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Big Boi on Why Andre 3000 Isn’t on His New Album: “He Said He Had To Do Some Gillette Sh*t”

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Those of us who have long waited for a reunion between Big Boi and André 3000 will have to wait much longer — though it’s…

Big Boi on Why Andre 3000 Isn’t on His New Album: “He Said He Had To Do Some Gillette Sh*t”

The Bikeloc Project: A Potluck Bike Tour

Image credit: GOOD GOOD has teamed up with Pepsi to help bring positive change to communities. The Pepsi Refresh project gives away millions of dollars in grants for some really amazing ideas. One of which is helping to fund the Bikleloc project…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Local Food, Motherfu$k*r: 10 Awesome Ad Campaigns Addressing Food’s Carbon Footprint (Slideshow)

Photo via Thomas Cheng A picture is worth a thousand words. How can we grab people’s attention, and get them to eat more local food? Yes, local food — because it is healthier, slashes food’s carbon footprint, and makes you savour the seasons again. Advertising agencies around the world have launched some truly smart marketing campaigns to educate people on local food and culinary traditions. But don’t take our word for it: See the Australians dress up crocodiles, the Italians… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Court Ruling: Botswana Bushmen Denied Access to Water

Photo via Wikipedia It’s an old battle, and a cruel one. The Botswana government wants the Bushmen of the Kalahari off of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, one of the driest areas of the world but also one the bushmen have called home for thousands of years. Labeling them essentially poachers and squatters, the government uses water as a tool to remove the indigenous people. At first it was by removing them from land they didn’t have legal right to, but after winning rights to their ancestral land, the Botswana government switched tactics. In 2002, officials capped a we… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Court Ruling: Botswana Bushmen Denied Access to Water

Mystery: 500 Dead Penguins Wash Up on Brazilian Beaches

Photo: Flickr , CC On the Average Year, Only About 10 Dead Penguins are Found in that Area Over just the past 10 days, around 500 dead penguins have washed up on beaches in the Sao Paolo state of Brazil. What killed the black-and-white birds is still a mystery, though the autopsy of some of the dead birds has revealed empty stomachs, meaning that starvation could be the cause of death. But if that’s the case, what is the cause of the starvation? The plot thickens. Read on for more details…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Could Obama Help Sell Energy Reform Even If He Wanted To?

Photo via Black River Falls Those who’ve long waited for climate and clean energy legislation to make its way out of the Senate are nervously watching the days tick away before the November elections — wherein the prospect of lost Democratic seats will make it much harder to seriously reform US energy policy and address climate change. As the bill has mutated, been abandoned , picked up again

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Could Obama Help Sell Energy Reform Even If He Wanted To?