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Weekend Without Oil To Help Teens Reduce Consumption

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

We’ve been focused on educating people about reducing their oil consumption (see our Minus Oil series), so when we heard from DoSomething about their Weekend Without Oil it was as if the idea had been plucked straight from our heads. With a goal of getting teens to reduce their oil consumption, the Weekend Without Oil will be held August 21 & 22nd , so mark your calendar! Find out more about the Weekend Wit… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Training to Swim the English Channel: The Final Countdown

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via EarthWatch Guest blogger Caroline Chisholm, head of marketing and communications globally for Earthwatch Institute , a non-profit organization dedicated to a sustainable environment, is swimming the English Channel in August to raise funds for Earthwatch initiatives. There is nothing like a deadline to galvanize the mind. The final hurdle before attempting my English Channel crossing was the prospect of a marathon six hour qualifying swim. This presented two major challenges. Firstly, I’ve never spent more than two and a half hours in the sea. And even that… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Michelle Obama Urged to Take Meat "Unfit for KFC" Out of School Lunch

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Vegan Peace & The White House Organic Farm Project Michelle Obama may have won the hearts of locavores everywhere with her expansion of the White House organic garden , her campaign against obesity , and even bringing bees into the White House… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Olivia Munn Strips for Circus Elephants; Another Facepalm Moment for PETA’s Campaign Strategies

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via Ecorazzi Olivia Munn is the latest animal activist to add her sex appeal to PETA’s clothes-less forces. PETA held an event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA to protest the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus, which reportedly has a terrible record for animal abuse. Munn stated, “When you look at something like the circus and everyone’s laughing and there’s color and there’s music and everything seems so great, but when you go right behind that door and they’re in these crates all day long and then they’re get… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Charity F-Bomb-A-Thon Aids Gulf Clean Up – Very NSFW (Video)

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Luke Montgomery and Nate Guidas As evidenced when BP failed f***ing booming school , an unmitigated disaster like the oil spill occurring in the Gulf of Mexico can provoke some pretty strong language. (Not to mention some idiotic remarks from BP CEO Tony Hayward .) Now a group of activists wants to turn all this loose talk into powerful action—they are holding what they claim to be the world’s first ever F-Bomb… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Smart Car Stands Out With Crochet Cover, Plus 6 More Knitted Wonders

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Recyclart found this great photo on Flickr by StartTheDay showing a Smart car standing out from the crowd in Rome. The photographer states, “Admiring the architecture in Rome we came across this Smart car which had been decorated with a natty, crocheted cover! Never seen anything like this before!” Neither have we — but we’ve seen some amazing crocheted and knitted things before. From coral reefs to chicken sweaters, check them out after the jump…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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"Instant Oil Spill" Covers Your Favorite Websites in Crude

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Screenshots from using InstantOilSpill Wonder what it’s like to be an endangered sea turtle in the Gulf of Mexico right now, to be bobbing along and suddenly your vision is filled with oil? A Cleaner Future has created Instant Oil Spill, an interactive website that provides just such a perspective by showing crude oil bubbling up on any website you choose to visit. Is it an eye-opener, or a time-waster?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Viral Rap Video: "The Bixi Anthem" from Da Gryptions

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

In the last few months we’ve seen some great environmentally themed rap songs, notably John Forté’s “Oil on the Shore” and 350’s “A Rap for Copenhagen.” Now Montreal-based Da Gryptions have laid down a track to celebrate bike sharing: “The Bixi Anthem.” Check out the video:

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Adrian Grenier Swims with Tuna, Pearl Jam Supports Ocean Conservation, and More

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Oceana Entourage actor Adrian Grenier suited up for a new Oceana PSA that finds him diving in for a swim with one some of the ocean’s fastest hunters: bluefin tuna. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Why Small-Scale Wind Turbines Make Sense in Rural India, But Not So Much in Indiana

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Ryan Somma via flickr A number of sources have outlined new plans of India’s Tata Power Company to help electrify rural India through deployment of small-scale wind turbines , the same general type that are marketed throughout the US for rooftop and backyard usage. It’s a great idea in India, where rural electric grid access is spotty and energy usage low, less so… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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