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Want to stand out from the crowd and do your bit for the environment at the same time? The bag for life is the latest rage for holiday makers venturing deep into the African savannah. This unique invention will not only do away with those nasty plastic bags, it will keep you safe from deadly malaria injecting mosquitoes without the need for destructive stinky, sticky icky chemicals and insect repellent sprays. What’s more, you can make your own bag for life on a shoe-string budget and here’s how.Want to stand out from the crowd and do your bit for the environment at the same time?... more
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National Geographic Magazine, June 2011.
If you’ve ever been pummeled by a wave at the beach, you know that moving water packs a wallop. The Electric Power Research Institute estimates that wave and tidal energy could supply 7 percent of the electricity for the United States—and in the United Kingdom, that contribution could be double. Engineers are designing all sorts of devices to tap this clean, renewable energy: “snakes” that jiggle over the water’s surface, buoys that bob with the swell, and turbines that spin in the current. (Items illustrated here show the diversity of wave power devices but wouldn’t be implemented together.)
Since populations are often concentrated near coasts, energy from moving water can be produced close to where it’s needed. And unlike wind energy, dependent on inconsistent gusts, this technology is as predictable as the tides. Technical and financial hurdles still exist, but projects are in the works for waters off Maine, New York, Oregon, Canada, and Scotland. Ocean power farms might be just over the horizon. —Juli Berwald
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Japan is looking for new sources of energy, and wave power would be a great choice. This new technology would probably be expensive to build, but with the added bonus of not generating any nuclear waste.National Geographic Magazine, June 2011.
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ENCINITAS, Calif., May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Stellar Solar is walking the talk so to speak when it comes to practical, real-world applications of solar power. Co-founder and Vice President of Sales and Marketing Michael Powers recently took delivery of a new 2011 Nissan Leaf electric car that is being powered primarily from electricity generated by his 3.5 kW Stellar Solar residential solar system.
Stellar Solar actually followed in the trailblazing footsteps of one of their customers, Peter and Julie Norby of Carlsbad, California, who have been powering their Mini E electric Mini Cooper for the past year with their Stellar Solar system.
"Given our standing as one of the leading residential solar and commercial solar installers in San Diego County, purchasing the Nissan Leaf and powering it with a Stellar Solar installed system provide great real-world examples of both," said Michael Powers. "Besides that, on a personal cost savings level, I am now driving for around 2 cents per mile (versus 20 cents for a gasoline car) and saving over $2,000 per year on fuel costs alone."http://www.resourceinvestor.com/News/2010/10/PublishingImages/10-24-10-mhft-NissanLeaf0... more
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Freeganism is a total boycott of an economic system where the profit motive has eclipsed ethical considerations and where massively complex systems of productions ensure that all the products we buy will have detrimental impacts most of which we may never even consider. Thus, instead of avoiding the purchase of products from one bad company only to support another, we avoid buying anything to the greatest degree we are able.
Freegans are people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. Freegans embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/42951-freegan-Freeganism is a total boycott of an economic system where the profit motive has... more
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Available here: http://www.ecobold.com/products/54-green-kids-books-peace
Peace books for children by Honeymoon Press. The author, Tiana Krahn, was born in the UK and currently lives in California with her illuminous daughter and their "crooked cat Fred". When she couldn't find the right book that was sustainable and stylish, and that her daughter could put in her mouth, she decided to create her own.
There are two books: peace and love. They are both bright, with adorable images, and wording throughout the book. They are also meant to open up a dialog about what peace and love means in different cultures and languages. You can sing to your kids (or with them), what a great message to send them at this point in time. It leaves the reader - and listener - happy and empowered.
These books that teach peace and love by Honeymoon Press are printed on 100% recycled paper which is also 100% chlorine free paper. The ink is vegetable based. Imagine how many things kids and babies put in their mouth, books included, so we better to be safe than sorry! She also said that the the whole point of the company was to make a book that was 100% green. This educational book will sure be popular amongst parents and kids ;-)
Below is the a little more detail about what each book teaches:
Peace: is a book about peaceful people doing peaceful things. It teaches how to say the word 'peace' in several languages, but also focuses on the ways people find peace in their simple day to day activities.
Love: explores the concept of love, and depicts the myriad of ways we experience it. This book shows that love of nature, and of ourselves, and others is all interconnected, as it celebrates loves importance in our lives.Available here: http://www.ecobold.com/products/54-green-kids-books-peace
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This is a great new idea for parts of the developing world where underground aquifers are hard to reach and accessing water is a problem. Forget dirty diesel pumps, electrification and major water infrastructure, a good bit of pumping will solve the problem. The pumpy pump pump can be made by any gap year student or native in a few minutes and it really works. Try it at home and let us know how you get on.This is a great new idea for parts of the developing world where underground aquifers... more
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The Japanese company Genepax presents its eco-friendly car that runs on nothing but water. The car has an energy generator that extracts hydrogen from water that is poured into the car’s tank. The generator then releases electrons that produce electric power to run the car.The Japanese company Genepax presents its eco-friendly car that runs on nothing but... more
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Central Finding
The overarching finding of this study is that a zero-CO2 U.S. economy can
be achieved within the next thirty to fifty years without the use of nuclear
power and without acquiring carbon credits from other countries. In other
words, actual physical emissions of CO2 from the energy sector can be
eliminated with technologies that are now available or foreseeable. This
can be done at reasonable cost while creating a much more secure
energy supply than at present. Net U.S. oil imports can be eliminated in
about 25 years. All three insecurities – severe climate disruption, oil supply
and price insecurity, and nuclear proliferation via commercial nuclear
energy – will thereby be addressed. In addition, there will be large
ancillary health benefits from the elimination of most regional and local air
pollution, such as high ozone and particulate levels in cities, which is due
to fossil fuel combustion.
http://www.ieer.org/carbonfree/covercfnf.jpgCentral Finding
The overarching finding of this study is that a zero-CO2 U.S.... more
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From the blog post by Alex Muse (CEO of ShopSavvy, Inc., the creators of ShopSavvy)
"More and more produce items are sporting scan-able barcodes and we thought it might be cool if consumers could figure out where a particular fruit was grown. Did you know that 27% of produce is grown by family farms? We decided to partner with Top 10 Produce to help ShopSavvy users ‘Know Your Farmer’. The program is brand new, but over the coming months hundreds of farms will be added to the system. ShopSavvy users who scan produce will find pictures, maps, Facebook Pages, Twitter feeds related to the farmer who grew the fruit or vegetable."
http://shopsavvy.mobi/2011/03/08/food-traceability-on-shopsavvy/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
http://www.Top10produce.comFrom the blog post by Alex Muse (CEO of ShopSavvy, Inc., the creators of ShopSavvy)... more
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Food sovereignty is about a system of agriculture where people get to decide their own food and agricultural policies in their own countries without being dictated by foundations or institutions like the WTO or the IMF or the World Bank or trade agreements.People decide what they’re going to eat, who’s going to produce it, what’s going to be produced. And more than that, it’s a whole life system that is sustainable, that respects Mother Earth, that respects human rights and the rights of people to live in dignity, to be well-fed, to be reasonably taken care of, have a decent standard of living. Everything that food sovereignty encompasses is human rights, women’s rights and education: everything that makes a good life and protects the planet. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/37410-la-via-campesina-food-and-farming-for-the-earthFood sovereignty is about a system of agriculture where people get to decide their own... more
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Meet Edwin Tuccio, a bison farmer on North Quarter Farm in Riverhead, Long Island. He's been raising bison for over 30 years, joining a small movement of passionate farmers to help bring the breed back to healthy numbers across the country. Right now, it's good to be a bison farmer. There's a growing demand for the meat, prices have doubled, and there's a lot more interest in the food. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liza-de-guia/buffalo-bison-farming_b_827157.htmlMeet Edwin Tuccio, a bison farmer on North Quarter Farm in Riverhead, Long Island.... more
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Shoppers at Whole Foods Markets will now have a better source of information about where their meat comes from and how it was treated. The rating program holds farmers and producers to a set of protocols.Shoppers at Whole Foods Markets will now have a better source of information about... more
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This group, Animal Welfare News & Animal Welfare Videos, misuses the term "Animal Welfare" by commandeering the term to promote an underlying agenda. Working towards the cessation of eating, keeping, using and raising animals for any purpose is Animal RIghts, not Animal Welfare. This group would more truthfully be called "Animal Rights News & Animal Rights Videos". I joined because I'm an animal welfare activist and not a vegan.
What's the difference? Animal Welfare advocates wish to free the billions of chickens, hogs and cows from the terrible conditions of industrial agriculture - where they're crowded together in horrific conditions and dosed with antibiotics to keep them alive, all in the pursuit of engineered efficiency and lower unit cost of production.
Animal Welfare means that people want to return to family farms where animals live a life, however short, where they have shelter, companionship, and the ability to engage in natural behaviors where chickens live outside pecking at bugs and pigs rooting in the woods, and dairy cows munching on pasture with their buddies. Yes, their lives end at human hands, but while they're alive they have a vastly different existence than in industrial factories that make up 90+ percent of America's meat production industry. Animal Welfare overlaps Animal Rights when animals are treated cruelly in zoos, circuses, and in the wild. We share common areas of concern and have much to help each other to rid the world of so much cruelty. But our paths diverge when it comes to animals for food.
Animal Welfare means working to relieve suffering now, rather than Animal Rights, which advocates waiting until every last person on the earth changes what they eat and all livestock cease to exist. I truly wonder which path animals would choose, if they could?This group, Animal Welfare News & Animal Welfare Videos, misuses the term... more
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Even if the planet doubled the amount of solar and wind power available tomorrow, there would still be a shortage of clean electricity. We need to grab energy from wherever we can find it, which is why piezoelectricity—the charge that gathers in solid materials like crystal and ceramic in response to strain—has recently begun to pique the interest of entrepreneurs and scientists alike. A number of materials are piezoelectric, including topaz, quartz, cane sugar, and tourmaline. That means a charge begins accumulating inside these materials when pressure is applied. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/your-details/30439-electricity-generating-dance-floors-and-piezoelectric-roadwaysEven if the planet doubled the amount of solar and wind power available tomorrow,... more
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Sustainable seafood purchases have surged in the UK after being encouraged by a new Channel 4 Fish Fight campaign. According to leading UK supermarkets, people have started preferring species such as coley, dab, mussels, squid and sardines over salmon, cod and tunaSustainable seafood purchases have surged in the UK after being encouraged by a new... more
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The summary of the show: Over the span of a lifetime, the world's population has tripled and consumption has become a way of life. David Suzuki reflects on these changes in his new book "The Legacy: An Elder's Vision for Our Sustainable Future." He tells host Steve Curwood that the path to a sustainable future is to stop elevating economy over ecology and to start imagining a brighter future.The summary of the show: Over the span of a lifetime, the world's population has... more
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If you missed PopTech this year, you may not have heard. But waste is now a resource. If PopTech Fellow Ryan Smith can turn sewage sludge into plastic, Brooke Farrell (RecycleMatch Co-founder and PopTech Fellow) is pretty sure she can handle what's in your company's dumpster. RecycleMatch is creating markets for all kinds of things we once considered trash.If you missed PopTech this year, you may not have heard. But waste is now a resource.... more
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