Image credit: Adopt-a-Farmbox Childhood obesity , meat unfit for KFC being used in school lunches , food deserts , you don’t have to look too far to find a broken food system—especially where kids are concerned. But there are plenty of people working like crazy to do something about it. One project is … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Sara Novak Can a cocktail be good for you? In moderation, we’d like to think so. The seven drinks here are packed with vitamin-rich fruit. Plus, the easy recipes are proof you don’t have to pay top dollar for great cocktails — you can make them at home…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Flickr , CC Adding 3MW Turbines Europe’s largest onshore wind farm, which is located in East Renfrewshire in Scotland, is about to get even bigger. ScottishPower Renewables is planning to add 75 turbines to the existing 140, increasing the capacity of the wind farm from the current 322 megawatts to 539 megawatts. Read on for more details…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Credit: pgegreenenergy The Center for American Progress has ranked the Top 10 states for policies that promote energy efficiency. The report cautions, however, that even those states on the list haven’t fully tapped into the power of using less power. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via C.E. Bucephalus They´re the insect that everyone loves to hate – but one day a cockroach just may save your life. Typically despised for being ugly, dirty, and icky, the hearty critters actually possess powerful antibiotic properties inside their little brains which could be used to help combat drug resistant bacte… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Images from artkrush Banksy, that super-productive and ubiquitous graffiti artist, is at it again. Last week his work was popping up as a children’s ride that was an anti-BP statement. He is back from his North American tour, where he visited Toronto , San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, and Boston, promoting his film and creating havoc wher… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via kasei.co.uk It turns out that a surprisingly high number of grade schools in Japan are serving their students more than just a well-rounded education. According to the results of a survey released today, whale meat is back on the menu at about a sixth of Japan’s public elementary and junior-high schools… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Sharks are normally considered solitary hunters , but one incredible video shows that sometimes they do get together — and in a big way. Off the
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South African cyclist Aldren Muvhambe. Photo by Nic Grobler via Bicycle Portraits . The sad recent news story about a 5-year-old girl killed by a street-cleaning vehicle while riding bikes with her father in the Turkish province of Konya — a city that had previously announced plans for the country’s first bike-sharing program — got me thinking about what it wo… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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