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Endangered green turtle migration mapped
Cruising the eastern Pacific is everyone's dream, but the green turtle, the only herbivore among the sea turtles, seems to have it made in one sense. The invaluable Gorgona National Park, not far from Galapagos, was used for the sampling of green turtles migration by snorkelling at night around the eastern reefs.[...]
Endangered green turtle migration mapped
Cruising the eastern Pacific is everyone's dream, but the green turtle, the only herbivore among the sea turtles, seems to have it made in one sense. The invaluable Gorgona National Park, not far from Galapagos, was used for the sampling of green turtles migration by snorkelling at night around the eastern reefs.[...]
Packers to Recycle Lambeau Field Scoreboards
Off-season renovations are underway at Lambeau Field, the home of the Green Bay Packers. But old materials aren’t headed for the landfill. They’re being recovered for recycling, according to recent news reports. This week, work crews began taking down the scoreboard in the south end zone to make way for a brand new 100 foot [...][...]
INFOGRAPHIC: Green Impact of Super Bowl XLVI
The NFL has been investing in environmental programs for nearly two decades. And this year’s Super Bowl rematch between the New England Patriots and New York Giants will be no exception. Super Bowl XLVI will be powered by 15 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy, provided by Green Mountain Energy Company. Sourcing game-day power from [...][...]
How to Recycle A Used CFL Bulb
They last a long time, but not forever. Compact Flourescent bulbs contain mercury and need to be disposed of properly. Disposing them improperly will lead to more environmental hazzards than you want to be responsible for.Your best bet is to see if you have a municipal recycling center in your area that will take them off your hands. I am lucky enough to have one in my area that will take the bulbs and other hazzardous products back and handle them properly. You can also return them to IKEA[...]
What Are Twinkie's Made Of?
One of America's favorite snack cakes isn't made with the ingredients you would expect. Turns out rocks, yes rocks are pretty high on the ingredients list.Five ingredients come from rocks.This got my attention. However, it only got worse when I discovered that the ingredients come from phosphate mines in Idaho, gypsum mines in Oklahoma, and oil fields in China. Okay, so now I was wondering if I was watching a real news story?come to find out, I was.The Twinkie, which was created during the[...]
Food Danger Alerts
This useful online search tool from the Center For Science In The Public Interest allows you to search for food problems by food type, pathogen or state. Find out what's wrong with the food in your neighborhood now, you can't be too cautious these days.The Outbreak Alert Database[...]
Tomorrow Today - Electricity Vendors
Mouna Andraos has created the Power Cart for the 2007 Conflux Festival in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It's a portable street vending cart (complete with umbrella for shade) that can charge your gadgets with solar and crank power. via Craft[...]
Food's Future
An intersting look at where farming is headed.[...]
Is Carbon Offsetting Cheating?
Watch this video to understand the situationAs the saying goes, you can?t have your cake and eat it too. So goes the running argument about whether offsetting your carbon footprint is a useful contribution to our eco-system or just another futile exercise in pretending to be doing good by spending your all-mighty dollar.It?s in the headlines: NewsCorp and Yahoo have been some of the more vocal companies offsetting their footprints. While Yahoo is quite honest that their plan is for the future,[...]
Did You Know?
An 18-hole golf course uses enough water daily to supply more than 2000 families.[...]
Washing Clothes With Your Bike
This pedal powered washing machine from the Cyclean company allows you to get fit while washing your clothes. Now this is what I call environmentally friendly, the ultimate green washing machine.Visit the Cyclean website for more information[...]
Sculpting With Recycled Paper
Rachael DiRenna does amazing things with recycled paper.Visit her website[...]
Avocados Can Prevent Mouth Cancer
Creamy rich avocados may help prevent mouth cancer and reduce the growth of pre-cancerous cells, a new research has revealed. Scientists at the Ohio State University, who recently carried out a study, have claimed that extracts from Hass avocados could kill oral cancer cells as well as arrest their growth. The researchers believe the fruit works because of its high level of phytochemical, plant compounds thought to have health-protecting qualities, and often found in dark coloured fruits and[...]
Toxic Popcorn
Finding the humor in all this makes the world a little less scary.via Miniature Brainwave[...]
Is Wi-Fi Killing Us?
People should avoid using Wi-Fi wherever possible because of the risks it may pose to health, the German government has said.Its surprise ruling ? the most damning made by any government on the fast-growing technology ? will shake the industry and British ministers, and vindicates the questions that The Independent on Sunday has been raising over the past four months.And Germany's official radiation protection body also advises its citizens to use landlines instead of mobile phones, and warns[...]
Water Conservation
This video shows you how to convert your toilet into a combination toilet/sink. Now the water you use to wash your hands will be diverted into the toilet tank for a second use. I believe you can also buy something like this at the retail level if you are worried about the top blending in with the rest of your toilet.[...]
The Irony Of Al Gore
From The Drudge Report:'GREEN' GORE GOES GULFSTREAM: VIDEO CATCHES ECO-WARRIOR ON LUXURY PRIVATE JET Fri Sep 07 2007 07:48:23 ET**Exclusive** As former Vice President Al Gore waits to hear if he has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless effort on climate change, a new video will air this weekend capturing Gore on a fuel-guzzling private jet! FOXNEWS host Sean Hannity is set to unleash the damning video this Sunday night, network sources reveal.[...]
Did You Know ?
?Did you know it takes one 15- to 20-year-old tree to make enough paper for only 700 grocery bags? Bring cloth bags when you shop, and if you forget, put your purchases in as few bags as possible.?Thanks for the tip Groovy Green [...]
Trees Cause Global Warming
This just in...from FOX News! Science will have totally lost everyone's respect with headilines like this. I have always been wary of all these studies my mom would tell me about from her news watching, "They say peas stop cancer", "Now they say peas are bad for you". I guess the media can find a study that can be interpreted to say whatever they are interested in promoting.[...]