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No CommentsDoesn’t it seem like President Obama was just elected? Well, he was, but alas there is no offseason in politics. The 2010 mid-terms are heating up and California Republican candidate Carly Fiorina is wasting no time going after Senator Barbara Boxer. Her … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Silly Season Is Upon Us: Fiorina Goes After Boxer on Climate Action
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No Comments Image: biknd For all those times you wish you could have brought your bike with you on the train, bus or plane, now there is Biknd Helium. The Helium bike case is not quite lighter than air, but definitely lighter than a standard hard case, weighing in at a mere than 9.5 kg (20.9 lbs). The trick: it’s inflatable. Canadian start-up company Biknd has a patent pending for their ingenious invention....
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No Comments We are big fans of Pi Day and have been celebrating it for years, last year with this yummy mushroom and barley pie . Having the great event fall on a Sunday this year threw us off, so instead we round up our previous posts. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Happy Pi Day From TreeHugger and Planet Green
Posted by on 03 14th, 2010 |
No Comments Jessica Biel, Kenna, and Emile Hirsch attend Summit on the Summit premier at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in NYC. Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Wireimage We have been covering the Summit on the Summit expedition, to raise awareness of the global clean water crisis, since it was
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TONIGHT: Jessica Biel, Emile Hirsch, and Kenna Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in ‘Summit on the Summit’...
Posted by on 03 14th, 2010 |
No Comments photo: Arbor Day Now Are you an amateur videographer at heart just waiting for your time to shine? Well, now’s your chance. The Arbor Day Foundation is looking for compelling videos to get people planting trees. And the top contest winner will receive $2,500 in free trees to shade their neighborhood or college campus. Find out what it takes to win some loot for your community…. Read the...
Posted by admin on 03 13th, 2010 |
No CommentsChevy is hoping to tap into the same sentiments that spark gadget fandom with its new Volt electric car. But is the crowd at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival the right audience? Originally posted at The Social
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Selling a car the iPod way
Posted by on 03 13th, 2010 |
No Comments ISO bright ideas. Photo by Paul Keller via Flickr. If you want to get people to boost their personal energy efficiency, you should appeal to their vanity, their inner couch potato, their wallets, and their competitive nature. That’s the strategy that came out of a cocktail party hosted by the online magazine Slate as part of an ongoing attempt to “harvest the collective intelligence of...
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No Comments HVAC heat exchanger corrosion associated with Chinese drywall presence. Image credit: Chinese drywall PSC This headline is certainly the meta-story that hovers above the request by Florida’s Republican Governor for Federal money to cover the cost of re-repairing thousands of hurricane-damaged homes which were repaired, first, with Chinese drywall. Florida’s Governor wants Federal money...
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No Comments The world’s most amazing necklace is here! Repeat, world’s most amazing necklace! Coming to you straight from eco-catalog pioneer VivaTerra , this tiered necklace is made from vintage silk scraps covering wood beads. Fully adjustable to wear long or short, this piece gives maybe too much interest to plain t-shirts and little black dresses. (Wait until you see how many people stop and ask you where...
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No Comments Credit: Flickr via Michael Francis McCarthy . 2012 is a movie, the end of the Mayan calendar, maybe the end of the Earth. But, thankfully, it’s all a myth. Or is it? The 2012 phenomenon gets a new spin from Lawrence M. Krauss in the March 2010 issue of Scientific American . The bottom line: 2012 could be the beginning of the end if we don’t take steps to combat climate change, and call...
