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TEDxOilSpill: An Idea More Powerful Than a Faster Horse

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Andrew Sharpless answered 10 tough arguments against ending offshore drilling. Image credit: David DeFranza “If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said ‘A faster horse'” —Henry Ford Innovation may be a fundamental part of the American spirit but, Jackie Savitz of Oceana pointed out, introducing an age of clean energy in the face of “big oil,” is analogous to introducing the innovation of the automobile in the age of “big horse.” Dealing with the disaster in the Gulf, the speakers at TEDxOilSpill … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A Boeing 777 Hypermiles Across the Atlantic

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Photo: Wikipedia , CC How Many MPG for a Boeing? Hypermiling has gained a lot of popularity these past few years. It was even the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year for 2008 (“‘Hypermiling’ or ‘to hypermile’ is to attempt to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one’s car and one’s driving techniques.”). But while the word is mostly use to talk about driving cars more efficiently, there’s… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A 4300 SF House in the Suburbs Is Not a "Statement of Sustainability"

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Victor Kam builds his dream house; Aaron Harris for the Toronto Star It started with the title: “Statement of Sustainability” where Ian Harvey writes in the Star about how Victor Kam is going green and he’s putting his money where his mouth is: He’s embarking on a million-dollar gamble to design and build the most practical, sustainable home possible just north of the city. It goes downhill from there, an example of everything that is wrong about “green building” and “sustainable design” as practiced by so many today. Where do we s… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Meat & Dairy Matter – Changing Consumer Choices Can Cut Methane & Nitrous Oxide Emissions 84%

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photo: Tambako the Jaguar via flickr One more piece of information supporting how important your personal dietary choices are in dealing with climate change: New research published in the journal Global Environmental Change shows that by reducing the amount of meat and dairy eaten and changing… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Weekday Vegetarian: A Quick and Healthy Vegan Pizza

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It used to be that having a pizza meant using toppings that included tomato sauce, pepperoni smothered in lots of mozzerella cheese. Somewhere along the line we realized that you can actually put pretty much anything you like on top of a pizza and people have been making vegetarian pizzas for a long time. So forget about the meats and cheese and make a vegan pizza. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Thirsty Kabul Expected to Need 600% more Water by 2060

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A man pumps water from a well in Kabul. As many as 50 percent of wells in the Kabul Basin could become inoperative within the next 50 years. Photo by Iain Cochrane via Flickr . Guest bloggers Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer are co-founders of NaturallySavvy.com . Refugees returning to the Kabul Basin in

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Touring the Olympic 2012 Site

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All Images by B. Alter: The Stadium The spotlight turned on East London for the second weekend in the London Festival of Architecture. That’s where the London 2012 Olympics will be held, as will the last 6km of the London Olympic Marathon. In keeping with the East London theme, there was a tour of the Olympic site and the new developments. The Olympics are being held in Stratford–a derelict par… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New App, Weeels, Arrives Just In Time To Help New Yorkers Order and Share Car Services

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Emily Carmichael Anyone who has ever tried hailing a cab in NYC downtown on a weekend night knows it can be a combat sport. And then try getting that cabbie to take you to Brooklyn. If you live in Brooklyn along the G line just getting around by bus or subway can drive you mad. And things have just gotten worse for public transit riders. Fortunately for New Yorkers with iPhones (and soon, any smart phone), a new application called “Weeels”, may alleviate some of the pain by giving riders the ability to order and share a car service for immediate pick-up. – a faster, more customizable kind of public transit…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Scotland’s Big Tent Festival Adds Summer School to Promote Green Living

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Dancing at last year’s Big Tent Festival. Image Credit: The Big Tent Last year, we covered Scotland’s Big Tent Festival , a weekend-long celebration dedicated to green and sustainable lifestyles. 2009’s edition included an impressive lineup of musicians, speakers and workshops. For the festival’s fifth birthday, its organizer, the Falkland Centre for Stewardship, is breaking out some new tricks. Foremost among these is Big Tent’s first annual Summer School- a three day workshop focused on teachin… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Amazing Little Ladybugs (PICS)

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo by little pixie Nature just continues to impress me. Here I thought ladybugs were only available in red but they come in an assortment of colors– pink , yellow and white just to name a few! Read the full story on TreeHugger

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