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Hands in the Sand: A Volunteer’s (Silly yet Satisfied) Perspective

Participants get painted for their debut in the sand. Image credit: Jess Root As Matt put it, today’s Hands in the Sand event was a refreshing take action way of channeling all the BP hate and directing it toward something positive. A global cry for clean energy, clean beaches and a clean planet using the potent visual cue of thousands of linked hands stringing the world’s shores. For me, compromising my usual Saturday sleep-in-late … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Video: Former Oil Worker Says Cleanup Just For Show

GULF SHORES, Alabama – Former oil clean-up worker Candi Warren says she signed up to make a difference, but soon found out the work of cleaning the beaches was all cosmetic. That's what she was told, she says. Warren says she knew that when crews worked during the day, the tide and surf buried oil overnight. But they were forbidden to dig it up. She quit in disgust three weeks ago despite the $18 per hour pay. She said she was told to only clean the surface of the sand, that this is all cosmetic. She was on a crew at Gulf State Park where tourists go. She says it has priority so as to make it look like the beaches are clean. Warren says she believes money is being wasted on the crews and says “At some point the real clean-up will have to begin, but I'm afraid the money will be gone.” She used a shovel and dug down six, eight, maybe twelve inches into the sand to show us the layers of oil close to the shoreline. http://beforeitsnews.com/story/86/506/Video:_Former_Oil_Worker_Says_Cleanup_Just… added by: TomTucker

Training to Swim the English Channel: Really, Really Cold Water

Photo via Earthwatch Tempting fate is never a good idea. I was so busy gloating about how many lengths I could do that I didn’t see it coming. As Oxford’s finest were leaping off the Magdalene Bridge in a tradition that dates back to the dawn of alcopops, I was preparing to take a road trip. Though, not by road you see, because that wouldn’t be very eco. I took a train to the coast to dive into the depths of Dover harbour . And despair. Swimming in the sea is nothing like swimming in a pool. I know that because I’ve read it several times since undertaking this challenge. And because I have swum in th… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hey Kids, It’s Time to Recycle That Skull-Shaped Vodka Bottle!

Screenshot from gpi.org/ehunt . This online scavenger hunt looks like it’s for kids. There’s the Glass Packaging Institute cartoon guy, smiling and urging us to recycle glass. This all sounds fine, except when you take a look around the launching page , which includes an ad for Crystal Head Vodka . The Institute is holding an online scavenger hunt, to educate people a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sadly bp Gulf oil spill reaches Florida beaches!

As oil blobs show up sporadically many people start to pick up the blobs at Pensacola Beach. The disaster has reach our precious beach and it is no longer a prediction, now it is a fact that bp oil spill is destroying wild life and reaching our beaches. Members of the community came to protest bp Petroleum negligence and their failed respond to the catastrophe. Bill Paul of Pensacola, picture above, leads protesters in a walk along the beach as oil start to show up blobs by blobs. After seen so many days of failed attempts from bp petroleum to stop the oil spill without any significant result, many questions have rise. When will bp accomplish the task of stopping the oil? Will bp take full responsibility for the disaster? Who is going to bail out the resident of the Gulf Coast? Brava 🙁 added by: BRAVATRAVELS

Solar Air Powered Air Conditioning Comes To Dubai

Doesn’t look like much from the top; ESAB building, from Construtionweekonline One of the reasons we have been so dubious about Dubai is the energy consumption required to keep people cool there; they even air condition the beaches. But if there is one thing they have lots of, it is sunlight; that’s why we have always considered solar powered ai… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Megan Fox — Hot, Wet, Bikini

Filed under: Megan Fox , Beauty , Paparazzi Photo The new ” Transformers ” movie must not have had any bikini scenes it — ’cause certainly Megan Fox would have knocked those out of the park. After being fired/turning down the next “Transformers” flick, Megan hit up the beaches of Maui yesterday with… Read more

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Hair Raising Campaign to Clean Up Gulf Oil Gusher

Volunteers produced a lot of boom at Felix’ Fish Camp, Mobile Alabama, to absorb oil. Photos courtesy of Matters of Trust Since the Top Kill method has failed, cleaning up the continuously leaking oil in the Gulf of Mexico is clearly a nonstop effort until the gusher is somehow capped. Marine toxicologist and author Riki Ott left her home in Alaska to bring her expertise to the Gulf as well as her experience with the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill 21 years ago, especially in stopping the use of

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Matthew McConaughey — Can You Stomach It?

Filed under: Matthew McConaughey , Hot Bodies , Paparazzi Photo Matthew McConaughey was spotted surfing on the beaches of Malibu yesterday — and the ” Surfer Dude ” star was looking a tad heavier than usual. So we were wondering … Read more

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Real Pregnant Housewife — Bikini for Two!

Filed under: Paparazzi Photo , Hot Mamas , Real Housewives Newly married and 7 months pregnant — “Real Housewives of NYC” star Bethenny Frankel … along with her unborn fetus … rocked a bikini on the beaches of St. Bart’s this weekend.Luckily for the 39-year-old, her former BFF and fellow RHONY Jill … Permalink

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