Posted from The Ethicurean: Chew the ri... 11 hours ago
Organomic : Health and Food
It was a bad week for some of the ocean's top predators in Doha, Qatar as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) rejected international trade restrictions on northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and eight species of sharks. I haven't seen much coverage of vote on the ... (original story)
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Monday is World Water Day, an international observance organized by the United Nations. This year’s theme is Clean Water for a Healthy World. Sadly, many of us take water for granted. We cannot explain how the water coming out of our faucets makes its way into our homes. We look at local rivers ... (original story)
Posted from The Ethicurean: Chew the ri... 12 hours ago
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Is canning just a trend, as a recent article in Slate claims? A group in Michigan proves otherwise as they spend their Sundays Preserving Traditions. (original story)
Posted from Inhabitat 12 hours ago
Organomic : Everyday Living
Sky-high stilettos made from elephant poop – no, we aren’t sh*tting you! We’ve seen footwear made from all kinds of eco-friendly materials, but these babies made by a London artist “INSA,” make them all look pretty ho hum in comparison. The fecal heels were commissioned by the... (original story)
Posted from TreeHugger 12 hours ago
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Image credit: ©Getty Images This Saturday, March 20, kick off the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day with Pamela Lippe, president of Earth Day New York, and Matthew Modine, actor, activist, and founder of Bicycle For A Day. Taking place during the Go Green Expo at Pier 92 in New Y... (original story)
Posted from green LA girl 13 hours ago
Organomic : Everyday Living
See you at the L.A. Street Summit soon! >> See what the gas station of the future could look like, thanks to designers who responded to GOOD’s call for ideas. One funny submission from Nathan Heath relies on technologies we already have: Gasoline will be replaced by a substance to be known as ... (original story)
Posted from TreeHugger 14 hours ago
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Image via Hodinkee This is one of the first watches I've ever seen that made me almost want to wear a watch. Well, until I saw the price tag. Yet despite that, it has some great design principles we love, including using solar and perpetual motion to keep the battery charged as well as being craft... (original story)
Posted from Inhabitat 14 hours ago
Organomic : Everyday Living
Most discarded objects such as plastic toys, utensils and metal objects will fall fate to an eternity in a landfill, but artist Sayaka Ganz sees a second life in them. In a move for both the planet and art, Ganz recovers all of this junk and upcycles it into animal shaped sculptures. Meant to depict... (original story)
Posted from TreeHugger 15 hours ago
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Photo via Anton Fomkin After shipping nearly 4.07 billion incandescent light bulbs over the last 120 years, Toshiba is cutting the product from its manufacturing line-up, focusing on greener technologies like LED lighting instead, an area in which it has been making headway. The decision to elimin... (original story)
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The bearded vulture (seen here in Tibet) is one of the bird species at risk in Greece. Photo by reurinkjan via Flickr. Already in the doghouse with the rest of the European Union over its massive debt and financial instability, Greece is now coming in for criticism for another kind of mismanagemen... (original story)