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[subscribe]Winged wonder: Young snowy owl lands in Cornwall [Full Story]
PanNatural 7 1 Hour AgoA snowy owl, which has been delighting birdwatchers around the village of Zennor, near St Ives in Cornwall, is about 1,000 miles off course. As inhabitants of the tundra above the Arctic circle for most of the year, snowy owls do wander south in winter, but they usually get no nearer St Ives than the Add A Comment »
Nature Benefits the Brain; Cities Impair Basic Mental Functions [Full Story]
GreenOptions 1 Hour AgoA new study has researched how city life affects your brain. The results: Just being in an urban environment, they have found, impairs our basic mental processes. After spending a few minutes on a crowded city street, the brain is less able to hold things in memory, and suffers from reduced self Add A Comment »
Australia Researchs Green Ways to Kill Mosquitoes [Full Story]
GreenOptions 3 Hours AgoMosquitoes are responsible for millions of deaths around the world. The problem is, science isn’t advanced enough to make them disease-resistant, yet pesticides are leading to even bigger worldwide problems. Researchers in Australia think they may have found a new green solution. According to the Add A Comment »
Bogus Gold You Don't Need The Weatherman [Full Story]
bogusgold.powerblogs.com via @BogusDoug TodayI've been thinking a lot about the topic of global warming the past couple of weeks, not necessarily because I had any scintillating new insight into the matter, but rather because I kept stumbling across increasingly hysterical news articles and opinion pieces about it. Add A Comment »
Eco Child's Play Donation: TreePeople Plants Fruit Trees at Urban Schools [Full Story]
Eco Child's Play TodayEvery so often, I like to make a philanthropic donation to an environmental group on behalf of the writers and readers of Eco Child’s Play . This month, I have selected TreePeople for our small donation . TreePeople is a nonprofit organization that has been serving the Los Angeles area for Add A Comment »
Peak Oil And The Century Of Famine [Full Story]
Peak Oil News (3) TodayDepletion of oil and other fossil fuels will greatly affect food production. In terms of its effects on daily human life, in fact, the most significant aspect of oil depletion will be the lack of food. ?Peak oil? is basically ?peak food.? There will be severe problems with transportation (e.g., shortages Add A Comment »
Energy Efficiency « [Full Story]
lisacast.wordpress.com via @lisapadilla TodayWe kickoff the new year with a show dedicated to using energy more efficiently, in the environment, in our personal worlds too.energy | green | lisacast | lisa padilla | flylady Add A Comment »
The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Gardeners [Full Story]
The Daily Green: Green Homes TodayOr is it the Seven Pillars of Horticultural Wisdom, or the Ten All-time Top Garden Tips? As everyone's resolutions remind us, we love attaching a number to advice, a number smaller than the one I regard as most realistic: The Twenty Three Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty Two Things It's Important Add A Comment »
Monday Whazzup - Get Your Children Out In Winter Nature to Encourage Better Health [Full Story]
Gardening Nude TodayKids spend too little time outdoors in nature. During the Winter, particularly in the northern states, it is particularly difficult to get children active outside. However, it is critical for their health. According to Richard Louv, the author of Last Add A Comment »
We Love Pretty by Nature for Eco-Friendly Beauty [Full Story]
Planet Green (Discovery Channel) TodayIf you want to get gorgeous the green way, check out our Site of the Week, Pretty by Nature, where eco-smart beauty products abound. The down-to-earth reviews spotlight everything from mineral makeup to toxin-free hair dye. Add A Comment »
Geo-Engineer Planet-Cooler Using Oceans [Full Story]
GreenOptions TodayBailing out the entire human race might turn out to be cheaper than bailing out Wall Street: Spray gigatons of seawater into the air, mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, and let Mother Nature do the rest, suggests inventor Ron Acer in a patent petition for “a colossal refrigeration system with Add A Comment »
Productivity a Key ‘Green’ Theme for 2009 « Data Center Knowledge [Full Story]
www.datacenterknowledge.com via @datacenter TodayWhat will the year 2009 bring for the data center sector? The big story will be the economy, and how companies balance the mission-critical nature of their data center operations with the new austerity. Add A Comment »
Manger du chameau et du kangourou pour sauver la planète [Full Story]
Convention on Biological Diversity: Headlines TodayEn Australie, des scientifiques ont récemment suggéré à la population de manger des kangourous et des chameaux pour aider à lutter contre le réchauffement climatique et préserver la nature du pays continent. Add A Comment »
Intimate Permaculture's Dozen Tips for Getting Cosy [Full Story]
TreeHugger TodayImages: Cecilia Macaulay An odd entry in a long list of Google searches piqued my curiosity. Intimate Permaculture. What can that be?, I wondered. Turns out it is a phrase coined by Cecilia Macaulay, a permaculture teacher and writer/illustrator, who divides her time between Australia and Japan. She Add A Comment »
Exploiting Nature to Cut Mosquitoes' Life Short [Full Story]
Lime: Planet TodayOld mosquitoes usually spread disease, so Australian researchers figured out a way to make the pests die younger — naturally, not poisoned. [More at lime.com/planet] Add A Comment »
Going Wild...Again [Full Story]
Celsias - Green News & Honest Opinions TodayThe new buzzword is ‘rewilding' , and it is the impetus behind a radical plan to reintroduce formerly extinct, and possibly dangerous, species back into landscapes in the United Kingdom. What its founders want is a reversal of the human tendency to build fences, plow fields, build roads and Add A Comment »
Reva Electric Car Company offering lithium ion option [Full Story]
www.autobloggreen.com via @techwatching TodayIndia's most famous electric car maker, Reva, is now giving prospective buyers in Europe the opportunity of turning their new REVAi into a REVA L-ion by offering a lithium-ion power source for the 2+2 city car. The modern battery gives the little EV increased performance while reducing charging time Add A Comment »
'Fish Technology' Draws Renewable Energy From Slow Water Currents [Full Story]
www.sciencedaily.com via @sciencedaily TodayScienceDaily (Nov. 24, 2008) — Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a fish to turn potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows into clean, renewable power Add A Comment »
Iraq Production, Conservation Could Keep Oil Price in Check for Years [Full Story]
Peak Oil News (3) TodayI’ve always said that the apparent peaking of the global oil supply at about 86 mb/d that was seen during 2006 - 2008 in the face of rising demand was only partly due to the Peak Oil concept of rapid decline rates in old fields and the eventual inability of new fields coming on stream to overcome Add A Comment »
FREE Subscription to Organic Beauty from The Nature of Beauty! [Full Story]
GreenOptions YesterdayA few weeks ago, Feelgoodstyle.com writer Stancie Wilson told you about Organic Beauty Magazine , the latest and greatest newsstand magazine featuring organic and natural beauty products, fashion finds, and advice on everything from choosing the best products to eco-friendly travel to creating your own Add A Comment »
