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Happy National Get Outdoors Day Featuring Shrek

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: J. Novak I’ve never been one for making up holidays, especially when they’re just made up so that greeting card companies can make a buck and kill some trees as a result. But I can get behind National Get Outdoors Day because, well, we need to get outdoors. Today is National Get Outdoors Day so why not celebrate by heading outdoors? And who better to advertise this verde holiday than the greeniest guy in showbiz, Shrek?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Pac-Man Ship Eats Oil Spills (Wakka Wakka Wakka)

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

As BP’s Gulf oil spill continues to suck, the internet has been bombarded with heartbreaking photos of oil-dipped wildlife and new interpretations of the

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13 Dolphins Wait for Freedom

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: jurvetson /Flickr This post originally appeared on The Huffington Post . With dead dolphins washing up on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, wouldn’t it be great if you knew you could help save a few? Thirteen, to be exact…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bluefin Tuna Doesn’t Stand a Chance Against EU’s Industrial Fishing Boats

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

A commercial tuna fishing vessel. Photo: Wikipedia , CC. Are We Waiting for the Total Annihilation of Bluefin Tuna to Act? Bluefin tuna is already critically endangered and probably shouldn’t even be fished in the first place, and it now has to face the poisoning of its spawning ground in the Atlantic by the BP oil spi… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Humpback Whales Have BFFs Just Like You

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

Photo: MMS , Public domain. Will You Be My Friend? Humpback whales are the first baleen whales known to form lasting bonds, according to scientists who study the giant sea mammals. This tells us something new about the social and emotional intelligence of our massive cousins, and also gives us one more reason why whaling is wrong. “Individual female humpbacks reunite each summer to feed and swim alongside one another in the Gulf of St Lawrence, off Canada The finding raises the possibility that commercial whaling may have b… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Solar Panels Fatally Attractive to Aquatic Insects

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

Photo: Flickr , CC “Like going to the most amazing 3D movie you’ve ever seen and you can’t leave” A new study discovered that solar panels are apparently mesmerizing to certain types of insects (mostly aquatic). What happens is that solar panels reflect light in a way that is similar to how water reflects light, and this fools the insects, attracting them to the panels. “It’s like these organisms become dazzled to death,” said Bruce Robertson of Michigan State University’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners who l… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Say Something! Ocean Voices Project Collects Your Experiences, Impressions Of Our Seas

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

Photo via Ma.Ka. What would the world be like without oceans? What does it feel like to be in the ocean? How does the ocean affect your life on a daily basis? These are some of the prompts given to participants in an extraordinary new sound project called Ocean Voices. Last week, the California Academy of Sciences hosted the premiere of Ocean Voices , a project that collects people’s thoughts, experiences, impressions and musings on our oceans. It’s a powerful listening experience, with layers of sound creating an i… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sea Turtle Finds Lost Camera, Films Itself Swimming (Video)

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

An Incredible Adventure, Caught on Film When Dutchman Dick de Bruin accidentally dropped his waterproof video camera while scuba diving in Aruba, he must have figured he would never see it again–but he was wrong. Six months later, the camera was found on a beach in Florida, a thousand miles away containing an amazing video. It turns out the camera’s strap b… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Dispatch from the Gulf Oil Spill: Damage Getting Worse Before It Gets Better

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

Image courtesy of Philipe Cousteau The day started early as we left New Orleans in the hot muggy morning light. The drive to Grand Isle takes about two hours, plenty of time to contemplate what I was about to see. It had been a week since I was last in Grand Isle and I had heard things were getting worse, but nothing could prepare me for what I was about to see…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Best of Ecouterre: Green These Summer Eco-Fashion Trends

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

Photo credit: Doucette Duvall + Find your happily ever after with these prints charming . This sustainable array of eye-popping prints and blistering colors that will banish even the foulest of foul-weather doldrums. + Ahoy, mateys! You don’t need a yacht (or an eye patch) to set sail with this season’s

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