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  • Wash Reusable Bags and Never Leave them in a Bathroom

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    Have you picked up the reusable bag habit yet? If you have, where do you keep your bags? Is it safe to assume you don’t keep them in a bathroom? Are you a reusable bag owner looking from your bag to your bathroom as you ponder the question and can only answer: “Well, that is just silly-grocery bags in the bathroom.” Unfortunately, someone once kep ...
    May 10 Tags: awareness, green living, how to go green, plastic bag, plastic bag bans

  • The First National Day of Action

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    Sunday was Earth Day, yesterday was National Arbor Day, and today is Keep America Beautiful’s (KAB) first “National Day of Action” the perfect ending to a week of reflection and awareness. KAB is best known for their Great American Cleanup events which will be held today as part of a larger movement to encourage people to become active in their co ...
    Apr 28 Tags: awareness, conservation, KAB, recycling, waste

  • Walk Score Ranks Public Transit and Says NYC is #1

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    "Walkability” is like a slew of other fake words now commonly bandied about in our daily conversations.  The word is similar to a portmanteau like momager, tofurkey, and mathlete but has more in common with our country’s penchant for adding the word “gate“ to whatever hot scandal is the subject of our 24 hour news network. Just add ability to ...
    Apr 26 Tags: green living, how to go green, public transportation, walkability

  • Celebrate Earth Day with NASA's New Gallery Features

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    A selection of scientists from NASA have been in Washington D.C. since Friday to celebrate the 42nd Annual Earth Day at the National Mall. They have set up three tents with activities and exhibits are free and open to the public (as all events at the Mall are today) at their “NASA Village.” The Green Theater is one of these tents and will feature ...
    Apr 22 Tags: climate change, Earth, earth conservation, earth-saving efforts, NASA

  • Drinking too Much Soda Could Cause Death

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    Yesterday, in what can only be considered an odd coincidence, several media outlets reported via the Associated Press that in 2010 a 30-year-old New Zealand woman died because of a soda addiction.  Natasha Harris suffered a heart attack and that heart attack has been attributed to excessive soda consumption. Meanwhile, stateside, prestigious ...
    Apr 21 Tags: beverages, food, health, research studies
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Mother Nature in Outer Space

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  • Vesta: An Asteroid with the Characteristics of a Planet

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    Yesterday at a NASA press conference a panel of scientists presented new information collected by the Dawn spacecraft about the giant asteroid called Vesta. In July of last year Dawn arrived to orbit Vesta now that its work is done there the spacecraft will leave the asteroid in about three months and travel to the dwarf planet Ceres. Dawn will be ...
    May 11 Tags: asteroids, Earth, NASA

  • Supermoon on Saturday is Good for Photographers

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    Saturday’s Moon will be a “supermoon” and all that means is that the full Moon will look big and bright because it’s nearer to us than it is normally. News outlets are stressing that there is nothing to be afraid of because the Moon isn’t suddenly going to take a nosedive into our planet or cause chaos. How can we be certain we have nothing to fea ...
    May 03 Tags: moon, NASA

  • Wanted: Asteroid Miners and Asteroid Watchers

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    Asteroids were a popular subject this month as Planetary Resources, Inc announced at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington their intentions to mine near-Earth asteroids for precious metals and water. The company has enlisted the help of big names like movie director James Cameron in an advisory role and Google co-founder Larry Page as a finan ...
    Apr 29 Tags: asteroids, NASA, water

  • MoonKAM Delivers First Set of Images

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    Ebb and Flow, NASA’s twin spacecraft, achieved lunar orbit with no reported problems at the beginning of this year after a four month trip.  NASA has several goals they hope to achieve with the spacecraft and GRAIL including a greater understanding of the Moon’s surface and interior by mapping its gravitational field. This eighty day mis ...
    Mar 23 Tags: GRAIL mission, moon, NASA

  • NASA Gets WISE with the Stars in the Sky

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    NASA began the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission in December of 2009 to photograph and map our entire sky.  As you can see from the mission’s name they were going to use infrared photography which produces a different sort of image than the crisp photos taken via other methods. Infrared photography is often used by artists to ...
    Mar 16 Tags: earth blog, NASA
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Classic & Cutting-Edge Technology

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  • Disney Says: "Touché"

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    There are several memorable scenes in Disney’s animated Alice in Wonderland released in 1951 but everyone should recall Alice’s frantic and weepy encounter with the talking doorknob. The angry doorknob prevents her from leaving the room she has landed in after falling down the rabbit hole.  Alice takes the first logical step when faced with a ...
    May 04 Tags: Disney, research projects, smart technology

  • Smart Homes Are Ready to Serve You!

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    Utilizing technology to make life easier is not uncommon.  Some appliances have emergency shut-offs when they become too hot and practically everything is programmable from the coffee pot to the television. What happens when the phone and home are both smarter than their owners? When the appliances are all considered efficient? Do we gain eff ...
    Mar 30 Tags: green living, research projects, smart technology

  • Smart Paint Could Improve Safety Monitoring

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    Everyone has heard the saying: “If these walls could talk.”  Two researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow want to get walls, bridges, wind turbines, and other large structures talking with a coat of smart paint and nanotechnology. But this set of researchers aren’t interested in the secrets of humans - they want the surfaces of ...
    Jan 31 Tags: coal, paint, recycling, safety

  • Ford Announces More Vehicles to Offer EcoBoost™

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    Ford Motor Company sure does love their EcoBoost™ technology. Have you recently seen a Ford commercial that hasn’t mentioned the EcoBoost™? If that guy they use as a spokesperson, with the hat and non-confrontational manner, appears you know he is certainly going to mention it. At least that set of Ford commercials are more tolerable than the “Driv ...
    Jan 26 Tags: cars, corporate responsibility, Ford, green living

  • SDG&E's Green Button and Green Building

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    San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has been a busy little public utility lately. The company is launching green programs for the 3.5 million people it provides electricity and gas services to faster than you can say “corporate sustainability.” This week alone SDG&E announced their “Green Button” tool for customers and opened their Energy ...
    Jan 20 Tags: corporate responsibility, energy, enviromentalism, SDG&E, solar power
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Mother Nature's Vegetation

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  • California's New Tiny Pest Has Long Name

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    As if California didn’t have enough to worry about in the pest department (Lindsay Lohan is still roaming free, isn’t she?) a new threat has been identified that could cripple the avocado industry if left unchecked. In 2003 the tiny beetle known as the Tea Shot Hole Borer (Euwallacea fornicatus) which is smaller than the size of a single flaxseed, ...
    May 09 Tags: California, food, food source, insects, trees

  • Happy Arbor Day! Hug a Tree!

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    Today is National Arbor Day and Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) tweeted a link to their "Right Tree, Right Place" tips to remind their 4.6 million customers to make “informed landscaping choices” before planting trees and shrubs. FPL has been designated a "Tree Line USA" utility for ten years in a row by The National Arbor Day Foundation. ...
    Apr 27 Tags: awareness, conservation, holidays, how to go green, tree growth, trees

  • Heat Seems to Make Trees Leafier

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    One spring five years ago a team of researchers planted red oak seedlings, a tree native to the eastern seaboard, in a northeastern portion of Central Park near 105th Street. They didn’t stop at the famous park; they went on to plant trees in two rural forest plots in suburban Hudson Valley, and near the Ashokan Reservoir located in the foothills o ...
    Apr 25 Tags: cities, climate change, earth’s climate, tree growth, trees, warming climate

  • The Once and Future King of Trees

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    "We've been working on this for a long time and are looking at many genes. One particular gene has become my favorite," said Dr. William Powell,"And over the years it has convinced me that this gene is going to do the trick." What trick is this gene set to perform? It’s going to detoxify the oxalic acid produced by the pathogen that causes blight ...
    Apr 13 Tags: awareness, conservation, New York, research projects, tree growth, trees

  • USPS Releases Cherry Blossom Stamp

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    One hundred years ago the Japanese capital of Tokyo gifted the United States capital with over 3,000 cherry blossom trees. That initial set of trees would be one of many sets exchanged over the years and across the Pacific ocean to symbolize friendship between the two countries.  Sadly, the relationship between Japan and the United States wou ...
    Mar 25 Tags: awareness, conservation, Japan, trees, united states, USPS, Washington DC
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Mother Nature's Air

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  • Smoking Contributes to Memory Loss

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    Smoking is bad for the environment and for your health. Smoking is also killing your ability to remember to pick up your dry cleaning. Last year, we mentioned the toxicity of isocyanic acid which is produced by cigarette smoke and the smoke of wildfires. Isocyanic acid has been linked to cataracts, rheumatoid arthritis, and cardiovascular disease ...
    Mar 06 Tags: brain mass, cigarettes, clean air, research studies, smoking

  • Old-Fashioned Air Fresheners

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    SC Johnson is pulling nitrogen from the air we breathe to make environmentally friendly aerosol products.   Now we can breathe in fresher, more pleasant smelling air or spray down every wood surface to a high-shine in our homes knowing their method of production “has reduced volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by approximately six million pound ...
    Mar 05 Tags: clean air, corporate responsibility, green living, how to go green

  • Breathing Easy

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    Breathing is an action our bodies do involuntarily and it’s as easy as blinking. Even before a baby opens their eyes to see the world they just entered, they are gasping for the world’s air. On average a human will take anywhere from 17,280-23,040 breaths per day depending on the rate of heartbeat. A person sitting in a room reading this blog is ob ...
    Nov 21 Tags: clean air, smog pollution

  • Nitrogen: Keeping Our Air Clean

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    While it can be rare to hear or read about good news when it comes to the current state of the environment, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry from the Biogeochemistry Department has released findings that show nitrogen in our soil fortifies nature’s ability to clean the air that we breathe. Recently published in the journal Scie ...
    Aug 21 Tags: clean air
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Mother Nature's Phenomena

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  • Geologist Solves Desert Mystery in Mysterious Ways

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    It isn't very often that a scientist is able to watch his theory proven without having to stage and conduct an elaborate experiment. But that is exactly what happened to Jay Quade, a geologist with the University of Arizona. Thanks to a freak stomach ache and a less freakish, but scarier, earthquake he formed and probably proved his theory on the o ...
    Oct 15 Tags: earthquakes, environmental disasters

  • Lessons Learned from Nature's Fury: Mount St. Helens 26 Years Later

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    Nobody wishes for a natural disaster, but when one does occur, it gives scientists an opportunity to learn new things about our earth and the environment. This is particularly evident 26 years after the eruption of Mount St. Helens. One of the most important lessons learned was how nature repairs herself. Sometimes, what seems to be a violent outbu ...
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  • Huge Chunk of Ice on Giesen Glacier in Bernese Alps Threatens to Fall

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    A large crack in a glacier in Switzerland warns that a chunk of ice the size of 12 football fields may break off the Giesen glacier. The Swiss have organized a crisis team, which has issued warnings and blocked hiking trails in the area of the Bernese Alps. ...
    Sep 30 Tags: Untagged

  • Are Haboobs in Arizona an Environmental Concern?

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    The photographs and videos of recent haboobs (dust storms) in Arizona are frightening.  In a matter of minutes, metro Phoenix is covered in a dark, black cloud of dust, and visibility drops to zero. The storms come on so quickly that many people are trapped outdoors, unable to see well enough to seek shelter. The footage is scary, but is reall ...
    Aug 29 Tags: environmental phenomena

  • Waterspouts Create Photo Opportunities for Carolina Beach-Goers

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    About five waterspouts, tornadoes over water, appeared on Carolina Beach, N.C. last week, providing awe-inspiring natural phenomena for the crowds of beach-goers.  One of the waterspouts eventually moved over land, becoming a classic tornado. Fortunately, there were no injuries and the only damages reported were some broken wooden walkways. Wi ...
    Aug 25 Tags: environmental phenomena, tornadoes
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Mother Nature's Water

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  • Do You Want Some Fish with that Wine?

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    The traditional pairing of white wine with a fish dinner has another relationship aside from your plate and palate. Biologists at the University of California, Berkeley have found that fish and viticulturists in wine country may be unknowingly competing for one of the state’s most limited resources: water. Take a guess as to who is losing the stru ...
    May 15 Tags: awareness, California, conservation, fish, fish population, water, waterways, wine

  • The Charles River Earns a "B" Grade

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    Today the EPA released their “report card” for the Charles River in Boston. Since 1995 they have been grading the water quality and measuring the effectiveness of cleanup efforts against the basic goals of the Clean Water Act: making sure the waterways are clean for fishing and swimming. ...
    Apr 23 Tags: Boston, clean water, EPA, water, waterways

  • Venice is Sinking Again

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    The Tower of Pisa is not the only famous piece of Italy that is sinking and leaning. New research has found that the city of Venice is still slowly, but naturally, settling down and tilting east when it was previously thought that the city might have stabilized. This study is one of those “if ‘x’ continues at the rate it is currently being observed ...
    Mar 22 Tags: Italy, research studies, Venice, water

  • World Water Day is March 22nd

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    Stop for a minute and think of all the ways you used water today: cooking, cleaning and for hygiene. Now think of all the ways you use water at work. Depending on your place of employment those ways could vary, so think of how much water a farmer uses or a chef in a restaurant. Now go one step further and think of all the food and non-food products ...
    Mar 21 Tags: awareness, conservation, earth blog, food source, Fresh Water Sources, water

  • Sea Turtles Enjoy the Safety MPAs Provide

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    A global research study conducted by an international team has found that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are functioning as intended- they are protecting marine life such as sea turtles. An MPA is a designated no fishing zones which is excellent news for turtles. Fishing nets and lines, active or abandoned, are considered two of the most common way ...
    Mar 19 Tags: awareness, conservation, earth’s creatures, ocean, research studies, turtles
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Mother Nature's Science

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  • 8+1= A New Way to Teach Science

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    “8+1” is not the name of Kate Gosselin’s new TLC reality show that will continue chronicling her life with her eight children: a pair of twins and a set of sextuplets. “8 +1” is a concept that could change the way the Gosselin kids or any Kindergarten through 12th grade student might  leanr about science and correlating subjects.  Current ...
    Apr 05 Tags: education, environmental education, schools, science education, united states

  • Biomimetics is Inspired by Nature

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    Biomimetics was an area of focus during the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society convention in San Diego which started this Saturday and will run through this week ending on Thursday. You probably haven’t heard of biomimetics because it’s considered an “emerging field” but the idea behind it is simple to the poi ...
    Mar 26 Tags: earth conservation, earth’s creatures, Renewable Resources, research projects

  • White Coca-Cola Can Update

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    In October we blogged about the Coca-Cola company’s partnership with the World Wildlife Fund to help get the word out about the depleting polar bear population and the melting of Arctic Sea ice. Coca-Cola turned their classic red cans white to raise awareness at the consumer level and the cans hit store shelves on November 1st and instead of awaren ...
    Dec 02 Tags: Arctic Home, Coke goes white, Coke Saves Polar Bears, Polar Bear awareness, polar bears, red coke cans

  • Upcycling vs. Recycling

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    It’s easy to be green. A little too easy in some cases, if the crafty members of Etsy.com and their upcycled, earth-friendly wares are any example. Upcycling is the practice of taking useless or waste materials to make something that is useful and often better. For every beautiful, reconstructed vintage dress and kitschy tote bag made entirely of K ...
    Nov 14 Tags: green living, recycling, upcycling

  • Students Manipulate Yeast to add Vitamins to Bread

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    Nutrient rich bread can be a great weapon in the fight against malnutrition in impoverished regions of the world. A group of undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins University are joining in that fight by using synthetic biology to enhance common yeast so that it yields beta carotene. Beta carotene is best known for giving carrots their orange colo ...
    Nov 03 Tags: Untagged
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Mother Nature's News

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  • Oxnard's Halaco Plant Provides Locals With Cold Comfort

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    The Halaco site in Oxnard, California, is one of many superfund sites in Southern California currently being cleaned up and studied by the EPA. Some residents of the area are old enough to recall the metal smelter’s havoc on the air and most all have a passing knowledge if not curiosity about the abandoned and fenced-off plant situated so close to ...
    Mar 20 Tags: California, california coast, conservation, EPA, Superfund

  • Recent Ohio Earthquakes May Be Human Induced

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    A month ago we asked, “Are we to blame for shakes, rattles, and rolls?” The answer was a resounding, “Yes, human activity can cause earthquakes.” The post highlighted a 7.6 earthquake in China caused by 320 million tons of water in a dam exerting pressure on a fault line. In Switzerland a smaller but still dangerous earthquake caused by hydraulic f ...
    Jan 01 Tags: earthquakes, fracking, Ohio

  • Cotton & Milk

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    Comfort is one of the many reasons, if not the most important reason, people buy and wear certain types of clothing. It has long been said that jeans and a t-shirt are the unofficial American uniform. Sartorialists may lament that no one dresses up anymore and as a culture Americans are getting lazier about changing out of pajamas to shop at the gr ...
    Nov 18 Tags: cotton, green living, milk, organic

  • Multiple Factors Cause Damage to Florida Keys Ecosystem

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    A recent article in the Condition Report 2011 for Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary describes the multiple threats that may forever change the Florida Keys ecosystem. The details of this report include information regarding the areas habitats, water quality, human activity, and marine and cultural resources. As part of an ongoing series of con ...
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  • Is Your Spa Harmful to Your Health? Is There a Solution?

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    Recent research shows that the use of aromatherapy in spas can cause the release of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and extremely fine particles into the air, which can cause irritation to the eyes and air passages. Researchers tested the products commonly used in aromatherapy massage and also tested the air quality in spas that offer aromatherap ...
    Oct 19 Tags: Untagged
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Climate Change

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Clean Energy Acts

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  • New Standards for Coal-Fired Power Plants

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    By now you have probably heard about the new standards for power plants the Environmental Protective Agency (EPA) has issued to eliminate toxic chemicals like arsenic, mercury, nickel, selenium, and cyanide from the air. It’s called the Mercury and Toxic Air Standards (MATS) and they are the first set of national standards the agency has put forth ...
    Dec 23 Tags: clean air, EPA, MATS, pollutants, pollution

  • Do-it-Yourself Solar Soda Bottle Gives New Meaning to Consumable Clean Energy

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    In the Philippines, there are entire neighborhoods without the benefit of lighting in their homes. The buildings are close together, blocking the light even on sunny days. Children are forced to play in filthy streets because there is no light in their homes. For the most part, life is bleak here. Poverty reigns and to the rest of the world it may ...
    Oct 11 Tags: Untagged

  • Top 10 Environmental Services From Around the World

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    1. Chem2M Hill, Ltd. constructs environmentally friendly, sustainable buildings all over the world. Based in Colorado, Chem2M is the top grossing environmental firm in domestic and international markets, according to Engineering News-Record. ...
    Sep 19 Tags: environmental services

  • G8 2011: Environment Takes a Backseat

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    With the current global economical struggles, it is not very likely that the environmental perils that we are still facing (and contributing to) will find a resolution, or even discussion platform, at this years G8 summit in France. The G8 is an annual gathering of the world's leading eight economies and their representatives where economical, poli ...
    Jun 01 Tags: Untagged

  • Ocean Pollution Solutions

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    Ocean Pollution Solutions One of the biggest enemies of a green earth is the sentiment that everything is disconnected. All too many people see a piece of garbage on the ground and think of it as an isolated object with little to no consequence or impact on the environment. The world’s population is approximately 6,898,764,014—it ALL ADDS ...
    Feb 14 Tags: Untagged
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Clean Energy News

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Clean Energy Technology

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  • University Students Could Win Big with Clean Energy Ideas

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    Students at colleges and universities are generally considered to be short on funds. They famously dine on Ramen noodles and drag their laundry to mom and dad’s because they never have quarters for the laundry mat. Crippled with student loans and debt they enter the workforce and slowly pay down the sometimes astronomical balance. Most of them don’ ...
    Feb 16 Tags: California, clean energy, competitions, students

  • Carbon Dioxide Scrubbing May Get Easier

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    Carbon dioxide (CO2), though naturally occurring, is considered detrimental at the levels humans are releasing into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. Greenhouse gases, like CO2, trap heat in the atmosphere and keep the planet from getting too cold but the amount we are producing could be making it too hot and global warming is not just anothe ...
    Jan 14 Tags: atmospheric carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide, climate change, warming climate

  • An Electric Vehicle Community for Everyone

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    The major automotive manufacturers aren’t the only ones working on creating a new electric vehicle (EV) or improving their current models. There is an online community where automotive buffs, tinkerers, and the curious have come together to help each other with their EV do-it yourself projects. It’s called diyelectriccar.com and it has a membership ...
    Dec 24 Tags: diyelectriccar.com, electric vehicles, online communities

  • Engineers Successfully Generate Power from Human Respiration

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    As amazing as it may sound, the very same piezoelectric effect that causes a gas grill to ignite with only the push of a button might one day power sensors in the human body using the respiration in the nose. Materials Science and Engineering Professor Xudong Wang, postdoctoral Researcher Chengliang Sun and graduate student Jian Shi have reported t ...
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  • Businesses' Move to Mobile: An Unintentional Green Decision

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    As we construct our offices with green materials, work towards driving more eco-friendly vehicles and incorporate recycling into homes and businesses, one thing that consistently remains is the vast number of energy-consuming PCs we need to do business. But the trend toward more mobile, and by nature more power efficient, devices may drastically ...
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  • PCSTATS Pits Google Versus Blackle in a Contest of Efficiency

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    You are undoubtedly reading this on a computer; either a desktop or a laptop. If not one of those machines, a smaller device with a screen: a smartphone or a tablet. Whatever your chosen method of browsing the Internet, it has a screen, a battery, and if you have a portable device a charger that plugs into a wall outlet. What is your standard sear ...
    Apr 24 Tags: Blackle, electricity, electronics, green living, green technology, greenwashing, how to go green, smart technology

  • United States Census Provides Green Facts

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    The United States Census, a mandatory survey to be taken every ten years, is not just to count every citizen to determine the number of Congressional seats and legislative districts. It’s not to annoy you by sending an enumerator to knock on your door to ask for the forms if you don’t mail them to the United States Census Bureau in a timely fashio ...
    Jan 22 Tags: Census, facts, green living, united states

  • Why Do Leaves Turn Color in the Fall?

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    Football weather, back-to-school weather, Halloween approaching, time for turkeys and scarecrows: there are many things we associate with this time of year, but perhaps most prominent is the fall colors. As if by magic, the bright, green leaves we welcomed in spring and used as shade all summer now begin to turn bright gold, orange, red and brown. ...
    Sep 16 Tags: Untagged

  • How to Get the Best Gas Mileage Riding a Moped

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    Driving a moped is a great first step toward saving money on gas, but to get the full benefits of a fuel-efficient moped there are a few other things to consider. With gas prices on the rise yet again, the more we can save at the pump the better off we are. Burning less fuel isn't just good for your pocketbook, it is also better for the environment ...
    Sep 13 Tags: environmentally friendly transportation

  • Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Sharks

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    Whether some of the great minds behind today’s efforts at innovation are willingly to admit it or not, much of what we aspire to accomplish with future technologies often mirrors what certain species are already naturally capable of. As our technological capabilities and achievements continue to grow at exponential rates, it’s increasingly importan ...
    Aug 08 Tags: brain mass, earth’s creatures, shark species, sharks
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  • Everybody Outside Now!

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    Today may be the dreaded beginning of the week but as you slog through your Monday it’s never too soon to start thinking about the weekend. Saturday is “National Kids to Parks Day” (KTP Day) and the official mascot, Buddy Bison of the National Park Trust (NPT), wants kids and their families to visit a green space. Parks -city, state, and national- ...
    May 14 Tags: awareness, conservation, green living, national park, nature, raising a baby green

  • Visit the Beach for Ultimate Relaxation

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    In the vintage Merrie Melodies cartoon titled “Wabbit Twouble” Elmer Fudd merrily motors his way to Jellostone National Park for a “westful wacation in the mountains.” He sets up his campsite only to be incessantly pestered by Bugs Bunny: a known “wascal”.  During the trip Fudd also accidentally riles a grizzly bear and Fudd is forced to leave ...
    Apr 20 Tags: health, nature, research projects, well-being

  • Schools Compete with a Different Set of the Three R's

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    On Friday when the winners of the 12th annual RecycleMania competition were announced: it came as no surprise that Ohio University’s main campus in Athens, Ohio, placed first in the Mid-American Conference. They took home one of the “Grand Champion” titles by placing 43rd with a recycling rate of 43.79 percent. Ohio University is where the compet ...
    Apr 16 Tags: competitions, conservation, recycling, schools

  • Happy Easter!

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    “Here comes Peter CottontailHoppin’ down the bunny trailhippity hoppityreducing his carbon footrprint along the way!” Tomorrow is Easter and Peter Cottontail asks in his famous song that you: “Try to do the things you should!” He also mentions you should be “extra good” and if so “he’ll roll lots of Easter eggs your way.” Here are some tips to ma ...
    Apr 07 Tags: chocolate, Easter, green living, holidays, how to go green

  • Chocolate is a Comfort Food

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    Today is the last day of the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) annual meeting, which has brought us fascinating news of biomimetics, a capsule that can clean up radioactive materials from liquids, and the most relieving news of all: chocolate is still good for you. Yesterday, at a symposium called, “Cocoa: Science and Technology,” eighteen reports ...
    Mar 29 Tags: chocolate, food, food source
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  • Friday Creature Feature: Coal Turtle

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    There was once a turtle so large, they say it was the size of a Smart car and that if it had wanted it could have eaten a small crocodile. That’s what paleontologists from North Carolina State University have concluded in a paper recently published about the discovery of 60 million year old fossil they call Carbonemys. ...
    May 18 Tags: earth blog, earth’s creatures, turtles

  • Chicken Little May have had a Point After All

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    Why did the chicken cross the road? He was going to give you the answer but he didn’t think you were listening. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Georgia are studying “avian expressiveness” and they think all those squawking birds may be trying to tell us something. "Many poultry professionals swear they can ...
    May 17 Tags: birds, chickens, food, food source, research projects

  • Junk Food Could be Making us Dumb

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    What do soda and cigarettes have in common besides their ability to kill you? They both can alter the way your brain works. There was a British study earlier this year that reported prospective memory loss in smokers and yesterday a UCLA study reported that a diet heavy with foods that contain fructose, specifically high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) ...
    May 16 Tags: food, health, research projects

  • There is No Snake in my Boot!

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    Earlier this month thanks to the efforts of the USDA Forest Service, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the Memphis Zoo officials were able to take seven Louisiana pine snakes, all six months old and about three feet long, into the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana for immediate release. The sna ...
    May 13 Tags: conservation, earth’s creatures, Endangered species, snakes

  • Living on Plastic

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    This week Mike Lee, an environmental reporter with the San Diego Union- Tribune, wrote an article that discussed the recent findings of a study about the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” conducted by UCLA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. A rapid increase in the amount of plastic trash floating at sea has impacted the marine en ...
    May 12 Tags: awareness, conservation, fight to save planet, Garbage Patch, plastics, pollution, research projects
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1944: Camano Class Light Cargo Ship was laid down for the US Army as FS-289 at Wheeler Shipbuilding in Whitestone, NY.

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1945: Delivered to US Army.

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1950: Acquired by the US Navy on July 1, 1950 and placed in service as USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17).

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1954: The movie, Mister Roberts, was made on the USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17).

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1955 - 1963: Used as a cargo supply ship for the Texas Towers, a network of advanced radar stations located off the Eastern Seaboard. In 1957, Capt. Sixto Mangual was commander of the AKL-17 and in 1961 it was rechristened the USNS New Bedford. The New Bedford, sailing out of State Pier, was keeping vigil when Texas Tower No. 4 callapsed off the New Jersey coast during a January 1961 nor'easter.

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1963: Reclassified as Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX-308).

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1971: The New Bedford (IX-308) served as a Torpedo Test Firing Vessel in the Puget Sound area.

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1994: Ceremony in New Bedford.

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1995: The ship was struck from the Naval Register on April 4.

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2004: The Sea Bird's current disposition is a tuna long liner (fishing boat) out of San Diego, CA.

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2006: Design of the Tesla Turbine began on June 11, 2006. The Sea Bird was sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for commercial service.

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2007: The Sea Bird was drydocked for renovations.

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2008: The Sea Bird setting sail to Sea-Tac in Seattle, WA.

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2009 - 2010: The Sea Bird is currently docked at Seattle Sea-Tac.

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