Category Archives: ecoscraps

Joe Mohr in Fun / Offbeat 372 days ago

With all the news (and common sense) about the harmful effects of various weed killers, I’d like to arm our readers with a free, earth-friendly weed killer. Scroll down to access your free, earth- friendly weed killer. Yep, it’s your hands. I am arming you with your own hands. The thumb and index finger can… Read More…

Joe Mohr in Environmental & Climate Science 405 days ago

I once called Blue Planet Run a “must read“, and it is (so read it!). However, GOOD’s latest water issue* is easier to take with you, covers some new topics, and well, some people just prefer magazines. I’m not sure if magazines can be called ‘must reads’–but if so, then this issue is (so read… Read More…

Joe Mohr in Fun / Offbeat 456 days ago

China’s latest approach to controlling their population may be to sell Hummers…umm, read on…

Joe Mohr in Fun / Offbeat 499 days ago

Stuck in traffic the other day and surrounded by an army of traffic cameras, I was forced to pay closer attention to the street signs at a busy intersection. It was at this intersection where I saw this sign and thought that it really defines our present situation. “Left Turn” referring to the political/social change… Read More…

mcmilker in Uncategorized 531 days ago

Michelle Obama and local school children broke ground this morning on the first full size vegetable garden since Eleanor Roosevelt maintained a Victory Garden during World War II.

Joe Mohr in Lifestyle 538 days ago

10. Top 10 Renewable Tech Gadgets By Michelle Bennett–posted on Cleantechnica, May 5th, 2008 9. Top 10 in Green You Should Follow on Twitter By Maryanne Conlin Milker–posted on Ecopreneurist, February 3rd, 2009 8. My Top Ten Quick, Healthy, Sustainable Snacks by Megan Prusynski–posted on Eat. Drink. Better., June 13th, 2008 7. The top ten… Read More…

Amy Bell in Environmental & Climate Science 581 days ago

Alaska’s governor Sarah Palin has announced that the state of Alaska plans to sue the federal government over its decision to place beluga whales from Anchorage’s Cook Inlet on the Endangered Species List. Palin is said to be against the decision because of the effects it may have on oil and gas developments and the… Read More…

Shirley Siluk Gregory in ecoscraps 581 days ago

Ukrainian-born designer Inna Alesina couldn’t have created a more eloquent design to express our overconsumption of the world’s resources, in this particular case, water. As she states on her Website, “The user would have to be careful while filling the glass and cover the hole with his or her thumb while drinking, thus one could… Read More…

Joe Mohr in Lifestyle 604 days ago

Could also be titled: A Short History of Global Warming [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/3ym5n-ZZWUs&hl=en&fs=1] I wonder what the next few panels will look like…

Jennifer Lance in Food & Drink 606 days ago

Salvaging thousands of used disposable chopsticks from the Koriyama’s city hall cafeteria over two years, Shuhei Ogawara has built a 4-meter (13-ft) long canoe.  It took three months for Ogawara to glue 7,382 chopsticks together to form the canoe shell. Via:  Pink Tentacle

Jennifer Lance in Other Green Topics 606 days ago

Californians throw away millions of dollars of unclaimed bottle refunds each year when they place recycling in the garbage. These unclaimed funds called California Redemption Value (CRV) are now being used to fund recycling projects at no expense to the state’s general fund.  California recycles more than any other state in the union. Via: Environmental… Read More…

Jennifer Lance in Food & Drink 621 days ago

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Jennifer Lance in International 643 days ago

Seed banks help out farmers in times of natural disasters; however, the Global Crop Diversity Trust is preparing for such a disaster on a global scale.  The Svalbard Global Seed Vault will store and preserve 4.5 million samples from other seed banks. The vault is located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. Conde Nast explains… Read More…

Jennifer Lance in Action & Activism 651 days ago

Former mailman Steven Padgett received probation in federal court for failing to deliver years worth of junk mail.  Although the mailman did not stop delivering junk mail based on the environmental impact of junk mail, which accounts for 30% of all US mail.  He did it because he couldn’t keep up with the volume of… Read More…

Jennifer Lance in ecoscraps 661 days ago

Near the town of Anderson, CA, state wildlife officials discovered a four feet long, 85 pound Chinook Salmon, one of the biggest salmon ever found in the Golden State. The giant Chinook had recently spawned and died in Battle Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento River. Due to a canceled commercial fishing season in the… Read More…

Susan Kraemer in Fun / Offbeat 661 days ago

We know that 76 Nobel Laureates endorsed Obama. So much for Big Science. But what about little science? Very teeny? Elections do have consequences for every interested party in science, from the greatest Nobel Laureates to the humblest specks of nano stuff. Looks like they went heavily Obama, too. And no wonder, with the war… Read More…

Alex Felsinger in ecoscraps 680 days ago

The green technology boom has already begun. Perhaps the economy will recover faster than we thought. Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, is seeking 1,400 workers, all of which will be full-time positions with benefits. The company is adding facilities in Brighton, Colorado for assembly and blade manufacturing. For applications and more information, visit… Read More…

Jerry James Stone in ecoscraps 682 days ago

IFAW Finds Ebay Responsible For Most Elephant Ivory Sales EBay agreed to a global ban on the sale of all types of ivory products by January 1, 2009, after an investigation by IFAW found more than 4,000 elephant ivory listings on the online auction site. More on the story here Image source: exfordy on Flickr

Gavin Hudson in Fun / Offbeat 698 days ago

David Letterman once thought climate change was for “treehuggers” and “kooks.” In this clip from a September episode, the Late Night show host introduces Thomas L Friedman’s new book Hot, Flat, Crowded with an emphatic reversal of this opinion. Despite Letterman’s trademark cynicism, there’s a lot of optimism here. Letterman mentions alternative energy and the… Read More…

Philip Proefrock in Fun / Offbeat 703 days ago

Fine Fueling offers a pointed and ironic take on fuel prices (and takes a couple of political jabs at a couple of recognizable figures as it does so), by presenting bottled varietal fuels and offering capsule reviews of them. For example, A zesty, full bodied, thermal cracked desert fuel, with wonderful balance. This fuel totally… Read More…

Timothy B. Hurst in Climate Change 704 days ago

This photo is one of two such billboards I saw driving through central Pennsylvania recently. The other had a similar message but said: “Clean Coal: Now Clean and Green with New Technologies.”  The billboard is sponsored by an organization called Families Organized to Represent the Coal Economy (FORCE). I know I’m curious how FORCE defines… Read More…

Jerry James Stone in Business 707 days ago

Apple finally listens to Greenpeace. The iPhone maker is rumored to release their next-gen MacBook with eco-friendly aluminum.   AppleInsider claims that the next version of Apple’s MacBook is ready to start production stateside, and that the iPhone maker has upgraded the laptop eco wise. The notebook’s plastic parts have been replaced by more eco-friendly… Read More…

Jennifer Lance in ecoscraps 707 days ago

Malcolm McCulloch, an electrical engineer at Oxford, has completed a prototype of a refrigerator designed by Albert Einstein.  This refrigerator does not use Freon, a toxic greenhouse gas worse than carbon dioxide, or electricity. The Einstein fridge was patented in 1930, uses pressurized gases (ammonia, butane, and water) to keep food cool, and contains no… Read More…

Shirley Siluk Gregory in ecoscraps 720 days ago

Don’t go breathing too big a sigh of relief that gas prices have come down so much from their historic peaks this summer: it doesn’t mean another peak (as in Peak Oil) isn’t still on its way. Richard Heinberg, senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute, explains why brilliantly in a commentary titled, “The Dress… Read More…