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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All Images Courtesy of the City of Paris The proposed design for the river bank between the Tuileries Gardens and the Musee d'Orsay. There's a lot going on in Paris these days: the City is in the process of redesigning at least ten different neighborhoods, and a full 10% of its surface space is covered by construction work. Now, ...
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Photo Credit: krossbow , via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution License . From giant, starchy baking potatoes to small, waxy fingerlings; from pale white to deep purple, there are almost endless options available to you when you grow your own. The flavors and colors far exceed what's available in most grocery stores. And, with a little planning, even those of ...
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Image credit Lloyd Alter It has taken me a while to prepare this post about my interview of Ginny Baxter of Herman Miller; there was so much to take in. The website says "Ginny is a member of Herman Miller's Applied Knowledge team. She is intrigued by the nature of the individual at work and impact of the generations." ...
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Photo: elisfanclub / CC When Emperor Island was first discovered off the coast of Antarctica back in 1948, it was so named for the thriving colony of around 300 penguins that met there each year to breed. Just over sixty years later, however, there's not a single penguin in sight -- and researchers suspect that melting off from Go ...
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Image: Center for Green Schools Interview with Rachel Gutter, Director of the Center for Green Schools At last week's Climate, Mind, and Body conference at the Garrison Institute , speaker after speaker offered up food for thought on how best to engage the climate problem. Along with speakers such as See the rest here: This Woman is Leading the Charge ...
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Richard Masoner of Cyclelicious writes: "Long time bike guy Gary Boulanger is writing Where to Bike San Francisco , a new bicycling resource guidebook to be published in late 2011, and he needs your photos. He's even offering cash prizes of up to $300 for those willing to submit photos for publication in the book. He and his publisher ...
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Photo: shanghaiexpat It's cold, it's grey, it's depressing, the world is falling apart; what to do? It's easy to say "get involved" but harder to get out of the chair and do something. The Observer has some lovely ideas and great organizations that are making changes and offering solutions. Some are irresistible, like planting a wildflower meadow . ... ...
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photo: Land Rover Our Planet / Creative Commons We've been long documenting China's rapid rise to the top tiers of wind power , both in manufacturing and installed capacity. Worldwatch's Revol... Read the full story on TreeHugger Continued here: One Quarter of China's Wind Power Still Not Connected to Electricity Grid
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Russian prefabricated housing Image Credit: Soviet Photography There are many in the States who think urbanism is a socialist plot and deny that people are moving back to the cities . As Joe Mysak wrote in Bloomberg a couple of years ago, when gas was hitting $4.00/gallon: The notion appeals especially to people who like to think they'll ... ...
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John has written before about how manure lagoons may become a liability in a warming climate , but even now the practice of storing vast amounts of animal waste in anaerobic lagoons is causing major environmental concerns. Science Daily points to new research showing that manure storage lagoons in North and South Carolina have proliferated over the last 15 ...
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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
