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Cute, Low Impact Wool Felt Christmas Tree Ornaments by Planar

Photos: Planar. I have to admit I’m a bit the green grinch of the family: I really can’t stand all the mindless consumption over the holidays, and I’m always pushing the buy nothing concept. I don’t even have a Christmas tree. If I did, however, these cute, biodegradable wool felt figures would probably be the ornaments hanging from it instead of plastic shinny balls. More on them and Planar inside…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Cute, Low Impact Wool Felt Christmas Tree Ornaments by Planar

Madness: BP Left Off Second Emergency Cutoff + When Do We Say ‘Enough’?

Map of potential spill trajectory over the next few days: NOAA It just keeps going and going. New revelations about how little it would have cost to prevent the BP oil spill (only slightly exaggerating, half a million dollars for a part to the oil industry is like a couple nice dinners out to you or me), new worst-case scenarios about how long this could continue on, and (thankfully) some particularly poignant thoughts to counterbalance the mindless damage control by the chattering right wing pundits. Here’s some of the best and worst of an increasingly bad situation:… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Madness: BP Left Off Second Emergency Cutoff + When Do We Say ‘Enough’?