photo: Beau / Creative Commons An article in the latest issue of the journal Current Science raises serious questions about the long-term viability of genetically-modified Bt cotton to actually do what it’s intended to do, increase pest resistance. Scientists have found for the first time b… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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GM Cotton Fails – Insect Pests Thriving on Indian Plants When They Should Be Dead
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Photo: notonthehighstreet Gone are the days when Brussels sprouts evoked a family groan at dinner. Now sprouts are being hailed as a hang-over cure (more on that later), a cancer fighter and a trendy food. One farmer is so committed that he farms 2,000 acres of them, with half a million being harvested. Two to three hundred tons of sprouts will be shipped out for the Christmas rus… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Brussels Sprouts are Back in Style
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter My husband is involved with an non-profit organization in Ontario that preserves historic buildings. Every year they have a silent auction as a fundraiser and one of the things people bid on is dinner for four at our house. Everything I serve is from Ontario, down to the wines, so I usually suggest to purchasers that dinner in the spring or early summer will provide a bit more choice in terms of produce. This year our guests chose to have dinner in December, so that meant root vegetables would be on the menu…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Weekday Vegetarian: Mashed Potato, Rutabega and Parsnip Casserole
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Photo credit: Javier García Even though species are lost at a rate of one every 20 minutes , science still manages to identify new plants and animals every year. This list of 10 of the most strange and wonderful creatures discovered in 2010 includes pale and blind ants, transparent frogs, hairy lobsters, and more.
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From Transparent Frogs to Blind Ants: Incredible New Species Discovered in 2010 (Slideshow)
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Image credit: Permaculture Media We already know that swimming pools are a huge suck on natural resources , not to mention a possible source of allergies . But from Brooklyn’s repurposed dumpster pools to
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Images: NASA, public domain. Warming World NASA has just published two world maps showing temperature anomalies in the decades starting in 1970 and 2000. Looking at those maps, it’s pretty obvious that the planet is warming, especially closer to the poles. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Planet 100 Presents: Urban Farming Uncovered (Video)
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Green Gizmos on London’s “Green” Strata Tower Stephen Del Percio discusses a recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald , where British energy and building expert Roderic Bunn of Building Services Research and Information Association criticizes the Gizmo Green approach to green building:
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Quote of the Day: British Energy Expert Blasts Gizmo Green Design
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photo: 王 博齊 / Creative Commons This is really pretty encouraging: A new study from Kansas State University shows how increased media coverage of animal welfare issues in recent years has led to a decreased demand for meat in the United States. Increased awareness of how livestock are routinely treated through factory … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Coverage of Factory Farming & Animal Welfare Has Decreased US Meat Demand
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Photo: EWG Environmental Working Group ‘s (EWG) Skin Deep Cosmetic Database is my go-to source when researching and reviewing beauty products. They brought us the Toxic Dirty Dozen , the truth about shocking chemicals in popular perfumes , and much ,
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