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What makes a good life? This was the question that the Heinrich Böll Foundation asked a series of artists from Cambodia, Thailand, Nigeria, Myanmar and the Czech Republic. With the question in mind, the artists generated works that look at water issues, food issues, consumer goods and general contentment. In an series dubbed SurVivArt, their program features everything from scu... weiterlesen...
Sami and I debate the virtues of free photovoltaics on a subdivision house. We disagree; you decide.
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It's the day after Christmas, but a holiday for many this year. But are you hitting stores or spending time relaxing?
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Doesn't everyone know that showers waste water? Shower habit study says they're getting longer.
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Some of the information in them is so wrong, they are just a waste of pixels.
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A report from the U.S. Geological Survey reveals that fracking may already have caused small earthquakes in Oklahoma.
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Canadian senators have a lot of time on their hands, having no real role in the governing of the country. Sometimes they seem to just do silly things to get attention, like Senator Nicole Eaton, who wants to replace Canada's national symbol, the beaver, with a polar bear. Calling the beaver a "dentally defective rat," she claims that the polar bear is more fitt... weiterlesen...
Some want to replace the beaver with a polar bear. I think a dead fish might be a better choice.
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Paul Kedrosky tweeted this yesterday. He is in the internet world, but also as an investor and entrepreneur, in the business world where I would have thought business cards are still pretty much de regueur. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Table 2. Central air conditioning equipment usage varies by region Image credit:EIA
Based on the most recent USEIA Residential Energy Consumption Survey, regional preferences for thermostat use are surprisingly divergent. Specifically, proportionately fewer Southern state residents have programmable thermostats. Only 38% of Southern homes have one for their central air syste... weiterlesen...
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Yesterday, I commented on the news that the US Geological Survey had drastically downscaled its estimates of how much recoverable natural gas was in the Marcellus Shale -- by a striking 80%. I received not one but two angry screeds from an employee of the natural gas industry on the topic, so I figured I'd follow up that report w... weiterlesen...
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In the debate on which is better, printed or digital, for textbooks, a new survey could have students reaching for those 30-pound tomes. Campusbooks.com compared prices for 1,000 textbooks across 12 textbook rental companies, 35 used book retailers, and 7 digital textbook creators. The result is that 92% of the time, renting or buying used is cheap... weiterlesen...
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The Irrawaddy dolphin is one of the most endangered species in the world but a new survey has revealed that one key population could be at the very edge of extinction....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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My summer reading: Tomatoland on a Kobo
In one of those jinx coincidences, while Mat was writing "I'm a confirmed bibliophile and happily admit that digital books and e-readers have zero appeal to me--in large part because I already spend too much time online due to my profession", I was reading Is this the end for books? in the Guardian. Sam Leith makes the point that what is ... weiterlesen...
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"When they're fresh, their exoskeletons don't get stuck in your teeth."
Reading this article about eating bugs as a greener substitute to animal meat in the Atlantic almost made me swear off food for good. Intellectually, I know that there's probably nothing wrong with insect-sourced protein and I'm ready to believe people who've eaten them that they can be... weiterlesen...
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Agent Orange is one of the most devastating weapons of modern warfare, a chemical which killed or injured an estimated 400,000 people during the Vietnam War -- and now it's being used against the Amazon rainforest. According to officials, ranchers in Brazil have begun spraying the highly toxic herbicide over patches of forest as a covert method to illeg... weiterlesen...
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Elephants are protected on the savannas of Central and Western Africa but, according to a new survey, their numbers have still declined by 50 percent or more in the last 40 years. More alarming is that populations have become highly fragmented, with several far below the limit of what is thought to be sustainable....Read the full stor... weiterlesen...
All images by Martin Hartley for Catlin Arctic Survey
In the last week there have been some very sobering reports on the extremely degraded conditions of our oceans. The general gist is that it is much worse than previously thought, which is worrying since we already thought the situation of depleted fish stocks, plastic pollution...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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What challenge should Double Impact add next?online survey
Last week, we announced the launch of Double Impact, a new social giving and sustainability platform that let's you earn money for your favorite charity by taking simple, sustainable actions, ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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