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Gramercy Tavern’s Chef Mike Anthony Talks Truffles, Tomatoes, and the Real Cost of Food

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Ellen Silverman When I first started to watch this interview I must admit I was expecting the same old farm to fork lingo that has become such a buzz word in American cuisine lately. And while I love the idea of farm to fork eating, I want it to become more than just a passing trend, but rather, an ongoing way of life. And it appears Chef Anthony feels the same way. This short interview takes the elitism out of locally sourced fine dining in a place that you would never expect it…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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BP Says it Could Cap Leak by July 20th

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

Drilling the relief well. Photo via WSJ If all goes according to plan, the gusher behind the Gulf spil l will be plugged a month earlier than planned, BP says. This, of course, is months and months after they originally said they’d have the thing plugged, but mark this down as (extremely) tentative good news. That the company is pushing to cap the geyser by July 20-27th doesn’t seem like a coincidence, either — the… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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11 Cartoons With Surprisingly Green Messages (Video Slideshow)

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

Image via babs886.files.wordpress.com While some of your favorite childhood cartoons came with a pretty obvious green message — “Captain Planet,” anyone? — other animations go for a more subtle impact. From the animal testing in “The Secret of NIMH” and the vegetarian undertones in “Charlotte’s Web” to “The Simpsons'” environmentalism, here are 11 fantastic animated features sending surprisingly green messages to kids (and adults).

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27 Tips For Keeping Cool From Planet Green

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

When it comes to green living, Planet Green is the go-to for how-to, and has been beating to death the subject of beating the heat. We round up a few cool thoughts: Should We Declare Heat Days Like We Declare Snow Days? People have lived without air conditioning in hot places for thousands of years by adapting themselves to the heat–remember that the widespread air conditioning use has only become the norm in the past 15 years or so,

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Rare Birds Raise Secret Brood in Birmingham

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

The black-redstart population in Birmingham has four new chicks. Photo via the BBC Like a celebrity couple sneaking off to a remote island to wed or give birth away from the paparazzi and the spotlight, a breeding pair of one of Britain’s rarest birds has “successfully raised four chicks at a secret location in the centre of Birmingham,” reports the BBC, which has a

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Urchin Poufs are Hand-Knit by Dutch Designer

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

Image from flocks Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma is a bit of an obsessive personality. She is very very interested in “the products we consume and the materials they are made of”. To that end she spends years researching every aspect of the material that she is working with. These large and comfy looking poufs would be perfect for watching t.v. or a child’s room. They are hand-knit from New Zealand wool. The colour is vegetable dye: indigo, wauw, meekrap – all plants- and cochenille are added to the existing wool creating bright blue, yellow, red and pink…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Nissan Claims In-House Hybrid Tech 2-3x Better Than Toyota’s

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Wikipedia , Public domain. Nissan LEAF R&D Side Benefits? So far, Nissan has been licensing Toyota technology for its Altima hybrid. But that’s about to change for the next generation of Nissan and Infiniti hybrids, and it’s no big surprise considering how much R&D money Nissan has been spending on the LEAF electric car (a lot of what it learned can be used in hybrids). The first car to benefit from Nissan’s new hybrid drivetrain will be the Infiniti M sedan (coming late 2010), and the co… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Monterey, California Switching to Sea As Primary Water Source

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via foxypar4 In the face of an increasing water shortage, last November state regulators told Monterey County to curb its withdrawals from the Carmel River, the current main water source, by 70% by 2016. With no where else to turn for water, the county is turning its eyes to the ocean, and launching an enormous desalination project to provide water to about 100,000 customers. It’s controversial, but some argue desalination is the only choice the penninsula has for finding water outside of the Carmel River. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Avoiding a BP-Style Disaster on the Bosphorus

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

A tanker passing underneath one of the Bosphorus bridges. Photo by Jennifer Hattam The sight of dozens of mammoth tankers anchored off the coast of Istanbul, or of lone ones passing underneath the two high Bosphorus bridges as they steam their way to or from the Black Sea, is undeniably impressive. But in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill , Turkish off… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Elle Macpherson Says She Uses Rhino Horn Medicine

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

In a shocking statement, fashion icon and Britain’s Next Top Model host Elle Macpherson has admitted to using an illegal powdered substance priced at around $60,000 a kilo. I know what you’re thinking, but in a way it’s worse than that. The supermodel said she was a fan of taking ‘medicinal’ rhino horn , harvested from one of the world’s most endangered species . When pressed for a reason why she would do such a thing, Macpherson answered simpl… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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