Photo: shawnzam To start, this isn’t the first time I’ve heard this. I’m mostly a vegetarian , minus a piece of fish once in a while, but my friend is an austere vegetarian who admits that even she can’t resist stealing a piece of bacon once in a while. Last week
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A new Gallup poll has revealed some pretty interesting stuff about what Americans want to see done this year, legislatin’-wise. Coming out on the very top was this little nugget: 83% of Americans want Congress to “pass an energy bill that would provide incentives for using solar and other alternative energy sources.” Yup, more Americans agree with that act than any other policy idea. Climate Progress takes a
Continue reading …Amazing Footage of Uncontacted Amazon Tribe May Save Them from Loggers (Video)
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Image: Survival International The notion that any society has survived the onslaught of plugged-in, media-saturated globalization without making contact with industrial civilization is tantalizing — it’s why the story of the ‘uncontacted’ tribe colliding with modern society has been an enduring popular narrative. But it looks as if those narratives can still be founded in reality, even in the modern era — the BBC has just released film footage that captures one such tribe, that hasn’t been contacted by the outside world. And a growing movement of conservationists hop… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo credit: chego101 / Creative Commons This post was written by Danny Chang, Senior Product Marketing Manager at eBay and contributor to eBayGreenTeam.com. In an ideal world, everyone would be able to ditch their cars , burn some extra calories, and bond with their community on electric subways, buses, and trains. However, since not all public transportation systems are created equal, it can be hard to give up your vehic… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Telefunker Purdue University has just announced that it’s scuttling plans to build a coal plant to provide power to its campus in Indiana. That closure, the Sierra Club tells Reuters, marks something of a happy milestone: It’s the 150th coal plant to be abandoned in less than a decade. So what’s spurred the spree of ditching coal? … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Weekday Vegetarian: Red Lentil Dal with Cumin-Fried Onions and Wilted Spinach
February 4, 2011 No Comment
Photo: Kelly Rossiter We are off to dinner at my mother-in-law’s tonight, and she doesn’t really get vegetarianism. So I make something to take along for my vegetarian son to eat, as he is usually on his way to dinner from work. It has to be something that is easy to reheat and doesn’t require any last minute attention or kitchen space, and this red lentil dal just fit the bill. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …75x More Fish Were Caught In Arctic From 1950-2006 Than Officially Reported: New Data
February 4, 2011 No Comment
photo: ajburcar / Creative Commons Apropos of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization just told us that we’re eating all time record amounts of fish : Researchers from the University of British Columbia are reporting that between 1950 and 2006 the total amount of fish caught in Arctic waters was nearly 75 times th… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …TreeHugger Founder Graham Hill Featured in Short-Documentary About the Future of Mobility
February 4, 2011 No Comment
Photo: Screen grabs from video Chapter 1: The New City Our Dear Leader was interviewed for a documentary series about the future of mobility. The first instalment is about our increasingly urban future and how mega-cities are, in Graham’s words, “very efficient sharing systems”. Graham also gives us a quick tour of his extremely space-efficient apartment (see LifeEdited for more). Check out the video below…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …USAID’s ‘New Vision of Agriculture’ Unsurprisingly Like the Old Vision of Industrial Monoculture
February 4, 2011 No Comment
This should come to no surprise to anyone even casually familiar with how cosy ever recent US administration has been with Big Ag (and Monsanto in particular): GM Watch reports that at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland the director of USAID stood beside CEOs from Monsanto and other ag giants to push a “New Vision of Agriculture”–which really ought to be called at … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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