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In 2004, Steve Goodall sold everything he owned and set sail on the open water, toward the sunset. He spent years living out a lifelong dream: sailing from one island to another, on the schedule of the sun and stars. Then one day, four years after he first set sail, he came across the atolls of western Micronesia.
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World Solar Challenge 2011 Starts In Two Weeks - Slashdot
First time accepted submitter SustainableJeroen writes "In less than two weeks the bi-annual World Solar Challenge will start. Around forty teams , mostly made up of university students from around the globe, will battle each other for first place in the de facto world championship of solar car racing. The teams will race each other on the 3000km Stuart highway between Darwin and Adelaide, while dodging road trains, dust devils and kangaroos. The fastest teams will cover this distance in four to five days, while it is by no means certain that all teams will make it to the finish line. In 2009, the Tokai University team from Japan unexpectedly took first place in this high-tech brain sport, with four-time winner Nuon Solar Team having to settle for second place.
24 hours to save our oceans
Posted: 13 September 2011 Update September 18: Wow – in three days over 640,000 people signed the petition to end deadly ocean clear-cutting. The petition got the attention of delegates, who are now considering their options ahead of a key ministers meeting in November. Let’s keep the pressure rising until then -- sign and forward!