Game Over for Planet Earth: The Month’s Biggest Story You Never Read. MIDWAY - a film by Chris Jordan. How a landfill works: Infographic. It's Official- Cell Phones are Killing Bees. Scientists may have found the cause of the world’s sudden dwindling population of bees – and cell phones may be to blame.
Research conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland has shown that the signal from cell phones not only confuses bees, but also may lead to their death. Over 83 experiments have yielded the same results. With virtually most of the population of the United States (and the rest of the world) owning cell phones, the impact has been greatly noticeable. Led by researcher Daniel Favre, the alarming study found that bees reacted significantly to cell phones that were placed near or in hives in call-making mode. The bees sensed the signals transmitted when the phones rang, and emitted heavy buzzing noise during the calls. The signals cause the bees to become lost and disoriented. Bees are an integral and necessary part of our agricultural and ecological systems, producing honey, and more importantly pollinating our crops. Via Daily Mail. TOXIC: Garbage Island 1 of 3 - Toxic. By Thomas Morton Photos by Jake Burghart I’m not one of those guys who corners folks at parties to rant at them about biodiesel or calls people “fucking idiots” for being skeptical about global warming.
But I should also point out that I’m not one of those Andrew Dice Clay “Fuck the whales” types either. The problem with all the bravado on both sides of the ecology debate is that nobody really knows what they’re talking about. Trying to form opinions on climate change, overpopulation, and peak oil hinges on ginormous leaps of faith based around tiny statistical deviances that even the scientists studying them have a hard time understanding.
No More Speculation: Scientists Prove Ocean Acidification is Already Underway. Everything that’s wrong with our oil-soaked industrial economy, in one amazing poster. Japanese Inventor Akinori Ito Converts Plastic Bags into Fuel. Photo credit: Zainub Razvi Plastic bags have become the bane of our existence.
Plastic Recycling Codes - Which Plastics Are Safe. In America, we generate 10.5 million tons of plastic waste per year with only 1-2% being recycled.
Ditching the synthetic material known as plastic is a tough endeavor for any American, even the greenest among us. In our everyday lives, it’s everywhere. Bottled Water vs. Tap Water. Development of Tiny Thorium Reactors Could Wean the World Off Oil In Just Five Years. Turtle found that pooped plastic for a month. As the world's experts on plastic pollution gather this week in Honolulu for the Fifth International Marine Debris Conference, a disturbing new report has been released that chronicles what decades of plastic pollution in our oceans has done to sea turtles.
The turtle was rescued in 2009 after marine biologists in Melbourne Beach, Fla., noticed that it seemed to be having problems digesting food. After dislodging a large piece of plastic from the animal's gastrointestinal tract, the turtle proceeded to defecate 74 foreign objects over the next month. Some of those objects included four types of latex balloons, five different types of string, nine different types of soft plastic, four different types of hard plastic, a piece of carpet-like material, and two large tar balls. Though this turtle was rescued, it is representative of a growing problem for sea turtles around the world, creatures that easily mistake plastics for food items like jellyfish.
Michael Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkable. The Fun Theory. Education for Sustainability. Green Business. Population. Solar Wind bridge concept could power 15,000 homes, grow vegetables. 1ℓimit – Faucet Design by Yonggu Do, Dohyung Kim & Sewon Oh. One Liter Limited.
Solar Powered Blue Car Hitting the Streets in 2010. Starting this coming spring, a slick new solar-powered electric vehicle will be hitting the streets of Europe.
Italian car designer Pininfarina and French battery manufacturer Bolloré have officially announced that the five door Blue Car hatchback is now ready for production. A fully-electric vehicle with solar panels by 2010? Count us in! Previously unveiled at last years Geneva Show, the Blue Car is a fully-electric vehicle that comes equipped with solar panels on the rooftop. 4 Surprising Places You Should Never Buy Seafood From. January 25, 2011 | Like this article?
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U.S. researchers report that one in eight of the 82,000 ingredients used in personal care products are industrial chemicals, including carcinogens, pesticides, reproductive toxins, and hormone disruptors. Smart, Environmentally Friendly Packaging Ideas. Did you know that packaging constitutes as much as one-third of the non-industrial waste stream, which is why 28 countries have laws designed to minimize that waste?
Unfortunately, the U.S. is not among them, according to www.idealbite.com. To ship your holidays gifts the smart way, consider these tips that will help reduce what ends up in our landfills: Hydrogen Combustion.