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World Cup’s Soccer City Shows Scale of Mining Waste in South Africa

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

Image credit NASA via Our Amazing Planet All eyes were on Soccer City yesterday as the World Cup played out. However, few eyes were seeing it from above, which is the perspective that reveals the neighboring mountains of waste from gold mines. While Soccer City can hold 97,400 people — a sizable stadium by any standards — it is minuscule compared to the three piles shown in the NASA satellite image above. The big mining companies that make up the gold mining indus… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Rising Temperatures Could Drastically Alter Yellowstone Meadow Ecosystems

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

Photos via Iowa State University . Guest bloggers Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer are co-founders of NaturallySavvy.com . There is plenty of debate surrounding the potential effects of climate change , but a new study published in the journal

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Rare 90-Year-Old Tree Flowers for the First Time Ever

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via UBC Botanical Gardens One rare tree specimen in Ireland is proving that it’s never too late to try something new. Some 90 years after being planted on an estate outside of Belfast, a Goat Horn Trees, native to China, is flowering its pale, aromatic blossoms for the very first time ever. Sadly though, it’s attempt to find another tree with which to reproduce will likely be in vain as there’s only one more like it in the whole country…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Photographer Shows Swimmers in Oil

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image: © 2010 Jane Fulton Alt ~ Marissa, Crude Awakening The stares of individuals, families, friends — wavering between defiant and hopeless — in Jane Fulton’s ” Crude Awakening ” project invoke a visceral impact. The devastating repercussions of the BP oil spill have inspired many artists, and some

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In Toronto, a Backyard Transformed into an Urban Farm

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

Image Credit: Vidafine via Flickr In New York, a group of twenty-somethings who live together make up a hit sitcom. In Toronto, they make up Trinity Reach Farm . Let’s call it The One Where the Gang Makes Their Backyard into an Urban Farm. An urban farm where they raise chickens, grow herbs and vegetables, smoke fish and meat, make cheese and brew beer and cider. Trinity Reach Farm, recently profiled by Vidafine , was founded in the spring of 2009 b… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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From Anti-Runway Campaign To Community Sustainability (Video)

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

Image credit: Transition Culture It’s so much easier to be against something than for something. In fact, I’d argue that is one of the central strategic challenges facing sustainability activists . How do we convert opposition against something—say, nasty oil spills for example—into advocacy for the alternatives&md… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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More Frequent Extreme Heatwaves Commonplace Across the US by 2040

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

image: Noah Diffenbaugh/Stanford Univ. Just as one extreme snowstorm in winter not meaning the world isn’t continuing to warm, one summer heatwave doesn’t prove it. That said, the trend is definitely towards more extreme heatwaves , as new research from Stanford University confirms. Writing in the journal Geophysical Research Letters , the scientists say that exceptionally long heatwav… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Gorgeous iPhone Game Plants Trees For Top Scores

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

Want to play a very whimsical game on your iPhone and know that a real tree was planted not only when you bought it but also every time you get a high score? A new game in the iTunes store promises to plant a tree for each download, and even better, the developers are planting 10 trees a day on behalf of the top scorers. Not bad for an excuse source of motivation to spend hours messing on your iPhone. Plus, the game is really pretty. Check out a video of it after the jump. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Yum! iPhone App Pairs Sustainable Seafood with Recipes and Wines

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

Image via Blue Ocean Institute FishPhone has been around for years. It’s a way to text a question about seafood to the Blue Ocean Institute to find out what options are sustainable, all while you’re standing in the store isle. But the handy tool has just gotten much fancier, with a new iPhone app that pairs sustainable seafood options with recipes and wines. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Japan’s Sewage Water As Commodity In New Trade Plan With Australia

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

Photo by jdnx Drought-stricken Australia needs water. Japan discharges billions of tons of treated sewage water into the ocean. Might cargo ships returning to Australia from Japan haul otherwise-wasted water to the dry continent in their ballasts instead of the usual seawater? It seems like a perfect trade that satisfies several needs, reduces waste, and even reduces the potential for invasive species to hitch a ride from Japan to Australia. The concept for this commercial trade in treated sewage water is going to be tested out within the next two… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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