, it is important to clean up the materials and processes used to make the cars themselves. Steel is already widely ...
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There are plenty of cocktail parties at the Furniture Fair in Milan, but this one was quite different. All the way out in Zona Bovisa we visited the show Meet My Project and were greeted at a bar that served fresh... bioresin products! The 3 designers from Breaded Escalope Design Studio in Vienna were not mixing drinks but small ...
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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
