Image credit: Martha Soukup , used under Creative Commons license. There’s been a lot of talk about rhetoric lately. And Brian has already asked whether there’s now a chance of a more civil, constructive debate about environmental issues too . I sure hope so. I am as sick as the next compost-munching blogger of being accused of … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Turkey’s Scientist of the Year on Butterflies, Banding Birds, and Eco Tourism (Interview)
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Photo: KuzeyDoğa Society Turkey’s ” Scientist of the Year ,” as selected by a consortium of media groups, is no ivory-tower academic. Though his published research at Stanford has made him one of the most-cited scientists in the past decade, Dr. Cağan Hakkı Şekercioğlu can just as often be found in the remote wilds of northeastern Turkey near the ci… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: Girlmeetsbug.com Our recent report suggesting that eating bugs is the answer to reducing our protein footprint met with mixed response. That is why we are not suggesting that you check out Girlmeetsbug.com to learn how you can join the insect-eating revolution. Not at all. There are much better reasons to hop over to to Daniella Martin’s website…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Vestas Wins $1.5 Million Clean Energy Award, Immediately Gives it All Away
January 19, 2011 No Comment
The event drawing the most buzz on day two of the World Future Energy Summit was certainly the Zayed Future Energy Prize award ceremony. The show was held at the preposterously opulent Emirates Palace — rumor has it that it’s the 2nd most expensive building ever built (whatever that means) — and featured speeches from luminaries like Rajendra Pachouri. This year, the $1.5 million prize was awarded to the Dutch wind power company Vestas — and Vestas immediately proceeded to give it all away. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photos: Brian Merchant Masdar City was designed to be a cleantech geek’s dream come true — it will be almost entirely powered by renewable energy, cooled by towers that draw wind into breeze corridors, and navigated by a number of futuristic mass transportation options. The Personal Rapid Transit system — all-electric, driverless pod cars that would ferry denizens around Masdar along magnetically guided lines — was the transportation proposal that perhaps attracted the most excitement. And for good reason: the PRT is sleek, low-carbon, and pretty damn fun to ride. I had the good fortune of testing it out during an extensive tour of Masda… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via the Edmonton Journal Old dogs may have a hard time learning new tricks — but it doesn’t seem to be a problem for a group of endangered trees from Canada, some of which are around 1,500 years old. In 2009, so many of Alberta’s mountainous five-needle pines were killed by beetles and fungi that they became listed as endangered, in desperate need of repopulation to preserve the species, but seed-hungry squirrels threatened to dim their chances. Local scientists were pleased to discov… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …As Wyoming Coal Stokes The Chinese Dragon – Amtrack’s ‘Empire Builder’ Will Be Dragging
January 19, 2011 No Comment
Observation car on the Amtrak Empire Builder – headed through Montana. Image credit: Wikipedia . Empire Builder is a daily passenger train linking downtown Chicago to either Seattle or Portland, Oregon. The journey takes 46 hours – or more ‘ if delays occur along the route .’ Freight trains infamously add big delays. Though most would rather see the China trade on freight trains instead of trucks, hauling vast amounts of coal to feed Chinese steel mills and boilers via train – as curren… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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I bought one of these military shirts this Summer and I’m still trying to figure out how to wear it. After I saw this gentleman at Pitti a few days ago I remembered I also had a photo of Robert R. wearing this same style. After looking at the two images I now realize my shirt is too long. I need to shorten the length of my shirt to be in line with my wrist at the hip. I think this is one of those truly versatile and inexpensive items that should be in everyones wardrobe.
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photo: eerkmans / Creative Commons Back in November WWF released a report showing how even China’s modest per capita ecological footprint would be too much for the planet if everyone lived like that–we’d need 1.2 planets to support us all. Now they’ve released a sep… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: Stanford, based on data from the EIA, FHA, and Brookings Institution, and NYT graph. It Takes a Lot… The graph above (you can see a bigger version here ) shows average gasoline prices in the U.S. on the Y axis and the X axis shows average miles driven per capita each year. At first glance, you can clearly see two big spikes that represent the oil embargo and energy crisis in the 70s, and the recent increase in the second half of the 2000s. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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