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New TV Ad Shows Polar Bears Falling to Gruesome Deaths (Video)
Image via the Guardian An ad by Plane Stupid, an anti-airplane pollution advocacy group, is stirring some serious controversy in the UK and around the blogosphere. In a graphic TV ad designed to reveal the massive emissions that even short flights produce, CGI polar bears fall from the sky to blo …
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Method Commercial Turns Cleaners Dirty with Disturbingly Funny Shiny Suds (Video)
Screenshot via peopleagainstdirty In so many cleaner commercials, the happy housewife works alongside singing, scrubbing bubbles that show how cheerfully the cleaner can battle soap scum, germs, and whatever other grime is building up in your bathrooms. However, what happens after the singing sto …
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The Week in Pictures: Rot-Proof Apple, Surprises at GreenBuild, Bacteria Lights Up Landmines, and M …
From the news that scientists have created a bacteria that lights up around landmines to the development of a rot-proof apple--that stays fresh for 4 months--a lot happened this week in green. A new study called The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) shows that putting money into protec …
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Who Is Gonna Pay For My e-Waste?? Not Me!
Photo via shooting brooklyn According to a new study by Pike Research, 76% of consumers are aware that the secret ingredient for reducing e-waste is proper recycling. Rejoice! 76% of consumers can see the obvious!! Now the only trick to getting more of those consumers - indeed everyone - to act o …
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Tech Awards 2009 Recognizes Cows to Kilowatts as Winning Eco Project
Photo via foxypar4 Last night the Tech Awards kicked off in San Jose, California, honoring some incredible innovation happening across several categories, including the environment, education, health, biosciences and more. The competition in the environment section was tough, with GRUPEDSAC, a pr …
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Can Turkey Break the Copenhagen Deadlock?
Turkey is being suggested as a "bridge between East and West" on climate change too. Photo of the Bosphorus Bridge spanning Europe and Asia by Jennifer Hattam. As a city that literally straddles Europe and Asia, Istanbul -- and, by extension, Turkey -- has been endlessly described as a "bridge" b …
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Out to Sea: Swimming the English Channel for a Cause
Credit: freefoto.com In the days before Big Brother, children used to dream of being famous for doing something. I wanted to be an archaeologist when I grew up. On horseback. That is, until I discovered those particular combination of skills didn't constitute a recognized job description -- not s …
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Witold Rybczynski On The Four Paradigms of American Cities
Bettina B. Cenerelli, Trudeau Foundation Witold Rybczynski could be described as a public intellectual, a prolific writer of accessible books about houses, cities and urban design. He opened the Trudeau Foundation's conference Cities and the Public Sphere: Rethinking the Urban Commons. with the r …
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It's Been Proven: Women are Greener Than Men (In Some Countries)
Image from stephaniehern.wordpress.com The good news is that women in industrialised countries are greener than men. A new study from the United Nations confirms that we have a lower carbon footprint and are better for the world's future health. Where to start, let me count the ways... Wom …
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World Toilet Day - Really? Yes...Really.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Image credit:flickr, recubejim's photostream World Toilet Day , which happens to be right now, is needed for good reason. Per the WTD website: "2.5 billion people worldwide are without access to proper sanitation, which risks their health, strips their dign …
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Inhofe: "I proudly declare 2009 as the 'Year of the Skeptic'"
Photo via Green Inc. Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma has always been a thorn in the side of environmentalists, especially when it comes to climate change. He doesn't believe in the science and has pledged to go to the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December to bare witness …
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Giant Snail Pies to Feed the Malnourished in Africa
Photo via Great Lakes digg_url = and iron deficiency are rampant problems in developing nations across Africa. They can lead to serious health issues and mortality, especially in young people. But a nutritionist in Nigeria has u...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Why New Renewable Energy Records Don't Mean a Thing, Unless We Also Reduce Overall Demand
photo: Chauncey Davis via flickr. Remember how last week Spain was touting a new wind power record, more than 50% of demand for part of the day on a Sunday morning? A pretty great thing, right? Not really, says the folks over at Low-tech Magazine. Without actually reducing overall energy demand, …
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How Much Can Bike Commuting Curb Obesity?
GOOD excels at illustrating complex issues with infographics that are easy to understand and fun to look at. One of their latest addresses the relationship between bike commuting and obesity. I could try to explain it, but I think they do a better job of it:...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Giant Snail Pies to Feed Malnourished in Africa
Photo via Great Lakes digg_url = and iron deficiency are rampant problems in developing nations across Africa. They can lead to serious health issues and mortality, especially in young people. But a nutritionist in Nigeria has u...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Finally Truth In Oil Company Advertising! Enough Energy to Melt That Glacier
From a 1962 edition of Life Magazine available on Google Books... We were a bit late in picking up on this one, but it's really worth passing on anyway. So credit where credit is due: Grist had it first, then Read the full story on TreeHugger
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CycleTracks iPhone App Tells San Fancisco TA Where Bike Paths Should be Built
Image: CycleTracks iPhone App from Apple App Store Crowdsourcing Bike Path Planning People don't always go where you think they will. You can try to predict the best places for foot paths and bike routes, but you'll never be able to know for sure if they are located optimally... Unless there's a …
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Fox's News Corp. Begins Keeping Tabs of All Its CO2 Emissions
Image via Writing Company It's hared to get a read on Fox's parent company, News Corp., to say the least. Owned by the infamous Rupert Murdoch, it oversees the largest contingent of climate change-denying publications in existence. But one day, Murdoch himself took an interest in fighting climate …
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Indonesia Suspends Controversial Paper Company's License to Review Environmental Record
The Kampar Peninsula is the last large intact area of pear swamp forest in Riau, Indonesia with some of the deepest peat (read: most stored carbon). Photo: Greenpeace. Indonesia may have deported a total of thirteen activists and two journalists over deforestation in the past week (boo!) but it a …
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Roll-Up Notebook Looks More Like Mini Yoga Mat Than Computer (Video)
Screenshot via orkinful Could the future of ultraportable laptops look more like this roll-up notebook? The concept design uses minimal materials, OLED technology for the screen, and hopes to be an all-in-one gadget that can sweep aside the need to have a laptop, e-reader, tablet and other device …
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