Image: Flickr user avlxyz tries an insect at Chiang Mai bazaar Hungry for a grasshopper taco ? Well, probably not. But the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) thinks it is time for an end to the “Eewww!” response to the thought of eating insects. The FAO reports that there are more than 1000 edible insect species. Insects can provide protein in the diet at a much lower environmental cost than traditional livestock, such as cows, pigs, or sheep. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo by Guwashi999 via Flickr Creative Commons UL Environment is working to develop a new set of standards for mobile devices that will green up the industry worldwide. UL is an independent evaluator of products, ensuring they meet certain standards, and the new-ish environmental arm looks at issues such as materials sourcing, energy use, and recyclability. Considering we have some 5 billion cell phones on the planet right now, with more rolling off the manufacturing belts every day, and that they’re used in nearly every corner of the world, holding elect… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: architectsjournal This one seems hard to figure… An architectural competition is being held to design and build a room on top of a theatre complex during the year of the Olympics, 2012. According to the brief “The Room will offer a place of temporary withdrawal, a retreat from which guests can reflect on the problems and possibilities of urban 21st century life.” … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Joshua Rappeneker / CC There’s nothing quite as relaxing as a nap in the shade of a majestic old tree, or strolling down some quiet forest path flanked by towering columns of wood and bark. But while all may appear tranquil and quiet, for the trees themselves things might be a bit more reminiscent of fighting for space in the front row of a heavy-metal show — visible roots and all. In fact, after studying tree growth patterns, researchers from Princeton recently concluded that trees just actually quite deman… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Coastal Marsh Plants, Adapting To Road Salt, Increasingly Common Along Midwest Highways
January 12, 2011 No Comment
Characteristic salt marsh habitat. Image credit: Wikipedia Blasting along the Ohio Turnpike, few will notice the coastal salt marsh plants growing along the shoulder. Such plants are now common at the mid-western roadside, having adapted to a half century of road salt application. Whether the seeds were originally brought by bird droppings or vehicles, no one is certain. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: PR Newswire Next time you see an ad for Chevrolet, it could be channeling funds directly to green projects in local communities. That’s the concept behind the newly-launched EcoAd , a project from CBS-owned EcoMedia. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Inhabitat One Will be Among Nation’s Largest Southern California Edison just signed on to build and run seven new solar power plants in the state. When they’re all online, the deal will have effectively doubled Edison’s total solar capacity. And that’s not all — one of the projects will be the biggest solar power plant in the nation…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo Credit: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources This $2 million project, funded mostly with private money, is billed as the most comprehensive look at the Chicago waterway system since the reversal of the Chicago River more than 100 years ago. This time, the threat is Asian carp, rather than pesky sewage. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Biofuels Can At Most Supply Half of Global Fuel Demand Before Cutting Into Food Production
January 11, 2011 No Commentphoto: Adsit Adventures / Creative Commons It’s a few years behind the now-passed biofuels-as-panacea hype , but research published in the Environmental Science and Technology finds that while a fairly significant amount of the current global liquid fuel demand can be satisfied by biofuels,
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