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Weird & Wonderful, Wildlife & Flora, Mar 11th, 2010,
Life and death work in mysterious ways and one recent incident in Sydney’s Taronga Zoo is proof of that.
An Asian Elephant gave birth yesterday to a healthy, living, baby boy. Two days ago, you wouldn’t have known that. Two days ago, zookeepers and veterinarians both declared the elephant calf dead inside the womb. Apparently, the [...]
Tags: Asian Elephant, australia, birth, elephant, life and death, Sydney, Taronga Zoo
Green basics, Weird & Wonderful, Wildlife & Flora, Mar 10th, 2010,
Have you ever heard the green travel saying: ‘take nothing but photos; leave nothing but footprints’ (or something to that effect)? Well, if you’re like me, you’ll want to bring home at least one gift, or perhaps send a postcard. Well, check this out. UK based A Studio for Design created an awesome new product [...]
Tags: cress, garden, gift, postcard, PostCarden, seeds, travel
Climate change, Politics, Weird & Wonderful, Mar 7th, 2010,
The lowest country in the world may have found an interesting solution to a rather alarming problem.
The Maldives is an absolutely amazing place, consisting of 26 atolls (a ring of coral reef) and nearly 1200 small islands. It’s also severely affected by climate change. Some people say the islands are sinking. In fact, they only [...]
Tags: climate change, Dutch Docklands, Dutch Watervally, floating facilities, floating houses, floating islands, global warming, The Maldives, Waterstudio.NL
Green basics, Weird & Wonderful, Mar 5th, 2010,
Every week (or perhaps every day) someone creates a unique green invention. Maybe it will make household work easier. Maybe it will remind us of how much help the planet needs. Maybe it’s simply an every day object recreated from recycled parts. Whatever they are, they certainly do a good job of educating and inspiring [...]
Tags: green designs, painful, panpaati, sustainable city lights, switch me!, unique, useful
Weird & Wonderful, Mar 4th, 2010,
Coal is known to be a top source of pollution. It’s the number one contributor to global warming. It’s even been associated with a number of health problems. Given these small bits of information, it doesn’t seem like any good can come from coal. However, designer Jim Zivic, sees and uses coal in a completely [...]
Tags: anthracite coal, coal, furniture, Jim Zivic, Ralph Pucci, sculpture tables
Conservation, Weird & Wonderful, Wildlife & Flora, Mar 2nd, 2010,
Honey bees suffering from the growing malady Colony Collapse Disorder are receiving aid from an unexpected source: Häagen-Dazs ice cream.
Now, I’m sure you may be wondering why on Earth an ice cream manufacturer would care about helping the honey bee. Well, the answer is pretty simple. Bees pollinate a lot of things besides flowers, such [...]
Tags: Colony Collapse Disorder, Häagen-Dazs, HelpTheHoneyBees.com, honey bees, ice cream, Vanilla Honey Bee
Recycling, Sustainable lifestyle, Weird & Wonderful, Feb 26th, 2010,
Imagine living in a home made of recycled waste plastic. Sure, it’s been done before, but Affresol takes it to a whole new level.
Backed by Welsh Assembly Government money, this “modular house construction company” launched a series of eco-friendly homes and four-ton modular, portable buildings. The awesome thing about these structures is not only do [...]
Tags: Affresol, homes made of recycled material, recyclable home, sustainable living, Swansea construction company
Videos & Documentaries, Weird & Wonderful, Feb 23rd, 2010,
The documentary ‘Nasca Lines: The Buried Secrets’, currently airing on the National Geographic Channel, uncovers the mysteries surrounding an ancient and fascinating series of designs carved into the floors of the Nasca – or Nazca – Desert in Peru.
The lines depict simple designs as well as more elaborate representations of animals and are as large [...]
Tags: documentary, floods, Lines, Machu Picchu, Nasca, National Geographic, Nazca, Peru
Climate change, Green basics, Science & Technology, Weird & Wonderful, ,
I am absolutely sick of winter.
This season is perhaps the most dreary and dismal of them all. Sure, some areas have spectacular views with their glaciers, icebergs, or quaint snow-covered cottages by a lake; but most of us aren’t so fortunate. Most of us have to deal with icy roads, shoveling sidewalks, or trudging through [...]
Tags: Kids, learning, science experiments, things to do when bored, weather, winter
Green basics, Sustainable lifestyle, Weird & Wonderful, Feb 22nd, 2010,
I want you to do an experiment.
The next time you go to a grocery store, browse through the produce section, the ethnic foods sections, and listen to any store announcements. Now, of all the food and products you browsed through, or heard advertised over the store loudspeakers, how much of that comes from another state, [...]
Tags: buying local not global, grocery store, Netherlands, Park Supermarket, Randstad, self-reliant, sustainable living, Van Bergen Kolpa Architect Firm