In: World News
Nations Fall Short in Helping 12.4M Africans in Drought-Caused Famine
08/23/2011By LISA FRIEDMAN of ClimateWire Warning that famine in Somalia is likely to get worse before it gets better, Secretary of…
Read MoreScience and salmon
08/22/2011Eight senators from salmon-fishing states warn the Food and Drug Administration against spending money to study whether genetically modified salmon are…
Read MoreRevenue rises but losses widen at electric car company Tesla
08/22/2011Electric car company Tesla Motors Inc. posted a loss of $58.9 million in the second quarter as it sunk money into…
Read MoreiPhone App Tracks Marine Litter, Reports It Online
08/22/2011by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California Science & Technology Marine litter is a real problem, not just for animals but for…
Read MoreTesco quietly drops controversial biodegradable plastic carrier bags
08/22/2011Supermarket replaces oxo-biodegradable additive bags and says new bags will use 15 per cent recycled material By Jessica Shankleman Fresh doubts…
Read MoreThe Pick Up Artists are a group of young people who are literally walking across the country picking up roadside trash as they go.
08/22/2011Pick Up America is a beautiful project of four people walking across the country picking up trash on the way. They’re…
Read MoreTerraCycle Makes Design Out of Rubbish
08/22/2011TRENTON ON a blazing hot weekday late last month, 6 of the 82 summer interns at TerraCycle, a “waste solution development”…
Read MoreA Facebook Game Teaches ‘Upcycling’
08/22/2011By PENELOPE GREEN GuerillappsTrash Tycoon involves gathering bits of trash, making fertilizer out of worm droppings and other upcycling activities. In…
Read MoreAHA!: A Best Case Example of Sustainable Storytelling
08/22/2011By Paul Smith In the past year or so, there’s been a lot of buzz about the power of storytelling for…
Read MoreWacky-Looking “Brain Cap” Turns Your Thoughts Into Motion
08/22/2011by Bridgette Meinhold A brain cap that translates thoughts into motion sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers at…
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