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Ready To Wean Off Oil Yet? DIY Fuel for $1 Per Gallon

Josh Tickell’s documentary “Fuel” available on DVD June 22. Since Earth Day, we’ve been watching gallons of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, with daily dispatches relaying the horrors. So if the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster isn’t enough to motivate you off oil, maybe discovering more about the alternatives will. Just in time, the Sundance Festival winning film, Fue l , is coming to DVD on June 22. Director Josh Tickell now offers DIY details on making al… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The BP Oil Spill Has Folks Singin’ the Blues (Video)

With the BP oil leak continuing to threaten the gulf states,

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Top 10 Tips for Creating School and Community Fundraisers That Don’t Suck!

Image credit: devinlynnx /Flickr Do you have the urge to run and hide when you see your child or co-worker approaching with that all too familiar order form? Does your mind automatically turn to visions of stale caramel corn moldering in the office kitchen? Or maybe you shudder at the thought of a giant footprint of the scented candles and wrapping paper sitting on your re-gifting shelf in the hall closet? As a father and the co-founder of school and community fundraising company, A Part of Something Big , I know how you feel. Cri… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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BP Can’t Stop the Massive Oil Leak – Can Hollywood?

Photo via the First Post BP’s attempts to stop the gushing oil geyser it unleashed upon the Gulf of Mexico have only sounded like Hollywood plot contrivances: Lower a giant ‘top hat’ over the leak! Let’s go for operation: ‘top kill” to blast the thing shut. Or how about a giant ‘junk shot’ to plug it with garbage. So if BP execs’ plans to halt the oil flow were the stuff of B-movies, what would real H… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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"BP Cares" T-shirt (With Oil Stains)

Photo: StreetGiant So much for “Beyond Petroleum”… The BP oil spill has been going on for so long that t-shirts about it are coming out. A few weeks ago, we wrote about the clever “BP: Bringing Oil to American Shores” t-shirt. One of the latest BP t-shirt (see above and below) simply says “BP Cares” with an oil-stained logo. So much for “Beyond Petroleum”…… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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"BP Cares" T-shirt (With Oil Stains)

Save Tigers with Leonardo DiCaprio, Ask Jennifer Aniston to Kick Her Plastic Habit, and More

Photo via Examiner Leonardo DiCaprio — who has his own environmental foundation, lends his voice to multiple documentaries, donates to the NRDC and other charities, and is developing his own eco-hotel in Belize — has one more commitment to add to his already-full list: … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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