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Climate Change, Conservation, Green living, Health, Nature, Pollution, Recycling, Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Sep 18th, 2010,
In case you haven’t heard yet, this weekend is Clean Up The World Weekend! What is Clean Up The World Weekend? Simply put, it’s a weekend set aside for people to help clean up our world. More specifically, it’s a weekend for people to get together and clean up all the trash in our world. You can clean up the trash on a city block, in a park, at the beach, in a forest, in a parking lot, or anywhere else you can think of. Once collected, or even while collecting, be sure to separate the recyclables from actual trash….
Tags: clean up the world, Clean Up The World Weekend, Climate change, education, event, Go Green, help out, Pollution, trash, tree planting, volunteer, waste
Science & Technology, Weird Stuff, Apr 21st, 2010,
Over the years, a number of warning systems have been developed for floods, tornados, hurricanes and so forth. However, there has yet to be any kind of (decent) warning system made available for earthquakes. One group of Stanford scientists is trying to change that. What if you could turn your computer into a seismometer? What if you could help scientists create a better earthquake warning and medical response system? Well, guess what: It can be done! How? By joining the Quake-Catcher Network! This awesome website provides downloadable software for both desktop and laptop computers. It enables people to work together…
Tags: awareness, computers, download, earthquakes, education, QCN, Quake-Catcher Network, science, seismometer, software, Stanford, warning
