Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, a hot summers day under the cast of a shady tree dreaming of their adventures; skinning, roasting and eating a squirrel would be right up there. Society is so short-changing kids...
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"Yes, this is a new take on that old “Knock, Knock” joke … but the outcome of this exchange holds great promise.
One of the biggest limitations found with the creation of Ethanol come from the type of...
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Do you think lighters are less dangerous than sippy cups? "Federal aviation authorities have decided to stop enforcing a two-year-old rule against taking cigarette lighters on airplanes, concluding that it was a...
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From The Times
July 19, 2007
Nuclear crisis in Japan as scientists reveal quake threat to power plants
Black smoke rises from a burning electrical transformer near a nuclear reactor at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa...
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Is this really news??----------------------------------------"July 19, 2007 -- ACCLAIMED "Goodfellas" actor Paul Sorvino and his playwright daughter, Amanda, are up to their necks in deep doo-doo, now that a...
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"Eight out of 10 people in the East Midlands "turn a blind eye" to novice criminals who cost DVD retailers and cinemas millions of pounds each year, according to new statistics.
The research has revealed that as...
NASA announced that it will pay $19 million for a Russian-made toilet system for the International Space Station (ISS). While that sum sounds like it's out of this world, NASA insists that it's less...
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How much time do you spend separating Junk from Real Mail? Would you
pay to save yourself the time and headache and help reduce the waste?Less Junk thanks to Serge the Concierge
'' An interesting article citing the new Australian labour party policy to encourage the use of and fund recycling of water initiatives as well as focussing on promoting the use of water tanks especially in the eastern states of Australia''"Rivers and WaterRainwater tanks,...
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There's one renewable resource that's flown below the radar for quite some time: garbage."Although solar and wind energy are the best-known renewable energies, generating power from biomass is getting a closer look, as societies try to diversify their fuel...
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"Several dozen pro-Fatah Palestinians with little food and no toilets remained stranded Wednesday inside the Erez Crossing walkway connecting Hamas-led Gaza to Israel.
"The situation is dreadful," Saeb Erakat said. "The situation is very, very dire."
The refugees are inside...
I love treehugger. Always a technological development that can make you feel just a bit better about the future of the planet..."Ruihong Zhang, a bioengineer from UC Davis, may have just found a possible solution...
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File this one in the "Act Very Nice at the Airport" file: Mark Frauenfelder at BoingBoing has just posted the story of Stephan Orsak, a professional violinist who has performed under
Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur...
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"Shaping a Sustainable Future
ACF President Professor Ian Lowe, AO
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ACF President Professor Ian Lowe, AO
Professor Ian Lowe, Spirituality and Sustainability Forum – 6 June, 2007
I begin by thanking His Holiness the Dalai Lama for being in Australia to share with us his...
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Recycling rates have risen, and the UK is on schedule to meet EU targets, but the key to dealing with our escalating waste problem lies in changing our buying habits and our attitudes to consumption, according to...
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