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Education in a Box

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image courtesy of B Spector / Museum of Science and Industry One of my very favorite green products on the market is the Earthbox . The Earthbox doubles the yield of a conventional garden, with less water, less fertilizer, virtually no effort. They are great for adding to your courtyard, roof deck, balcony or backyard. Earthbox is also wonderful for countries short on water, healthy food and financial resources. They along with The Growing Connection have been doing a lot of work in places like Africa and … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Who Wins in a Conservation Competition?

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Competition is a driving force in nature, but can it be a driving force to save nature? Image credit: mikebaird /Flickr Among birders, the desire to identify as many species as possible in a day, month, or year is what separates the interested from the obsessed. In The Big Year , Rick Obamscik tells the story of a group of competitors racing across the country to secure the coveted American Birding Association championship. Now, some conservationists are using this passion to aid protection efforts…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Designing Out Waste in Industry Becomes a Priority for Big UK Businesses

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This week a new report has been published by UK environmental think tank Green Alliance which unites top UK businesses on a mission to design out waste in industry. The report is called A Pathway To Greener Products and calls on the new coalition government to help all businesses improve the environmental impact of the products they produce and sell. To deliver the report Green Alliance put together a group of businesses called The … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Why The Choice of Insulation Matters

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Dow Corning Alex Wilson raises an important issue in Buildinggreen : It is not only important to insulate really well, but to also think about what insulation you are using. He makes the point that many insulations use potent greenhouse gases as blowing agents. He writes: We rarely pay attention to the fact that insulation materials themselves contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. This happens in two ways: through the embodied energy of the insulation (the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions that … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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MyNature App Makes You an Instant Expert on the Outdoors

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via MyNature Ever walked along a park path or hiking trail and wondered the name of the tree you were looking at, or whether or not that particular vine was poison ivy or not? Or perhaps you saw some tracks and had no idea what type of animal made them. MyNature app puts everything you need to know for identifying flora and the footprints of fauna right in your pocket. … 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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Breaking News: G20 Steps Up Efforts To Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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

photo via flickr There’s news out of Canada, home of this week’s G20, about fossil fuel subsidies. Reports say that at the behest of the USA, the group of the 20 largest economies in the world have agreed to r emove language that says that cuts in subsidies should be “voluntary. ” The result could be greater price party for renewable energy sources. The movement seems to be the result of the Gulf oil spill, which continues unabated. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Giant Crocodile Devours a Shark as Tourists Look On

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Photo via The Daily Telegraph On what otherwise might have been an average excursion through Australia’s Kakadu National Park , tourists were treated to an epic battle between two of nature’s most ferocious predators , a crocodile and a shark. There’s no saying just how long the pair were at it for, but by the time the tour boats arrived on … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bird Protection Clashes with Bride Prospects in India

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

A Great Indian bustard. Photo via Madras Ramblings . When the animal a national park was designated to protect hasn’t been seen in the area for 16 years, is it worth maintaining the land as a sanctuary? Residents of the villages around the Karera bird sanctuary in India say no — and argue that their economic, and marital, prospects are being hindered by their inability to use the land devoted to the Great Indian bustard …. Read the full story on TreeHugger