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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Peace, and discussions around peace, tend to focus on exactly the opposite topic: war. Anti-war demonstrations, activism, etc, but this year the Global Peace Film Festival plans to move the "idea" of peace beyond this negative debate to a more personal level and focus more on how peace promotes sustainability .... View post: Global Peace Film Fest Promotes Peace and ...
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Image credit: Positive TV Positive TV Highlights Solutions Not Problems Back when I lived in the UK, I used to occasionally pick up issues of Positive News at festivals or activist gatherings. While the concept of a newspaper dedicated to covering upbeat, optimistic stories was appealing - ultimately the print format meant that stories were not covered in great ...
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Credit: Eamonn McCormack/Wireimage Most celebrities use their fortune to buy outrageously extravagant homes--think multi-car garages, huge pools, more bedrooms than a hotel, state-of-the-art kitchens, and massive grounds--without giving much thought to the increase in their carbon footprint . (Note to these offenders: Your hybrid isn’t exactly canceling out your home energy use.) But we found seven celebrities whose homes... ...
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Image via Rodos International Films + Visual Arts Festival Ecofilms . New films about Canada's tar sands , the damage caused by extractive industries in the Amazon rainforest, and Aristotle's philosophy on nature will be among the opening-day fare Tuesday at the Rodos International Films + Visual Arts Festival Ecofilms , held annually on the Greek island of Rhodes.... ...
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TreeHugger attended a pre-release screening No Impact Man , a documentary made about Colin Beavan (aka No Impact Man) and his family’s yearlong experiment to live a zero waste lifestyle in New York City. We were happy to see that the movie treated its premise with a great deal of self-awareness, addressing the fact that the no impact conceit ...
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Image credit: Jeff Kravitz With 80,000 people, America's biggest music fest is a colossus. But Bonnaroo keeps making good on its commitment to get greener each year. TreeHugger Radio chatted at length with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. who is calling people to civil disobedience in Appalachia to fight mountaintop mining. We also heard from director Robert Stone about his ...
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At tonight's IREO Renewable Energy Awards at the United Nations, film director and author Josh Tickell will be named a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador and accept an award for his work. What work you say? Well, the trailer embedded above for his film The rest is here: The FUEL Film: Where We Came From & Where We're Going With Renewable Energy ...
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Photo credit: Gucci Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Sergio Rossi, Bottega Veneta, and Yves Saint Laurent are going green, according to Vanity Fair —well, sorta. Call it a case of "brand synergy;" the Gucci Group fashion houses are presenting their high-end interpretations of sustainable style, if only to promote Yann Arthus-Betrand's epic cinematic outing about the state of the planet, which ...
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Photo by KennethMoyle Tonic (a media company that makes it easy to do good) has posted 50 of the hottest people making a difference for the world. These do-gooders are blazing their trail with humor, style and grace. Lots of these hotties are of the green-persuasion…maybe even more than just green-curious! The list is filled with bartenders, designers , ...
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Photo by KennethMoyle Tonic (a media company that makes it easy to do good) has posted 50 of the hottest people making a difference for the world. These do-gooders are blazing their trail with humor, style and grace. Lots of these hotties are of the green-persuasion…maybe even more than just green-curious! The list is filled with bartenders, designers , ...
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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 ...
