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"Revenge of the Electric Car" Trailer to Premiere When Facebook Fan Page Hits 10,000 Fans

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on "Revenge of the Electric Car" Trailer to Premiere When Facebook Fan Page Hits 10,000 Fans

Image: Screen grab of their Facebook page A Full Pendulum Swing I’m pretty sure that most TreeHugger readers have seen Chris Paine’s documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? , or are at least familiar with the general idea of it. When the film was released in 2006, things had been pretty gloomy for electric cars for a while. But since then, a lot has happened and that’s what the sequel titled Revenge of the Electric Car will document…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bulgaria Allows Bear Hunting, Armenia Takes Gentler Approach to Ursine Raids on Fields and Orchards

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Bulgaria Allows Bear Hunting, Armenia Takes Gentler Approach to Ursine Raids on Fields and Orchards

A Eurasian brown bear at a zoo in England. Photo: Scott Baverstock / Creative Commons . With hungry brown bears posing a nuisance to farmers in Armenia and Bulgaria , the two countries have taken dramatically opposing measures to solve the problem, with one legalizing hunting and the other organizing “night patrols” to protect both animals and crops…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Week in Animal News: Doomed Mouse, Cat Bitch-slaps Alligator, and More (Slideshow)

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on The Week in Animal News: Doomed Mouse, Cat Bitch-slaps Alligator, and More (Slideshow)

Photo: Wild Wonders of Europe A black-winged kite bird closes in on its prey — a terrified mouse — in a field in Spain. This is just one of the dangers hitting the animal world this week: We also have a brave house cat that takes on an alligator, threats of extinction from natural causes, and a loud ocean that’s forcing whales to shout.

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Best of Ecouterre: 7 Eco-Chic Uses for Recycled Plastic Bottles

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Best of Ecouterre: 7 Eco-Chic Uses for Recycled Plastic Bottles

+ Nike’s 2010 World Cup uniforms are made from discarded plastic bottles, harvested from landfills in Japan and Taiwan, that were melted down into yarn and then spun into fabric. + British designer Tonya O’Hara turns discarded plastic into haunting, nature-inspired jewelry that look as delicate as the state of our planet. + Who knew hip-hop star Pharrell was such an eco-entrepreneur? This season, he teamed up with activewear… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Prismaflex: A Simple Way Of Bending and Controlling Daylight

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Prismaflex: A Simple Way Of Bending and Controlling Daylight

Image credit Lloyd Alter When I wrote about what I was hoping to see at Greenbuild this year, I noted that I was not interested in the latest green gizmos and tech, but in simple, effective ways of solving our problems. I used as an example one of my favourite materials from the 19th century, prism glass , that diverted natural light deep into buildings- a low-tech way of moving light instead of making it. And what did I find at Greenbuild that has… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Most Major Banks Still Fund Mountaintop Removal Mining, Report Finds

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Most Major Banks Still Fund Mountaintop Removal Mining, Report Finds

Photo: The Sierra Club , Flickr, CC Thanks in part to the ardent campaigning of some outspoken activists , many of the nation’s biggest banks now boast policies that cut off lending to companies engaging in the disastrous practice of mountaintop removal mining . Wells Fargo, Citi, Bank of Am… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Robin Day, Master of British Furniture Design, Dies

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Robin Day, Master of British Furniture Design, Dies

Photo: wikipedia Yesterday TreeHugger asked whether the Monobloc was the most famous plastic chair in the world. Now, sadly, the death has been announced of the creator of another very famous plastic chair. Robin Day was Britain’s most famous designer of 20th century furniture. His Hille polypropylene stacking chair was created in 1963, and nearly 50m have been sold. But his influence on British design stretched farther than that. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: A New Way to See the World (Video)

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Today on Planet 100: A New Way to See the World (Video)

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Shark Advocate Sonja Fordham Sheds Light on Ending the Slaughter

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Shark Advocate Sonja Fordham Sheds Light on Ending the Slaughter

Photo via jonrawlinson Shark finning is thankfully on more people’s radar as intensely damaging to our oceans. Sharks are wiped out at a rate upwards of 70 million per year according to expert estimates — far faster than they can possibly replace themselves. Yet as an apex predator, their presence is essential to a functioning marine ecosystem. The voices of those working to stop shark finning are getting louder, which means more educatio… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Rich Nations’ Aid Fails to Help Poor Adapt to Climate Change

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Rich Nations’ Aid Fails to Help Poor Adapt to Climate Change

Assistance for adaptation programs, like developing climate-resistant crops, has fallen well short of pledges. Photo: IRRI Images / Creative Commons . We know that the emission reductions pledges under the non-binding Copenhagen Accord will fail to keep temperature rise in check and virtually doom the world’s coral, but now a new report, from the

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