Tag / environment
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Patagonia Music
Patagonia Music launched today: Buy a song, benefit the environment. Patagonia has teamed up with a diverse group of world-class musicians to help protect and restore our natural environment. The musicians donate…
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Think Small
“Matthew Adams outside his 120-square-foot house by Modern Cabana on his 160 acres near Red Bluff, Calif. He wanted a well-designed dwelling that would have the least effect on his land.” Minimalism…
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Clever Car
Researchers in England have been working on a prototype for a “clever” (Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport) car. The car has three wheels and tilts for easy manueverability. The prototype…
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A-Z West
Andrea Zittel has always been one of my favorite artists since I saw her work in NYC in the late nineties. The NYTImes has a review of her latest work in Rethinking…
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Extinction alert for 800 species
In the BBC article, “Extinction alert for 800 species,” researchers have compiled a global map of sites where animals and plants face imminent extinction. “It’s impossible to know or predict how long…
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Streams and Wetlands at Risk
The Bush administration is considering eliminating Clean Water Act protection for small streams and wetlands that appear isolated from rivers or lakes. Already the administration has issued guidance that eliminates federal protection…
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Is erosion helping Himalayas to grow?
Are erosion and tectonics combining to cause the edge of Tibet to slide away, geologically speaking, from the main body of Tibet? Peter Zeitler and Anne Meltzer, professors of earth and environmental…
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In ‘Green’ Packaging, Corn Replaces Petroleum
Wild Oats Markets Inc. became the first grocery store in the United States to roll out a new type of “green” packaging which looks like plastic but turns into compost after disposal……
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Putrajaya
Really interesting to see how Malaysia is evolving from when I lived there in the nineties. Malaysia is building a 21st century city from scratch with natural environmental and digital vision. Malaysia…
