Best Animal Photos of the Week: Rose-colored Hippos, Bug Debute, and More (Slideshow)
October 8, 2010 No Comment
Photo: Naskrecki/iLCP The pink-eyed leaf katydid shown here — found in the forest canopy of Papua New Guinea — is just one of the many brand-new additions to the animal kingdom this week: Scientists discovered more than 200 undiscovered species in that region; the Census of Marine Life reports 750,000 species of marine life that remain unknown in the ocean; and one very adorable baby tiger joined her mother at the Frankfurt Zoo. We’ve got this and more in our Best Animal Photos of the Week slideshow.
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“Greenovation” is a new buzz word for Samsung, which held a luncheon yesterday in San Francisco to show of what the company is doing to lighten its environmental footprint as much as possible. Like every electronics manufacturer, Samsung is diligently focused on showing off its energy efficiency and recycling measures. But unlike many manufacturers, the company seems to be making some extraordinary strides at doing more than just talking about best practices. Check out how Samsung is trying to lead the way in trimming our global energy consumption (even as our demand seems to grow) and how it is cleaning up after itself i… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Dyson Award is “an international design award that celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers.” All three of this years prizes go for devices that save lives, and all three are, I think, full of contradictions and raise questions. For instance, Kimberley Hoffman designed the Sea Kettle to distill water, noting: “Inspiration for this project came from the many stories of people suffering from extreme dehydration or death while being stranded in a life raft at sea.” Really, has that happened in the last few years, since the introduction of global phones and emergency systems?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter This is one of those super quick and easy recipes to make as a side dish to a grilled or fried tofu , or tofu with a sauce , or even the braised squash with black beans that I wrote about yesterday. The recipe says to pulse the dressing ingredients in a blender, but really, you can do this by hand. Just put the ingredients into a jar, put the lid on and give it a good s… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The Week in Pictures: Toxic Industrial Sludge Covers Hungarian Villages, White House Will Install Solar Panels, and More (Slideshow)
October 8, 2010 No Comment
A state of emergency has been declared in Hungary where four people are dead, 120 injured and six missing as torrents of red toxic sludge, the byproduct of bauxite refining for aluminum, burst from a containment pond and poured through six villages in three counties. In other environmental news this week, the White House has announced that solar panels will be installed on the White House living quarters by spring 2011; A Volkswagen Passat BlueMotion has recently set a new Guinness World Record for the “longest distance traveled by a standard production passenger car on a single tank of fuel”; and in Pap… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A Velaro train traveling through Spain. Photo: eldelinux under a Creative Commons license There are a lot of good reasons to travel by train – compared to flying, it’s often cheaper and certainly more relaxing, and unlike driving, you don’t have to keep your eyes on the road, unless you want to appreciate the scenery. And of course, there’s the enormously reduced impact on the environment. But when it comes to travel by rail, most Americans kno… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Embarq When I was growing up, I always thought of New York City as a sprawling, traffic-clogged mess. Yet from supporting bike to work day through greening Madison Square to getting serious about physically separated bike lanes , the pl… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Endangered South African Penguins Find Safety at California Academy of Sciences
October 8, 2010 No Comment
Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch The South African penguin is a much less well known species than the penguins adapted to cold climates like those of March of the Penguins status, the Emperor penguins. But for a rather unfortunate reasons, they’re hopefully about to get much more well known. The South African penguin species is now on the endangered species list. Their numbers have dipped down to just 52,000 left in the wild, and while the exact cause is still unknown, it is primarily thought that… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Inhabitat Even though California wasn’t able to pass its statewide tax on plastic bags, plenty of its municipalities have gone ahead and imposed bans or taxes anyways. They’re outlawed in cities like San Francisco and Fairfax, and many other cities — Los Angeles, San Jose, etc — are already forging their own bans. And that’s just California: Plastic bag bans are slated to take effect in just a few months in cities in Texas, Alaska, and Hawaii. It looks like the plastic shopping bag is on its way out — unless one group has its way. Yes, the for… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via Amazon.com Perhaps this little insect is really perfect timing for Halloween, but it falls into our weird solar device category nonetheless. The black back of the cockroach sports a solar panel so it can wriggle around a surface, and easily freak out unsuspecting people who glance in its direction. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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