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Photographs of Ocean Debris Salvaged from the World's Beaches

Looking at these innovative images, it may seem as though UK photographer,Mandy Barker took cues from the I Spy children’s book series. However, a closer look reveals an intelligent stance on raising awareness about ocean debris. Even while reading this, the massive mound of trash, known as the ... keep reading

Written by PSFK/Kyana Gordon this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Art & Culture, Consumerism, Environmental Disasters, Health, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans

Interactive Algae Farm Gets Visitors to Help it Grow

After smart tech takes over the home and the car, gadget gardening looks like it could be the next frontier. This new gardening prototype is an interactive algae farm, that hosts micro and macro-algal organisms as well as bioluminescent bacteria. Designed to engage notions of urban renewable energy and agriculture ... keep reading

Written by Emma Hutchings/ PSFK this month, about Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Lifestyle & Behavior

What Will Work: Fighting Climate Change with Renewable Energy, Not Nuclear Power

Kristin Shrader-Frechette of the University of Notre Dame is rigorous in the presentation of her argument in What Will Work: Fighting Climate Change with Renewable Energy, Not Nuclear Power. In recent times a number of leading environmentalists have concluded nuclear power has to be employed to enable the transition away ... keep reading

Written by Bryan Walker last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading

A Roller Coaster to Enjoy Walking On?

  Since November this year  the large-scale sculpture “Tiger and Turtle - Magic Mountain” by Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth is accessible for the public.  So it looks like a roller coaster, but you walk on it. Lovely ! Its in the south of Duisburg and at the highest point of the sculpture ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Architecture, Art & Culture, Children and Families, Design

Canada Signals Intention to Withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol

  Canada has announced its intention to withdraw from the Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions (GGE), sandbagging the other signatories to the convention. The Kyoto protocol, initially adopted in Kyoto, Japan in 1997, was designed to combat global warming with the agreement allowing countries like China and India take voluntary ... keep reading

Written by John C.K. Daly in December 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy

Cartoon of the Month - From Union of Concerned Scientists

From the great guys at the Union of Concerned Scientists, this is David Fitzsimmon's cartoon of the month.So good we just had to share it with you : keep reading

Written by David Fitzsimmons/UCS in November 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Art & Culture, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Media, Weather

We are Smarter and Less Violent -says Stephen Pinker

    Believe it or not, we are getting smarter ― and, as a direct result, less violent, argues Steven Pinker in a Comment in Nature this week, which is adapted from his new book "The Better Angels of our Nature- Why Violence has Declined"         Even though it may feel as if we ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in October 2011, about Art & Culture, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, War

New Condoms- A whole New Meaning to Brands

                  New Condoms,  is an interesting  blog where Max Wright,  has been photoshopping  the tag lines of well known brands onto condom wrappers with some interesting results.  And as we look forward to a month when the seven billionth baby will be born on earth we thought they added a whole ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in October 2011, about Art & Culture, Design, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media

Climate Change- Who's Doing the Talking?

  In the global warming/climate change debate, two apparent sides are hotly wrangling about whether the phenomenon is real, whether it is caused by human activities, and – perhaps the most incomprehensible and dangerous argument of all – if carbon dioxide, or CO2, is actually a threat to the planet’s future ... keep reading

Written by Jeanne Roberts in October 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading

Bees as Art to Remind us of Colony Collapse Disorder

    Summer is back in London and dozens of bees have now settled in the middle of Spitalfields. Real bees passersby don’t try to wave away. They are dead and hang on fishing lines as if they were caught in mid flight inside a giant glass case, surrounded on all ... keep reading

Written by Regine Debatty in October 2011, about Agriculture & Food, Art & Culture, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Food

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