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Happy Eightieth Birthday, Tennessee Valley Authority Thousands...

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:05:54 -0400

Happy Eightieth Birthday, Tennessee Valley Authority

Thousands of people displaced and their farms submerged. Natural habitat destroyed. Libertarians decrying the federal nationalization of power generation. Billions of dollars spent on stimulus. Supreme court challenges about States’ rights and the Federal Governments authority and jurisdiction. It sounds like a cross between the Three Gorges Dam in China and the American Senate today, but in fact it was all about the Tennessee Valley Authority, founded on May 18, 1933.

For a virtual company, it is always fun to see co- workers in...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:11:12 -0400

For a virtual company, it is always fun to see co- workers in person! Here’s @christackett, @lloydalter and former ‘hugger Ben Boyd!

The Way We See the World designed these edible cups that are...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:07:54 -0400

The Way We See the World designed these edible cups that are changing the game for sustainable barware. Drink your drink and eat the cup! #csilaunch #vegan

Visiting the launch party of @CSIsl co-working space. Toronto...

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:20:51 -0400

Visiting the launch party of @CSIsl co-working space. Toronto <3s New York!

Creamy potato, leek and roasted poblano pepper soup

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:55:01 -0400

Creamy potato, leek and roasted poblano pepper soup

Meet Earl, your solar-powered backcountry survival tablet Sure,...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:49:40 -0400

Meet Earl, your solar-powered backcountry survival tablet

Sure, you can wrap your high-tech smartphone in a bombproof case, but between its high power demands and lack of ability to charge itself, and its inherent fragility, you might be working against its own design by trying to put it to a use that was never intended.

But Earl, well, Earl is different.

"A series of interactive timelapse GIFs that use Landsat satellite data to display massive changes to..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:44:17 -0400

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A series of interactive timelapse GIFs that use Landsat satellite data to display massive changes to the Earth’s surface could be a potent tool for motivating individuals and organizations to take action on key issues.

Google’s Animated GIFs of Earth Over Time focuses our attention on key features of our planet, such as the Amazon rainforest, the coal beds of Wyoming, the Columbia Glacier, the Aral Sea, and the deserts of Saudi Arabia.

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- Google’s new timelapse project shows 30 years of disappearing rainforest in just seconds

15 Easy recipes for eating local and vegetarian in May Eating...

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:38:47 -0400

15 Easy recipes for eating local and vegetarian in May

Eating healthful meals during busy weekdays can be as easy as throwing a few in-season ingredients into a casserole dish and putting it in the oven. We’ve gathered 10 great late-Spring recipes from soups and sautés, from salads to breads. Enjoy!

Dogs are going extinct: 8 most endangered canid species...

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:33:06 -0400

Dogs are going extinct: 8 most endangered canid species

We’re celebrating Endangered Species Day by bringing attention to the diverse and beautiful canid species around the world that are in danger of becoming extinct. We hope that by learning about these amazing relatives of our well-loved domestic dogs, readers will be encouraged to act to protect these species.

Cats are going extinct: 12 most endangered feline species Today,...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:57:37 -0400

Cats are going extinct: 12 most endangered feline species

Today, May 17th, is Endangered Species Day. We are celebrating it by bringing attention to the diverse and beautiful felid species around the world that are in danger of becoming extinct. The following species are either currently listed as endangered or vulnerable. We hope that by learning about these amazing relatives of our well-loved domestic cats, readers will be encouraged to act to protect these species.

The website Here is Today attempts to provide some perspective...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:32 -0400

The website Here is Today attempts to provide some perspective on time by giving a visual idea of how much time has passed since various important milestones (biological, geological, centuries, millennia, etc).

http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/need-some-perspective-time-here-today.html

"That might work in a small greenhouse or in a lab, but on a whole planet you’ll run into the fact..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:33:14 -0400

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That might work in a small greenhouse or in a lab, but on a whole planet you’ll run into the fact that the ecosphere is incredibly complex. That extra CO2 means a lot of extra heat, and that will have all sorts of ramifications.

Sure, growing pineapples in Toronto might be fun, but what do you think will happen in Kansas when the summer heat gets cranked up to broil, and changing weather patterns dry up all the rain for a few months at a time?

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- Phil Plait at Slate calls The Wall Street Journal’s defense of CO2 is ‘monumentally naive’

“This building puts 4,450 households on two acres and it...

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:27:41 -0400

“This building puts 4,450 households on two acres and it is actually designed with energy conservation in mind. By going huge they are getting tremendous manufacturing efficiencies; by going vertical they get the kind of repetition that makes it affordable. By going half a mile high and 220 stories they are going to get noticed.”

That is Lloyd Alter describing the sustainable case for what will be the world’s tallest building. See more pictures and a video here: One Building, One City: World’s tallest prefab, Sky City, is breaking ground in June

This performance of David Bowie’s “Space...

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:13:29 -0400

This performance of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” by International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield has been seen and shared by everyone and their mother — seriously, your mom has probably already written about this on Facebook — but it is too wonderful to not share again.

via Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield’s David Bowie cover is an important moment for science

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's David Bowie cover is an important moment for science

Tue, 14 May 2013 01:41:59 -0400

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's David Bowie cover is an important moment for science:

That the viral response to the music video has created a moment where it is seen as advantageous for editors to program more space-related content (including a post like this, I know) is precisely the goal of using media in the ways Hadfield has. He and his team have brought the world a view of space we have never seen in a way we have never seen. With the myriad issues we face in which science plays a role in solving, we need more people to appreciate and admire science and scientists of all types, so making the subject fun and accessible in space is a great way to do it.

Lastly, as Bonnie Malkin at The Telegraph notes “Hadfield will never need to buy a drink on Earth again,” so he’s also got that going for him, which is nice.

Artist Sonia Rentsch created this striking series of sculptures...

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:21:04 -0400

Artist Sonia Rentsch created this striking series of sculptures for January Biannual (photographed by Albert Comper and art direction by Olivia Nichols), using natural materials like leaves, sticks and seed pods to mimic the form of guns and other weapons. Entitled “Harm Less,” the images stir thoughts of beauty and violence within man and nature.

See the rest: Artist Sonia Rentsch creates guns made from nature

Coral Davenport at National Journal has an excellent piece on...

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:38:40 -0400

Coral Davenport at National Journal has an excellent piece on the “coming civil war in the Republican party.”

Already, deep fissures are emerging between, on one side, a base of ideological voters and lawmakers with strong ties to powerful tea-party groups and super PACs funded by the fossil-fuel industry who see climate change as a false threat concocted by liberals to justify greater government control; and on the other side, a quiet group of moderates, younger voters, and leading conservative intellectuals who fear that if Republicans continue to dismiss or deny climate change, the party will become irrelevant.

“There is a divide within the party,” says Samuel Thernstrom, who served on President George W. Bush’s Council on Environmental Quality and is now a scholar of environmental policy at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. “The position that climate change is a hoax is untenable.”

via The Republican civil war on climate change

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:03:01 -0400

“An odd set of corporate, municipal and grassroots bedfellows has coalesced in Northwest Arkansas around opposition to a proposed Southwestern Electric Power Co. power-line project that critics say could encroach on some of the most scenic places in the Ozarks. The proposed project would push through a 150-foot-wide cleared right-of-way studded with 150-foot-tall electrical transmission towers. One route for the project would bring the power lines within 1,000 feet of the iconic Thorncrown Chapel in the woods near Eureka Springs.”

via Arkansas’ Thorncrown Chapel under threat from energy company

Creamy fennel, spinach and asparagus soup — a vegan recipe

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:55:00 -0400

Creamy fennel, spinach and asparagus soup — a vegan recipe

Solar Electric Scooter spares the environment, gives to charity

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:49:00 -0400

Solar Electric Scooter spares the environment, gives to charity

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Happy Eightieth Birthday, Tennessee Valley Authority Thousands...

For a virtual company, it is always fun to see co- workers in...

The Way We See the World designed these edible cups that are...

Visiting the launch party of @CSIsl co-working space. Toronto...

Creamy potato, leek and roasted poblano pepper soup

Meet Earl, your solar-powered backcountry survival tablet Sure,...

"A series of interactive timelapse GIFs that use Landsat satellite data to display massive changes to..."

15 Easy recipes for eating local and vegetarian in May Eating...

Dogs are going extinct: 8 most endangered canid species...

Cats are going extinct: 12 most endangered feline species Today,...

The website Here is Today attempts to provide some perspective...

"That might work in a small greenhouse or in a lab, but on a whole planet you’ll run into the fact..."

“This building puts 4,450 households on two acres and it...

This performance of David Bowie’s “Space...

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's David Bowie cover is an important moment for science

Artist Sonia Rentsch created this striking series of sculptures...

Coral Davenport at National Journal has an excellent piece on...

© Thorncrown Chapel “An odd set of corporate, municipal...

Creamy fennel, spinach and asparagus soup — a vegan recipe

Solar Electric Scooter spares the environment, gives to charity