Posts Tagged ‘tree hugger’

Transformer Kitchens: Use Your Iron As Your Barbecue and Your Stove

Thomas Mailaender/Screen capture TreeHugger loves ideas that let you live with less stuff and take up less space, so congratulations to French designer Thomas Mailaender for this wonderful idea, a simple stand that turns your iron into a working electric barbecue! It might be a little easier on your clothes if he simply used it […]

Kindle Fire HD Earns High Ratings In Repairability From iFixit

© iFixit Last week we spent some pixels covering the latest Kindle releases, including the Kindle Fire HD. While we explained how to get the most out of your Kindle and where you could resell your old device (and for how much) if you’re set on upgrading, iFixit was busy ripping the thing apart, literally, […]

Kindle Fire HD Earns High Ratings In Repairability From iFixit

© iFixit Last week we spent some pixels covering the latest Kindle releases, including the Kindle Fire HD. While we explained how to get the most out of your Kindle and where you could resell your old device (and for how much) if you’re set on upgrading, iFixit was busy ripping the thing apart, literally, […]

Shell Stops Arctic Drilling for 2012

© Shell Shell’s much-protested plans for Arctic oil exploration off Alaska have already come to a halt for the year. After initial technical mishaps, including a ship breaking free of its mooring and potentially running aground, apparently a dome designed to help clean up any potential oil spills was damaged. Shell says: The time required […]

Shell Stops Arctic Drilling for 2012

© Shell Shell’s much-protested plans for Arctic oil exploration off Alaska have already come to a halt for the year. After initial technical mishaps, including a ship breaking free of its mooring and potentially running aground, apparently a dome designed to help clean up any potential oil spills was damaged. Shell says: The time required […]

Dinosaur-Inspired Designs Make Wind Turbines More Aerodynamic

EvaK via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 In the grand scheme of things, we’re still in the early stages of wind power generation, but even so, there are still many, many wind turbines already installed and generating power. When new technological advances come along like new turbine designs or tweaks to the blades or motors that […]

Dinosaur-Inspired Designs Make Wind Turbines More Aerodynamic

EvaK via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 In the grand scheme of things, we’re still in the early stages of wind power generation, but even so, there are still many, many wind turbines already installed and generating power. When new technological advances come along like new turbine designs or tweaks to the blades or motors that […]

Financial Costs of Climate Change Seriously Underestimated by US Government Calculations

Jerry Angelica Photography/CC BY-ND 2.0 I’m not really sure economic calculations play much role in how the US government approaches climate change policy, thanks entirely to philosophical obstructionism and corporate lobbying in Congress, but this is nevertheless serious business: A new study in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences shows that current calculations on […]

Financial Costs of Climate Change Seriously Underestimated by US Government Calculations

Jerry Angelica Photography/CC BY-ND 2.0 I’m not really sure economic calculations play much role in how the US government approaches climate change policy, thanks entirely to philosophical obstructionism and corporate lobbying in Congress, but this is nevertheless serious business: A new study in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences shows that current calculations on […]

Fisheries Disasters Circle United States

Derek Keats/CC BY-SA 2.0 Fish stocks are in dire straits on all sides of the United States at the moment, to the degree that the US Department of Commerce has declared disasters in the North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Bering Sea, and Gulf of Alaska. The declaration means that millions of dollars in relief funds […]

Fisheries Disasters Circle United States

Derek Keats/CC BY-SA 2.0 Fish stocks are in dire straits on all sides of the United States at the moment, to the degree that the US Department of Commerce has declared disasters in the North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Bering Sea, and Gulf of Alaska. The declaration means that millions of dollars in relief funds […]

Male Whales are Momma’s Boys (Video)

Dave Lonsdale/CC BY 2.0 Female killer whales have the longest menopause of any non-human species. Now scientists think they know why. If his mommy dies, a male whale is 14 times more likely to die within the year. The research team, from the Universities of Exeter and York (UK), the Center for Whale Research (USA) […]

The Public Health Implications of Global Warming

mikecogh/CC BY-SA 2.0 The far reaching implications of global warming are becoming clear, from mass extinctions to underwater islands, monstrous storms and everywhere in between, but what about the increasing effect on public health? It falls under the radar, but in actuality, the siren is getting louder each year. So much so in fact, that […]

Apocalypse How: Whether by Cataclysm or Common Cause, Why Build a Bunker?

© Mace Fleeger This is a guest post by Lawrence Messerman for Sacred Fire magazine, an initiative of the Sacred Fire Foundation which seeks to help all people re-discover and celebrate the sacred, interconnected nature of life. On the same day the local newspaper (which in true Central Oregon fashion has an on-going hunting and […]

Best Cleantech News for Your Weekend Reading September 15-16, 2012

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Seal Rescued After Getting Its Head Stuck in a G-String

© Our Far South For any plump sea-faring animal, the ocean is a scary and foreboding place full of sharp-toothed predators looking for a tasty meal — but for one unlucky seal pup off the coast of New Zealand, the jaws of near-death were decidedly skimpier. Last week, authorities from the NZ Department of Conservation […]

Seal Rescued After Getting Its Head Stuck in a G-String

© Our Far South For any plump sea-faring animal, the ocean is a scary and foreboding place full of sharp-toothed predators looking for a tasty meal — but for one unlucky seal pup off the coast of New Zealand, the jaws of near-death were decidedly skimpier. Last week, authorities from the NZ Department of Conservation […]

CIA Once Considered Amazingly Realistic-Looking Dragonfly Drone

CIA Museum/Video screen capture It’s biomimicry that James Bond would approve of. In the 1970s, the CIA built a miniature flying robot drone that looked amazingly like a real dragonfly to carry out covert audio recording missions — basically, it was a bug-carrying bug. But the so-called Insectothopter never got the chance to fly under […]

CIA Once Considered Amazingly Realistic-Looking Dragonfly Drone

CIA Museum/Video screen capture It’s biomimicry that James Bond would approve of. In the 1970s, the CIA built a miniature flying robot drone that looked amazingly like a real dragonfly to carry out covert audio recording missions — basically, it was a bug-carrying bug. But the so-called Insectothopter never got the chance to fly under […]

9 Mouthwatering Recipes For Succulent Summer Tomatoes

In the winter, when the tomatoes at your local grocery store are tough instead of tender and a pale, watery pink instead of a rich, juicy red, the idea of a fresh summer tomato might be the only thing that gets you through. But by mid-summer, you can’t think of one more way to use […]

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