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Istanbul Biennial ends with 110,000 visitors
11/28/2011This photo shows a piece from Biennial. Mat Collishaw’s works from joint exhibtion. The 12th Istanbul Biennial, which provided a depiction…
Read MoreBook on Ottoman seraglio introduced
11/28/2011A new book titled “Harem ve Cariye” (Seraglio and Concubinage) was introduced Sunday at a press conference held at Istanbul’s Dolmabahçe…
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Gisele Bünchen, Wangari Maathai & Unilever Are Big Winners at The International Green Awards 2011
11/28/2011by Leonora Oppenheim The glittering ceremony for The Sixth International Green Awards took place in London last night in the splendid…
Read MoreFarmer-Owned Corn Ethanol Cooperative Fined For Falsifying Air Pollution Records
11/28/2011by John Laumer When a company falsifies or changes it’s pollution control records, even slightly, to make it seem like they…
Read MoreKnown Carcinogen Spreading Through Groundwater in New Jersey, Hundreds at Risk
11/25/2011by Brian Merchant Aaaaand here’s why we need good, well-upheld environmental regulations. An investigative report carried out by a small newspaper…
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Inside CIRS at University of British Columbia — “North America’s Greenest Building”
11/25/2011byLloyd Alter Sometimes, buildings are constructed to enclose laboratories; the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) at the University of…
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Google Drops ‘Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal’ (RE11/25/2011
by Michael Graham Richard Google Makes a Mistake As you can see from the linked stories on the left of this…
Read MoreLuminous Maps Show Web of Human Impact on Planet
11/23/2011by Kimberley Mok We live in times where the impact of human activities on the planet has never been greater. And…
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Wrecked Car Furniture: Crashed Ferrari Remade Into Coffee Table
11/23/2011by Kimberley Mok There are plenty of ways to recycle scrap metal from a car, but this coffee table made from…
Read MoreFloating “Solar Cucumbers” Form Artificial Reefs That Desalinate Sea Water
11/23/2011by Kimberley Mok Current methods of transforming salty sea water into drinkable water are land- and energy-intensive and are often powered…
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