Tucked away in the underground parking garage at Portland’s Two World Trade Center is what is purported to the nation’s first quick-charging EV (electric vehicle) station, able to take a Nissan LEAF from zero to an eighty percent charge in just 20 to 30 minutes. The new station is part of an ambitious Portland plan to put up 2,000 charging stations by 2013. Now all we … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Portland First With Quick-Charge EV Station
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This innovative chair was last year’s winner. Image courtesy of UncommonGoods “Where a new invention promises to be useful,” Thomas Jefferson said, “it ought to be tried.” To celebrate National Inventor’s Month, UncommonGoods is offering an opportunity to put this idea to the test. YouGoods is an open design contest that calls on inventors and designers to submit their best idea for something that is practical, unique, and eco-friendly. Entrants have … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Enter Your Eco-Invention for a Chance to Win $1,500 and More!
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I don’t know how the (expletive removed) Paris Hilton does this crap, she’s one of the skinniest chicks in the celebrity gossip circles, has some of the smallest boobs around and yet here she is dropping some amazing cleavage. She must have duct tape, support wires and all kinds of water balloon in there just to keep those things going. Honestly, I don’t care how she does it. It’s like watching a swan swim across a pond, they look so beautiful and graceful, but underwater their little legs arm pumping like crazy. That’s what I imagine is going on under her top. Clearly I have no idea how a push up bra works. more pictures of Paris Hilton here
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Photo from 1st Earth Day via National Geographic The environmental movement, as most people long understood it, was a broad coalition of individuals, advocacy groups, activists, and others who continually work to address conservation issues and to preserve natural resources; to make sure the environment was given due consideration in business and policy discussions. Inspired by oil spills and out-of-control pollution, the environmental movement was the catalyst for creating the Clean Air and Clean Water Ac… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Can ‘Environmentalism’ Ever Really Hope to Tackle Climate Change?
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Image: Macro-Sea and Vamos Architects (via NYT ) Last year’s Dumpster pool parties of Brooklyn have made it to the big time: Park Avenue in New York. For the first three Saturdays of August, three of these pools — repurposed dumpster bins that have been cleaned, lined and filled with water — are making an appearance on the east side of Park Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets, as part of the third Summer Streets Initiative. The N… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Dumpster Pools Making a Splash in Manhattan
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photo: Parthan via flickr With the ongoing heat in Russia and the flooding in Pakistan (not to mention landslides in China) everyone’s commenting on the connection with climate change, with the appropriate caveat that no single weather event can be linked with it but… Well, here’s an interesting addition to those: Dot Earth points out a study from back in 2006 linking increased frequency and intensity of mon… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Global Warming Increases South Asian Monsoon Downpour Intensity = Increased Risk of Flooding
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Image credit: °Florian /Flickr Trees provide shelter, anchor the soil against erosion, and process carbon . And, when a tree falls, whether there is a person to see it or not, it leaves a clear mark on the landscape. Sometimes, it becomes a quiet foundation for new life. Other times, it causes damage.
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When a Tree Falls in the Woods: Giant Trees That Have Left a Mark (Slideshow)
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Image credit: UNEP I asked before why so many people hate environmentalists , and concluded that it might have something to do with green living as passive aggressive preaching , disasterbation , not to mention the ever-familiar but oh-so-annoying
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Can We Preach Green Without Being Preachy? (Video)
Image from the Atlantic When your guests ask what’s for dinner, you can say marigolds, primroses and violets. Just as the use of fresh herbs has come back into fashion and has proven to be more than a passing fad: edible flowers are all the rage. The flowers are tasty, fresh and couldn’t be more local: straight from the garden. There are some cookbooks out now which show how edible flowers on food are more than just pretty. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Fresh Flowers in Food Taste Blooming Delicious
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I know that Courtney Cox has past her prime, it’s been prett much downhill ever since the Bruce Springsteen concert, but I kinda like her crappy show and I like her tasty cougar boobs even more. Here they are filming a few scenes… Blah Blah Blah… Courtney Cox cleavage… Etc…. Etc… Enjoy.
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