Dahea Sun’s Cabbage-Dyed Dress...

Jun 29, 2012 by

Dahea Sun’s Cabbage-Dyed Dresses Change Color to Indicate Rain’s pH

[Translate] ecouterre by Jasmin Malik Chua, 06/27/12 “Fashion has a direct link to the environment,” Sun tells Ecouterre....

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UN, Fashion Industry Team Up t...

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UN, Fashion Industry Team Up to Support African Manufacturing

[Translate] ECOUTERRE by Jasmin Malik Chua, 06/29/12 When it comes to promoting development in Africa, the fashion industry isn’t...

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Connect: Homes 2.0 Is a Contem...

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Connect: Homes 2.0 Is a Contemporary Customizable and Sustainable Prefabricated Home!

[Translate] by Leon Kaye, 06/29/12  Connect:Homes seeks to transform contemporary prefabricated homes, and based on how the company’s...

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Amazing Natural Packaging: Egg...

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Amazing Natural Packaging: Eggs – What Makes Them So Tough Anyway

[Translate] by Starre Vartan, 06/29/12 However you feel about eggs – love ‘em fried with onions, hate ‘em in anything, or are morally...

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Twilight Epiphany Skyspace by ...

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Twilight Epiphany Skyspace by James Turrell Suspends Time and Space With LEDs in Houston

[Translate] by Tafline Laylin, 06/29/12 James Turrell’s Twilight Epiphany Skyspace is a breathtaking design that suspends time...

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As Colorado River Dries Up, Th...

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As Colorado River Dries Up, The West Feels The Pain

[Translate] Published June 28, 2012 08:11 AM ENN via NPR The Colorado River touches the lives of Americans coast to coast. The river...

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Rapid sea level rise blamed on...

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Rapid sea level rise blamed on global warming threatens to put East Coast underwater

[Translate] Published: Friday, June 29, 2012, 3:20 PM     Updated: Friday, June 29, 2012, 3:43 PM By Associated Press  ...

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Tragic Losses in the Heart of ...

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Tragic Losses in the Heart of Darkness

[Translate] Jeffrey Flocken DC Office Director, International Fund for Animal Welfare Because the world’s most imperiled...

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Cooperation Key in Dealing wit...

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Cooperation Key in Dealing with Tsunami Debris

[Translate] Leila Monroe Ocean Conservation Attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council Posted: 06/29/2012 11:39 am This OpEd,...

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Pyromania at the Nuclear Regul...

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Pyromania at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

[Translate] Elliott Negin Director of News & Commentary, Union of Concerned Scientists Posted: 06/29/2012 11:19 am The Nuclear...

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India Floods 2012: Raging Wate...

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India Floods 2012: Raging Waters Swamp Thousands Of Indian Villages, Killing 27

[Translate] By WASBIR HUSSAIN 06/29/12 06:31 AM ET GAUHATI, India — Raging floodwaters fed by monsoon rains have inundated more...

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Garbage Trucks’ Diesel F...

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Garbage Trucks’ Diesel Fumes May Be Increasing Asthma In New York City Neighborhoods

[Translate] Lynne Peeples Become a fan lynne.peeples@huffingtonpost.com Garbage trucks rumble by PS 132 in North Brooklyn. A swarm of...

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50,000 Pro-Life Christians Sup...

Jun 29, 2012 by

50,000 Pro-Life Christians Support EPA on Climate Change Action

This past Sunday morning the organization I work for, the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN), ran TV spots in key states…asking viewers to tell their Senators “that defending the EPA’s ability to reduce carbon pollution is the right thing to do.”

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These people are negotiating a...

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[Translate] Emma Pullman, SumOfUs.org ✆ us@sumofus.org Jun 27 (2 days ago)   In the back of a swanky San Diego hotel, corporate...

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Ford’s New Traffic Jam Assist ...

Jun 28, 2012 by

Ford’s New Traffic Jam Assist Technology Paves the Way to Self-Driving Cars

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Soon there will be a day when you’ll be able to jump in your car, turn it on and let it do driving for you.

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Climate Change Is Simple: We A...

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Climate Change Is Simple: We Are Completely Screwed If We Don’t Do Something Fast

David Roberts of Grist gave a good TEDx talk recently about climate change.

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Urgent need for climate change...

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Urgent need for climate change adaptation in Lake Eyre region

“Temperatures could increase up to four degrees Celsius in Arabunna country in the next century, threatening the survival of many plants and animals.

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Tundra shrubs turning into tre...

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Tundra shrubs turning into trees as Arctic warms

Tundra is a cold, shrubs and willow in part of the area have been growing upward to the height of trees in the recent decades due to warming climate.

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New coal mine threatens histor...

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New coal mine threatens historic South African site

Mapungubwe, a pre-colonial city-state, is endangered by new mining.

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Mobile Pizzeria is Built Out O...

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Mobile Pizzeria is Built Out Of A 20′ Shipping Container

People are doing wonderful things with shipping containers, but this is a whole different way to slice it, a conversion of a 20′ shipping container into a big honking mobile pizzeria, complete with wood fired brick oven.

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Singapore University Puts Toge...

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Singapore University Puts Together The Plumbing System That Everyone Should Be Using

What the scientists from Nanyang Technological University are standing around is a urine separating toilet that uses a vacuum to evacuate it instead of water.

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‘Gasland’ Filmmaker Takes on C...

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[Translate] June 28, 2012, 10:00 am By ANDREW C. REVKIN Josh Fox, the filmmaker whose “Gasland” documentary powerfully influenced...

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Ask Umbra: What’s up with thos...

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Ask Umbra: What’s up with those ‘DO NOT EAT’ packets in shoeboxes and pill bottles?

Do you have any advice on disposal/recycling of those gel packs that come with our pills/vitamins/shoes/protein powders/etc?

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Congressional Republicans atta...

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Congressional Republicans attack another job-creating American company

The latest faux scandal has to do with the Ivanpah solar power plant, currently under construction in the Mojave Desert in southeastern California.

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Power your laptop with your bu...

Jun 28, 2012 by

By Sarah Laskow
Swedish designer Eddi Tornberg has turned the plight of modern workers — sitting like lazy larvae in front of computer screens all day — into a form of renewable energy.

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America: Awash in sunlight and...

Jun 28, 2012 by

America: Awash in sunlight and oil

America is like this pelican, except likely to survive.

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This, That, and the American D...

Jun 28, 2012 by

This, That, and the American Dream

Perhaps you’re like me, and you grew up learning that a college degree was the key to a successful future.

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Weather underground: How TV we...

Jun 28, 2012 by

Weather underground: How TV weathercasters can help in the climate fight

We humans are warming our climate — mostly by burning up fossil fuels.

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The New Eco-Devastation in Rur...

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When workers drilling tunnels at Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, began to die, Union Carbide had an answer.

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The plutocrats who bankrolled ...

Jun 28, 2012 by

The plutocrats who bankrolled the GOP primaries–and what they want in return

Seven super-rich men, five SuperPACs, $40 million

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