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Banksy Turns Kiddie Ride Into Anti-BP Statement

Photo: Banksy.co.uk Poor Dolphin World-famous guerilla artist Banksy has made many environmental statements in the past, but we think this one is particularly clever, especially with the events of the past few months . Check out the video after the jump to see the coin-operated kiddie ride in action…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Banksy Turns Kiddie Ride Into Anti-BP Statement

Marine Stewardship Council’s Marine Stewardship Questionable, Scientists Say

photo: Mr. T in DC via flickr A bit of a sustainable seafood smackdown is ongoing: In a new opinion piece in the journal Nature scientists from the University of British Columbia, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and other institutions have called out the Marine Stewardship Council for not doing a good job at marine stewardship. As is to be expected, MSC strongly disagrees. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Marine Stewardship Council’s Marine Stewardship Questionable, Scientists Say

Industrial Monoculture Cleans Up: Greenwash, or Mainstreaming Green? (Video)

Image credit: OnEarth Magazine When I wrote about the NRDC’s new Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops, and asked whether industrial monoculture was the real path to sustainable farming , the response from many of our readers was unsurprisingly lackluster. “Lipstick on a pig”, said Bert Harvey. “A misguided attempt at prolonging a faulty paradigm,” said John. So I’m unlikely to get much thanks for posting a video showing just what one of … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Scotland’s Big Tent Festival Adds Summer School to Promote Green Living

Dancing at last year’s Big Tent Festival. Image Credit: The Big Tent Last year, we covered Scotland’s Big Tent Festival , a weekend-long celebration dedicated to green and sustainable lifestyles. 2009’s edition included an impressive lineup of musicians, speakers and workshops. For the festival’s fifth birthday, its organizer, the Falkland Centre for Stewardship, is breaking out some new tricks. Foremost among these is Big Tent’s first annual Summer School- a three day workshop focused on teachin… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Scotland’s Big Tent Festival Adds Summer School to Promote Green Living