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John Ivanko in Uncategorized 246 days ago
With all the talk of New Year Resolutions, many involving losing a few pounds (and inches off our waistlines), perhaps one approach to the holidays is to get off the couch (and away from the TV). Participate in an active community event like cross-country skiing, dance, or some participative sport. Or escape to the woods… Read More…
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About 3 million twinkling, high-efficiency, quarter-watt LED bulbs are now greeting visitors to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, nestled at the doorstep of the spectacular Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Gatlinburg welcomes over 11 million visitors a year. The City of Gatlinburg’s commitment to convert the Gatlinburg Winter Magic Celebration lights program to 100 percent LED bulbs during… Read More…
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Joe Mohr in Uncategorized 373 days ago
Nude pole dancing on the New York subway and pole dancing on a pedicab (bike)! Two more reasons to ditch your car… See the video here. image credit: Wikimedia Commons–Creative Commons Public Domain
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Dave Harcourt in Uncategorized 419 days ago
Major United Kingdom supermarkets are offering precooked and peeled hard boiled eggs at a 50 % price premium over fresh eggs. Assuming a reasonable turnover and the ability to process large numbers of eggs with efficient technology, these eggs would clearly reduce the farm to fork carbon footprint. However, more importantly the classic excuse of “I… Read More…
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Allison Boyer in Food & Drink 423 days ago
Most people who are interested in going green know that it’s better to eat local foods and grow your own fruits and vegetables. You probably already have reusable bags and you may even have a compost pile. There are other ways to go green, though. Check out these seven little-known ways to go organic in… Read More…
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Starting this weekend, a five-block stretch along Broadway in NYC will be a pedestrian-only zone. From Newsday: One of two new no-car zones created along Broadway by Mayor Michael Bloomberg (the other promenade will stretch from 33rd to 35th streets on Broadway at Herald Square, near Macy’s), the usually clogged stretch from 42nd Street north… Read More…
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Adam Williams in Uncategorized 492 days ago
German designer Lars Behrendt’s treeless “tree house” tower known as the Lotto Turm is a trip down a memory lane of sorts. The tower employs 55 shipping containers stacked in a seemingly whimsical, childhood block-buidling style that creates the fun, treehouse feeling for residential and office spaces. There is a courtyard and a shipping-container swimming… Read More…
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David Anderson in Uncategorized 500 days ago
We get a lot of email here at Green Options Media. A good portion of it is pretty wacky/funny/uninformed. Until now, I’ve just written off the seconds I spend reading them as time wasted. No more. Today, I begin publishing some of the more interesting emails we get. Today’s winner (sic): I am sick of… Read More…
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Near the southern end of the Okinawa chain of islands, you’ll find Japan’s largest coral reef – and it is dying. Reports shows that up to 90 percent of the coral may already be gone, so scientists are now testing “transplant” methods in the Sekisei Lagoon Reef to hopefully save the country’s other coral reefs…. Read More…
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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.
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Gavin Hudson in Uncategorized 532 days ago
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/wOdv47SvN9Y&hl=en&fs=1] Conservation issues often involve conflicts between humans and other animals. In Sumatra, tigers are losing habitat to illegal loggers and palm oil plantations, which often have illicit support from local officials. A recent spate of tiger attacks shows that the tigers have nowhere left to go in the wild. In fact, there are only… Read More…
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These space-age-looking glasses soak up rays while protecting users’ eyes from them. The solar juice they collect can be used to power iPods and similar gadgets while out at the beach, the ballpark and a thousand other places, more or less. As it says at Yanko Design: The dye solar cell is described by the… Read More…
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/t_knx10qDUM&hl=en&fs=1] As an owner and cross-country driver of a classic Volkswagen camper bus, I’m excited to see this futuristic design. The new generation of VW road fun includes solar power, Internet and other high-tech niceties. TrendLand shows four colors for the Volkswagen Verdier, and says a camper bus could be bought for $69,000, with the… Read More…
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Seal brains, penguin eggs, and other fresh foods aren’t on the menu anymore at Antarctica’s research base. While researchers there once supplemented their diets with fresh wildlife, today they rely on twice-a-year shipments of canned, frozen, and dried foods. From Reuters: The 1959 Antarctic Treaty sets aside the continent as a nature reserve devoted to… Read More…
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Although plastics have become safer, most used to create items like toys and appliances still aren’t biodegradable and may cause health risks. Could liquid wood replace plastics in the future? From DW-World: Norbert Eisenreich, a senior researcher and deputy of directors at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) in Pfinztal, Germany, said his team… Read More…
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Natural Beeswax product manufacturer Burt’s Bees recently gave their employees hazmat suits and had them jump into two weeks’ worth of company trash. What some people will do to keep their job… Actually, what they found was surprising. When the clouds of dirt and dust cleared, they had found recyclables that will total $25,000 in… Read More…
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Conservation group Blue Ocean Institute doesn’t want there to be any guesswork when it comes to sustainable seafood. Wondering about a species? Just text FishPhone. The next time you’re looking at the seafood options in your local supermarket, try texting FishPhone to see which selection is best for the environment and your health. Just send… Read More…
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It’s difficult not to jump on the bad-pun bandwagon and quip something about the Pope and “power from above” on this one. The Vatican has installed 2,400 solar panels atop the Paul VI Auditorium roof. The result is reported to be a 300 kilowatt-hour benefit. Sources: CrispGreen.com; and CBSNews.com
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/PdHuB7Ovl2o&hl=en&fs=1] Depending on which side of the clean coal debate one might stand, the sarcasm in the anti-clean coal television advertisement, “Reality,” put out by the Reality Coalition may stir laughs or animosity. The 30-second ad mocks the idea of clean coal and says it doesn’t exist. Al Gore and the Sierra Club — a… Read More…
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London is aiming for being the world’s leader in car club transportation. Transport for London boosted the plan with 500,000 GBP (~ 800,000 USD) a year ago, and is now pledging 550,000 GBP more this year. This funding support looks to put around 3,000 cars on London streets for club members. Source: businessGreen.com Image: Zipcar
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/paxI4y_WmZI&hl=en&fs=1] Shawn Frayne demonstrates and talks about the concept of “flutter” to create energy using wind, but not wind turbines.
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Shirley Siluk Gregory in Uncategorized 701 days ago
Forget “Best By” dates on beer: California Polytechnic State University Raul Cano has defied that concept by brewing new beers from 25-million to 45-million-year-old yeast. Extracted from a bee encased in ancient amber, the yeast was not only still alive but capable of yielding some surprisingly tasty beer, Cano discovered. He’s now marketing his creations… Read More…
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Google is holding a Project “10 to the 100th” competition to offer opportunity to all of the unknown geniuses out there who have something world-altering to contribute.Serve up an idea that can improve the planet for the most people you can imagine. It’s simple to submit an idea online. Check some boxes, fill out some… Read More…
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/7rw7fSsczag&hl=en&fs=1] Gary Busey is a man of action. He’s taking his massive cow corks to the farm and putting an end to the madness — with the help of an assistant, an unwitting farmer and a few approachable, if displeased, cows.
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Google is pushing the green envelope. CEO Eric Schmidt (pictured above) recently addressed executives in America at the Corporate EcoForum to tell them the future of alternative energy is all in the math. Google is aiming for the United States to reach a 100-percent renewable energy-based society by 2030. Image: Charles Haynes, via flickr, under… Read More…
