Image credit: Particle Men From the 100mph “wind-powered” Nemesis through the record-breaking Tesla to the more affordable Nissan Leaf , electric cars are a popular feature here on TreeHugger. So I’m not sure how we missed this one (274,000 views on YouTube tells me it’s popular!), but They… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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They Might Be Giants Sing "Electric Car": an Anthem for EVs (Video)
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photo: Agustín Ruiz via flickr Following up on my recent post on more eco-friendly was of measuring progress than GDP , I came across a recent post by renowned ecological economist Herman Daly over at the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy ‘s blog. Daly talks about framing the classic economic concept of opportunity cost in a modern environmental context. This… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Are the Benefits of Further Economic Growth Worth More Ecological Destruction?: Herman Daly
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The ocean is full of uncharted territory — and of breathtaking natural wonders that look like they’d be more at home on Pandora than in the blue depths just off the beach where you spent your summer vacation. These stunning underwater plants offer an ethereal beauty hard to reproduce on land. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Stunning Underwater Plants on the Ocean Floor (Slideshow)
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Photo credit yanyanyanyanyan via flickr . Bisphenol A, which seems to contribute to a wide variety of yucky ailments , is in 91% of Canadians, this study shows. And as we’ve already documented in TreeHugger, it’s
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Get Bisphenol A Out of the Grocery Store (Are You Listening, Whole Foods?)
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Images: University of Applied Sciences in Detmold Like the unassuming but architecturally versatile shipping pallet , a lot can be done with a humble beer crate. Well, maybe make that 2,000 beer crates, like this colourful, temporary experimental pavilion called Boxel, created by digital design students from the University of Applied Sciences in Detmold , Germany. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A Summer Pavilion Made from 2,000 Beer Crates
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Photo by Samuel Mann How do our brains physically react when we’re yanked away from all things techy that currently run our lives? A group of five neurologists took a trip to Glenn Canyon National Recreation Area to find out what actually happens to our brains when we remove email, cell phones, text messages, televisions — even watches — from our field of vision and daily tasks. During the week-long experiment (that sounds like one of the world’s best experiments to be a participant in) the neurologists rafted down the San Juan River, camping along… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Disconnecting Your Brain from Tech Can Reconnect It to Reality (Video)
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photo: Rob Lee via flickr Lots of environmentally bad stuff is happening as the world’s permafrost melts, mostly in the realm of releasing stored greenhouse gases. But, as Conservation points out, a new report in the journal
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Permafrost Melting Releases Mercury Into Swedish Lake
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photo: Tabitha Kaylee Hawk via flickr A new report from the University of Georgia and the Georgia Sea Grant contends that the amount of oil remaining in the water in the wake of the Gulf oil spill is far higher than reported. In fact 70-79% of oil not captured at the wellhead by BP still poses a threat to the ecosystem. That’s 2.9-3.2 million barrels of oil still in the water. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Nearly 80% of Oil From Gulf Spill Remains in Water, Threatens Ecosystem: Independent Analysis
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StudioMobile: Vertical farm in Dubai George Monbiot is one of the better environmental writers around, and also one of the most controversial. He acknowledges the fact and says “I find myself at odds with other greens almost as often as I find myself fighting our common enemies. I’ve had bruising battles over a long series of miracle solutions supported by my friends.” And now he is ready to rumble once again, on that issue that is front of mind for every environmentalist: Vertical farms. He writes
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George Monbiot Girds For Bruising Battle Against The Madness of Vertical Farms
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Image credit ESA In the ongoing attempt to come up with the best idea for r emoving the waste that orbits the earth , we’ve seen some real doozies for ideas — from launching water to knock it out of orbit to the more feasable giant GoLD balloon . But the US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Space Truck with Giant Butterfly Nets To Clean Orbiting Trash
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