Being An Environmentali...
Telegraph Angelo Vassallo was Mayor of the pretty little Italian town of Pollica, which Eric Reguly of the Globe and Mail calls “a cultural and environmental treasure.” He said no to illegal construction that Reguly says ” spreads like a cancer over so many seaside Italian towns”. He said no to sm… Read the full story on TreeHugger Excerpt from: Being An Environmentalist and Preservationist Can Get You...
Irrigation May Reduce C...
Image credit: GenBug (Creative Commons) With all the evidence of human-induced global warming , you’d think it would be good news that some of our activities, like releasing aerosols for example, are also helping to cool the atmosphere. Unfortunately, often the opposite is true. This is starkly illustrated by a new study showing the regional cooling effects of mass irri… Read the full story on TreeHugger Continued here: Irrigation May Reduce Climate Change. Not Good...
Monster Vegetables Harv...
Image from Daily Mail There must be something in the air, or the soil, but monster vegetables keep popping up in Great (!) Britain. First we have potatoes, the world’s biggest potato to be precise. It weighs a whopping 8lbs 4oz, that’s 9oz more than the previous record holder. The amateur gardener who grew it thinks that it bear s a strong resemb… Read the full story on TreeHugger See the original post: Monster Vegetables Harvested in the...
berry interesting....
By now you probably know that organic produce is usually better for you and for the planet, but according to a recent article in the LA Times, organic produce can actually boast more nutrients than their non-organic counterparts too. Specifically, we’re talking about strawberries. These yummy little fruits, like most produce without a protective peel or skin , are particularly sensitive to the chemicals used in the growing process. Organic strawberries, however, are raised...
New Images From Hustler...
Unless you’re James Cameron or a member of the Blue Man Group, we’re not sure Hustler’s upcoming “This Ain’t Avatar XXX” porn parody is really going to get you in the mood. Then again, perhaps this is the side of Pandora that everyone has secretly been wanting to see. I mean, people were really eager to know if Cameron was going to add in Na’vi on Na’vi sex for the recently released extended edition (he did). Reportedly Hustler’s...Today on Planet 100: Pl...
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Dispatch from the Front...
Photo via Wired You may have heard of Simon Singh long before his name rose to the top of the list of those championing sound science: He’d written two bestselling books, Fermat’s Enigma and the Big Bang . Despite the wide range of subject matter contained in those books, the topic that ended up casting him into controversy was much different — a seemingly benign newspaper article about some of the pitfalls of alternative medicine. He ended up defending his career...
Stand Up To Cancer Tele...
This Friday’s “ Stand Up To Cancer ” telethon is gearing up to be one of the largest live charity events in recent memory. Not only will it be seen in 195 countries, but it will also hit almost all the major networks commercial-free: ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Bio, Current TV, Discovery Health, E!, G4, HBO, HBO Latino, MLB Network, mun2, Showtime, Smithsonian Channel, The Style Network, TV One, and VH1. Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer , and Brian Williams are set to tackle the...
Gulf Doctors Advised to...
Photo via News One Less dramatic than the fiery explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the multiple month-spanning underwater oil geyser that followed it are many of the BP Gulf spill’s side effects. And oil-related sicknesses are undoubtedly among the thorniest — many fishermen-turned cleanup workers have already been afflicted by close contact with oil and the chemical dispersents used to combat it. But there will probably be many … Read the full story on...