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Elephants: India’s New "National Heritage Animal" To Receive Same Protection As Tigers

September 3, 2010

Photo: Elephant being bathed in a temple in Thrissur (K.C. Sowmish via The Hindu)

As long-standing icons of its unique cultural psyche, India’s threatened elephants are finally getting the protection — and well-deserved recognition — they need. In a…

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Sustainable House Becomes a Home

September 3, 2010

Not sure what makes a house a home, I guess it is different for each person but my house does feeling more homely now than a year ago.

Here is last year’s photo.

and here is today’s photo.

I…

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"Clean Coal" Positioned To Be The High End Energy Product No One Can Afford

September 3, 2010

Taylorville Illinois Energy Center, a proposed “clean coal” power plant. Image credit:Illinois Times

Southern Illinois has vast, easily accessible coal reserves. That coal may be sulfurous and wet and salty; but ,Southern Illinois also has good g…

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Win A Hotel for You and 100 Friends for a Weekend

September 3, 2010

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Hampton Hotels. All opinions are 100% mine.

It does sound like my favorite fantasy but it could be a real possibility for you.

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Malibu ecoPARK Moving Forward [Video]

September 3, 2010

It is not built yet, but if it does get built, it will be one of the greenest projects I’ve ever heard of. And the good news is that it has just received approval to begin construction. The project I’m talking about is the “longtime dream project” of ecoTECH, ecoPARK, and is supposed to be… Read More…

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Paul McCartney Takes on NASA, Ewan McGregor Needs Your Help, and More

September 3, 2010

Photo via OneThirtyBPM.com

Musician Paul McCartney isn’t shy about taking a stand for animal rights — the vegetarian superstar has talked about his journey to a meat-free diet and supported Meatless Mondays — and now he’s speaking up for another g…

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Summer 2010 Food Forest Update and…evolution of an almond tree

September 3, 2010

Nice and cozy. Ready for winter. You can see the stakes, and the orange paint on the grass. This was from blue-stakes. In our town, it’s the law, to have the utility lines staked out, before one shovel of dirt is displaced. Glad I did, or I would…

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Chimps Found Deactivating Snares Set By Human Bushmeat Hunters

September 3, 2010

photo: Graham Racher via flickr

Go chimps, go! An interesting new paper in the journal Primates documents how a group of chimpanzees in Bossou, Guinea have been successfully deactivating snares set by human bushmeat hunters. Though not always success…

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Best of Inhabitots: 7 Toxic Dangers for Kids

September 3, 2010

Photo credit: on_ovington

+ Baby formula could contain unsettling amounts of aluminum&emdash;more than 40 times the amount found in breast milk, according to one recent study.

+ Another scary side-effect of tainted baby formula: Breasts in female …

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Moms and Dads, Safely Prevent and Battle Head Lice Naturally without Pesticides Like Pyrethrin

September 3, 2010

If you are in scootie cootie crisis and need a natural solution now…skip to the end of this post!*
If you are a mom and have kids in school, chances are you have had the cooties in your child’s…

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