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>> Fear not cloudy tap water. What you’re seeing’s not chemical contamination, but air bubbles. Reports Lindsay William-Ross at LAist: “When the temperature of the water in pipes underground is lower than room temp, the resulting air bubbles make our tap water look cloudy.&... (original story)
Posted from ecorazzi.com :: the latest ... 1 day 13 hours ago
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Twitter Thursday is back this week with some gorgeous eco-friendly jewelry from Prismera Design. Winners will be able to choose from the following three earring designs: Woodruff Earring Small sweet woodruff are simple and perfect for everyday wear. Made from stainless steel, an eco-friendly, sustai... (original story)
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Images via Yanko Design A group of designers have decided that there's got to be a better way to find the freshest produce in a supermarket. Rather than trust your own senses, they think a fading barcode is the right solution. They've come up with a barcode that starts off as a usual barcode, then... (original story)
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When an insect queen ventures onto the mating scene, she certainly makes the most of it, coupling with as many as 90 males each half-hour. That's because during the mating process for "social insects" like ants, bees, and termites, the highly prized queens mate for just o...Read the full story on ... (original story)
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One of the virtues of standing desks is that they can take up a lot less space. Here is a neat tower that gives you a place to store your notebook, but also has all kinds of storage and features including a printer drawer, sockets and plugs for projectors and accessories and even a sound system...... (original story)
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Foster + Partners is working on an expansion to the Queen Alia International Airport in Jordan that includes a whole host of sustainable features. Inspired by palm trees, the roof will be made up of photovoltaic canopies that shield it from the sun while generating renewable energy and allowing for ... (original story)
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Not surprisingly, there’s some massive interest in Sarah Palin’s nature-themed reality television show about Alaska. Discovery Communications and A&E Networks are apparently the top bidders for the program — which would focus on the ex-governor giving a guided tour of her nativ... (original story)
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Earlier this year, Nestle’s Kit Kat made green headlines by announcing its bars in the U.K. will be made with fair trade chocolate. Now, Kit Kats have been making headlines again, this time for combining that ethical chocolate with very environmentally destructive palm oil. Greenpeace has la... (original story)
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Mohamed Nasheed speaking during COP15, photo: Matthew McDermott. I'm only going to feign momentary offense at Maldives' President Mohamed Nasheed, because I happen to think there's nothing wrong with hugging a tree every now and then... At a climate change seminar in Helsinki, Finland Nasheed said... (original story)
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A symptom of changing climate, Worldwatch shows us that not only are winters in New England averaging three degrees warmer than they did 100 years ago, trees have a ten day longer growing season than they did 40 years ago. And that's not it. According to the New England Society of American Forester... (original story)